Cliff Clavin Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Would you give up your religion for a Billion Pounds or equivalent currency if your from a different country? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kay_cee Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 No. "What good will it be for a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?" Matthew 16:26. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sierra Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Cliff, are you the Devil? Sierra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk014b7161 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 my soul went long ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Nope. Next question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stackmonkey Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I don't think those that are devoutly religious COULD give up their beliefs for money. The actions and rituals associated, maybe, but these are not the fundamental aspects of any religion; the belief is. Works the other way too, I think. A fervent atheist may be persuaded to carry out the actions etc of a particular faith for enough money, but money alone will not make them believe in any god (unless perhaps, the God of any religion would like to hand me the money personally ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeP Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 It's just another one of the 'bait the religious folks' threads. We'd save a truckload of bandwidth on here if the atheists and people of faith agreed to disagree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordChaverly Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Would you give up your religion for a Billion Pounds or equivalent currency if your from a different country? Yes, tell me where I need to apply. For a billion (or even much less) I would adopt any religion anyone cares to name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rubydazzler Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Yes, tell me where I need to apply. For a billion (or even much less) I would adopt any religion anyone cares to name. Cliff, It's much easier to get people to pretend to accept a religion than for the confirmed practitioners to give theirs up. Look at the American 'Bible Belt' preachers, they're only in it for the money, but they talk a good game. If you were offering vice versa, for that much money, I'd even become a muslim. After all, if you're rich beyond the dreams of avarice, you don't have to obey any rules, anyway. As evinced on "Heaven and Earth" this morning, the rich people in Teheran dress how they like and aren't afraid of the 'religious police'. I was chortling at the government sponsored fashion show segment ... that was hysterical. The funniest thing was that the senior policeman who was moaning about how women dress, was wearing a grey suit and a white open necked shirt. I'd have paid more attention to his ranting if he'd been wearing something a little more traditional himself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_225 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 We'd save a truckload of bandwidth on here if the atheists and people of faith agreed to disagree. Ah, but is this what it's about? We would lose a lot of heated debate too which can't be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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