>Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.
Ninety-nine percent of everything that goes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual religion. Intelligent people all notice this sooner or later, and they conclude that the entire one hundred percent is bullshit, which is why atheism is connected with being intelligent in people's minds.
>The Christian churches is built mostly for general population, they teach at the level to suitable for general, if act as religious school and teach the actual religion how many will attend, how many will contribute? Church : one fold is to teaching about god, about goodness, another fold is to make you feel good, so you want to go again and again
even Ninety-nine percent of everything that goes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual religion. But it's to every one's benefit to pay respect the minds of the Gods, the idea of all gods is for the benefit of human being and to balance natural toward goodness. for some people, attend church or not doesn't matter to them. they remain self as is. according to Dao, too much emphasis on goodness is not natural, because then the bad the ugly will show out the same time you practice the goodness. going to church will not qualify you as a better and kinder person. But if you are not a Church goer doesn't mean you are bad person or worser than church goer. try to act according to natural, and follow natural, Dao is natural, natural is God, everything is included. when a person comfortable in any God's house, but not a church goer, How people consider an atheist or believer? atheist, most say believer,I believe why should people's opinion matters? as long as you believe it's right and feel right. then it is right for you.
>"Quicksilver" by Neal Stephenson
>Until a man is twenty-five, he still thinks, every so often, that under the right circumstances he could be the baddest motherfucker in the world. If I moved to a martial-arts monastery in China and studied real hard for ten years. If my family was wiped out by Colombian drug dealers and I swore myself to revenge. If I got a fatal disease, had one year to live, and devoted it to wiping out street crime. If I just dropped out and devoted my life to being bad.
Ninety-nine percent of everything that goes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual religion. Intelligent people all notice this sooner or later, and they conclude that the entire one hundred percent is bullshit, which is why atheism is connected with being intelligent in people's minds.
"Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson
>The Christian churches is built mostly for general population, they teach at the level to suitable for general, if act as religious school and teach the actual religion how many will attend, how many will contribute?
Church : one fold is to teaching about god, about goodness, another fold is to make you feel good, so you want to go again and again
even Ninety-nine percent of everything that goes on in most Christian churches has nothing whatsoever to do with the actual religion. But it's to every one's benefit to pay respect the minds of the Gods, the idea of all gods is for the benefit of human being and to balance natural toward goodness.
for some people, attend church or not doesn't matter to them. they remain self as is.
according to Dao, too much emphasis on goodness is not natural, because then the bad the ugly will show out the same time you practice the goodness.
going to church will not qualify you as a better and kinder person. But if you are not a Church goer doesn't mean you are bad person or worser than church goer.
try to act according to natural, and follow natural, Dao is natural, natural is God, everything is included.
when a person comfortable in any God's house, but not a church goer, How people consider an atheist or believer?
atheist, most say
believer,I believe
why should people's opinion matters?
as long as you believe it's right and feel right.
then it is right for you.