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dearestnight_falcon · #2 2004-03-19, 06:19

its interesting how many people come to that conclusion after a while

onion jack 67 · #3 2004-03-21, 05:30

we are getting there...

the sooner man in his 'infinite lack of wisdom' stops clinging to false notions of god and gets with the realisation that the universe is heaven and god simply means love, the better.

everything is god and nothing exists as a separate self. we are all divinely connected, from that ugly looking insect from the amazon basin to the most distant sparkle of another galaxy. this is how important everything is and we just don't get it.

there will always be hope

cunfoozedmunkee · #4 2004-03-21, 05:31

this is exactly what im starting to think

wierd...

Craftian · #5 2004-03-23, 05:24

I understand that I'm connected to the rest of the universe, but divinely? Please back up your assertations.

exesept · #6 2004-03-24, 02:04

my proof of God:

Everything has a chain. Right? Humans evolved from monkeys, which evolved from this.. which evolved from this... which came from.. etc... the chain continues until we finally come to atoms and the firsts cells and etc...

Its not HOW this all happened, its WHO or better yet, WHAT started this chain? I think God started this chain. Unless y'know, someone can explain different =) Did i just offend the Athiests? OH NO AN EXPLANATION WE ARE ALL FUCKED!

inquisitor_11 · #7 2004-03-24, 04:07

An "evolutionary" approach to the development of world religions was popular for a while (it still is in some peoples minds)- i think Hegel in particular was plugging the idea, however its mostly been debunked in recent times- there maybe some merit in it, however it was mostly just jumping on the evolutionary bandwagon of the period.

Craftian · #8 2004-03-24, 05:14

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quote:Originally posted by exesept:

Its not HOW this all happened, its WHO or better yet, WHAT started this chain? I think God started this chain. Unless y'know, someone can explain different =)

Ah, the venerable argument ad ignorantum.

If it turns out it was lightning striking a pool full of organic molecules, will you call the cloud God?

exesept · #9 2004-03-25, 03:48

how'd that cloud, or lightening strike get there? Who created them?

the chain goes on.

the_gremlin · #10 2004-03-25, 10:26

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quote:Originally posted by SupaAznPirate:

i have been thinking quite a bit lately and i have this idea that christianity talks of the almight "god" that created the universe, did some nice and not so nice things, had a kid with a virgin. and we have to respect it and worship it. But when you think about it isnt "god" just everyone and everything that is surrounding you ? it is the force changing the world you are living it, it created everything, you have to show great respect for it... etc

i just wanted to say all that shit

look into Daoism. it will make a lot of sense if thats the way you feel.

Craftian · #11 2004-03-25, 18:51

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quote:Originally posted by exesept:

how'd that cloud, or lightening strike get there? Who created them?

I don't know and neither do you.

If you call it "God" you're either making up an answer or calling something that you know nothing about God.

If it turns out that nothing "created" them and they are a result of purely natural mechanisms then you're calling something God that obviously isn't - except by some horribly twisted definition.

PsychoticMyth · #12 2004-03-26, 02:45

last time I checked "god" was a character in some old book of jewish folktales but hey I could be wrong.

seraph~aral · #13 2004-03-27, 03:33

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quote:Originally posted by PsychoticMyth:

last time I checked "god" was a character in some old book of jewish folktales but hey I could be wrong.

hahahahahahahaha

im not athiest, i believe in dietys and "gods" and spirits and saints and all that, but the chirstian god is nothing more than probability. they worship luck. well in my mind anyway.

exesept · #14 2004-03-28, 04:59

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quote:Originally posted by Craftian:

I don't know and neither do you.

If you call it "God" you're either making up an answer or calling something that you know nothing about God.

If it turns out that nothing "created" them and they are a result of purely natural mechanisms then you're calling something God that obviously isn't - except by some horribly twisted definition.

Hmmm... Niether do i, and niether do you, right? Thats where religion comes it, its faith, faith in something, it explains what science cannot, the whole point of FAITH is believing in something that cannot be explained, right? Thats why i assume its God.

Hexadecimal · #15 2004-03-28, 21:26

Why do you assume God? God is just as shitty of an answer as 'it just happened' (Which science doesn't say...just presenting the worst of the non-religious answers). You're applying foolish conjecture into a matter you know absolutely nothing about. If there is a possibility that God created the universe, there is also the possibility it just appeared suddenly...both are fucking stupid answers, so why assume either one? It's knowledge we can never obtain; is it really that difficult to admit you will never know rather than inventing some half-assed unfounded explanation?