08-5-2007, 10:48 PM | #361 |
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Ironically, your location (which I presume is connecticut) could also be read as being Critical Thinking, which really isn't where you are.
"I believe in X, if you don't, I don't care" is not an acceptable stance for CT. You need to care about the opinions of others. Also...you need to check the entire thread...it's the only way to be sure (Like nuking from orbit in that respect) |
08-6-2007, 07:38 AM | #362 | |
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I generally agree with what you're saying burnngeyes, but I do care about others' opinions. I have very good friends who are Catholics, despite how much I hate the idea of it. You can't think that everything you say will just be tkaen as true, cos it really won't be.
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08-6-2007, 11:24 AM | #363 | |
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When I said I dont't care i meant you can believe what you want and I wont make fun of you for it or make fun of your religion or non religion.
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08-8-2007, 07:56 PM | #364 | |
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but where is it proven that god Created our universe |
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08-8-2007, 08:00 PM | #365 | |
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Now to actually respond, I say this: read the thread. That will answer your question. |
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08-12-2007, 09:29 PM | #366 |
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A lot of people seem to mix up religion and spirituality. Many scientists, athiests, etc. try to link things done by religion to disprove spirituality. Religion is the construct; the church system, clergy, ceremonies, rituals, etc. while spirituality is the connection between humans and God. The crusades was a war, wars are fought between two or more different organizations most often governments. After the start of the catholic church things turned horrible. The clergy, headed by the Pope, became an almost co-existing government system among nations having it's control in each nation from taxing to causing wars. The war was fought by the church and the "religion" (the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices) not by God, so why is all of the blame going to Him? The clergy claimed to have been told by God to do these things, but is it also not possible that they were corrupt in their positions of power and, as how the posession of power usually causes one to crave more of it, they just wanted more control. No clergyman was ever and none will ever be perfect. It's like the ol' saying goes "We're human, we're not perfect" The clergy are human, could they have wrongly used the Word of God to further enhance their new "government"?
All I'm saying is don't use the excuse of bad religion as a black mark on the spiritual nature of God... |
08-13-2007, 12:08 AM | #367 |
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Okay. Before anyone even thinks about flaming me, I'm responding to this without reading the other comments.
My opinion, God is only existent in the belief and faith of mankind. Of course everyone has a different interpretation of God, for example, Allah and God. Then again, does God really exist for those people who don't believe in God? Does God answer the prayers of people who don't believe in him? I have yet to see anything like that happen. And if a person's prayers were answered, then is it really the work of God, or is it the willpower of the person praying and hoping. Of course, a person wouldn't sit back and wait for things to happen after praying, under belief (coming from my own family) that "God answers everyone's prayers, but you have to show that you really want it to be answered". Well, feel free to reply if you want. |
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08-13-2007, 11:37 PM | #369 |
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i think people only want god to exist so that they can believe that some all powerful being can fix all their problems or to have a scapegoat to blame all their own screw ups on
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08-13-2007, 11:45 PM | #370 |
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I think you know almost nothing about how virtually every religion on Earth views God. Please do at least -some- basic research before you post in CT.
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08-13-2007, 11:54 PM | #371 |
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im well aware of other religions. im not saying i know everything about them. i based my statement on things i already know and things ive seen in other people
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08-13-2007, 11:59 PM | #372 |
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"I think people want X because Y" That's one heck of an absolute statement to make about people when you are only referring to specific cases of adecdotal evidence.
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08-14-2007, 12:02 AM | #373 |
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i didnt say it had 2 b absolute..but i suppose i didnt say it wasnt either. but meh. posting in a critaical thinking forum was a bad idea considering my age and no desire for research and continuing to post has turned out to b a worse one
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08-14-2007, 04:17 PM | #375 |
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I've seen God many times. He's pretty cool. (abstract, no bs)
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08-14-2007, 05:40 PM | #376 |
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No retards allowed in CT.
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08-14-2007, 05:48 PM | #377 |
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In his abstract form. I'm not a retard, alright? I was serious. I've seen him in my dreams many times, and he has conversations with me.
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08-14-2007, 05:52 PM | #378 |
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I'm treating you as if you have the same capacity of intelligence as your posts do, and just about all of those that dwell in CT are going to. Unless you can post something that keeps the debate going, click on "New Posts" and move on.
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08-14-2007, 05:56 PM | #379 |
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Sorry, I was being stupid, seriously. Sorry about that.
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08-14-2007, 07:36 PM | #380 |
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What use is it to even bother trying to say something like "I met god last night while he was mowing the lawn" or "God told me not to kill other people" when many people in critical thinking will not even acknowledge such statements without any evidence? Even though I highly doubt that any of these type of statements are true, if there is enough evidence, I can always change my views.
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