urbanboom
Active Member
how is the ad stupid?
you can have a miserable or great life believing in god or not. the ad is telling you to enjoy your life and stop worrying if there is a god. it doesn't say that not believing in god will make your life perfect. almost everyone i've met that believes in god both loves and is afraid of god at the same time. i know i was both and my religion taught me to be both. the government is funding a school system that teaches both to love god and fear god using canadian tax dollars. it is unnecessary suffering. yes, the canadian government funded the catholic school system i grew up in which worked on behalf of the catholic church to make me believe if i didn't worship god, i'd burn in hell for all eternity. and i don't care that they might not teach those things anymore. it is still written in the bibles that fill those schools, along with the rest of the irrational hatred and intolerance.
where in that ad does it say religion should be banned?
If your view of religion is one of only torment and punishment I don't blame you for your resentment of religion. I find people who view the world in absolutes to be very narrow minded. I find the people who say "because of evolution and the big bang, there is no God," just as crazy as those who say "there is no such thing as evolution and the big bang, because there is only God."
The religion that I choose to participate is one of tolerance, self-improvement and above all else, love. I don't live my life in fear of judgement for what I am, nor do I think that God is simply a man sitting on a cloud being angry all the time; ready to kill and burn at any moment. Sadly, this is the view carried by many people who see the world in black and white: orthodox people and many atheists.
You may have your own story of your fallout with religion, but mine happened very differently: I was an atheist in an atheist household for much of my life, until I found God on my own. I know I am a much better person because of it.