I enjoy doing Yoga (the western breathing techniques and exercise), but as a spiritual philosophy it is utter balogna.
This thread is hilarious, though. Particularly Neo pointing and laughing at Riks silly beliefs. The irony is delicious. I need popcorn to watch the outcome. What indeed was Rik driving at with his dated question about elements? I hope he will.....enlighten us. Pun intended.

(May 1, 2017 at 11:08 am)Little Rik Wrote:

(May 1, 2017 at 11:01 am)vorlon13 Wrote: I'm not sure what problem Jesus being crucified twice is supposed to solve, but Scripture is unyielding on the topic, and I presume Christian theologians are working on it.  In the science realm, when seeming contradictions arise, they are viewed as opportunities to explore/revise/experiment more as opposed to 'religion' where such things as Jesus getting the cross twice just invoke an awkward silence and then they move on to more BS . . .

Gee, I didn't know that.........Jesus being crucified twice......
Something new to me.
Beside I do agree that science ...........explore/revise/experiment more as opposed to 'religion' ......
That is also one reason why I don't follow religions.  

It's two !!!

It's two !!!


It's two deaths and resurrections !!!

Funny, ain't it, how little discontinuities like that never seem to come up in the Christian orbit ??

(May 1, 2017 at 12:08 pm)Aroura Wrote: I enjoy doing Yoga (the western breathing techniques and exercise), but as a spiritual philosophy it is utter balogna.

Still with some mustard, fresh onions, cheese and pickles it could be good.

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(May 1, 2017 at 11:46 am)FatAndFaithless Wrote: But I thought today was the day of reckoning, not tomorrow.

Really, you reckon?

Quote:Little Rik Wrote:
How do you know that I base my knowledge on faith?
I follow yoga not religions and yoga is based on intuitional science which is even better than physical science.  

Intuition is faith in your own thoughts. If your intuition tells you the moon is 500 miles from earth, and someone else's intuition is that it is 1000 miles from earth, one or both of you is wrong. How can we go about figuring out what the correct answer is? 

As you note, faith won't do it so... Here is how you check your own thoughts.

(May 1, 2017 at 1:58 pm)Crunchy Wrote:

Quote:Little Rik Wrote:
How do you know that I base my knowledge on faith?
I follow yoga not religions and yoga is based on intuitional science which is even better than physical science.  

Intuition is faith in your own thoughts. If your intuition tells you the moon is 500 miles from earth, and someone else's intuition is that it is 1000 miles from earth, one or both of you is wrong. How can we go about figuring out what the correct answer is? 

As you note, faith won't do it so... Here is how you check your own thoughts.

Is the moon being simultaneously 500 and 1000 miles away that big of logical stretch for folks who are sincere believers in their Holy Bible being 100% literally true and 100% inerrant, and therefore they are required to sincerely believe Christ was crucified twice for their sins ?


Or for our Mormon readers here, is it that big of a logical stretch for folks who sincerely believe their God managed to punt every single revelation given to Joe Smith and Brigham Young so badly that most had to be revised by him two more times to get them right ??

BTW, it occurs to me if someone is practicing their religion to such a decrepit degree of excrescence so as to invite the likes of me to mock it, unmercifully (and I note, accurately) then perhaps they either need to knuckle down and get it right, or go religion shopping for another brand that is not so easily made fun of ??

Speaking of Mormonism, the religion itself is a testament to the gullibility of humanity. Scientology is another one.

We have actual proof that these religions were created by con men who wanted merely to spread their personal brand of madness. An insanity that infected others rather too easily.

It does not take a huge leap of understanding to realize that it is the same for all religions.

Yeah, LDS did spill the beans on the "How to make a religion for Dummies, 101" playbook . . . .

Quote:vorlon13 Wrote:
Is the moon being simultaneously 500 and 1000 miles away that big of logical stretch for folks who are sincere believers in their Holy Bible being 100% literally true and 100% inerrant, and therefore they are required to sincerely believe Christ was crucified twice for their sins ?


Or for our Mormon readers here, is it that big of a logical stretch for folks who sincerely believe their God managed to punt every single revelation given to Joe Smith and Brigham Young so badly that most had to be revised by him two more times to get them right ??

I wholly agree with you that logic is very often just tossed out the window by the religious types for the sole purpose of fantasy maintenance. And yet I myself can't reason this way. I guess I'm "stuck" having to logically defend my positions while people like Little Rik can just get away assertions based on faith and intuition. 

I was probably wrong about Little Rik when I gave my first answer. I thought he was seriously asking some questions to prove a point about science. I now believe he doesn't care one whit about having any kind of discussion concerning science or any other topic.

He wants to preach.
He needs to preach.

Maybe the day of reckoning is two days before the day after tomorrow?


Wait a minute...THATS TODAY!

(South Park credit!)