wow - what some people believe.... Walk through this 'tour' of the creationist museum: http://www.answersingenesis.org/museum/walkthrough/displaypic.asp?PhotoID=1 Note quotes like: All hail the flying spaghetti monster! Join my religion - where heaven has a stripper factory and a beer volcano - every friday is a religious holiday!!!! http://www.venganza.org/
~cough~ I dont think its really faith, i think its just..christianity. It really hasnt done any good for anyone.
Yep - really - http://www.venganza.org/ - very possibly the fastest growing religion on the planet - Also Known As: Pastafarianism Church Of the Flying Spaghetti Monster First Reform Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Ramenism Beer volcano and stripper factory in heaven. If you haven't heard of the flying spaghetti monster, check out http://www.venganza.org/
Don't knock chritianity (any more than you'd knock Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism etc). Knock fundamentalism. Religion has done some good stuff: it has given people frameworks to live by. It has inspired charity and great deeds of humanity. It has done some bad stuff too: it has inspired crusades and wars, inquisition and persecution. People, eh? What blew up trains in the London underground wasn't Islam, it was fundamentalism. What created religious persecution in Western Europe wasn't chritianity, it was fundamentalism... again what created this museum is fundamentalism. Be wary. It doesn't always come in a religious package either. Any philosophy or viewpoint can go fundamental on you...
I agree with other people Religion is good, as it gives people hope and belief. Fundamentalism is bad, as it cause people to go a bit crazy by society standards. Trust me, I've served in Iraq!
Sadly it's true though If any of you get the opportunity to watch Penn and Teller's TV series, more specificaly the episode on creationism, it makes quite a few very good points. Season 1 episode 8, just incase