bigjim

@bigjim (17)

United States • Age 66

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Can we ever really be free as human beings as long as religions exist?

fbarcenas @fbarcenas (129) • Mexico 21 Nov 06

Will we ever get to the point of self-realization, where the world's eyes are finally opened to the truth? That religion was just created to keep us in line, to provide an order of things, and to allow a select few to manipulate...

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bigjim why are you so intent upon trying to dictate what other people can and cannot do with regard to the things that you don't like or agree with?

25 Nov 06

Can we ever really be free as human beings as long as religions exist?

fbarcenas @fbarcenas (129) • Mexico 21 Nov 06

Will we ever get to the point of self-realization, where the world's eyes are finally opened to the truth? That religion was just created to keep us in line, to provide an order of things, and to allow a select few to manipulate...

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bigjim i'm inclined, to a degree, to agree about churches paying taxes. but it is people voluntarily donating money to an organization. money that they have, presumably, already paid taxes on. flirting with double taxation. if it would be lawful to put signs and...

24 Nov 06

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Can we ever really be free as human beings as long as religions exist?

fbarcenas @fbarcenas (129) • Mexico 21 Nov 06

Will we ever get to the point of self-realization, where the world's eyes are finally opened to the truth? That religion was just created to keep us in line, to provide an order of things, and to allow a select few to manipulate...

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bigjim i agree that sometimes religion is used to manipulate and even subjugate people. but the vast majority of people are religious by choice not compulsion. a large component of freedom is the freedom to choose. the people that tithe 10% are doing it because they...

24 Nov 06

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