What are your thoughts on god?
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Maher should say "And if I'm right, you've spent your life in mindless repetition for NOTHING. At least I got to sleep in on Sundays and eat bacon wrapped shrimp, and wear my PJs and not have to keep an extra eye out for my kids when they are round the creepy guys in skirts..."
Hell now, or hell later, seems to be the question of the day... 
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I lied. I'll say something else. If there is a god, and he wanted to tell us what he wanted from us, don't you think it would make more sense for him to impart that knowledge to all societies at the same time and in a similar manner? Why should I accept what some obscure tribe wandering the deserts of the Middle East had to say about it? First he's a vengeful, wrathful god that demands sacrifice, then he's full of love and grace as long as we say Jesus was his son. Make up your mind.
Man was not created in god's image, the concept of god was created in the mind of men. That's why there are so many crazy variants.
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All current gods and religions should be reclassified as mythologies.
See how easy that was?
Find here the Serenity you seek. -Tara Maclay
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Quote:Is worship of Capitalism's Invisible Hand included in that class of mythologies? Or is the Hand real, not a metaphor?
Originally posted by RahlMaclaren:
All current gods and religions should be reclassified as mythologies.
See how easy that was?
Just asking because Texans put more time and imagination into receiving blessings from the Invisible Hand than any other god. In Texas the Invisible Hand is worshiped as if it is the most powerful god even though it’s obvious to the naked eye that the economy consists much more of Monopolies and Oligopolists than it does of the atomistic, price-taking competitors often envisioned by economists, fundamentalists and Republicans.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by second:Quote:Is worship of Capitalism's Invisible Hand included in that class of mythologies? Or is the Hand real, not a metaphor?
Originally posted by RahlMaclaren:
All current gods and religions should be reclassified as mythologies.
See how easy that was?
It is a metaphor, Mr. False Dichotomy.
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In economics, the invisible hand is a metaphor used by Adam Smith to describe unintended social benefits resulting from individual actions. The phrase is employed by Smith with respect to income distribution (1759) and production (1776).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_hand
Find here the Serenity you seek. -Tara Maclay
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Quote:You have heard of wiki. But have you heard of Prosperity theology? It is very big at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church in Houston. Sometimes referred to as the prosperity gospel, the health and wealth gospel, or the gospel of success, it is a Christian religious doctrine that financial blessing is the will of God for Christians, and that faith, positive speech, and donations (possibly to Christian ministries) will increase one's material wealth. It is a mutant form of religion, and I don't mean mutant metaphorically. It is the Invisible Hand with just a hint of Jesus flavoring to make it tastier for Texans.
Originally posted by RahlMaclaren:
It is a metaphor, Mr. False Dichotomy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invisible_hand
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prosperity_theology#Criticism
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by tanstaafl28:
Science is an open system of inquiry
Where do you rank Atheists? Some of them seem kinda angry
Angry Aussie Atheist : Stacey vs The Muslim Problem
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I agree. Man made and controlled. Besides why would God entrust the world to "men" and allow them to screw things up royally, especially after he
went through all that trouble sacrificing his "son" for our sins.
For those who say I blaspheme, I have two words for you: Catholic priests.
SGG
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Originally posted by ecgordon:
I lied. I'll say something else. If there is a god, and he wanted to tell us what he wanted from us, don't you think it would make more sense for him to impart that knowledge to all societies at the same time and in a similar manner? Why should I accept what some obscure tribe wandering the deserts of the Middle East had to say about it? First he's a vengeful, wrathful god that demands sacrifice, then he's full of love and grace as long as we say Jesus was his son. Make up your mind.
Man was not created in god's image, the concept of god was created in the mind of men. That's why there are so many crazy variants.
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I think most Christians could more accurately be described as "Paulists".
I'm one of the few, if not the only person in my family who is not a devout Christian. However, they attend a wide range of different denominational churches, and I'd bet if you sat them down and questioned them, one of the few things they would agree on is the divinity of Jesus. I don't think it matters either way, but if one was to lead their life using his teachings they would be a very good person.
My younger brother and I are probably closer in agreement on things than I am with anyone else in the family, other than me not considering myself a Christian. He does, and yet he once told me about meeting another person, a friend of a friend, and that guy's first words were, "Are you a Christian?" My brother's reply was, "Define what you mean by that?" If the definition is that you have to believe that Jesus was the one and only son of God, sent to Earth to save us, then my answer would be no. If you mean someone who tries to live their life loving other people, doing the best I can to help others and not hurt anyone, then I am. I'm not concerned with any reward or punishment in an afterlife. I would rather concentrate on this life and make it the best I can, since there is no guarantee it's not the only one.
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Originally posted by JAYNEZTOWN:
Where do you rank Atheists? Some of them seem kinda angry
Coming from YOU that means...NOTHING, really. Well, maybe irony...
Maybe they are sick to death of not being able to say what they think without bible babble people coming unglued. Maybe they want the right to be left alone without obnoxious people coming to their door to sway them to their narcissistic version of their mythology. Maybe they'd like to attend a family function without hearing how much someone else is in love with their chosen delusion and why aren't *WE* drinking their kool-aid???
Maybe if the non-religious were LEFT THE FUCK ALONE they wouldn't BE SOO ANGRY.
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