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08-2-2007, 10:41 PM | #344 |
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Thank you. I FINALLY got a response worth listening to.
But I rest my apparently "awful" case. But these are my humble last statements, that will most likely result in complete failure: When you do something bad, something bad will happen to you. The Bible claims this is God's punishment. Now, as far as I have seen, this is true, depending on the way you look at it (which won't be true in your eyes). "For every action, there is an equal, but opposite reaction." (please don't assume bad = bad is the same reaction) Specific occurences in the Bible have been proved to have actually happened in history. I'm not going to look it up for you. - Off the record of evidence and all this "you believe this and i think it is wrong" and vice-versa, I personally think it sucks at the end of the day to know that there's nothing out there but a world full of people who can't do anything but empower themselves, rather than something greater than all of those people who think they've got everything figured out. Something to really be there for you when everyone else abandons you. Thanks for hearing my side of things.
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Gravitons are currently speculation. They have never been directly observed, only implied by gravity's effects.
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All responses that are reasonable and thought out are worth listening to. Even if you don't want to listen to it, address it anyway. Anything else is incredibly arrogant.
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08-3-2007, 01:19 AM | #349 |
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If there was a God he would lock this thread.
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Oh, by the way, antimatter is not "the opposite of gravity"... Unless you state that gravitons are matter, but at that point you'd just be using indetermination to support your logic when you very well know that you were defining antimatter solely as "the opposite of gravity". Quote:
Because devonin didn't take the time to respond to what was obviously stupid in your post, i.e. the things you could NEVER respond to without looking like even more of a dolt? Don't worry, I did the honors for him and responded to the *especially* stupid stuff.
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Primitive man worshiped polytheistic deities that were symbolic of natural occurrences that could not be explained. Worship was a form of ensuring that the Gods would be pleased and continue to allow the crops to grow and the sun to shine. As man's knowledge about the natural world grew, he freed himself from worshiping the sun, and rain, etc. Science tells us that the Sun will always rise, and spring will always come. (Stephen Colbert "Whatever science explains makes God smaller"). But there was still a lot that was left unexplained. So man created one God to tie up all the loose ends. I'm fairly certain that's how anthropological textbooks from the future will read...assuming the God damn religious fanatics, whose only guidance comes from a compilation of stories written by primitive midget men who didn't even know the Earth was round, don't blow up the f*cking world first. Of course, I've only recently become an vocal unapologetic atheist. Last edited by jewpinthethird; 08-3-2007 at 03:54 AM.. |
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If all primitive men were just halfway in the process of evolution, I really don't think they would have the cranial capacity to understand the concept of religion. They probably just found the prettiest thing they could find and worship it.
Although to be fair, I don't understand the point of religion either. What's the point? What's the point of letting a huge authority figure - and here's the kicker - who MAY NOT exist choose all of the rules and tell us how to live our lives? That's just human weakness. Freud is dead right.
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Flow chart on page 1 is fantastic. Also Boatz has been watching Scrubs and worshiping Dr. Cox's rants. Jewpin you have some damn good one liners in there, the best of which point out that God has always existed to explain away the loose ends that made people uncomfortable, and that every new thing that science explains makes the concept of God less significant. There's the whole other dimension though, which bugs the hell out of me, that most religions use the concept of God not only to comfort them in their lack of knowledge, but also to govern others by imposing additional ignorance and impending fear. Last edited by alainbryden; 08-3-2007 at 09:24 AM.. |
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Religion in a nutshell: idiots can't control their own lives, invent a God, give it a name that, apparently, is a prophet or planet or star or whatever. These idiots then go and kidnap people and brainwash them into thinking they must not certain things, things that nowadays are commonplace. Its like "I don't want a child yet..." TOUGH!!!! You're a Catholic, you can't wear a condom. Or "I could kill for some steak..." TOUGH!!! You're a JEw, that's not Kosher. And unserweiter. It really is a shambles.
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Also, even when nature was being discovered (Albeit this is still hundreds of years ago), religion often kept stability and control over a kingdom/territory, and gave us a sense of morals. Although we can still have a sense of morals and control without religion these days, religion was one of the key foundations of what those morals and senses of control are. "Stop throwing your food, Jimmy!" "No!" "STOP THROWING YOUR GODDAMN FOOD OR YOU'LL BURN IN HELL!" ".......Yes ma'am." Clearly exaggerated, but you get the idea of how much of an influence religion had on our behavior. Seeing how they were taught to behave due to their belief in a good afterlife, they brought their habits down to their children, who passed it on to their children, who passed it on to their children, etc., whether they were religious or not. So, yes, religion isn't just for adult human beings inferior to a child of three. Last edited by purebloodtexan; 08-3-2007 at 02:55 PM.. |
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According to scientists, Neanderthals (which, like us, evolved from Homo erectus, though they went extinct) held at least some sort of religious beliefs. This is shown by evidence of funerals held by them, implying a belief in an afterlife. I'll find a source if you want me to, but I'd rather not if you're willing to trust me.
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But hold on a sec, Jewp...do all religions focus around a God? No. Many Eastern religions are atheistic, instead focusing on the majesty of nature, and training the mind and body to be in tune with nature. Other Eastern religions focus around an invisible "force" of nature in which all things are connected (sup, George Lucas). I guess this would be the equivalent of paganism in the Western World (technically, all non-Abrahamic religions are pagan). Quote:
The problem with religion is that it is SO GOD DAMN EASY TO EXPLOIT (see: the entire history of the Roman Catholic Church up until the Protestant Reformation). Today, Islamic fundamentalists are using religion to fuel a war against the "Western invaders" (and rightly so, the West has done nothing but rape the Middle East of it's natural resources...not to mention the mass murders and the stealing of the Holy land commissioned by the Catholic Church [see: Crusades], thanks for ruining the world Catholicism). *** Our common ancestors didn't have religion...like Homo erectus and Homo neanderthal. How do we know this? Because religion requires creative, symbolic thought, something only Homo sapiens were capable of. Cave paintings weren't created by cavemen, but by ancient "modern humans." Homo sapiens were able to take over the globe in such a short period of time (for creatures as large was we are) because we are able to adapt culturally, as opposed to waiting for natural selection to take its course. Cold weather? Put on a jacket. Raining? Built a shelter. Predators around? Build yourself a weapon. This was how man was able to survive for so long, because we have the ability to adapt ourselves to the environment instantaneous, that is why we don't see descendants of neaderthals walking around (however, some people believe Homo sapiens interbreeded with Neanderthals...but that's still speculation). Last edited by jewpinthethird; 08-3-2007 at 03:48 PM.. |
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I believe in science over anything and if you believe in God I don't care, you can believe what you what, I just thing he does not exist, also the thought of a higher power that runs our life and can kill us when ever he wants just sounds unbelieveable to me. I think religion was just a way for people in older times to explain things they couldn't explain themselves. I am sorry if I repeated anything anyone said, I didnt bother to check this entire thread.
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