Some replies and opinions. 
I know that on the forums my opinion is a lot less valuable than on youtube, so I'll spare you what I THINK about religion until I tell you a bit about what I KNOW about religion; and I happen to know quite a lot. Here's a few problems with the things you guys have been saying.
First of all a theory not an educated guess, please show some respect. A hypothesis is an educated guess. A theory is a strong model which is able to explain many things about a certain phenomenon.
Most people who don't agree with evolution or the big bang theory have not the slightest clue what evolution and the big bang theory say. I am a biology student at the University of Alberta, so I know (relative to most of the people posting here, anyway) a LOT about what the theory of evolution says. It has nothing to do with where life originally comes from, and it has nothing to do with whether or not there is a god. Even the pope, who is the leading cause of aids in Africa- and by extension probably the biggest ******* in the world, accepts evolution, and encourages everyone else in the church to accept it as well. (If you didn't get the joke, well... it's not really a joke, but basically the pope won't let christian Africans have condoms, and this is BAD for the aids problem)
Which brings me to my next point. Yes, catholics are christians. Every christian is either a catholic or a protestant. Catholicism is the "original christianity", while protestantism is all of the different denominations that disagreed with certain aspects of catholicism, and thought they could offer "better christianity". Catholics believe that the bread and wine in the mass LITTERALLY changes into the LITERAL flesh and blood of Jesus during the mass. I'm not joking. Catholics also are NOT allowed to be divorced. Ain't that a *****? A catholic who gets divorced will be shunned until they can get their marriage absolved (this means that a bishop says that the marriage technically never happened). It's annoying things like this about catholicism that made people want to change the religion a little bit to make it a bit more convenient. That's where protestant religions came from. I used to be a catholic for many many years, I took catechism (like Sunday school, but on Tuesdays and Thursdays) for like 4 years and even a university course on western religions. But the longer you spend in a university (even a christian university [oh crap did I just admit that?]) the smarter you get, and the harder it becomes to believe in ridiculous garbage like religion. Of course, now I'm at a REAL university which offers REAL degrees, and I'm living my own life, and guess what! I'm a happier, more successful student, and a better person than I ever was as a religious type. (Yes, I am an athiest now.) I had been thoroughly brainwashed to the point, looking back on it, that it's just SCARY... and I managed to pull myself out of it. Good for me. Besides, that praise and worship band I was in was horrible.
Oh, by the way god, Allah, and Yahweh are all the same dude. And if you're a christian: god, Allah, Yahweh, Jesus Christ, and the holy spirit (or ghost, if you're old-school) are all the same dude... but sort of not all at the same time. Weird, eh? Christianity, judaism, and islam are called the Abrahamic religions or "judao-christian religions", a name which I'm sure the muslims just LOVE! They are called this because they all come from the story of abraham (and his god) in one way or another. They are all worshiping the same guy, but they disagree on certain things. Jews believe that jesus was just another prophet. Muslims believe that jesus will come at the apocalypse to kick some serious ass. Yeah, that's actually true.
So yes, I am an atheist now. An atheist is anyone who doesn't believe that a god exists. Atheists do not believe in nothing. Nihilists are people who believe in nothing. Atheism and nihilism are NOT the same thing, or related to each other in any way.
Agnosticism might sound like atheism, but it's not the same thing. An agnostic is someone who doesn't know whether god exists or does not exist. You can be an agnostic christian, or an agnostic atheist, or an agnostic anything. If you don't know what you believe, you should call yourself an agnostic.
anyway, I'm sure some people are gonna be really mad at me for saying I'm not religious (and for calling the pope names). But before you flame me, think about why that bothers you so much. Almost everyone who is going to say something is NOT a catholic, and therefore has no reason to defend the pope. Furthermore, if someone has the right to post a comment about what he's doing for lent, I have the right to post a comment insulting the pope. Apples and oranges? Think really hard, and you'll see that it's the exact same thing. If the guy that opens the thread is allowed to talk religion, so is everyone else. And the fact that it's a person's belief doesn't make it all of a sudden safe from other opinions. On the contrary, I think the harder someone believes something based on what makes you feel good, the harder everyone else should try to help him abandon this delusion. (For example, I believe that I am the most handsome chick-magnet in the Edmonton area.)
By the way, I know you're supposed to capitalize catholic, christian, jew, muslim, and every other name of a "group" of people.. I'm just lazy. I also now you're supposed to capitalize "god" and "his"... but please, get real. If "god" is god's name, he might be all powerful and all knowing, but he sure isn't very original. Get a name, and I promise I'll capitalize it (and I know all about Yahweh, Allah, Jehova, et cetera. Until everyone starts using it though, it doesn't count.)
So, whatever religion you guys are, I hope you have a good lent or non-lent. Personally, I'm giving up those bottles of Arizona green tea... I love them, but they are packed with sugar. I think health is a better reason to give something up than a holiday. Makes it a lot easier too.
anyway, I hope I didn't offend anyone; but at the same time, I'm not apologizing if did.
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