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i hate the concept of god for the same reasons that i don't believe in it/"him"
he's clearly unjusut, illogical, and i think the concept of authority/heiarchy is absurd/border-line "evil"
lol. but whatever you believe is cool. im still spiritual, im into buddhism and related esoteric studies. i just dont think you need a big man up in the sky for it to work
cause he sucks donkey balls
God does not force himself on anyone. Man forces god on everyone.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdmarcus59
Obviously thats a major generalization but Evangelism has to be the main reason I don't like religion. I love to express my opinions but I wont actively try to convert anyone.
Believe what you want, live your life how you want...tell me about it if you like but don't dare suggest that you know it all and i've got it wrong.
I reckon thats the way a lot of people see it. I heard a theory from a comedian on TV about two years ago and it just makes ultimate sense to me.
The rule is: You can do whatever the fuck you want......as long as it doesn't affect anyone elses ability to do whatever the fuck they want.
You can't break into someones house cause it affects thier ability to have privacy....you can't rob someone cause it affects thier ability to own stuff...you can't kill someone cause it affects thier ability to be alive.
I thought about that a lot and honestly can't see any situations where it doesnt work. It would also mean weed would be legal!! Huzzah!
The downside is, Jesus is quoted as saying all over the place that evangelism is the bee's knees. That was my major turnoff from Christianity. I don't believe in forcing ideas on anyone - if they ask, that's another story, but the best way to teach is through your way of life.Quote:
Originally Posted by Billy Preston
Personally, I don't believe in a God. If you created everything, and knew everything, and knew how it would all end up, and your mind was as unfathomably powerful as the Bible says it is, you'd get bored. There would be no reason to exist. God would have gone mad aeons ago.
Look around. How our intelligence has greatly evolved, and how nature works together to thrive. Millions of species of animals and plants, and no new ones appear. What put them here? What happened to the dinosaurs, and where the fuck did we come from after they died off, to one day discover THEY once existed.
How did we gain this knowledge? How did we realize that there are endless galaxies, and space? What is out there that is left unexplored, and are we the only planet with life in this universe?
Impossible. We are not the only lifeforms, to me that seems impossible....because considering our theories, theres a whole universe out there, with endless planets. If there is in fact a god, he is everything in the universe.
Because this knowledge we have acquired, i believe is not all our own.
Maybe God DOESNT force himself upon anybody. That doesnt mean that PEOPLE dont force God upon us. Because the Christian concept of God is forced upon me on a daily basis.Quote:
Originally Posted by jdmarcus59
"Believe in me or burn for eternity" doesn't seem so benign. If God simply said believe in me or not, and go to heaven either way...he would seem a lot more pleasant, but no more believable.
It frustrates me that people can't see there is as much evidence for any other invisible thing that has/will never communicate with us (none). I guess it's just something people have to think about for themselves. I've found logical debate affects nothing where religion is concerned :(
Millions of species or plants and animals and no new ones appear?Quote:
Originally Posted by RedRainDrop
Have you any idea of the history of the earth. There we're billions and billions of lifeforms before us and will be after us. Earths history has a series of full stops where the majority of life on earth gets wiped out and evolution spins off in a different path. This is destined to happen to us at some point, the earth hasnt stopped being a dynamic, dramatic, dangerous place because we are here and it didn't start with us either.
We are the tinest of blips in the history of the planet...the only thing that distinguishes us from the other species is that we're the only ones actively destroying our enviroment. We've become too adaptable, changing our enviroment in stead of changing ourselves to suit the enviroment. Our evolution has come to a stop cause we've made things too easy.
If there is a God...human beings are his crappiest work.
It's called common law and it's supposed to be what america and canada are founded upon. Common law dictates that you can not harm or injure another being, you can not engage in destruction or stealing of one's property, and you can not engage in fraud in your contracts. Sounds heavenly :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Billy Preston
But now that we have over 6,000,000 statutes to follow and be governed by, it looks nothing close to common law.
I can't see why we aren't governed by that one single rule though.
Would it work?