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(April 16, 2012 at 2:16 pm)sarah888 Wrote: I believe in God, but what would be the meaning and reason for us being here, why are we here.?????? what would be the purpose if there is no meaning.outcome, no afterlife. whats the difference if an atheist dont believe its there loss..., not the believers as we have nothing to lose.
Sarah[/b]
I believe in God, but what would be the meaning and reason for us being here, why are we here?
Answer: I don't know, but I mostly just try to do things that make me happy
What would be the purpose if there is no meaning, outcome, no afterlife?
Answer: I don't know, but I like what I am experiencing now, for the most part, so I leave the unanswerable questions as unanswerable.
Maybe they'll be answered in the fullness of time?
wow, that seems a bit vain and shallow and I say that kindly. However I dont know its really unacceptable dont you think so..? Its not very valid when science tells us they dont understand or know.
It kinda debunks and refutes that big bang in the sky that come from NO where.
(April 16, 2012 at 2:44 pm)sarah888 Wrote: It kinda debunks and refutes that big bang in the sky that come from NO where.
Clueless.
"How is it that a lame man does not annoy us while a lame mind does? Because a lame man recognizes that we are walking straight, while a lame mind says that it is we who are limping." - Pascal
I wish these people would just admit it when they do not understand how the Big Bang or Natural Selection work. I wish they would just admit that the ideas of the Big Bang and Evolution frighten them, because they do not need a god to exist in order to be true.
sarah888 Wrote:WHY ARE WE HERE WHAT IS OUR PURPOSE AND MEANING.>???
Better question...Why do you assume that we have a purpose in the first place?
So...you have no answer?
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
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence - Carl Sagan
Mankind's intelligence walks hand in hand with it's stupidity.
Being an atheist says nothing about your overall intelligence, it just means you don't believe in god. Atheists can be as bright as any scientist and as stupid as any creationist.
You never really know just how stupid someone is, until you've argued with them.
(April 16, 2012 at 2:16 pm)sarah888 Wrote: I believe in God, but what would be the meaning and reason for us being here, why are we here.?????? what would be the purpose if there is no meaning.outcome, no afterlife. whats the difference if an atheist dont believe its there loss..., not the believers as we have nothing to lose.
Sarah[/b]
I believe in God, but what would be the meaning and reason for us being here, why are we here?
Answer: I don't know, but I mostly just try to do things that make me happy
What would be the purpose if there is no meaning, outcome, no afterlife?
Answer: I don't know, but I like what I am experiencing now, for the most part, so I leave the unanswerable questions as unanswerable.
Maybe they'll be answered in the fullness of time?
wow, that seems a bit vain and shallow and I say that kindly. However I dont know its really unacceptable dont you think so..? Its not very valid when science tells us they dont understand or know.
It kinda debunks and refutes that big bang in the sky that come from NO where.
Sarah[b]
Sarah,
What would your answers be to the following questions?
I believe in God, but what would be the meaning and reason for us being here, why are we here?
What would be the purpose if there is no meaning, outcome, no afterlife?
We'll start there and then we can talk about our answers together. Hopefully we can dialog around the people who would rather be nasty.
(April 16, 2012 at 2:16 pm)sarah888 Wrote: I believe in God, but what would be the meaning and reason for us being here, why are we here.?????? what would be the purpose if there is no meaning.outcome, no afterlife. whats the difference if an atheist dont believe its there loss..., not the believers as we have nothing to lose.
Pascal's Wager? Seriously? If you don't get why this is the single most pathetic argument for belief in a god, try this little experiment. Replace the word "God" in the above quote with "Allah", or "Zeus", or "Ahura Mazda" (here's a little list to choose from if you wish). Next, replace the word "atheist" with "xtian". Now read it back to yourself and see if it convinces you.
If that doesn't work, consider how many gods, goddesses, deities and demigods from the above list you would have to believe in - and we're talking genuine belief, not merely the pretence of belief which a god would see through in a heartbeat - simply in order to make sure you are backing the 'correct' one. That way madness lies.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
April 16, 2012 at 6:02 pm (This post was last modified: April 16, 2012 at 6:05 pm by Minimalist.)
(April 15, 2012 at 9:36 pm)Kratos Wrote: I suppose you guys don't get it, you are just brainwashed socialist atheists against brainwashed religious people.
Your pontification and concern for other peoples business shows your socialist mindset.
And you are a political asswipe too. Figures. The two seem to go hand in hand these days.