Deities are all the same: none will talk to you.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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Personal relationships with deities
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 Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni: "You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"  (October 12, 2015 at 6:04 pm)jenny1972 Wrote: if santa wouldve kept delivering goodies after i grew up i would totally still believe in him , but he was a proven verifiable hoax , and sorry i dont follow religious doctrines from people i dont personally know . You need to learn the burden of proof... you don't need to disprove something stupid to not believe in it.... you need valid evidence first.  (October 12, 2015 at 6:11 pm)Evie Wrote:(October 12, 2015 at 6:04 pm)jenny1972 Wrote: if santa wouldve kept delivering goodies after i grew up i would totally still believe in him , but he was a proven verifiable hoax , and sorry i dont follow religious doctrines from people i dont personally know . yes i needed valid evidence to believe in santa i didnt get that after childhood therefore i didnt continue to believe . God i did not believe in until adulthood when God gave me valid evidence after which i believed .
Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today
 Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John LennonThe easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain RE: Personal relationships with deities
October 12, 2015 at 6:18 pm
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2015 at 6:19 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
God cannot give you valid evidence for himself that's circular logic!
"God told me he exists... I know it's not the voice in my head and it really is God because it said so and it is God."  (October 12, 2015 at 6:17 pm)jenny1972 Wrote:(October 12, 2015 at 6:11 pm)Evie Wrote: You need to learn the burden of proof... you don't need to disprove something stupid to not believe in it.... you need valid evidence first. You mean the snow thing?
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
(October 12, 2015 at 6:19 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:(October 12, 2015 at 6:17 pm)jenny1972 Wrote: yes i needed valid evidence to believe in santa i didnt get that after childhood therefore i didnt continue to believe . God i did not believe in until adulthood when God gave me valid evidence after which i believed . yes that and also the daily communication thing
Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John LennonThe easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain (October 12, 2015 at 6:35 pm)jenny1972 Wrote:(October 12, 2015 at 6:19 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: You mean the snow thing? Does god call you up on the phone? Do you call him? Does he stop by your house? Text? Email? How's the "communication" thing work, exactly?
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
RE: Personal relationships with deities
October 12, 2015 at 6:43 pm
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2015 at 6:44 pm by jenny1972.)
(October 12, 2015 at 6:18 pm)Evie Wrote: God cannot give you valid evidence for himself that's circular logic! who else can give me valid evidence of existence but God ? if i do not see or hear or feel something or perceive it in some way im not going to believe it exists . i never said "God told me he exists... I know it's not the voice in my head and it really is God because it said so and it is God." you must be quoting someone else (October 12, 2015 at 6:39 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:(October 12, 2015 at 6:35 pm)jenny1972 Wrote: yes that and also the daily communication thing just thoughts
Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John LennonThe easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain (October 12, 2015 at 6:43 pm)jenny1972 Wrote:(October 12, 2015 at 6:39 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Does god call you up on the phone? Do you call him? Does he stop by your house? Text? Email? Then how do you know they're not just thoughts? How do you know your thoughts are communication with a deity?
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
(October 12, 2015 at 6:57 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote:(October 12, 2015 at 6:43 pm)jenny1972 Wrote: just thoughts i just know the thoughts are not a product of my own mind , these thoughts sometimes i understand right away sometimes not but my own mind knows the difference i know the difference between my thoughts and thoughts that are not from me theyre very different than my own that im familiar with .
Imagine there's no heaven It's easy if you try No hell below us Above us only sky Imagine all the people Living for today
Imagine there's no countries It isn't hard to do Nothing to kill or die for And no religion too Imagine all the people Living life in peace You may say I'm a dreamer But I'm not the only one I hope someday you will join us And the world will be as one - John LennonThe easy confidence with which I know another man's religion is folly teaches me to suspect that my own is also - Mark Twain |
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