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RE: List of people who have no interest in joining a religion, ever
January 19, 2016 at 3:20 am
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Right!
And if "God" was instead very much limited in power, and was doing his best to provide the best experience for us he can given rules he didn't create, he could actually be considered good. It's just rather a lot of weird and unecessary assumptions to make.
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RE: List of people who have no interest in joining a religion, ever
January 19, 2016 at 3:27 am
(January 18, 2016 at 10:28 pm)ktrap Wrote: (January 18, 2016 at 10:12 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I agree.
Theism is nothing more than a belief in at least one god.
There is no requirement within theism to follow or belong to any religion. Nor is any dogma or doctrine required.
The only thing I have to add, is that out of the great many people that claim to be theists, without belonging or following a religion, whenever I have pinned them down on describing the god that they actually believe exists, it turns out to be amazingly similar to the Christian god.
What is a Christian God? Please elaborate what you have understood and/or come across from others. An emotional crutch ...same as yours. Unless you feel compelled by fear to believe?
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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RE: List of people who have no interest in joining a religion, ever
January 19, 2016 at 3:34 am
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(January 19, 2016 at 3:20 am)robvalue Wrote: Right!
And if "God" was instead very much limited in power, and was doing his best to provide the best experience for us he can given rules he didn't create, he could actually be considered good. It's just rather a lot of weird and unecessary assumptions to make.
Probably shouldn't make Her too person-like and I see no reason to assume a god would have to have the total, omniscient big picture. Hell, the only reason this god creates us in the first place is that human existence has just gotten too damned complex for god to handle. Otherwise she needn't bother with creating us at all. As for 'rules', god's goal is survival the same as ours; that is pretty much why She has stepped aside and entrusted the controls to us. The job just got too complex for her. But even if she isn't the smartest consciousness in the organism, she knows a lot about fulfillment in living. With our mastery of analytics and the hypothetical, we sometimes lose sight of the big picture in an existential sense. So maintaining a relationship with Her is a good idea.
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RE: List of people who have no interest in joining a religion, ever
January 19, 2016 at 3:39 am
Add me to the list.
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RE: List of people who have no interest in joining a religion, ever
January 19, 2016 at 3:40 am
(January 19, 2016 at 3:39 am)Evie Wrote: Add me to the list.
No turtles allowed. Sorry.
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RE: List of people who have no interest in joining a religion, ever
January 19, 2016 at 3:41 am
I'm a Dom turtle, so you don't tell me what to do. Understood?
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January 19, 2016 at 3:42 am
(January 19, 2016 at 3:41 am)Evie Wrote: I'm a Dom turtle, so you don't tell me what to do. Understood?
orly?
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RE: List of people who have no interest in joining a religion, ever
January 19, 2016 at 3:42 am
Give a turtle a mayo squirter and there is no longer any reasoning with them.
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RE: List of people who have no interest in joining a religion, ever
January 19, 2016 at 3:45 am
(January 19, 2016 at 3:42 am)Bella Morte Wrote: (January 19, 2016 at 3:41 am)Evie Wrote: I'm a Dom turtle, so you don't tell me what to do. Understood?
orly?
Really. That's why I said it.
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RE: List of people who have no interest in joining a religion, ever
January 19, 2016 at 3:48 am
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(January 19, 2016 at 3:42 am)Whateverist the White Wrote: Give a turtle a mayo squirter and there is no longer any reasoning with them.
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More than a "squirter".
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