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To those who have eyes to see & ears to hear, Our Father speaks loud and clear.rgambs said:
He's notoriously silent.Annafalk said:
I don't know maybe you can ask him.rgambs said:
Yes, God has been described in a completely contradictory way by the only evidence that supports His existence.Annafalk said:
So God has been described in a contradictory way? It isn't any proof he wouldn't exist.rgambs said:
Basic logic. Those examples are all contradictory. Something perfect can't have flaws, vanity is a flaw, etc.Annafalk said:
How do you know this is true?rgambs said:
I didn't say any of those things, and there is plenty of room to disagree within the bounds of reality and rational thought.Annafalk said:
So you are saying only the way you're thinking is the right way. If everyone was thinking like you there would be a perfect world? There is no room for people who thinks differently than you?rgambs said:
Why would an opinion merit respect just because someone holds it?Annafalk said:Why can't we just respect each others opinions? This is a thread called The Concept of God isn't it? Why even take the time to enter this thread, if you only want to criticize what another person believes in?
Do you respect the opinions of white supremacists?
Do you respect the opinions of men who believe women should be beaten into submission and stripped of autonomy?
Bullshit is bullshit and it needs to be called out as bullshit.
To your last question...
Because we want the world to move forward.
Off course shouldn't opinions that are hurtful to anyone be respected.
Even subtracting the supernatural, the Judaic legends are ridiculous.
God can't be perfect and vain.
God can't be loving and vengeful.
God can't be omnipotent and have his plans spoiled by the devil.
Most importantly, God can't have a plan for everything and abdicate responsibility for the horrific suffering of mankind.
It is proof that He surely doesn't exist as we've been told.Post edited by RYME on0 -
Thank you so much RYME.RYME said:
I'm sorry that you were in so much pain and discomfort. I'm glad that you're doing better sir.brianlux said:I can understand how people under extreme duress can turn to God. Last week when I was in the throws of extreme torturous migraine vertigo I was wishing to God there was a god who would save me. A few days later while in recovery, I gave thanks to the Unknown Mystery of the universe for being released from the worst of the pain and misery. I don't know about God, but I do thank the energy in the universe for coming around on the good side of things when that happens. My final thought was that, to me, "God" is not some big guy with a beard in the sky, but rather is a word one might use to describe the energy that flows through the universe in strange ways we cannot fully understand. I don't need to know more than that, I just accept it.
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
But then again, there's this...RYME said:No they just want to verbally beat Christians into submission tell us that we believe in a bunch of fairy tales. I have not criticized or mocked anyone here. I have simply told you what I believe. I started by answering a question that Hugh Dillon posted a week or so ago. And the majority of you do not like it. I know that I am wasting my time here, but this thread is not about white supremacy or beating women into submission. God is very much against white supremacy and beating women into submission that is for sure.
This Thread is called The Concept of God. How can you have a conversation here that doesn't involve God? God is in the subject of this thread.Hey smelly, do you ever have any insightful thoughts of your own to add to the conversation? Do you ever stick to any of the topics? Or do you just comment on the commenters?
Your day must be real fun, go into several of the different threads, find some low-hanging fruit take a personal cheap shot and leave. That a boy!
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Doesn't count.oftenreading said:
But then again, there's this...RYME said:No they just want to verbally beat Christians into submission tell us that we believe in a bunch of fairy tales. I have not criticized or mocked anyone here. I have simply told you what I believe. I started by answering a question that Hugh Dillon posted a week or so ago. And the majority of you do not like it. I know that I am wasting my time here, but this thread is not about white supremacy or beating women into submission. God is very much against white supremacy and beating women into submission that is for sure.
This Thread is called The Concept of God. How can you have a conversation here that doesn't involve God? God is in the subject of this thread.Hey smelly, do you ever have any insightful thoughts of your own to add to the conversation? Do you ever stick to any of the topics? Or do you just comment on the commenters?
Your day must be real fun, go into several of the different threads, find some low-hanging fruit take a personal cheap shot and leave. That a boy!
Ryme did a hand flutter over his heart and this indiscretion just disappeared.
I gotta start being religious. Shit I could get away with anything!"My brain's a good brain!"0 -
Oh shucks,, ya got me. If you read most of his posts you will notice that he usually takes a jab at the commenter he disagrees with instead of talking about the subject. Highlights one word or two and then sticks it to ya. I know I'm just supposed to turn the other cheek.oftenreading said:
But then again, there's this...RYME said:No they just want to verbally beat Christians into submission tell us that we believe in a bunch of fairy tales. I have not criticized or mocked anyone here. I have simply told you what I believe. I started by answering a question that Hugh Dillon posted a week or so ago. And the majority of you do not like it. I know that I am wasting my time here, but this thread is not about white supremacy or beating women into submission. God is very much against white supremacy and beating women into submission that is for sure.
This Thread is called The Concept of God. How can you have a conversation here that doesn't involve God? God is in the subject of this thread.Hey smelly, do you ever have any insightful thoughts of your own to add to the conversation? Do you ever stick to any of the topics? Or do you just comment on the commenters?
Your day must be real fun, go into several of the different threads, find some low-hanging fruit take a personal cheap shot and leave. That a boy!Post edited by RYME on0 -
So, just to make sure I've got this straight...RYME said:
To those who have eyes to see & ears to hear, Our Father speaks loud and clear.rgambs said:
He's notoriously silent.Annafalk said:
I don't know maybe you can ask him.rgambs said:
Yes, God has been described in a completely contradictory way by the only evidence that supports His existence.Annafalk said:
So God has been described in a contradictory way? It isn't any proof he wouldn't exist.rgambs said:
Basic logic. Those examples are all contradictory. Something perfect can't have flaws, vanity is a flaw, etc.Annafalk said:
How do you know this is true?rgambs said:
I didn't say any of those things, and there is plenty of room to disagree within the bounds of reality and rational thought.Annafalk said:
So you are saying only the way you're thinking is the right way. If everyone was thinking like you there would be a perfect world? There is no room for people who thinks differently than you?rgambs said:
Why would an opinion merit respect just because someone holds it?Annafalk said:Why can't we just respect each others opinions? This is a thread called The Concept of God isn't it? Why even take the time to enter this thread, if you only want to criticize what another person believes in?
Do you respect the opinions of white supremacists?
Do you respect the opinions of men who believe women should be beaten into submission and stripped of autonomy?
Bullshit is bullshit and it needs to be called out as bullshit.
To your last question...
Because we want the world to move forward.
Off course shouldn't opinions that are hurtful to anyone be respected.
Even subtracting the supernatural, the Judaic legends are ridiculous.
God can't be perfect and vain.
God can't be loving and vengeful.
God can't be omnipotent and have his plans spoiled by the devil.
Most importantly, God can't have a plan for everything and abdicate responsibility for the horrific suffering of mankind.
It is proof that He surely doesn't exist as we've been told.
You're saying it's the fault of the starving African child covered in flies and mud that she/he doesn't hear God's responses to prayer?
It was the Holocaust victims who lacked eyes and ears?
You don't ever even realize how frankly disgusting and insulting the things you say are. THAT'S why people mock you and your religion, because it is abhorrent and you don't even have the mind to think it.
*We've all seen the pictures of the starving children and Holocaust victims so I won't post any here out of respect to the other posters, I think people with beliefs like yours should be faced with those pictures every day so they can get it through their thick skulls that their empty Christian catch-phrases are the true mockery!Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
fancy hot pocket is all that is!!!!!Smellyman said:hedonist said:
Glad that "pasty" was a typo, often...you had me wondering thereoftenreading said:This is an idea I could consider - a “church” for atheists, where people can find a community for fellowship and support without a reliance in the idea of a god.
I akso like that their first meeting was held in a pasty shop. That’s my kind of church.
https://m.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/01/30/calgary-secular-church-first-atheist-church-alberta_n_2583930.html
There are some I know and love who are atheists. To me, religion or not, it's about one's character.
Live and let live, while doing no harm to others. Judgments aren't necessarily hurtful in themselves, it's the attempts at control that stick in my craw (and then some).Pasties are delicious. Grandma made them all the time. LINK
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You told me I'm going to hell.RYME said:
Oh shucks,, ya got me. If you read most of his posts you will notice that he usually takes a jab at the commenter he disagrees with instead of talking about the subject. Highlights one word or two and then sticks it to ya. I know I'm just supposed to turn the other cheek.oftenreading said:
But then again, there's this...RYME said:No they just want to verbally beat Christians into submission tell us that we believe in a bunch of fairy tales. I have not criticized or mocked anyone here. I have simply told you what I believe. I started by answering a question that Hugh Dillon posted a week or so ago. And the majority of you do not like it. I know that I am wasting my time here, but this thread is not about white supremacy or beating women into submission. God is very much against white supremacy and beating women into submission that is for sure.
This Thread is called The Concept of God. How can you have a conversation here that doesn't involve God? God is in the subject of this thread.Hey smelly, do you ever have any insightful thoughts of your own to add to the conversation? Do you ever stick to any of the topics? Or do you just comment on the commenters?
Your day must be real fun, go into several of the different threads, find some low-hanging fruit take a personal cheap shot and leave. That a boy!
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
PJ_Soul said:
You told me I'm going to hell.RYME said:
Oh shucks,, ya got me. If you read most of his posts you will notice that he usually takes a jab at the commenter he disagrees with instead of talking about the subject. Highlights one word or two and then sticks it to ya. I know I'm just supposed to turn the other cheek.oftenreading said:
But then again, there's this...RYME said:No they just want to verbally beat Christians into submission tell us that we believe in a bunch of fairy tales. I have not criticized or mocked anyone here. I have simply told you what I believe. I started by answering a question that Hugh Dillon posted a week or so ago. And the majority of you do not like it. I know that I am wasting my time here, but this thread is not about white supremacy or beating women into submission. God is very much against white supremacy and beating women into submission that is for sure.
This Thread is called The Concept of God. How can you have a conversation here that doesn't involve God? God is in the subject of this thread.Hey smelly, do you ever have any insightful thoughts of your own to add to the conversation? Do you ever stick to any of the topics? Or do you just comment on the commenters?
Your day must be real fun, go into several of the different threads, find some low-hanging fruit take a personal cheap shot and leave. That a boy!
Well, I mean...... my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf0 -
Been there, done that. It ain't cracked up to what it supposedly be.PJ_Soul said:
You told me I'm going to hell.RYME said:
Oh shucks,, ya got me. If you read most of his posts you will notice that he usually takes a jab at the commenter he disagrees with instead of talking about the subject. Highlights one word or two and then sticks it to ya. I know I'm just supposed to turn the other cheek.oftenreading said:
But then again, there's this...RYME said:No they just want to verbally beat Christians into submission tell us that we believe in a bunch of fairy tales. I have not criticized or mocked anyone here. I have simply told you what I believe. I started by answering a question that Hugh Dillon posted a week or so ago. And the majority of you do not like it. I know that I am wasting my time here, but this thread is not about white supremacy or beating women into submission. God is very much against white supremacy and beating women into submission that is for sure.
This Thread is called The Concept of God. How can you have a conversation here that doesn't involve God? God is in the subject of this thread.Hey smelly, do you ever have any insightful thoughts of your own to add to the conversation? Do you ever stick to any of the topics? Or do you just comment on the commenters?
Your day must be real fun, go into several of the different threads, find some low-hanging fruit take a personal cheap shot and leave. That a boy!
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
There is no heaven or hell, that’s just fucking ludicrous. Why the hell would anyone worship god? Religion and God is likely just another douchebag marketing scheme...
And churches should pay tax...Give Peas A Chance…0 -
I agree. So let's run with that marketing scheme and give it a twist. What about this: All churches pay taxes. The only exemption would be churches that provide homeless shelters, food and clothing, and job counseling. Do that and the whole church business would change quite a bit.Meltdown99 said:There is no heaven or hell, that’s just fucking ludicrous. Why the hell would anyone worship god? Religion and God is likely just another douchebag marketing scheme...
And churches should pay tax...
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
And how many churches provide the minimal services to qualify for tax exempt? And how much that goes into a collection plate, actually gets declared? I think it’s safe to assume religion is far from honest. Well as the great George Carlin said “God is all mighty and powerful, except he needs all this cash” ... of course I’m paraphrasing ...brianlux said:
I agree. So let's run with that marketing scheme and give it a twist. What about this: All churches pay taxes. The only exemption would be churches that provide homeless shelters, food and clothing, and job counseling. Do that and the whole church business would change quite a bit.Meltdown99 said:There is no heaven or hell, that’s just fucking ludicrous. Why the hell would anyone worship god? Religion and God is likely just another douchebag marketing scheme...
And churches should pay tax...
It seems like just a marketing scheme. And like all great marketing scheme’s, they got plenty of suckers. I just don’t picture myself playing a harp on the clouds ... having a beer with the devil would be most enjoyable ... lol
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Oh I totally agree. They need to be kept honest. No more free ride to heaven... or wherever.Meltdown99 said:
And how many churches provide the minimal services to qualify for tax exempt? And how much that goes into a collection plate, actually gets declared? I think it’s safe to assume religion is far from honest. Well as the great George Carlin said “God is all mighty and powerful, except he needs all this cash” ... of course I’m paraphrasing ...brianlux said:
I agree. So let's run with that marketing scheme and give it a twist. What about this: All churches pay taxes. The only exemption would be churches that provide homeless shelters, food and clothing, and job counseling. Do that and the whole church business would change quite a bit.Meltdown99 said:There is no heaven or hell, that’s just fucking ludicrous. Why the hell would anyone worship god? Religion and God is likely just another douchebag marketing scheme...
And churches should pay tax...
It seems like just a marketing scheme. And like all great marketing scheme’s, they got plenty of suckers. I just don’t picture myself playing a harp on the clouds ... having a beer with the devil would be most enjoyable ... lol
"It's a sad and beautiful world"-Roberto Benigni0 -
Because Christians are a highly hypocritical and judgemental bunch, just like most other organized religious folks.PJ_Soul said:
You told me I'm going to hell.RYME said:
Oh shucks,, ya got me. If you read most of his posts you will notice that he usually takes a jab at the commenter he disagrees with instead of talking about the subject. Highlights one word or two and then sticks it to ya. I know I'm just supposed to turn the other cheek.oftenreading said:
But then again, there's this...RYME said:No they just want to verbally beat Christians into submission tell us that we believe in a bunch of fairy tales. I have not criticized or mocked anyone here. I have simply told you what I believe. I started by answering a question that Hugh Dillon posted a week or so ago. And the majority of you do not like it. I know that I am wasting my time here, but this thread is not about white supremacy or beating women into submission. God is very much against white supremacy and beating women into submission that is for sure.
This Thread is called The Concept of God. How can you have a conversation here that doesn't involve God? God is in the subject of this thread.Hey smelly, do you ever have any insightful thoughts of your own to add to the conversation? Do you ever stick to any of the topics? Or do you just comment on the commenters?
Your day must be real fun, go into several of the different threads, find some low-hanging fruit take a personal cheap shot and leave. That a boy!
In short, they are full of shit lol
https://youtu.be/8r-e2NDSTuE
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I guess I'll be meeting you in hell some day. See you then!RYME said:
Oh shucks,, ya got me. If you read most of his posts you will notice that he usually takes a jab at the commenter he disagrees with instead of talking about the subject. Highlights one word or two and then sticks it to ya. I know I'm just supposed to turn the other cheek.oftenreading said:
But then again, there's this...RYME said:No they just want to verbally beat Christians into submission tell us that we believe in a bunch of fairy tales. I have not criticized or mocked anyone here. I have simply told you what I believe. I started by answering a question that Hugh Dillon posted a week or so ago. And the majority of you do not like it. I know that I am wasting my time here, but this thread is not about white supremacy or beating women into submission. God is very much against white supremacy and beating women into submission that is for sure.
This Thread is called The Concept of God. How can you have a conversation here that doesn't involve God? God is in the subject of this thread.Hey smelly, do you ever have any insightful thoughts of your own to add to the conversation? Do you ever stick to any of the topics? Or do you just comment on the commenters?
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Because Christians are a highly hypocritical and judgemental bunch, just like most other organized religious folks.PJ_Soul said:
You told me I'm going to hell.RYME said:
Oh shucks,, ya got me. If you read most of his posts you will notice that he usually takes a jab at the commenter he disagrees with instead of talking about the subject. Highlights one word or two and then sticks it to ya. I know I'm just supposed to turn the other cheek.oftenreading said:
But then again, there's this...RYME said:No they just want to verbally beat Christians into submission tell us that we believe in a bunch of fairy tales. I have not criticized or mocked anyone here. I have simply told you what I believe. I started by answering a question that Hugh Dillon posted a week or so ago. And the majority of you do not like it. I know that I am wasting my time here, but this thread is not about white supremacy or beating women into submission. God is very much against white supremacy and beating women into submission that is for sure.
This Thread is called The Concept of God. How can you have a conversation here that doesn't involve God? God is in the subject of this thread.Hey smelly, do you ever have any insightful thoughts of your own to add to the conversation? Do you ever stick to any of the topics? Or do you just comment on the commenters?
Your day must be real fun, go into several of the different threads, find some low-hanging fruit take a personal cheap shot and leave. That a boy!
In short, they are full of shit lolhttps://youtu.be/8r-e2NDSTuELOL, I love G. C.But in defense of some people of faith, I will say there are some good ones. Here for example, is one of my favorites, often referred to (correctly) as "the gay priest", a very cool dude, Mr. Malcolm Boyd:
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oftenreading said:PJ_Soul said:
You told me I'm going to hell.RYME said:
Oh shucks,, ya got me. If you read most of his posts you will notice that he usually takes a jab at the commenter he disagrees with instead of talking about the subject. Highlights one word or two and then sticks it to ya. I know I'm just supposed to turn the other cheek.oftenreading said:
But then again, there's this...RYME said:No they just want to verbally beat Christians into submission tell us that we believe in a bunch of fairy tales. I have not criticized or mocked anyone here. I have simply told you what I believe. I started by answering a question that Hugh Dillon posted a week or so ago. And the majority of you do not like it. I know that I am wasting my time here, but this thread is not about white supremacy or beating women into submission. God is very much against white supremacy and beating women into submission that is for sure.
This Thread is called The Concept of God. How can you have a conversation here that doesn't involve God? God is in the subject of this thread.Hey smelly, do you ever have any insightful thoughts of your own to add to the conversation? Do you ever stick to any of the topics? Or do you just comment on the commenters?
Your day must be real fun, go into several of the different threads, find some low-hanging fruit take a personal cheap shot and leave. That a boy!
Well, I mean......
Well okay, you got me!
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
If you ever find this POS god hang the bitch or bastard, please...thank you....
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If we would say that God is the one responsible for you living, having a life, are you angry about that?Meltdown99 said:If you ever find this POS god hang the bitch or bastard, please...thank you....0
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