Has anyone cared enough to share this with you?

ronn387 said: "Jesus can buy an ad like anyone else."

BenHouston said: "I am sorry if this offends anyone. I find that religion is for the poor and weak-minded. Lets keep this forum secular please."

drdan said: "[QUOTE=BenHouston]I am sorry if this offends anyone. I find that religion is for the poor and weak-minded. Lets keep this forum secular please.[/QUOTE] LOL - right now I am converting to Catholicism. Must be my weak mind.:th_angelsmiley4: No worries though Ben I thought the same when I was your age. Not offended at all. I do agree with you that this spam should be deleted quick!"

crankitdb711 said: "Of the 3 forums at this community, there is General Discussion, Let's Talk Stocks, and Options Trading. Which one of these 3 forums would this thread have been appropriate. Hint: It's not this one."

Rbreb13 said: "[QUOTE=BenHouston]I am sorry if this offends anyone. I find that religion is for the poor and weak-minded. Lets keep this forum secular please.[/QUOTE]I agree Ben. I thought the same when I was your age or younger and still think that way 30+ years later. My father is a minister (Presbyterian) and my mother is more religeous than he is."

JohnL said: "LOL. This is a hilarious thread."

JAP said: "[QUOTE=BenHouston]I am sorry if this offends anyone. I find that religion is for the poor and weak-minded. Lets keep this forum secular please.[/QUOTE] Yep... poor and [I]very[/I] weak-minded. Brainwashing to the max. Did you ever notice every religion thinks that their way is the correct way? They condemn and lambast all that disagree with them."

Corey said: "Well, all I know is that when investing, I think to myself, "What would Jesus buy?""

Mr. Gekko said: "[QUOTE=Corey]Well, all I know is that when investing, I think to myself, "What would Jesus buy?"[/QUOTE] He would buy DEO, ED, MCD, VZ and WM. Yes, I am the son of God! :flipoff:"

BenHouston said: "[QUOTE=Rbreb13]I agree Ben. I thought the same when I was your age or younger and still think that way 30+ years later. My father is a minister (Presbyterian) and my mother is more religeous than he is.[/QUOTE] A good friend of mine works for the Presbyterian church of Canada and his dad is a minister in in the Bremuda"

JCast3 said: "[QUOTE=BenHouston]I am sorry if this offends anyone. [B]I find that religion is for the poor and weak-minded[/B]. Lets keep this forum secular please.[/QUOTE] [QUOTE=JAP]Yep... [B]poor and [I]very[/I] weak-minded[/B]. Brainwashing to the max. Did you ever notice every religion thinks that their way is the correct way? They condemn and lambast all that disagree with them.[/QUOTE] you guys dont honestly believe that, do you? food for thought, conservatives are generally religious people, religous people favor conservative law, conservative law favors rich people, rich people dont get rich with a weak mind (most of them)...."

BenHouston said: "I believe it to some extent, but its a very broad and generalized statement. It only applies to certain situations. If you look at the poor areas in the middle east for example (palestine)....they feel there is no hope for them. They think their is no way to financial prosperity, so they all turn to religion. And the reason why I said weak minded is that other people (that arent poor) need to believe in something. They cannot accept the fact that we are just here. Now don't get me wrong I am not preaching hedonism here, I am just stating my very generalized opinions."

JCast3 said: "i was just needling you guys, i dont really care, i have to get better about using the smilies to help set the mood :grin:"

thezster said: "While I try to avoid politics and religion.... I can't leave this one alone much longer.... I'm far from a holy roller.... But am religious enough to appreciate the poor attempt by the originator of this poster to "reach out". He/she just has the wrong approach. I'll just leave it to say - I believe - and am hardly a "weak minded individual from the lower classes". To each their own - as long as they're not one of my closely held loved ones.... Nuff said!"

drdan said: "[QUOTE=BenHouston]If you look at the poor areas in the middle east for example (palestine)....they feel there is no hope for them. They think their is no way to financial prosperity, so they all turn to religion. [/QUOTE] Lets see if I can get one more post in here before Darren comes in and blasts this thread to h***(wait I am a Christian, not going to talk that way). I think this is a poor argument Ben. Religion is ALL they have. Religion is the only thing that can give them hope. What would you do if your world was a pile of crap and you saw no way out and someone was offering you hope. You are looking at religion through your eyes of living in a country that allows you to choose anything. A land of prosperity living right next door to THE country that thrives on prosperity. These people are not weak minded they just have no other choice."

Darren said: "The discussion has been fine, so far, but the original message was an unsolicited:wave: ad for Jesus. Spamming is not very Christian ;)"

JAP said: "[QUOTE=JCast3]you guys dont honestly believe that, do you? food for thought, conservatives are generally religious people, religous people favor conservative law, conservative law favors rich people, rich people dont get rich with a weak mind (most of them)....[/QUOTE] Sorry, I should clarify myself a bit more... Anyone that goes to religious extremes and totally looses himself to religion is weak-minded. I don't support anything that pontificates you, or tells people they're going to hell if they don't do this or that. That's ridiculous."

BenHouston said: "lol sorry guys there are religious extremists..then on the other end of the spectrum are my cynical and sarcastic remarks. Take what I say lightly"

JohnL said: "I believe in High Finance. :P"

thezster said: "[QUOTE=JohnL]I believe in High Finance. :P[/QUOTE] Face it John... you believe in you!!:signs065:"

SporeMonger said: "[QUOTE=BenHouston]I believe it to some extent, but its a very broad and generalized statement. It only applies to certain situations. If you look at the poor areas in the middle east for example (palestine)....they feel there is no hope for them. They think their is no way to financial prosperity, so they all turn to religion. And the reason why I said weak minded is that other people (that arent poor) need to believe in something. They cannot accept the fact that we are just here. Now don't get me wrong I am not preaching hedonism here, I am just stating my very generalized opinions.[/QUOTE] Atleast they get 72 virgins after they die. I do have to ask, what does a dead person that no longer needs to procreate do with one virgin, never mind 72?!? Maybe that is really their hell? :laugh: My beef with Cristianism is that if they didn't leave out the parts of the bible that really didn't make any sense or are contridictory (the old testament), Cristianity would be the laughing stock of the world. They also wouldn't make all the money they are making."

JohnL said: "[QUOTE=thezster]Face it John... you believe in you!!:signs065:[/QUOTE] I actually was going to put "I believe in Johnism" but then I changed it to High Finance. :flipoff: :wave:"

thezster said: "And people say us traders are simply "guessers"... Hmmmmpf!!"

JohnL said: "[QUOTE=SporeMonger]Atleast they get 72 virgins after they die. I do have to ask, what does a dead person that no longer needs to procreate do with one virgin, never mind 72?!? Maybe that is really their hell? :laugh: My beef with Cristianism is that if they didn't leave out the parts of the bible that really didn't make any sense or are contridictory (the old testament), Cristianity would be the laughing stock of the world. They also wouldn't make all the money they are making.[/QUOTE] IMO the Bible should be read allegorically/metaphorically/figuratively/whatever-you-want-to-call-it-ly and not literally, sort of like Dante's Commedia. A literal interpretation of the Bible is the wrong way to look at it. It's actually a very profound text on many different levels (I guess that's obvious though). I recently got done with St. Augustine of Hippo's Confessions and St. Thomas Aquinas's Treatise on Law and the things these theologians can extract from the text are amazing."

JAP said: "One thing is certain... I'll say bye-bye to this forum if it ever becomes overly religious or political. The internet is overflowing with those already. What the net lacks is [I]free [/I]investment forums like this one. Please let's stick to trading, investing, finance, etc..."

drdan said: "[QUOTE=JAP]One thing is certain... I'll say bye-bye to this forum if it ever becomes overly religious or political. The internet is overflowing with those already. What the net lacks is [I]free [/I]investment forums like this one. Please let's stick to trading, investing, finance, etc...[/QUOTE] My last post in this thread. All I can say is that I am amazed and proud to be a part of this forum when we can discuss religion of all things and have it be a nice easy going discussion. Excellent to all of us as I pat us all on the backs. Want to try politics next???:laugh:"

JCast3 said: "[QUOTE=JAP]One thing is certain... I'll say bye-bye to this forum if it ever becomes overly religious or political. The internet is overflowing with those already. What the net lacks is [I]free [/I]investment forums like this one. Please let's stick to trading, investing, finance, etc...[/QUOTE] qft. [QUOTE=drdan]Want to try politics next???:laugh:[/QUOTE] goddamn liberals make me sick :whacky011: :laugh:"

Mr. Gekko said: "Whether you believe in a religion or you believe in nothing... you still believe something."

LongArm said: "I believe I can fly... I believe I can touch the sky... C'mon, sing it with me. :th_alc:"

JAP said: "[QUOTE=JCast3]qft. [/QUOTE] I'm not big on internet forum acronyms. What does QFT mean?"

JohnL said: "[QUOTE=JAP]I'm not big on internet forum acronyms. What does QFT mean?[/QUOTE] Quoted For Truth."

Harry said: "Satan will pick you the best porfolio. :p"

Lightspeed said: "[QUOTE=ronn387]Jesus can buy an ad like anyone else.[/QUOTE] I am the most religious when I am trading......"Oh God, Dear Father in heaven, please let this go my way!" Har Har!! :roll:"

DBishop said: "When we die, and we all will die one day so all of us are included, we will have to explain all of our remarks. Do yourself a favor and don't say things that will make you ashamed."

Harry said: "[QUOTE=DBishop]When we die, and we all will die one day so all of us are included, we will have to explain all of our remarks. Do yourself a favor and don't say things that will make you ashamed.[/QUOTE] I tried not to touch this but... HOW DO YOU KNOW?"

FirefighterB said: "I am not a believer in organized religion because I don't believe that anyone is "wrong" in their beliefs. This is probably due to the fact that I'm a mutt of religions and am hesitant to believe that anyone in my family is going to "hell." I believe that spirituality is important and is an extremely positive (and extremely negative, too) on the lives of many. As long as it doesn't get overzealous or "whose right," then I'm all for it. If you're interested, read [I]The Celestine Prophecy[/I] and [I]The Road Less Traveled[/I]. Both come from totally different perspectives but give great views and ideas on religion, spirituality, etc. The religious follower and the atheist can both probably get something out of these books if you're willing to listen. (Not to be a...well, not Bible, but Paperback beater)"