Religion gives to man discipline

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  1. arauca Banned Banned

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    Religion have brought discipline to man and teaches man self control
     
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  3. Balerion Banned Banned

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    Not necessarily. Many texts depict holy conquerors murdering, pillaging, and raping their way through the land. I'd hardly call that self-control.
     
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  5. Chipz Banned Banned

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    It sounds like we're underestimating the amount of discipline required to go thousands of miles just to rape and pillage.

    Although, I'd agree with arauca. Different philosophies have provided specific mental exercise which could have historically benefited our culture. The very concept of abstaining from a behaviour is unnatural, though necessary for our society to have enough for all.
     
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  7. Balerion Banned Banned

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    Who says they had to go thousands of miles? And if they did, who says they didn't rape and pillage all the way there?

    Well, he didn't say "philosophy," he said "religion." There are philosophies entirely outside the sphere of religious belief, and his comment excludes those, so you might want to reconsider your answer. Or not.

    And if not, then what beneficial "mental exercises" has religion given to mankind? And while you're at it, what the hell do you mean by "mental exercise?"
     
  8. Chipz Banned Banned

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    It takes practice to learn how to abstain from behaviour. That practice is an exercise, it's a mental exercise no different than mind-games or logic puzzles. Most religion's encourage some form ranging from looser modern Lutheranism to stricter Buddhism. Religions put forth a philosophy, in fact, for some Eastern religions such as Taoism that's their entire scope.
     
  9. Balerion Banned Banned

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    I disagree that abstinence from certain behavior is anything at all like a logic puzzle. That's simply not true. But that aside, what behaviors did religion teach man to abstain from that was beneficial to us? Don't duck the question.
     
  10. Chipz Banned Banned

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    Oh, that's a great point, I never thought of using that proof.

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    How about Taoist Wu Wei, or Jesus' golden rule? The latter probably existed before Christianity, though the majority who know of it today learned it through their religious teaching.
     
  11. Balerion Banned Banned

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    You didn't use any proof. You simply said it was, without qualification. That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence. But even without my favorite Hitchensian maxim, I see no correlation between abstinence and logic puzzle, or brain teasers. The former is the prohibition of an action, typically under the threat of punishment--be it here or the hereafter--while the latter is an exercise meant to strengthen the mind. What am I missing here?

    I admit that I am not up on my Taoism, so I will only speak of the Golden Rule: There is no "probably" about it; some form of it has appeared in every society dating back to the first, and has appeared independently in all of them. That it does appear without the need for migration proves that it's a moral standard inherent to society. We don't need to be told; it is innate.
     
  12. Aqueous Id flat Earth skeptic Valued Senior Member

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    This thread confuses religion with the normal mode of civilization, to establish order. Perfect example: the Code of Hammurabi, having no pretext of religion, just purely a civil law. Yet this was the basis for the 10 commandments, and the 10 commandments are typical of the religious rules that are the basis for this thread.
     
  13. Chipz Banned Banned

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    Mental discipline.

    Beginning in what year of human evolution?
     
  14. spidergoat pubic diorama Valued Senior Member

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    Can we have the discipline and self control (if you like those things) without the religion? Does the religion have to be a theist one? Do you call all systems of discipline and self control a religion?
     
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    Why? Because yours and common knowledge extends to the 10 commandments? Perhaps there are more interesting ventures within the framework worth exploring which are not so...trite. Perhaps some of those ventures require real consideration which shouldn't be so easily dismissed. Sometimes there are multiple questions to an answer, and its the question which is right.
     
  16. Balerion Banned Banned

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    It does not take mental discipline to abstain out of fear of punishment.

    Presumably from the very beginning. What's the point of the question?
     
  17. Chipz Banned Banned

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    Swing and a miss! Three strikes and you're out buddy, better luck next thread. If you don't understand why, review the series and see how you've been bested by the dolt.
     
  18. Balerion Banned Banned

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    Did I just get troll-rolled?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L6ojJuFpgLI&feature=related

    That's what I get for trying to debate the sock puppet of some permabanned douchebag.
     
  19. Chipz Banned Banned

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    Hey, before you go off in a "Report" pushing in frenzy, sleep on it Come back, re-read the sequence (with the monicker's removed if possible) and see who is "trolling".
     
  20. Balerion Banned Banned

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    It's you. Look at the bullshit you've posted here. You're a troll, that's what you do. That's what you did when you were...I'm guessing CheskiChips?
     
  21. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    JDawg,

    What exactly is your problem here?
     
  22. Balerion Banned Banned

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    Seriously?

    A review of our previous exchanges would explain why I have so little patience for him.

    Also, he's a sock puppet. I PM'd Tiassa about it. I can send you a copy, if you like?
     
  23. James R Just this guy, you know? Staff Member

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    I know who he is.

    It seems to me you took exception to his comment in post #3 for some unknown reason, and things have spiralled from there.

    Hence my query: what exactly is your problem here?
     

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