Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?

[Little Rik]

Religious people believe in the bible.
Ask them.
Did you think that any theist follow the so called holy books?
Do you know what is the difference between spirituality and religion?

They are both a meditation piece.. thats it.

There are a myriad of meditation.
You can meditate about a beautiful blonde
or you can meditate about a Christ or a Buddha
or like me you can meditate upon your inner
self.
Everybody meditate but the difference in
meditation can be dramatic as dramatic is the
difference between religion and spirituality.

[truthBtold]

They are both a meditation piece.. thats it.

There are a myriad of meditation.
You can meditate about a beautiful blonde
or you can meditate about a Christ or a Buddha
or like me you can meditate upon your inner
self.
Everybody meditate but the difference in
meditation can be dramatic as dramatic is the
difference between religion and spirituality.

Dont u put a blonde and christ in the same sentence.. I was meditating on the blonde and I visioned jesus hairy ass.. eewww.. thanks alot.

[Little Rik]

There are a myriad of meditation.
You can meditate about a beautiful blonde
or you can meditate about a Christ or a Buddha
or like me you can meditate upon your inner
self.
Everybody meditate but the difference in
meditation can be dramatic as dramatic is the
difference between religion and spirituality.

Dont u put a blonde and christ in the same sentence.. I was meditating on the blonde and I visioned jesus hairy ass.. eewww.. thanks alot.

That is how the mind works.
Until you are not able to bring your mind under control
she will wonder from vision to vision with no end in sight
that is why is so important to focus on your inner self
in order to strengthen your real I.
Remember this.
You control your mind and your mind control control your body
not the other way around.
Your mind is not you as you may think.
Your mind is just a storage of information and colors
just as the the hard drive of your computer.
Once you understand this point everything come so much easily.

[Minimalist]

Just keep your jesus away from my blonde.

[Anomalocaris]

Any blond worth looking at can not be approached by Jesus.

[Tonus]

Any blond worth looking at can not be approached by Jesus.

He could still impregnate her, though.

[MissionPossible]

I have never believed in any god or gods. I do acknowledge the reality of various powers and systems such as nature with all of it's elements systems....science, man's "interface" with nature in progressive explorations.... the cycle of life and death....the force of time....

However, it has always bothered me that so many humans try to fit the complex powers of the universe into some form of god or gods and/or religious dogma and rituals in some pursuit of meaning, safety, security, and morality. That to me seems not only impossible, but a rather limiting and dysfunctional use of human capacities.

Part of the problem is that language is symbolic and thus never the thing that it stands for, which means that language is always limited. The real problem though, is that life and the complexities of the whole of existence is far beyond the powers of any individual or the whole of humanity. Maybe that is why some are so tempted to latch onto some concept of something called god or some collection of beings called gods. Humanity has the capacity for great exploration and creativity - the idea of god and gods flattens, chains, and renders impotent such powerful potential.

[Allnewoutlook]

I'm going with.....(drums)..... A big ol' no.

[Little Rik]

I have never believed in any god or gods. I do acknowledge the reality of various powers and systems such as nature with all of it's elements systems....science, man's "interface" with nature in progressive explorations.... the cycle of life and death....the force of time....

However, it has always bothered me that so many humans try to fit the complex powers of the universe into some form of god or gods and/or religious dogma and rituals in some pursuit of meaning, safety, security, and morality. That to me seems not only impossible, but a rather limiting and dysfunctional use of human capacities.

Part of the problem is that language is symbolic and thus never the thing that it stands for, which means that language is always limited. The real problem though, is that life and the complexities of the whole of existence is far beyond the powers of any individual or the whole of humanity. Maybe that is why some are so tempted to latch onto some concept of something called god or some collection of beings called gods. Humanity has the capacity for great exploration and creativity - the idea of god and gods flattens, chains, and renders impotent such powerful potential.

You are doing ok. by following what you believe best (Physical science and
other form of knowledge).
What i would suggest to you is not to worry so much whether God exist or not or what other people believe.
The system work in the same way as the white belt and the black belt in any form of martial art.
After some time you are a white belt you automatically wish to upgrade your skill again and again until you reach the very top.
At the moment you seem to be quite happy with the belt that you got.
Physical science make you content so why worry so much about what
is above or whether there is anything above.
The time will come when you will not be happy anymore with what you got so you will wish to upgrade your knowledge.
Let that time indicate to you what is above your current knowledge.
It always work in this way.
When the student is ready also the teacher is.

[Rampant.A.I.]

I have never believed in any god or gods. I do acknowledge the reality of various powers and systems such as nature with all of it's elements systems....science, man's "interface" with nature in progressive explorations.... the cycle of life and death....the force of time....

However, it has always bothered me that so many humans try to fit the complex powers of the universe into some form of god or gods and/or religious dogma and rituals in some pursuit of meaning, safety, security, and morality. That to me seems not only impossible, but a rather limiting and dysfunctional use of human capacities.

Part of the problem is that language is symbolic and thus never the thing that it stands for, which means that language is always limited. The real problem though, is that life and the complexities of the whole of existence is far beyond the powers of any individual or the whole of humanity. Maybe that is why some are so tempted to latch onto some concept of something called god or some collection of beings called gods. Humanity has the capacity for great exploration and creativity - the idea of god and gods flattens, chains, and renders impotent such powerful potential.

You are doing ok. by following what you believe best (Physical science and
other form of knowledge).
What i would suggest to you is not to worry so much whether God exist or not or what other people believe.
The system work in the same way as the white belt and the black belt in any form of martial art.
After some time you are a white belt you automatically wish to upgrade your skill again and again until you reach the very top.
At the moment you seem to be quite happy with the belt that you got.
Physical science make you content so why worry so much about what
is above or whether there is anything above.

Nonsensical statement. Turning from justifiable beliefs about the world to unjustifiable unverifiable superstition is not an "an upgrade"

The time will come when you will not be happy anymore with what you got so you will wish to upgrade your knowledge.

Unverifiable things are not knowledge. They are beliefs.

Let that time indicate to you what is above your current knowledge.
It always work in this way.
When the student is ready also the teacher is. :cool-shades:

Really? Who would that be?