What's wrong with this world?

Canyarion · 06-10-2005, 09:55 AM

Kids that kill other kids. And I mean a kid of 7 years (killed his baby sister with a piece of wood; it was in Florida, sure you heard about it) and 2 kids of 11 that tried to hang a 5-year old (England).

No need to debate about this I'd say.

MuGen · 06-10-2005, 12:31 PM

I detest incest... and not just that but incest that involves statutory rape. I was listening to Howard Stern this morning on my way to work, and heard this grandfather sexually molested his 2 year old grand daughter.....

WTF kinda sick sh*t is that? Debate it or not... that is one messed up man.

Bond · 06-10-2005, 01:00 PM

My problem with today's world is socialism.

Typhoid · 06-10-2005, 07:44 PM

I hate people who preach their views or beliefs to someone else. The whole "Im better than you, because you think differently than I do" mentality really f*cks me off. Who cares if someone doesn't believe in god? Its their choice. They dont go door to door asking of your Athiest, so why do Jehova's do it? Its in their religion? Great, good for them. Their religion is turning people into glorified vaccuum salesmen. (Im not just picking on Jehovas.)

Now, I have no problem with religion, as an Idea. I have no problem with people who believe in a god, or what have you. But I have a problem with the outspoken "Your going to hell for not thinking what I think!" kind of religious people.

Not to mention that religion is the cause of most, if not all of the wars in history. Crusades? Iraq? WWII? (I know those are only 3)

Like I said, I have no problem with religion, in the fact it makes people happy, and gives them something to strive for, but its the few people who feel the need to tell me how wrong I am for having my own piece of mind. The fact I am my own person seems to be a sin in gods eyes. If I'm asked by a religious person my religion, and reply "Athiest" thats basically like saying "I am a dirty dirty sinner, please preach to me the ways of Jesus, because you believe in god, and therefor, are much better than I am."

To clear it up, nothing against religion in general. Just the assholes who feel the need to get involved in what I think and how I think it.

Jonbo298 · 06-10-2005, 08:03 PM

Media is the problem. Hell, look at the crap they have to go after. OMG, a missing 18 year old in Aruba! Oh noez! Wow, there are a ton of people that go missing EVERYDAY.

Whats this? Oh no, a bride ran away because she is a f*cking coward and then lies to the cops and thinks she can get away with it and the media goes all boo hoo.

Ginkasa · 06-10-2005, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

Not to mention that religion is the cause of most, if not all of the wars in history. Crusades? Iraq? WWII? (I know those are only 3).

I don't think either war in Iraq was caused by religion... Unless you're thinking about Al Quaeda being Islamic and the whole 9/11 thing leading to Iraq than...

Also, WWII was not caused by religion. Sure, Hitler did the whole Holocaust thing during the war, but he didn't only persecute Jews and religions he disliked; he also did people of different races and such. And he didn't start WWII to get rid of the Jews. Hitler started WWII to take over and reform the world to fit his views. Jews (and blacks and disabled people, etc.) did not fit into his view of the world...

/me shrugs and walks away

Typhoid · 06-10-2005, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Link1130

I don't think either war in Iraq was caused by religion... Unless you're thinking about Al Quaeda being Islamic and the whole 9/11 thing leading to Iraq than...

Also, WWII was not caused by religion. Sure, Hitler did the whole Holocaust thing during the war, but he didn't only persecute Jews and religions he disliked; he also did people of different races and such. And he didn't start WWII to get rid of the Jews. Hitler started WWII to take over and reform the world to fit his views. Jews (and blacks and disabled people, etc.) did not fit into his view of the world...

* Link1130 shrugs and walks away

I was referring to 9/11 and the whole scenario of that.

And WWII was caused by religion. You said it yourself. Just because it wasnt solely based on religion, doesn't mean religion didn't play a part in it. I never said Religion was 100% the cause of it. I should have clarified that better.

Ginkasa · 06-10-2005, 09:44 PM

I personally would think that wars caused by religions would include wars that were actually...caused by religions. Even if Hitler was tolerant of all religions, he was still very prejudiced against very many things - even hair color. WWII and the Holocaust would have happened even if religion played no part.

I see your point and I agree that religion does cause a lot of pretty stupid wars, I just think WWII is not necessarily one of those wars. The whole Middle East thing would have been more appropiate, IMO.

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Anyway, a thing I find wrong with the world are those people who who try to control everything to their views.

Like, parents who demand that violent TV shows or shows with different views than their's be taken off the air. Anti-gay people who believe that homosexuals and their views should be hidden from view, if not completely eradicated. Black righst groups who don't try to create equality, but make blacks superior to whites (white jokes are funny; black jokes are blasphemous).

Stuff like that.

/me shrugs and walks away