Humor Strikes back

World religions are not cults, but cults are often based around them. (important note just in case.)

How does a person’s religion effect them?Since their religion dictates their world view, their understanding of reality, it is used as a set of base rules to help formulate their decisions.For example:A Christian would not be keen to be involved with a séance; because she believes that there is a God, that God wrote the Bible, and since the Bible commands that people avoid necromancy (communication with the dead) she had better obey that command.A Hindu may not want to eat beef since he believes cows are sacred and he would generate bad karma for his next life.An Atheist or “Naturalist” may believe that there is nothing beyond the material realm, and finding this thought depressing she turns to alcohol, or some other form of escape to dull the pain of the “pointlessness of life”.A Muslim may take a trip to Mecca, since he believes that the God of Islam has commanded every Muslim, who is able, to do this at least once in his lifetime.

An Atheist or "Naturalist" may believe that there is nothing beyond the material realm, and finding this thought depressing she turns to alcohol, or some other form of escape to dull the pain of the "pointlessness of life".this was on your world religions page. i find it amusing that this was listed along with the very noble goals of those of religious faith.as a christian, i feel called to compassion. your name-calling does not follow this. perhaps you should say something like the following:because the atheist or 'naturalist' does not believe in a god or an after life, he may try to live this life as morally and fulfilling as possible knowing it is his only opportunity to do so.it is fine for you to say later that you think it does matter what one believes, but if you're going to list the hindu abstainance from beef-eating and islamic pilgrimages and christian abstainance from necromancy, you should establish a positive aspect of atheism. i assure you, there are plenty. like the lack of an angry and vengeful god which so many christians are stuck on. but then i'm not that kind of christian.or you could forego all that and list off the negative aspects of hinduism or islam, too. you know. killing the infidels and sacrificing to khali and all that fun stuff. not that christians and jews are all that free of commands to kill the infidels and cast the heretic from their presence.