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Quote from: gumcruise on July 24, 2015, 10:01:22 AM

Quote from: turvarya on July 24, 2015, 08:19:09 AM

Seriously?
I saw this claims many times, when it comes to Apple. There are people worshiping Steve Jobs as a perfect being, the same way, some people worship Satoshi as a perfect being.

That's because Steve Jobs purposely engineered it to be this way. And I said usually. A company with a trillion dollar market cap is not "usual".

So, we agree, if Bitcoin is a religion, than Apple is also a religion?

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Quote from: turvarya on July 24, 2015, 08:19:09 AM

Seriously?
I saw this claims many times, when it comes to Apple. There are people worshiping Steve Jobs as a perfect being, the same way, some people worship Satoshi as a perfect being.

That's because Steve Jobs purposely engineered it to be this way. And I said usually. A company with a trillion dollar market cap is not "usual".

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Everything can be made religion if believed with anormality. Bitcoin can be religion for them who loves the money. The people who live to make money, to spend money, to accumulate money are the more particularly vulnerable to create a religion believe for the bitcoin.

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Quote from: deliciousowl on July 22, 2015, 05:02:01 AM

Quote from: Daniel91 on July 22, 2015, 04:56:32 AM

You can also believe in your company, country, even spouse or kids but this is not connected with religion.
People can even believe in God without need for religion.
Religion is, by definition, institutional and includes church services, the priests, shared spiritual values etc.
We can believe in bitcoin but bitcoin will never replace the institutional faith and service to God.

Taoism nor Buddhism require those. Usually people do not spend hours posting on the internet about how awesome their company is, or claim it will save the world. Bitcoin actually even has its own eschatology, as well as principles of gnosis.

I notice a lot of posts here who content that it's not a religion, because Christianity is. Well, then you better go and discard all the other Abrahamic religions, as well as Shinto, Tao, Buddhism, Hinduism, etc.

Seriously?
I saw this claims many times, when it comes to Apple. There are people worshiping Steve Jobs as a perfect being, the same way, some people worship Satoshi as a perfect being.

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Actually it was Flavor Aid and not Kool Aid.

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well its a religion that is getting new believers every day ,if we didnt believe it would be dead already.The same way as others religious that survived from the past .

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Satoshi's second coming will herald the apocalyptic collapse of fiat. All devout bitcoiners shall be assured entry into the blockchain... so it is written.

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You lead and I'll watch you walk away.

Quote from: kenbytes on July 23, 2015, 01:15:44 PM

I follow the religion of bitcoin and Satoshi is our one and only Prophet. We need to find new converts everyday to help grow our religion

Welcome to Jonestown

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I follow the religion of bitcoin and Satoshi is our one and only Prophet. We need to find new converts everyday to help grow our religion

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Quote from: deliciousowl on July 22, 2015, 04:27:44 PM

Quote from: Mickeyb on July 22, 2015, 04:26:49 PM

Why not what?
Why is not a religion or why most of the world still hasn't heard about Bitcoin?

Why is it not a religion?

because religion trust something that does not exist, bitcoin exist and it's real(you can prove its existence virtually speaking), and while you can't touch it you can at least see it

please don't bring the bullshit about the fact that virtual thing does not exist....i hate when someone say "real life", playing video game is still a part of your "real life", this as a counter argument...

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All I know is that I know nothing.

who even came up with the idea of comparing bitcoin to religion?!!

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In my opinion Cryptocurrencies and religions have nothing in common, yet the vocabulary used is very similar to religion.

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Now go out there and spread the word!
May the spirit of Satoshi be with you.

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this topic always reminds of and old Family Guy episode where peter griffin started his own religion and build a church in their barn. and started the religion of "the Fonz" worshiping Arthur Fonzarelli Cheesy

....Ayyy

Quote from: dodgecharger on July 22, 2015, 08:35:52 PM

Our Satoshi, who art in blockchain,
Encrypted be thy name
Thy transactions come
Thy will be done on ASICS
As it is on Github.
Give us this day our daily mining reward,
And forgive our zero-conf double-spends
As we forgive them that double-spend against us.
And lead us not into alt-chains
But deliver us from Ripple
For thine is the mining rig,
The hashing power, and the block reward,
For ever and ever
Amen.

that was awesome, nice job dude.

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I can draw your avatar!

bitcoin is based on a theory, a belief and the theory is working out and we, the believers and backers of that theory are comparable to a religion. I think it is more like a revolution, one that will bring us yet another step closer to our personal development, our own independance and in the end a better world, we might never reach utopia, but we are getting closer with every step and revolution. After the economy has been freed by the blockchain we can expect the next revolution to happen, away with government and corporate bribes, or who knows what need to be revolutionised.

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Seems that it is a some kind of religion Cheesy

for some people.
I mean even everyone on this forum is under that religion

we are all interested in bitcoin and we believe in this cryptocurrency. So we are all in that!

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Quote from: dodgecharger on July 22, 2015, 08:35:52 PM

Our Satoshi, who art in blockchain,
Encrypted be thy name
Thy transactions come
Thy will be done on ASICS
As it is on Github.
Give us this day our daily mining reward,
And forgive our zero-conf double-spends
As we forgive them that double-spend against us.
And lead us not into alt-chains
But deliver us from Ripple
For thine is the mining rig,
The hashing power, and the block reward,
For ever and ever
Amen.

That's all the proof I need

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Being a religion is one way to get tax exemption

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Move On !!!!!!

Quote from: BillyBobZorton on July 22, 2015, 05:24:24 PM

Quote from: Mickeyb on July 22, 2015, 04:46:00 PM

Quote from: deliciousowl on July 22, 2015, 04:27:44 PM

Quote from: Mickeyb on July 22, 2015, 04:26:49 PM

Why not what?
Why is not a religion or why most of the world still hasn't heard about Bitcoin?

Why is it not a religion?

Because religion is untouchable, it is just there and you choose to believe or not into it. Bitcoin is a technology, it is very real and I don't see it as spiritual at all.

Now if you think that biggest bitcoin believers are bitcoin religious, I don't know. They are maybe bitcoin fanatics, not bitcoin religious in my opinion.

The magic of the blockchain is almost spiritual. It's one of those technological paradigm shifts that feel sort of a religious experience for a nerd if you read the whitepaper and understand it. It's that awesome. Of course, it's just a mega clever mind (or a group) of people that came up to that conclusion and solved fundamental problems, but it's still insanely amazing, thats why a lot of people get hooked with this technology and can't stop researching.

Well I guess there are personal preferences on what we will call religious or not. I agree that the technology is truly amazing, that's why we are all here. But I just don't see it religious.

I guess I just have more mathematical mind than spiritual to be seeing it like this.

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Quote from: knowhow on July 22, 2015, 09:41:08 PM

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Quote from: faridkifly on July 22, 2015, 03:33:06 PM

in my opinion everyone crazy about bitcoin just because they want an instant money without going out to everywhere, just sit infront your gadget and "click"

Instant money is not possible my dear friend by just clicking, you need to invest your time, energy and skills if you want to earn bitcoins. It is not as simple as you are thinking, and instant money its not possible unless you gamble and win Grin

there is always a delay converting btc into fiat and withdraw it from the exchange,clicks wont make money soo easy can make cents,only if the click is dice or gamblick soo can make like instant money getting in balance lol,but well not crazy people ,a vision showed us the way forward at the present time ,you can choose ,be in or be out.

For me it hardly take 10 mins to convert my bitcoins into my local currency. I don't know why your transactions are taking time, Use localbitcoins/escrow it hardly take 10 mins to deposit money into my bank account and I am really satisfied with it.

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