Re: I don't believe in God
Posted by Dr Brasso on
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nickel, im impressed.....that has to be your best set of postings to date....informative, articulate, and even the self narratives are good....well done sir.... :wink:
as for the topic, you guys pretty much know my views...ill abstain.
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Re: I don't believe in God
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I'm not a religious person, and don't believe in God, or any other supreme being(s), but I do think that that we all have a personal religion of sorts.
We formulate our own morals and standards, that keep us on the straight and narrow. If someone chooses to follow an organised religion for that purpose, then so be it. That's all religion is anyway - a way to suggest and enforce a better way of living.
True, some religions may be misunderstood or interpreted in negative ways, rather than as they were intended...but that's human nature.
I have a question to ask...at the end of the day, does it really matter if 'God' exists?
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Re: I don't believe in God
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yes, i think it does.....its a thing that helps get folks thru life, and with basicly good intentions....some drink to ease the pain, do dope in one form or another, or check in at the local "bellevue".....whatever gets them thru the day, without hurting me and mine....and them.....selfish?...maybe....but im old and jaded, and cynical.....sorry.
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Re: I don't believe in God
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The only thing religious about non-believing is that we share common morals. Assuming that the non-believing person is of a good persuasion. I can assume that at least for this website, that we do not have any Satanist present?
If so, and I am not holding anything against this religion, then I also assume that the non-believers whom share the Satanistic viewpoint is also of "Moral"
I think what I am trying vainly to say is, you do not have,nor need to be religious to have a soul made of pure gold... or tarnished aluminum as with my position in life. :sad:
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Re: I don't believe in God
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[edit in response to Adam]
I don't think so, from what I know about heaven you don't die and
appear as yourself in heaven and chit chat with god. You "join"
heaven, you become part of heaven. There is no memory of earth
(correct me if I'm wrong here nickle, dark, etc.)
If that's the case, I don't see much difference between that, and your
brain shutting off, and your body turning to dust, becoming the little
bits of the universe. From a religious and non-religious point of
view you do about the same thing. Only difference is what you
re-join. Heaven or the Universe.
Re: I don't believe in God
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Whats weird for me is being an unbeliever in God, yet I firmly believe in afterlife. My view on ghosts and ghostly apparitions is rock solid. I do not doubt for a moment that such beings exist.
I just do not believe that the top slot in the hierarchy of the universe is held by a singular being such as God.
If I had to say, that would be my primary reason for being a non-believer.
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Re: I don't believe in God
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In my mind when you die you rot in the ground. The whole concept of an afterlife is to make people feel like they're working for something better in the end. In my opinion most of these religious beliefs were a way to keep poor people in line.
Re: I don't believe in God
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Thu Jun 8th 2006 at 1:17am
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What?
Do you guys even understand WHAT a dimension is?
Or dimensionality? How about fractal dimensions? You guys sound ridiculous.
Next you're going to say Ghosts radiate EM fields. (As many people seem to believe)
"James, is that the CMB"
"No, that's just all the ghosts from all over the universe"
Give me a break.
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Re: I don't believe in God
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A number line would be two dimensions (a point is one dimension, as best as we can comprehend). What would stop that line from being a circle? An Einstein description, since he believed everything had a "spirit" (I forget the name for that, starts with a 'p'), would tell you that every object was another "dimension". Probably the most bizarre thing he said, but it has a place. Especially if you study fractal dimensions (It's like folding a piece of paper in half ... for however many iterations, if you then find the dimensionality of that ... it'd be between 2 and 3 ... it requires knowledge of using logarithms)
Nickel, how can you exist period without any physical attribute ... if you can't think, feel, NOTHING ... isn't that another way of saying you no longer exist even in thought? At the least, thought could be measured in electrical current ... which has a physical size.
Which is why I say your explanation is odd. But, it seems like it isn't yours, so okay.
My question still hasn't been answered though. No one said why they came to these conclusions. All I'm seeing is reiterated previously stated ideas.
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Re: I don't believe in God
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Dimensional Heaven is the place the old singing group went to. Everyone knows that. :rolleyes:
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Re: I don't believe in God
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It needs to be a .GIF to work - if it is a JPEG, the eye-raping JPEG interference rapes your eyes every time, detracting significantly from the effect.
Re: I don't believe in God
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I've always thought that the Big Bang theory was something that made the idea of Creationism possible. I mean, the entire point of creationism is that ... at some point God created the ability for our lives to exist. I don't understand why it would matter WHEN? I'll be quite honest with you and if this is the case, I'll thank "it" for making Hydrogen and Helium earlier than myself!
It's a silly idea. It seems a lot of people think of "existence" as "Earth" ... or even the country they live in and it's simply not true. We're very small in comparison to everything else. (It's up to you to figure if that makes you feel insignificant or special and unique)
But to these type of people apparently this supposed being is almighty and powerful ... but limited to their personal imagination. Even though, by their reckoning ... God created the very idea of imagination ... is it just me or does this line of logic make no sense?
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Re: I don't believe in God
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I think of science as asking "how?" while religion asks "why?" - they're really just two perfectly compatible questions. In fact, one of my best high school biology teachers was a firm Christian.
On a similar subject: though I'm not religious at all, I think the Bible should definitely be taught in public schools - not as divine truth perhaps, but instead considered as a literary work. Entire elements of Western society are based off this book; it's a shame some people (including myself) were never really exposed to it.
Re: I don't believe in God
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Sat Jun 10th 2006 at 9:14pm
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The thing that separates "Creationists" from "Evolutionists" is the ability to wrap your mind around the concept of just how long things take.
The main reason so few people can accept that Humans came from lower forms, such as primates is because they refuse to accept just how long "A LONG TIME" really is.
Millions of years is barely long enough in some instances for changes to occur.
Face it, there really are very few who can wrap their mind around 4.5 billion years. Thats from the theoretical "DAY #1" of Earths existence to now.
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Re: I don't believe in God
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I don't know how to really explain myself, but in no way should the bible be taught/preached/whatever you want to call it in school. The Bible is a book that some people believe in, but you can't use it to try and dispute many things about science.
In my mind the bible has no merit in todays society. It was designed to keep people in line. The whole point of religion is to try and explain why things happen. People had no idea why it rained even, so they created Gods and their own way of proving it, but at this point in time nobody can dispute why it rains from science's explanations.
Even the Bible isn't the divine word of God. They've discovered books that weren't entered into the Bible because whoever was looking over the writing decided not to put them in. If this is Gods word, that wouldn't make any sense.
It just kind of baffles me that people still support this idea. Now I wasn't brought up being told what to believe, and I think that's why I came to this conclusion. Most people who are religious are brought up being told that's what it's about.
I just... it doesn't make sense to me.
Re: I don't believe in God
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Just in case no one mentions it, that was a well thought out reply Frenchy. I share a few of your points.
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