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#151 2006-02-21 9:36 pm
- Zaletoon
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
allan wrote:
I believe in God...
So do I.
But, I respect those who don't. I mean we are all full of opinions and believes. But, who's right?
That's one question that will never be answered, and the one thing that I've picked up throughout
my life, is to respect others ideas weather they conflict with mine or make fun of mine.
The only thing that I can really do is voice my opinion and hope that they have the same respect
for me and my thoughts as I do theirs.
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#152 2006-02-22 1:20 am
- MacMonkey
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
Zaletoon wrote:
allan wrote:
I believe in God...
So do I.
But, I respect those who don't. I mean we are all full of opinions and believes. But, who's right?
That's one question that will never be answered, and the one thing that I've picked up throughout
my life, is to respect others ideas weather they conflict with mine or make fun of mine.
The only thing that I can really do is voice my opinion and hope that they have the same respect
for me and my thoughts as I do theirs.
Never say never. Keep in mind, the world used to be flat.
Windows: Why you'll love a Mac.
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#153 2006-02-22 2:58 am
Re: Anyone here believe in God?
It was easy to prove that the earth was round. It's not very easy to prove that there is or isn't a supreme being that is outside our realm of existence. This is something that will stay in the realm of belief, not proving or disproving a hypothesis by scientific means. You can put forth convincing arguments, but you can't really prove it.
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#154 2006-02-22 9:54 am
- Shadowless
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
akb825 wrote:
It was easy to prove that the earth was round. It's not very easy to prove that there is or isn't a supreme being that is outside our realm of existence. This is something that will stay in the realm of belief, not proving or disproving a hypothesis by scientific means. You can put forth convincing arguments, but you can't really prove it.
It is easy to prove that there are many things so difficult to prove that it is easy to think of God or a higher power as the reason behind it (the beginning of the Big Bang, for instance).
I believe in God, but not in that you have to believe in God and be perfect to get into heaven. You just have to be a genuinely good dude. This lets everyone in on it without having to believe in it, which means either I'm right, I'm ending up in Hell for being an "infidel", I will be reincarnated as a lamp post because of bad karma, or I will simply cease to exist after this life.
I put my odds as good in the afterlife.
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#155 2006-02-22 11:28 am
- brendave
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
I believe in swordfish
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#156 2006-02-22 11:40 am
Re: Anyone here believe in God?
MacMonkey wrote:
Zaletoon wrote:
allan wrote:
I believe in God...
So do I.
But, I respect those who don't. I mean we are all full of opinions and believes. But, who's right?
That's one question that will never be answered, and the one thing that I've picked up throughout
my life, is to respect others ideas weather they conflict with mine or make fun of mine.
The only thing that I can really do is voice my opinion and hope that they have the same respect
for me and my thoughts as I do theirs.Never say never. Keep in mind, the world used to be flat.
we have physical evidence that its round though, you cant physically prove there is or isnt a god, unlike the earth thing.
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#157 2006-02-22 1:37 pm
Re: Anyone here believe in God?
MacMonkey wrote:
Zaletoon wrote:
allan wrote:
I believe in God...
So do I.
But, I respect those who don't. I mean we are all full of opinions and believes. But, who's right?
That's one question that will never be answered, and the one thing that I've picked up throughout
my life, is to respect others ideas weather they conflict with mine or make fun of mine.
The only thing that I can really do is voice my opinion and hope that they have the same respect
for me and my thoughts as I do theirs.Never say never. Keep in mind, the world used to be flat.
Actually, no. Since the dawn of man we have known that the earth is round. It was just a core group of people at a Church that kept saying the world was flat in order to scare people into hanging around.
Spirit was crushed; now is fading, But I want to help make things right.
Because I can see and I can feel, and you can see and you can feel
So why don't we both either stand up and fight
Or at least together we'll call it a night.
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#158 2006-02-22 2:03 pm
- MacMonkey
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
Phydeaux wrote:
MacMonkey wrote:
Zaletoon wrote:
So do I.
But, I respect those who don't. I mean we are all full of opinions and believes. But, who's right?
That's one question that will never be answered, and the one thing that I've picked up throughout
my life, is to respect others ideas weather they conflict with mine or make fun of mine.
The only thing that I can really do is voice my opinion and hope that they have the same respect
for me and my thoughts as I do theirs.Never say never. Keep in mind, the world used to be flat.
Actually, no. Since the dawn of man we have known that the earth is round. It was just a core group of people at a Church that kept saying the world was flat in order to scare people into hanging around.
Same story here.
There is a group of people that believes something that we need to either prove or disprove.
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#159 2006-02-22 2:48 pm
Re: Anyone here believe in God?
Eh, no. It's more of a universal wondering. It's not a wunderin' of a Christian God, and only That, but that of if a Higher Power exists.
Spirit was crushed; now is fading, But I want to help make things right.
Because I can see and I can feel, and you can see and you can feel
So why don't we both either stand up and fight
Or at least together we'll call it a night.
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#160 2006-02-22 3:18 pm
- iBubba
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
Yes.
"Hell, I'm sure Og had some cool way of banging two rocks together, until he took himself too seriously."
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#161 2006-02-22 3:18 pm
- iBubba
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
No.
"Hell, I'm sure Og had some cool way of banging two rocks together, until he took himself too seriously."
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#162 2006-02-22 5:42 pm
- MacMonkey
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
Phydeaux wrote:
Eh, no. It's more of a universal wondering. It's not a wunderin' of a Christian God, and only That, but that of if a Higher Power exists.
If you put it that way.
I'm almost totally sure a "higher power" exists.
The question is, is it friend or foe? Or does it care about us at all?
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#163 2006-02-25 3:48 am
- TheConfuzed1
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
iBubba wrote:
Yes.
iBubba wrote:
No.
Maybe. And that's final.
The storm starts when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping, the storm starts stopping.
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#164 2006-02-25 1:36 pm
- user
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- From: I'm not getting you down, am I
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
MacMonkey wrote:
Phydeaux wrote:
Eh, no. It's more of a universal wondering. It's not a wunderin' of a Christian God, and only That, but that of if a Higher Power exists.
If you put it that way.
I'm almost totally sure a "higher power" exists.
The question is, is it friend or foe? Or does it care about us at all?
Maybe it's more like a "sideways power"...
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.
Unless you become as little children, there's no way you will believe this crap.
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#165 2006-02-25 9:57 pm
- Father of the Bar Mitzvah
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
We, I, have been remiss in acknowledging an important and growing religious belief: The Pastafarians!
If you can't say something nice, say it in Yiddish.
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#166 2006-02-25 11:15 pm
- TheConfuzed1
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
If it doesn't contain meat, it's not a meal. 
The storm starts when the drops start dropping. When the drops stop dropping, the storm starts stopping.
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#167 2006-02-26 12:36 am
- The Cynic
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
I do not believe in god, the three letter excuse for anything and everything.
Including killing, raping, maiming, castration, torture, instinctual prejudice, and all things unsavory.
One may say that I am an adamant atheist.
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#168 2006-02-26 12:40 am
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
Oh yeah,
for anyone that is concerned—
I know that I'm late to the thread.
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#169 2006-02-26 5:16 am
- knobtwirler
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
We may actually create a supreme being for ourselves if we keep imagining better and better reasons for there to be one.
If you look around the table and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.
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#170 2006-02-26 8:52 pm
- Father of the Bar Mitzvah
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
TheConfuzed1 wrote:
If it doesn't contain meat, it's not a meal.
The Noodlely One is most frequently depiced with meat balls! Thus showing divine endorsment of meat dishes! (or at least the approval of the followers of the FSM)
If you can't say something nice, say it in Yiddish.
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#171 2006-03-03 7:14 pm
Re: Anyone here believe in God?
George Carlin says it best:
"In the Bulls&^t Department, a businessman can't hold a candle to a clergyman. 'Cause I gotta tell you the truth, folks. When it comes to bullsmurf, big-time, major league bullsmurf, you have to stand in awe of the all-time champion of false promises and exaggerated claims: religion. No contest. No contest. Religion. Religion easily has the greatest bulls%^t story ever told.
Think about it. Religion has actually convinced people that there's an invisible man -- living in the sky -- who watches everything you do, every minute of every day. And the invisible man has a special list of ten things he does not want you to do. And if you do any of these ten things, he has a special place, full of fire and smoke and burning and torture and anguish, where he will send you to live and suffer and burn and choke and scream and cry forever and ever 'til the end of time!
But He loves you.
He loves you, and He needs money! He always needs money! He's all-powerful, all-perfect, all-knowing, and all-wise, somehow just can't handle money! Religion takes in billions of dollars, they pay no taxes, and they always need a little more. Now, you talk about a good bulls%^t story. Holy S^&t!"
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#174 2006-03-03 10:07 pm
- Father of the Bar Mitzvah
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
Actually, we're all avoiding the really hard question: WHY do you believe what you believe?
No matter the answer, it's still a faith statement
Topic for another dead-horse beating thread.
If you can't say something nice, say it in Yiddish.
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#175 2006-03-03 11:29 pm
- Tetrachloride
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Re: Anyone here believe in God?
Oath wrote:
I do believe in god. I just dont TRUST god at all.
So, god is not good enough to be God. Little god just plays one on Sunday.
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