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Originally posted by Chamberf=6
reply to post by lonewolf19792000
How does allowing yourself to be killed prove god?
Originally posted by GBP/JPY
reply to post by Chamberf=6
one time my wife and two youngins were worried about the letter we got from the bank about our five acres and home......we had 60 days to pay in full......thfee days before it was due.....sweat ..... sweat..... we plopped the cash down on the desk and never looked back.....edit on 10-6-2012 by GBP/JPY because: Yahushua is our new King !!
Originally posted by Chamberf=6
reply to post by NorEaster
how could the very first intelligent, sentient brain (whether Homo Sapiens or alien - for those who blame it all on extra-terrestrials) have even "gone there" without anything pulling it in that direction?
Imagination (I can't believe you left out this BIG factor) and a need to find "explanations" for natural phenomena like rain, lightening, day/night progression, etc.
Something/someone all powerful, they may have thought, was doing these things. Over time stories, legends, led to "beliefs".
BTW if you've ever seen "Through the Wormhole", the show Freeman co-created and hosts, you wouldn't be surprised he thinks we invented gods.
I lean towards that thinking myself.edit on 6/10/2012 by Chamberf=6 because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by NorEaster
Oh, and I'm not surprised that Morgan Freeman is agnostic. I even stated that in the 2nd sentence.
Not much of a headline
Originally posted by michaelbrux
reply to post by Annee
you are selling a philosophy, atheist or not, and no one is in the market. i suppose you'd be well advised to discuss this with an investment banker, if you don't believe me.
one or two might buy what you are selling, but I don't think that's enough to keep your doors open;
i just want to make it clear who's in the business of selling what...you are the door to door salesman selling philosophy; apparently the same line of work you've been in for a long time.
my honest opinion...religion and philosophy is a bad business to be in. that's what you sell, right?
Originally posted by AgentSmith
reply to post by FlyersFan
I'm amused that you think there's a God...
Originally posted by ZIPMATT
reply to post by NorEaster
we have now said ,god is not a notion but a reality , not an invention of the human mind but an external factor.
we dont want you getting deluded about other people having delusions .
why worry about it anyway ?edit on 10-6-2012 by ZIPMATT because: set and match
Originally posted by michaelbrux
reply to post by SaturnFX
"The more people - - especially "in the public eye" people that speak up of questioning god - - what is god - - even Lack of Belief in a god - - - more will follow.
It is a good thing."
she's selling "speaking up of questioning God." a God an atheist shouldn't even acknowledge.
the thing that atheist will never overcome is the question...why are you discussing something you say doesn't exist? a logical inconsistency which would probably be uncovered by a 5 years old child.
but people are free to sell whatever contraption they can develop...if someone buys it: Caveat Emptor.
Originally posted by Chamberf=6
Originally posted by NorEaster
Oh, and I'm not surprised that Morgan Freeman is agnostic. I even stated that in the 2nd sentence.
Actually your second line was:
Not much of a headline
...then you said it got you thinking.
I didn't get where you said you weren't surprised but that isn't here nor there in the thread is it?
That's what you wanted to "correct" me on?
Originally posted by michaelbrux
reply to post by Annee
i can't help it. i bring everything I read here into my personal life. I have discussions about the things I read here with my wife and children and they don't know what i'm talking about.
i use these forums as teaching aids. to show my students what people believe in so that they can be on guard in adulthood.
i want them to be well versed on every possible belief that people have, so that when it appears in their lives they'll know what they are dealing with.
did you know that many Americans end sentences with prepositions?
do you know why?