Bad Religion

So fellow potheads, I wanted to pose the question of religion to everyone. I myself am an Atheist, thus my use of drugs does not interfere with any code of morales I'm supposed to adhere to. What religion do you guys follow, if any, and how do you rationalize your use of a herb, which is definetly a no-no for anyone pretending to be christian or jewish. And what do you guys think about religion? I see it as a crutch... pretty classic veiw, eh? A big ass dominatrix, raping people of individuality and freedom, making them think someone else can make it ok for them to do bad things or that there are constantly things watching them. Its all bad =oP

And what does toaism, wicca and any other religion you guys might be in veiw as wrong as far as drugs are concerned?

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Originally Posted by Bro DZ

So fellow potheads, I wanted to pose the question of religion to everyone. I myself am an Atheist, thus my use of drugs does not interfere with any code of morales I'm supposed to adhere to. What religion do you guys follow, if any, and how do you rationalize your use of a herb, which is definetly a no-no for anyone pretending to be christian or jewish. And what do you guys think about religion? I see it as a crutch... pretty classic veiw, eh? A big ass dominatrix, raping people of individuality and freedom, making them think someone else can make it ok for them to do bad things or that there are constantly things watching them. Its all bad =oP

And what does toaism, wicca and any other religion you guys might be in veiw as wrong as far as drugs are concerned?

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Ah shit! I thought this was going to be about the band... :(

I think the flaw of organized religion is that it takes what is supposed to be a subjective, mystical experience of god/universal conscious/nature/whatever and dogmatizes it. As soon as you start saying what is/isn't god, what god thinks, etc., and focusing on that, rather than focusing on the mystical, personal experience and personal knowledge of whatever you want to call it, your religion becomes somewhat scientific in a way, and it fails to serve it's purpose. Religious experience can't be quantified, classified, explained, or limited, that's why it is supposed to meet a psychological need that science doesn't satisfy. But this is what modern organized religions do through dogma.

Wait, was that on topic? Did it even make sense? Oh well, who cares...

Dude! It's not the religion that says its wrong, it's the bigots that are religious!

I thought it was going to be about the band too

What songs do you reccomend, i have never eally listened to bad religion

I am an atheist as well, and a Daoist; however, I would classify Daoism as a philosophy rather than a religion, since it does not deal with things that must be believed based on faith or cannot be observed.

To answer your question, Daoism does not hold anything as "wrong". It does not dictate what is "moral" and "immoral" like Christianity, Islam, etc. It is a philosophy about what is and the way things are, and seeks to help people live in harmony with that. For this reason it holds great reverence for nature and things natural, not excluding the many mind-altering things found in nature. I know of many Daoists who use weed recreationally.

im more of an Agnostic than an atheist..


if i had to choose someothine to beluieve in, it wiould be myself.. i can only see tghe world from my point of view, so it o nly matters how I see shit, u know?

i dunno im so high and i cant see the keyboard.. anywya, as far as relgion goers, i think religion is just somethin that people use to fill and give hopoe to their avergae every day noraml liveas.. coz we were supposed to live like this noramll,y in these concrete jungles but we do, so our minds work in crazy ways to deveklp this idea of something bigger to beliebe in u know?

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Originally Posted by Sedater18

I thought it was going to be about the band too

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thats what i was thinking too...

right on guys. nice post Somedude.