Religion & Tsunamis
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Re: Religion & Tsunamis
Posted by Jahzel on Wed Jan 5th at 6:23pm 2005


Tracer, I'm not a patriot, I believe the world to be round [addsig]



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Re: Religion & Tsunamis
Posted by BlisTer on Wed Jan 5th at 6:26pm 2005


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I beleve it was all to do with the movement of tectonic plates not the wrath of almighty god. I beleve there is no god because the bible was written by numerous people even for one part there are four different versions of the book of genisis (i think its geninis I know its one of the first ones)

and the main thing that makes me beleve there is no god is that its supposed to be male and supposed to have created the world and hevens in 7 days now no man would have done that much work on his own for not really any reason in 7 days it would have taken him much longer I'd say acoupple of years at least.


i hope you're being ironic... Everyone with a bit of common sense knows it's pure and utter bs that it would only have taken 7 days to create the world and life. more like multiple thousands of years. just like adam and eve, wtf? monkeys are our ancestors. The point is dont take the bible literally and dont use it to base your judgement of wether there is a god or not. The bible is only usefull for its parabels ( using simple real life stories that tell about good human behaviour), and its symbolism ( allowing ppl to interpret things in a way applicable to them). In the end interpretation lead to the different religions, but they all come down to a "force" that some ppl call god. I think the whole point of religion education in school and communion etc. is that you interpret that "force" in a way, and maybe this interpretation overlaps with a certain religion, or maybe not.

argh, i feel like the father in Seventh Heaven [addsig]




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Re: Religion & Tsunamis
Posted by Gwil on Wed Jan 5th at 6:28pm 2005


I think gimp is being sarcastic, saying that men are lazy f**ks and women do all the domestic slavery

AND THATS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE GIRLIES!
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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jan 5th at 6:30pm 2005


the 7 day creation idea is universally accepted as a metaphoric representation only. no one actually believes it took a week.. the number denotes phases, or time frames not "days" [addsig]



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Posted by gimpinthesink on Wed Jan 5th at 6:33pm 2005


? quote:I think gimp is being sarcastic, saying that men are lazy f**ks and women do all the domestic slavery

AND THATS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE GIRLIES!



Thats exactly it gwil.


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I was getting at the fact that it supposedly took god 7 days to create everything yet it has taken me nearly a year to paint my room now if I was a woman then I would have done it in a day or two (or it could just be that im lazyer that most other people when it comes to doing things round the house). [addsig]




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Posted by Nickelplate on Wed Jan 5th at 6:34pm 2005


Mine too. Except I tolerate Religious beliefs. Uneducated ppl are one of our bigest problems in the area i live in. possible the WHOLE usa... [addsig]



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Posted by Nickelplate on Wed Jan 5th at 6:36pm 2005


? quoting Gwil
I think gimp is being sarcastic, saying that men are lazy f**ks and women do all the domestic slavery

AND THATS THE WAY IT SHOULD BE GIRLIES!

That's right! Maybe a man has had a hard day doing REAL WORK and wants to sit down and have and damned beer! The woman needs to be cooking some food for him.

How many men does it take to open a beer?---

NONE, it should already be open when she brings it to you!

[addsig]




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Posted by Monqui on Wed Jan 5th at 6:41pm 2005


? quote:the 7 day creation idea is universally accepted as a metaphoric representation only. no one actually believes it took a week.. the number denotes phases, or time frames not "days"


Umm... Do a little research sometime... There are several fundamental Christian groups (Mainly the YEC (Young Earth Creationists)) that DO believe firmly in this. They believe that the earth is only 6000 years old, and state that fossils were planted by God himself to test our faith. You can't make this up. [addsig]




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Posted by BlisTer on Wed Jan 5th at 6:42pm 2005


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the 7 day creation idea is universally accepted as a metaphoric representation only. no one actually believes it took a week.. the number denotes phases, or time frames not "days"


unfortunatly there are a few narrow minded bible followers that do take it literally. but it has indeed improved with time. just think of the anti-darwinists at the time :/ [addsig]




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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jan 5th at 6:45pm 2005


? quoting Monqui
? quote:the 7 day creation idea is universally accepted as a metaphoric representation only. no one actually believes it took a week.. the number denotes phases, or time frames not "days"


Umm... Do a little research sometime... There are several fundamental Christian groups (Mainly the YEC (Young Earth Creationists)) that DO believe firmly in this. They believe that the earth is only 6000 years old, and state that fossils were planted by God himself to test our faith. You can't make this up.

sadly, this only goes toward the "ignorant" comment earlier stated

OK then my bad, some do believe it still. :/

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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Wed Jan 5th at 6:47pm 2005


Jahzel, I can honestly say I didn't even bother to read whatever bulls**t you're spouting.

You do realize that the government tracks every single computer on the internet and will have undoubtedly already read your posts and sent the men in black to your house. If you're lucky they may just execute you on the spot for knowing too much instead of handing you over to the aliens...

PS: Whoever said the US faked the moon landings is going to get a backhand.

Now, back on the topic of Lep trying to convert us all to atheism

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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jan 5th at 6:57pm 2005


? quoting Yak_Fighter

Now, back on the topic of Lep trying to convert us all to atheism

atheism, i though it was continental drift and subjugation 101?

note: i cannot really recall the name, but its when one continent is forced under another.. India is drifting under Asia, hence the mountains to the north.

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Posted by Gwil on Wed Jan 5th at 7:02pm 2005


India isn't a continent?

I know what you mean though Orph, it's a real issue - but the rate it travels at (plates etc) is so slow immediate effects are negligible.

I think in about 30000000 years Britain is gonna land in Ontario, something like that.
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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Wed Jan 5th at 7:02pm 2005


Subduction, I think? [addsig]



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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Wed Jan 5th at 7:03pm 2005


? quoting BlisTer

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the 7 day creation idea is universally accepted as a metaphoric representation only. no one actually believes it took a week.. the number denotes phases, or time frames not "days"


unfortunatly there are a few narrow minded bible followers that do take it literally. but it has indeed improved with time. just think of the anti-darwinists at the time :/

I would actually venture to say that fundamentalist belief is far more widespread now than it was in the early 20th century. There aren't a "few" people who believe it. I would estimate that more than a quarter of church-going Christians in this country believe in a literal 7-day creation and a 6,000 year earth history.

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Posted by Tracer Bullet on Wed Jan 5th at 7:09pm 2005


? quoting KungFuSquirrel
Subduction, I think?

Yup.

If you want to look at where the next big earthquake ought to happen it's right here in the northwest. The Cascadia subduction zone hasn't had a big slip in a long time... There is evidence that the Oregon and Washington coastlines have been hit by 300 foot tsunamis in the past. Bye bye Seattle.

I believe the prediction is that the Northwest ought to experience a 9+ magnitude quake within the next 200 years or so. Something like that anyway.

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Posted by Orpheus on Wed Jan 5th at 7:27pm 2005


? quoting Tracer Bullet

Yup.

If you want to look at where the next big earthquake ought to happen it's right here in the northwest. The Cascadia subduction zone hasn't had a big slip in a long time... There is evidence that the Oregon and Washington coastlines have been hit by 300 foot tsunamis in the past. Bye bye Seattle.

I believe the prediction is that the Northwest ought to experience a 9+ magnitude quake within the next 200 years or so. Something like that anyway.

i've read this, something to do with the cedar tree's or something as definitive proof of the waves.

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Posted by BlisTer on Wed Jan 5th at 7:41pm 2005


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PS: Whoever said the US faked the moon landings is going to get a backhand.



ofcourse the moon landing really happened. the thing is, armstrong's camera didnt work, so the government had to film it in a studio... creating all the confusion about wether the landing itself was real or not.

Side note: in belgium we have an interesting phenomena, a guy who is so convinced that the moon landing wasnt real that he literally goes to EVERY music concert/event and wears this sign and talks to ppl about it. and hes on this quest for atleast 6 years. for instance he says terminal velocity cant be reached... hello multi-stage rockets? :rolleyes: [addsig]




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Posted by KungFuSquirrel on Wed Jan 5th at 7:51pm 2005


You mean escape velocity. If you want to reach terminal velocity, jump off a tall building. [addsig]



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Posted by Mephs on Wed Jan 5th at 8:10pm 2005


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he literally goes to EVERY music concert/event and wears this sign and talks to ppl about it.


But what if there is more than one concert/event happening?!

....no wait, sorry, didn't read the being in Belgium bit.


Nowadays God serves only 2 purposes for the world:

1) A way to justify warped morals (you can always find a handy bible/koran passage that proves without doubt that god wants you to invade a country, or kill some little black people)

2) Something to scream at and blame for things that go wrong, but ultimately scream for forgiveness and salvation (after ignoring him previously all your life).

As far as atheists go, they will be the ones screaming for salvation the loudest, anyone who thinks that they proved to themselves that something as incomprehensible as a god does, or doesnt exist is either deluded, or hasnt even thought about it.
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