god and stuff

[SomeGuy]

I believe that the reality you're subjected to is a reflection of your state of mind or headspace.

:upsidedow

Yeah....we see the real world once we get unjacked from..... THE MATRIX!
:rasta:
seriously though...interesting thought.

[beachguy in thongs]

yea that isnt really very nice is it......im lost in this thread now....dont really know what to say.....so its probly best to say nothing...lol....

You made me!!! I'm silencing myself, also.

[lemonboy]

My final question is ...why is it that people have to insult christians or people of other religeons?

Often times "persecution" to a Christian means someone not totally and unwaveringly accepting their point of view. Discussion and debate are "insulting" because "biblical fact" says there should be no discussion and debate. (i.e "To deny the uniqueness of God, is to deny all that is written", etc, etc, etc...)

[beachguy in thongs]

I broke my silence.

http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/academy...se/b_bang.html

The Big Bang Theory is the dominant scientific theory about the origin of the universe. According to the big bang, the universe was created sometime between 10 billion and 20 billion years ago from a cosmic explosion that hurled matter and in all directions.

In 1927, the Belgian priest Georges Lemaître was the first to propose that the universe began with the explosion of a primeval atom. His proposal came after observing the red shift in distant nebulas by astronomers to a model of the universe based on relativity. Years later, Edwin Hubble found experimental evidence to help justify Lemaître's theory. He found that distant galaxies in every direction are going away from us with speeds proportional to their distance.

The big bang was initially suggested because it explains why distant galaxies are traveling away from us at great speeds. The theory also predicts the existence of cosmic background radiation (the glow left over from the explosion itself). The Big Bang Theory received its strongest confirmation when this radiation was discovered in 1964 by Arno Penzias and Robert Wilson, who later won the Nobel Prize for this discovery.

Although the Big Bang Theory is widely accepted, it probably will never be proved; consequentially, leaving a number of tough, unanswered questions.

[mrdevious]

frankly I'm growing tired of people saying "science/evolution/big-bang requires the same faith that creationism does". bullshit, there's a BIG difference. any leading scientific theory, whether or not it's complete, is still based on a certain amount of evidence. intelligent design/creationism isn't based on evidence, it's based on other theories lack of evidence.
If I just had a nickle for every time somebody started an argument for "proof" with "well how do you explain.....". doesn't matter how people explain it, doesn't matter if they can. just because you can't explain it doesn't give god the credit by default. creationism is only possible when you present a hypothesis as a fact. IE:

Question: where did life come from?

Bob: evolution. here's my reasons why, here's the evidence we have so far.

Jim: god. my reason being that evolution is wrong here, here, and here, so it can't work.

which of course is just silly because the failure of one hypothesis does not validate the other.

[cameron123240]

interesting, extremely thoughtful replies, alas, please excuse my sumwhat "Blunt" (-no pun intended,) and "Very Forward" post, this is actually a somewhat semi interesting topic to discuss, and i agree with whoever said about it making people feel secure and so on.


hmm.

Most likely when you do die, you turn into a marijuana plant, and hapiness and relaxation get spread to those who smoke you. Yay!

[mrdevious]

Most likely when you do die, you turn into a marijuana plant, and hapiness and relaxation get spread to those who smoke you. Yay!

damn, I like that idea. in fact, maybe I'll have my body turned into fertilizer for pot plants!

[Fabolous]

if there is a god, why is there so many suffering in this world? why was i homless for such a long time? why does most things happen?

if there was a loving caring god out there, there would not be any anger or suffering in this fucking world we call earth......

[StOneD.aS.FuK]

GOD HATES US ALL!

[ladyM]

I dont know about God per say, but if christianity was so wonderful, why did they have to kill people to make the so called masses come to them? Why are christians the most Intolerant group of religious freaks? It was Shakespear that said 'To thine ownself be true', The bible is so full of contradictions that the truth gets lost.
A good guide for life is to 'do as you will, but harm none'. I wont live my life afraid of retribution from such a "loving" god.
Blessed Be