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No, you insulted all of them. That's hardly better.
First of all, if you read the thread, you'll notice that most of the people who have an issue with your post are atheists.
Second, every religion does not insult your way of thinking. Some do, but even in those religions, not every single follower of that religion will condemn you for your beliefs. You're lumping theists into one stereotyped group.
First of all, your argument was incoherent and unorganized to begin with. By all means, your English doesn't have to be perfect. But people need to be able to read the post to debate it.
And I don't think you're attempting an adult conversation at all. You didn't read the thread. You didn't respond to anything in the thread. You just stated what you don't like about religion. Which is fine. But please don't pretend that it was anything but that.
Not many people in this guild have had this problem. Isn't it possible that it's just you? That maybe people don't like being talked down to?
Animals don't talk.

1. I've never been a big fan of political correctness and most of the time I think it's a** backwards so feel free to speak your mind at least with me and I'm assuming this is a response to my question?

2. So you don't know why people need their religions and/or their Gods you just have a couple of hypothesis that make sense to you but may or may not be true to a significant amount of people.

3. Cool. I'm trying to better myself too and I'm using life experience as well biggrin

I don't get it for this reason: if there's no afterlife then it doesn't matter if we waste life because all life is a waste anyways. Eventually we, and then our loved ones go into non-existance, and the universe follows.
And it's not a waste even if the above point didn't matter, because our perceptions skew the world anyway. Better to be skewed and happy, then skewed and hopeless. (But of course that's just my opinion. sweatdrop )

You know, I can sort-of see the idea of "do it just in case because it wouldn't really harm you just to do it". People do these kinds of things, often it makes sense. Many scientists claim there's no proof that it's our use of fossil fuel that causes global warming, but it can't hurt moving onto cleaner sources of energy, would it?

However, any religion would claim to be right, the road to heaven (okay, not all of them, but many of them). How would you know which one to choose? Should we just bet, just in case? Maybe it's Christianity? And who's right? Protestants? Catholics? Muslims? Buddhists? You can't really tell for sure, and as far as I'm concerned, they're all at the exact same spot. I wouldn't choose any of them, because none of them makes any more sense than the other to me.

I don't think you'd choose a religion just for the sake of it. Religion is something you're supposed to also feel, to believe with your entire heart and soul, isn't that so?

Thanks for clearing all this up! I didn't really get what went on with atheists, so now I have a general idea. smile

Because then this isn't the end. You and your famly are living so you can be better in some place permanent, and while who you are does change, it still will always exist in one for or another.
Without eternity, all that you've gone trough doesn't matter one whit. Without God, there's no explanation for eternity, or why love and relationships are important. Plus if you know Him it feels worse then losing a family member when you doubt His existence.

No. The Trinity means He fulfills Himself. He doesn't need us, but He does love us and want us to choose Him.

I actually understand and respect Atheism. In my self searching, I have found many things that make sense and feel right to me, that do not seem to fit any "pre-made" religious moral code. As far as there being something out there....I do not believe in an omnipotent being. I DO believe in a collective of positive energy. Perhaps when people encounter it, they give it shape so they can comprehend.