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Norfolk And Chance Offline
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#101
RE: Post number 1
March 20, 2012 at 4:48 pm (This post was last modified: March 20, 2012 at 4:49 pm by Norfolk And Chance.)
I've heard theists make more ridiculous statements than that in all seriousness, I had to check you understand?
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.

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#102
RE: Post number 1
March 20, 2012 at 4:53 pm
S'ok N I understand you're 'logically challenged' Wink
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Drich Offline
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RE: Post number 1
March 20, 2012 at 6:51 pm
(March 20, 2012 at 1:11 am)Faith No More Wrote: [quote='Drich']If this is true then why are my efforts focused on the questions comments and concerns that focus on Christianity, rather than turning to defend my "honor/Pride/Sense of superiority

Quote:Because that is precisely where you derive your sense of superiority from by assuming that your inerpretation on the nature of our existence is so important that everyone would want to hear your answers.
ThinkingI'm sorry did i invade your Thread with this "sense of superiority?" Or is that what you are doing in mine?

Quote: Look, I get it. Your sense of completeness through religion makes you want to share that with everyone, but when you just show up and say, "Ask me questions," it comes off as more than a little condescending.
Are you looking for an apology because you perceive genuine humility as a threat to you or you way of life somehow? Then know I am truly sorry that you have taken my efforts in the wrong way.



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#104
RE: Post number 1
March 20, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Quote:Are you looking for an apology because you perceive genuine humility


The name 'Uriah Heep' just popped into my head, I don't know why.Angel Cloud

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For those who have not read ' David Copperfield'

Quote:Uriah Heep is a fictional character created by Charles Dickens in his novel David Copperfield.
The character is notable for his cloying humility, obsequiousness, and insincerity, making frequent references to his own "'humbleness".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uriah_Heep
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#105
RE: Post number 1
March 20, 2012 at 7:34 pm
God is a testable hypothesis
Save a life. Adopt a greyhound.
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March 20, 2012 at 8:59 pm
Why did god create the billion trillions of known stars and the planets orbiting them? Are we just that fucking awesome that god put other shit in space for the lulz?
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RE: Post number 1
March 21, 2012 at 8:04 am
Drich Wrote:Are you looking for an apology because you perceive genuine humility as a threat to you or you way of life somehow? Then know I am truly sorry that you have taken my efforts in the wrong way.

No apology necessary. I was just trying to point out that your approach could be perceived in a negative manner. Perhaps I am a bit touchy towards the subject of religion right now as I get that way during the American political cycle.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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Drich Offline
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RE: Post number 1
March 21, 2012 at 7:18 pm (This post was last modified: March 21, 2012 at 7:22 pm by Drich.)
(March 20, 2012 at 8:59 pm)Mosrhun Wrote: Why did god create the billion trillions of known stars and the planets orbiting them? Are we just that fucking awesome that god put other shit in space for the lulz?

I honestly don't know. But Christ just before He left told us "In my father's house their are many mansions, and I go prepare a place for you." Maybe those are one billions of trillions of known stars are some of those mansions He was talking about.

-or-

Because the universe is infinite and we will have an infinite amount of time, maybe we get to explore everything out there. If so, and we get star ships I call dibs on the name Enterprise for mine!!

-or- It's like you think there could be other life out there who knows.
(March 21, 2012 at 8:04 am)Faith No More Wrote:
Drich Wrote:Are you looking for an apology because you perceive genuine humility as a threat to you or you way of life somehow? Then know I am truly sorry that you have taken my efforts in the wrong way.

No apology necessary. I was just trying to point out that your approach could be perceived in a negative manner. Perhaps I am a bit touchy towards the subject of religion right now as I get that way during the American political cycle.

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RE: Post number 1
March 21, 2012 at 7:46 pm
(March 21, 2012 at 7:18 pm)Drich Wrote:
(March 20, 2012 at 8:59 pm)Mosrhun Wrote: Why did god create the billion trillions of known stars and the planets orbiting them? Are we just that fucking awesome that god put other shit in space for the lulz?

I honestly don't know.

I thought you Christians had all the answers?
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RE: Post number 1
March 21, 2012 at 8:30 pm
Hi I'm a newbie to this forum. I do know one poster and was recommended to this forum. So far, I am enjoying my visit.
"Religion is comparable to Childhood neurosis" Sigmond Freud

"If one wishes to form a true estimate of the full grandeur of religion, one must keep in mind what it undertakes to do for men. It gives them information about the source and origin of the universe, it assures them of protection and final happiness amid the changing vicissitudes of life, and it guides their thoughts and motions by means of precepts which are backed by the whole force of its authority."

SIGMUND FREUD, New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

"Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires."

SIGMUND FREUD, New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis

"Frisbeetarianism is the belief that when you die, your soul goes up on the roof and gets stuck." George Carlin

"The Bible and the Church have been the greatest stumbling blocks in the way of women's emancipation." Elizabeth Cady Stanton - American Suffragist (1815-1902)

"Who loves kitty" Robin Williams live on Broadway DVD

"You cannot petition the lord with prayer" Jim Morrison The Soft Parade.
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