RE: Why is 'god' a possibility?
September 17, 2012 at 7:56 pm
(This post was last modified: September 17, 2012 at 8:00 pm by IATIA.)
(September 17, 2012 at 12:20 pm)genkaus Wrote:(September 17, 2012 at 12:05 pm)IATIA Wrote: Basically one has but two choices, theism or nihilism.I must be a special case then. I managed to make a third choice..
Do you believe in an afterlife? if so, by what power?
(September 17, 2012 at 12:20 pm)genkaus Wrote:(September 17, 2012 at 12:05 pm)IATIA Wrote: Obviously the benefit of theism is the promise of a rewarding afterlife whereas nihilism offers nothing but the now.You need to brush up on your philosophy. Nihilism offers nothing - not even now.
We obviously have the 'now'. It is just a question of what is it?
(September 17, 2012 at 12:20 pm)genkaus Wrote:(September 17, 2012 at 12:05 pm)IATIA Wrote: As nihilism is scary to most (even a lot of atheists),It's not scary to me. Just silly.
I believe that then answers my query as to whether or not you believe in an afterlife.
(September 17, 2012 at 6:03 pm)greneknight Wrote: We may have wised up now but we can't deny that our civilization was shaped by the Christian religion. Whether it's the arts, literature, music, dance, sculpture, paintings, architecture, or anything at all, Christianity played a huge role in our development.
I most definitely disagree with that statement as it stands. Most of christianity was plagiarized from the pagans, so in effect, it was the pagans that shaped our civilizations.
You make people miserable and there's nothing they can do about it, just like god.
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-- Homer Simpson
God has no place within these walls, just as facts have no place within organized religion.
-- Superintendent Chalmers
Science is like a blabbermouth who ruins a movie by telling you how it ends. There are some things we don't want to know. Important things.
-- Ned Flanders
Once something's been approved by the government, it's no longer immoral.
-- The Rev Lovejoy
