Let us talk about religion, but not in the way you think.

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Re: Let us talk about religion, but not in the way you think.

Post by jediuser598 » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:39 am

DBTrek wrote:
Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:34 am
I’m lumping you in with Brewster and Monte.
That’s where.

A better question for all three of you would be “Where did I say I was proving the existence of God”?

I’d never tackle the fool’s errand of claiming to prove or disprove God. Especially when I can tackle the infinitely simpler task of proving that you guys don’t have the knowledge you think you do.
At least you admit it.
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Re: Let us talk about religion, but not in the way you think.

Post by DBTrek » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:42 am

I like to set a good example for the kids.
Learn from my humility, scrub.
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Re: Let us talk about religion, but not in the way you think.

Post by Montegriffo » Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:53 am

Why are y'all hatin' on memes now?
...after all, that's how your hair God got elected.
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Re: Let us talk about religion, but not in the way you think.

Post by BjornP » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:10 pm

Deep, deep down in the deepest layers of hell we all shall be consigned to sit with laptops nailed to our laps, debating in an eternal "Atheism is not a belief system" thread.

(Anyway...cliff notes on the OP vid, pls?)
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Re: Let us talk about religion, but not in the way you think.

Post by pineapplemike » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:11 pm

BjornP wrote:
Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:10 pm
Deep, deep down in the deepest layers of hell we all shall be consigned to sit with laptops nailed to our laps, debating in an eternal "Atheism is not a belief system" thread.
:lol:

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Re: Let us talk about religion, but not in the way you think.

Post by Speaker to Animals » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:16 pm

brewster wrote:
Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:25 am
Speaker to Animals wrote:
Fri Jan 11, 2019 11:23 am
Whatever caused the Big Bang is outside time and space. It's not a thing. It's eternal.
That is a statement without basis in any known facts. You are inserting your suppositions into the lack of facts. Your God could be Asimov's hyperspace supercomputer in "The Last Question".
It is precisely based on known facts.

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Re: Let us talk about religion, but not in the way you think.

Post by doc_loliday » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:17 pm

BjornP wrote:
Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:10 pm
Deep, deep down in the deepest layers of hell we all shall be consigned to sit with laptops nailed to our laps, debating in an eternal "Atheism is not a belief system" thread.

(Anyway...cliff notes on the OP vid, pls?)
No nails necessary apparently.

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Re: Let us talk about religion, but not in the way you think.

Post by jediuser598 » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:19 pm

BjornP wrote:
Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:10 pm
Deep, deep down in the deepest layers of hell we all shall be consigned to sit with laptops nailed to our laps, debating in an eternal "Atheism is not a belief system" thread.

(Anyway...cliff notes on the OP vid, pls?)
It's from the author of "Eat, Pray, love" on how she believes that genius is an external spirit that comes to us, same as the muse.

She also takes issue with the fact that artists are seen as "doomed" and fights the narrative of the only truth path of artistry is this unhealthy self-destruction that leads ultimately to death, which has been the case for many of our greatest artists. Says this started post-enlightenment when we started seeing the muse as individual rather than spiritual. States that the ancients believed the muse to be a connection with the divine and something to be celebrated, instead of art being something one suffers.

It's a good watch.
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Re: Let us talk about religion, but not in the way you think.

Post by DBTrek » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:21 pm

doc_loliday wrote:
Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:17 pm
BjornP wrote:
Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:10 pm
Deep, deep down in the deepest layers of hell we all shall be consigned to sit with laptops nailed to our laps, debating in an eternal "Atheism is not a belief system" thread
No nails necessary apparently.
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Re: Let us talk about religion, but not in the way you think.

Post by jediuser598 » Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:24 pm

BjornP wrote:
Fri Jan 11, 2019 12:10 pm
Deep, deep down in the deepest layers of hell we all shall be consigned to sit with laptops nailed to our laps, debating in an eternal "Atheism is not a belief system" thread.

(Anyway...cliff notes on the OP vid, pls?)
What if heaven and hell were the same place?

(Stole that idea from someone)
Thy praise or dispraise is to me alike:
One doth not stroke me, nor the other strike.
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