Wanted: Honest intelligent productive thinking to resolve the issue God exists or not.

a reply to: Peeple

The phone is ringing at the end of that song. Too late?

I refer you to this poem written by someone who saved me in the nick of time.
BOUNDARIES

a reply to: Phage

I don't think what consenting adults do is anyone's business.

And no one said it is but consenting adults can engage in immoral
sexual depravity all the same. Do you agree?

a reply to: carsforkids

What in the World is immoral sexual depravity between consenting adults ?

a reply to: pthena

I'll say it. Sodomy because to decency it is a disgusting act.

That's right I said it so have at it.

a reply to: carsforkids

I'll say it. Sodomy because to decency it is a disgusting act.

Definition of sodomy

: anal or oral copulation with a member of the same or opposite sex also : copulation with an animal

Anal doesn't appeal to me, nor does bestiality. Don't care who does the former but I believe the latter is illegal in a lot of places (has to do with that "consenting" thing).

How do you feel about oral? I kind of enjoy it. Should I go to prison? Am I going to hell? Because "icky?"

a reply to: carsforkids

I usually have a very good memory.
It's only been about 23 years.
...
think
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think

I don't recall what was disgusting about that.

But I never got around to the bestiality.
I'll be sure to give it a miss though.

a reply to: Phage

I fear the topic is becoming obscured.

a reply to: carsforkids

You can thank the OP for that.
www.abovetopsecret.com...

a reply to: carsforkids

I kissed a guy once.
He rather enjoyed it.
Me. I was like meh ( or whatever people write meaning "nothing to get excited about").

a reply to: Phage

Not looking to place blame on anyone Phage.

a reply to: pthena


That's none of my business right?

a reply to: TzarChasm

How did God make humans His existence depends upon then? Do you see how that theology doesn't fly.

a reply to: carsforkids

I try not to kiss and tell.

Let's just call it a slip of the tongue and be done with it.

a reply to: Out6of9Balance

Humans invented gods (including God).
First as a way to explain natural forces (Rain, earthquakes, droughts. Come to think of it, mostly to explain bad things. It didn't rain because we did something wrong.).

Later as a really good way to control other people.

a reply to: Phage

According to A Good Book by Gary Larson:

a really good way to control other people.

and slugs, don't forget the slugs.

a reply to: pthena

He's back, btw.
www.thefarside.com...

a reply to: Phage
Nice!

Looks like online only.
What I need is a new bathroom reader.

I don't want to buy a tablet!

( I think the topic got obscured )

a reply to: pthena

It's very sparse, not nearly enough for another Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head.

(That book holds a very special place in my heart.)

Humans invented gods (including God).
First as a way to explain natural forces (Rain, earthquakes, droughts. Come to think of it, mostly to explain bad things. It didn't rain because we did something wrong.).

Later as a really good way to control other people.

a reply to: Phage

Saying something that you don't even know to be true. You have no doctrine no
Scripture and certainly not a scholar any where worth his salt would back such a
blatant lie. So why are you spreading lies Phage? You're the big fact checker and
here you are spewing horse crap all over ATS. It's funny because it obviously means
that much to you.

Are you that corrupt?

a reply to: carsforkids

What I said is no more a lie than the claim that God exists and is our creator. Both are opinions.

It's funny because it obviously means that much to you.

Not really.

Are you that corrupt?

Is oral sex a sin?

a reply to: Phage

Humans invented gods (including God).

You're right from one perspective. When you say gods, or God, you're talking about concepts and abstractions of God(s) which have been condensed into the crudity of language. In some sense, humans invented these ideas.

But, to riff off of Taoist wisdom, the God that can be named is not the true God. Be careful when dismissing the various idealogical abstractions of God that you do not overlook an unsayable divine reality beneath them.