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Thoughts on next video...
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(April 3, 2013 at 10:17 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I'm curious DeistPaladin, why do you believe in God?

A sense of awe I have about the grand machine we call the universe, from the macro to the micro, as well as over the potential not just of the human mind but human civilization. A lot came together for us in our evolution and not just in terms of increased cranial capacity. The fact we walk upright, we have opposable thumbs, we lost our body fur so we could develop language, out sense of community, all came together for what we might one day achieve as a species.

None of this, I realize, decisively proves God. Maybe we just won the cosmic lottery. That, among other reasons, is why it's just a personal philosophy for me. Deism is for me a truce between my skeptical brain and my lofty sentiments, a way to be spiritual and yet remain firmly and safely grounded in the real, natural world.
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Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 3, 2013 at 6:06 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by MysticKnight - April 3, 2013 at 10:17 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 3, 2013 at 11:11 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by MysticKnight - April 3, 2013 at 11:25 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by FallentoReason - April 3, 2013 at 11:51 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by MysticKnight - April 4, 2013 at 12:12 am
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by FallentoReason - April 4, 2013 at 12:16 am
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 4, 2013 at 9:33 am
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by MysticKnight - April 4, 2013 at 9:42 am
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by Tonus - April 4, 2013 at 10:40 am
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 10:56 am
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 4, 2013 at 11:11 am
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by MysticKnight - April 4, 2013 at 10:59 am
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 1:14 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 4, 2013 at 1:37 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 1:47 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 4, 2013 at 2:34 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 2:38 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 4, 2013 at 2:45 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 2:56 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 4, 2013 at 3:40 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 3:49 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 4, 2013 at 4:13 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 4:18 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by Minimalist - April 4, 2013 at 4:20 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 4, 2013 at 5:34 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by Tonus - April 4, 2013 at 4:23 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by Neo-Scholastic - April 4, 2013 at 5:39 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 5:47 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by Neo-Scholastic - April 4, 2013 at 5:58 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 4, 2013 at 7:37 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 5:59 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by Neo-Scholastic - April 4, 2013 at 6:02 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by Minimalist - April 4, 2013 at 7:00 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 7:14 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by Neo-Scholastic - April 4, 2013 at 10:24 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 8:59 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by DeistPaladin - April 5, 2013 at 9:41 am
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by MysticKnight - April 4, 2013 at 10:03 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 4, 2013 at 10:30 pm
RE: Thoughts on next video... - by The Grand Nudger - April 5, 2013 at 10:45 am

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