Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Jul 17th 2010, 12:13 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by woocus
No, you suggested it.
Try it this way - IF there is a god, the biblical definition is that He is a spirit form, and that that spirit form encompasses all that is good. If we can accept that the biblical version encompasses the wiseness of a thousand years of knowledge, and as close to correct in its God claim. If we can acknowledge that there is a spirit world - unknown to us, maybe, but out there, then goodness in us, identifies with that concept.
Try it this way - IF there is a god, the biblical definition is that He is a spirit form, and that that spirit form encompasses all that is good. If we can accept that the biblical version encompasses the wiseness of a thousand years of knowledge, and as close to correct in its God claim. If we can acknowledge that there is a spirit world - unknown to us, maybe, but out there, then goodness in us, identifies with that concept.
Personification is a lame attempt,besides....it's complete BULLSHIT & a waste of time.
Jul 17th 2010, 12:20 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by Englishtart
All dogs go to heaven.
Jul 17th 2010, 12:38 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by Manc
Are you suggesting that if you were an athiest you would go out and murder your next door neighbors children because you could do so in a clear conscience?
your argument is not only flawed but shows you to be a bit of a closeted sociopath.
your argument is not only flawed but shows you to be a bit of a closeted sociopath.
Jul 17th 2010, 12:54 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by Herpes Simplex
Oddly enough the 1st century Ephesian Christians believed that precisely because they had "been saved" that they could do whatever they liked because they'd already been rubber stamped for heaven. So they wandered Ephesus shagging this, taking that, fighting them and whatnot all in the name of Jesus.
Jul 17th 2010, 2:14 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by emancipateddullard
No change there then.
Jul 17th 2010, 3:00 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by Herpes Simplex
How so?
Jul 17th 2010, 4:11 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by emancipateddullard
To be truly religious and follow the doctrine then entry is one of the perks.
Jul 17th 2010, 4:34 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by benzonar
Altruism is actually a trait that provides evolutionary advantage
This video touches on that pretty well
Jul 17th 2010, 4:40 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by Herpes Simplex
That's not what being a Christian means at all.
Jul 17th 2010, 4:47 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
It seems to me that Christ's teachings were the total opposite of the overblown structure of churches.
Jul 17th 2010, 4:57 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
There is something to be said about more use of mistletoe, blue woad and a bit of dancing on a Saturday night.............. Stiffening your hair with lime paste, ummmmmmmm, not so much.
Jul 17th 2010, 5:25 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by Herpes Simplex
That's not what being a Christian means at all.
Jul 17th 2010, 5:27 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by Herpes Simplex
The Catholic church certainly has a lot of explaining to do.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...M179AD9H0SOK00
Last edited by CelticRover; Jul 17th 2010 at 5:57 pm.
Jul 17th 2010, 6:23 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by emancipateddullard
Then what is it?
Jul 17th 2010, 6:28 pm
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Re: Can we bring up the subject of religion here?
Originally Posted by CelticRover
The Vatican tried but only seemed to make it worse.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...M179AD9H0SOK00
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/...M179AD9H0SOK00
