Magical thinking.
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Fentoine Lum
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American society floats upon magical thinking, there's no disconnect at all, choose your illusion.
Anyone is free to blindly guess that a god exists (or that several gods) exist...just as anyone is free to blindly guess that no gods exist.
One of those guesses is probably right. I say "probably right" because the true nature of existence may be so complicated that either YES or NO on the question may not be the only options.
In any case, it seems to me that just acknowledging that none of us KNOWS for sure is the more ethical way to deal with the issue.
TWO THINGS:
ONE: I realize that some people who blindly guess there is at least one god...are going to insist that they KNOW there is at least one god...and that some people who blindly guess there are no gods...are going to insist that they KNOW there are no gods.
The people in both those groups are full of shit.
TWO: Many of the people making those blind guesses (in both directions) are going to refer to their blind guesses as "beliefs."
Okay...if you have to call your blind guesses "beliefs"...nothing in law to stop you.
One of those guesses is probably right. I say "probably right" because the true nature of existence may be so complicated that either YES or NO on the question may not be the only options.
In any case, it seems to me that just acknowledging that none of us KNOWS for sure is the more ethical way to deal with the issue.
TWO THINGS:
ONE: I realize that some people who blindly guess there is at least one god...are going to insist that they KNOW there is at least one god...and that some people who blindly guess there are no gods...are going to insist that they KNOW there are no gods.
The people in both those groups are full of shit.
TWO: Many of the people making those blind guesses (in both directions) are going to refer to their blind guesses as "beliefs."
Okay...if you have to call your blind guesses "beliefs"...nothing in law to stop you.
Irish Exit
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We are all stuck here however that happened.
True enough. But one belief, if true, leads to eternal life. The other to eternal suffering. Just how sure are you that there is no God? It's not the kind of question you want to leave unanswered. There is a lot riding on it. Like, everything.
You're lying. I'm an atheist, and do not believe that.
Every society had a creation story to answer the question "where did we come from".. Don't take it literally.. Genesis wasn't intended as science or history..
Unlil trumpf finishes us all off, I suppose. Do the holy ones believe a god created that thing?
Irish Exit
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Well the Bible says we get a do over lightening round if we get it wrong on Round 1.
jimmymccready
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Listening to Grugore approaches eternal suffering.
How can any sane person pretend to WORSHIP a god that will punish someone for disobeying by torturing them for all the rest of eternity???
That is like a parent punishing a child for disobeying by using a chainsaw on his face!
That is like a parent punishing a child for disobeying by using a chainsaw on his face!
Irish Exit
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The Bible indicates all governments exist due to God's will that establishes them. Now render into Caesar.
Irish Exit
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The Jehovah Witnesses see it differently....and seem to have a lot more Biblical support than say the fire and brimstone Baptists, but whatever. People should do what works for them.
evince
Truthmatters
it is just the nature of what exists
who created god
your own theory has the same problem IF you insist its a problem
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
shit happens.......that's why they think the earth is shit......
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
so you intend to spend eternity making fun of it?.....
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
Genesis 1:1 is written in the Hebrew imperative....."In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth" is a command........
They borrowed the story from the Babylonians.
To me its an allegory about the hunter gatherers versus agriculturalists.
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
interesting.....then, as an atheist, who do you believe created everything out of nothing....
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
bullshit.....besides the word "create" show me a single parallel....
https://www.ancient.eu/article/225/enuma-elish---the-babylonian-epic-of-creation---fu/