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RE: some questions
November 26, 2012 at 6:22 pm
Another one?
1 There's a long history of higher powers. They all never existed.
2. I believe in nothing. I rely on science.
3. We are still apes.
4. Death ends life.
5. Education, science.
6. Morality.
7. There's no meaning.
8. Atheism.
I didn't understand all the questions. What do I believe, or think? And 'meaning' of history, in what way? And who are 'we' in question 5?
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RE: A few questions
November 26, 2012 at 6:24 pm
1. I do not believe there is a god, due to lack of evidence
2. That question needs to be more specific
3. That question needs to be more specific
4. I believe that you live. I believe that you then die.
5. By observing evidence and testing the results.
6. Empathy.
7. That question needs to be more specific.
8. I have no belief in god/gods. That makes me atheist, which by the way is NOT a belief system.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
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RE: some questions
November 26, 2012 at 6:28 pm
I can only suspect that the community the OP is in isn't exactly diverse as the OP has to resort to the internet to get differing views...
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RE: some questions
November 26, 2012 at 6:35 pm
What you have all summed up is true. I'm taking a first year course at a bible college. I'm working on broadening my understanding of other peoples' beliefs, religions, worldviews, etc. I was brought up Christian and honestly don't know many people who aren't Christian. I'm not looking to debate any of you on what you do or do not believe. I'm honestly just looking for answers to the questions so that I can understand things better. Oh, and sorry for the spelling error!
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RE: some questions
November 26, 2012 at 6:36 pm
(This post was last modified: November 26, 2012 at 6:36 pm by Cyberman.)
If it's not too late, I'd like to update my answer to q7 by appending Santayana's classic observation that "those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it". The question itself is still gibberish, however.
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.'
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RE: some questions
November 26, 2012 at 6:37 pm
By the way, the spelling error isn't half as problematic as the category one.
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.'
