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  • Re: Religion and Atheism

    Originally posted by KarotheGreat View Post
    No there are historical documents, historians of that time that are writing about the things that happened, so you can start comparing different historians that lived in the same era. So no it is not based on faith. The difference between a holy book and a history book is that there is evidence to be found about the history book.
    Faith and history are intertwined. Religion didn't form from thin air. Every major religion formed from historical events. Faith relies on the priesthood of historians.
    "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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    • Re: Religion and Atheism

      Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
      Faith and history are intertwined. Religion didn't form from thin air. Every major religion formed from historical events. Faith relies on the priesthood of historians.
      No it doesn't it has documents and archeology to support it, so it isn't only the historians word but also the proof that it can bring with it.

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      • Re: Religion and Atheism

        Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
        Faith and history are intertwined. Religion didn't form from thin air. Every major religion formed from historical events. Faith relies on the priesthood of historians.
        You mean every religion has a history. That doesn't make it special; everything has a history.
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        • Re: Religion and Atheism

          Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
          Armenians have become rather good liars and I wouldn't trust anything they have to say. There are people tracking down imposters all over the internet... Turkish/Azeri trash pretending to be Armenian.
          I don't think you are understanding what I am saying. It doesn't matter at all what Armenians and Turks say. The facts speak for themselves and they are undisputed. The ONLY group blind to the facts are the Turks and I hope I don't have to explain to you why

          You could probably kick my ass as a Turkish lawyer? Why? Who cares who I am and what I have to say? The Genocide question is much bigger than you or I and it is not up to "debate". At least not among the majority of the serious intellectuals in the world.
          this post = teh win.

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          • Re: Religion and Atheism

            Yah I totally understand Religions formed from historical events. Man saw fire thousands of years ago and thought it must be God. So we worshiped it for a few thousand years. Then man learned that historical experience was kind of stupid so we stopped worshiping fire. We have found ways to worship many many Gods in the past and all of them have some reason behind them (historical, cultural, superstitial, you name it). But just because something has historical reason, doesn't make it "true"
            this post = teh win.

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            • Re: Religion and Atheism

              Originally posted by Sip View Post
              Yah I totally understand Religions formed from historical events. Man saw fire thousands of years ago and thought it must be God. So we worshiped it for a few thousand years. Then man learned that historical experience was kind of stupid so we stopped worshiping fire. We have found ways to worship many many Gods in the past and all of them have some reason behind them (historical, cultural, superstitial, you name it). But just because something has historical reason, doesn't make it "true"
              Basically the belief is that God transcends knowledge and it's only through God that the world can change. Historically people worshiped things that they realized gave them life. They worshiped things like fire and the sun because they realized those things sustained life.
              "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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              • Re: Religion and Atheism

                Originally posted by Sip View Post
                I don't think you are understanding what I am saying. It doesn't matter at all what Armenians and Turks say. The facts speak for themselves and they are undisputed. The ONLY group blind to the facts are the Turks and I hope I don't have to explain to you why

                You could probably kick my ass as a Turkish lawyer? Why? Who cares who I am and what I have to say? The Genocide question is much bigger than you or I and it is not up to "debate". At least not among the majority of the serious intellectuals in the world.
                You failed to see my point. My point was the Armenian Genocide is a fact. It is something that happened in history. However unless it is passed down from generation to generation, it will become a myth just like the Genocide of the Amalikites from the bible.

                "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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                • Re: Religion and Atheism

                  Originally posted by KanadaHye View Post
                  You failed to see my point. My point was the Armenian Genocide is a fact. It is something that happened in history.
                  On one hand you are saying "it is just stories" (as if they are not reliable facts) and on the other hand you are saying it is "fact". So what are you saying? Do you still think some Turkish idiot lawyer can kick anyone's ass? If you don't think that (and you think Genocide is fact) then why did you say that stupid thing?
                  this post = teh win.

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                  • Re: Religion and Atheism

                    Originally posted by Sip View Post
                    On one hand you are saying "it is just stories" (as if they are not reliable facts) and on the other hand you are saying it is "fact". So what are you saying? Do you still think some Turkish idiot lawyer can kick anyone's ass? If you don't think that (and you think Genocide is fact) then why did you say that stupid thing?
                    The longer time settles over events, the less and less evidence remains. Will there be evidence of Armenians 1000 years from now if Armenians abandoned the Armenian Apostolic Church?

                    "During the First World War and the 1915 Armenian Genocide, the Armenian population and the home of the Catholicossate at the Monastery of St. Sophia of Sis (which can be seen to dominate the town in early 20th century photographs), was destroyed. The last residing Catholicos in Sis was Sahag II of Cilicia (Catholicos from 1902 to 1939), who followed his Armenian flock into exile from Turkey.

                    Since 1930, the Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia (also known as Holy See of Cilicia) has been headquartered in Antelias, Lebanon." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_Apostolic_Church

                    What would be left of Armenians if all young Armenians were successfully deterred from faith?

                    If religion was to be abolished and the destruction of churches and subsequently the faith of Armenians was destroyed (the current attack on Christianity in the media), what would keep our people from decreasing in numbers until there are none left and we're only a myth?
                    "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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                    • Re: Religion and Atheism

                      Aha ... so we're finally getting somewhere. Your true worry is that the Christian religion defines Armenians as a people. I am here to put your mind at ease and to again and again tell you there were Armenians LOOOOOONG before this whole Christianity fad showed up and I am very hopeful there will be Armenians for long long looong after Christianity goes away like so many other religions before it.

                      I actually find it very insulting to see claim that being Armenian is only (or predominantly) about Faith and the Church. We have so much more to offer to the world than just being prayer monkeys to God.

                      The real question is, do you think people will be smart enough to regain their identity outside the Church or are we doomed to have to depend on this farcical entity for eternity? I guess I have more faith in people than you
                      Last edited by Sip; 06-20-2011, 06:42 PM.
                      this post = teh win.

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