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| Thread ID: 117070 | 2011-04-01 03:02:00 | Incredible what some believe... | Terry Porritt (14) | PC World Chat |
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| 1191071 | 2011-04-03 09:19:00 | I was just wondering - how do you all feel about Pantheism (http://www.pantheism.net/)? Which leads us into what do you feel, and why? Me? I could be labeled a Christian existentialist (basically existence precedes essence) and a Deist. These philosophies are compatible. Neither advocates a personal God that intervenes no matter how deserving or compelling the request for interceding exists. Such an entity does not exist (just ask all the people who pledged their souls this last weekend if only they won Lotto). I don't join the charade each Sunday of people of the Christian faith who pay homage to transubstantiation, and I have no wish to. All that crap was an invention of the early church to give authority (the Apostolic succession) to its ranking clergy, and to give the punters an alternative (in their minds) to paganism. I have no doubt this type of debacle was furthest from the mind of JC. May the force (or farce, your choice) be with you. :devil @ Gobe1 you challenged "Funny how no one on this forum appears to believe in god and each post has pretty much fantastic debate to the contrary" This to the contrary :devil |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1191072 | 2011-04-03 10:15:00 | You know over 90% of the planets humans believe in some form of deity. So that pretty much makes you lot in the minority. Can 7 billion people be wrong? Hell yes! As I pointed out in a recent post, and I quote: "Since the beginning of recorded history, which is defined by the invention of writing by the Sumerians around 6000 years ago, historians have cataloged over 3700 supernatural beings, of which 2870 can be considered deities. Those numbers are probably a very conservative estimate because we have no accurate information before 4000 B.C. This means any deities worshipped by man before this period are unaccounted for. In truth, the possibilities are nearly infinite. For example, in Hindu the entire living universe is merely a unique manifestation of Ishvara. This leads to the fact that there are 330 million gods or goddesses." That makes all of us Gods or deities of some description, but doesn't seem to leave a lot of wriggle-room for Satanists, Heathens, Directors of Finance Companies, or Property Developers. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 1191073 | 2011-04-03 10:19:00 | Death seems to include a lot of sucking. Yeah, man was not meant to live in a vacuum. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1191074 | 2011-04-03 22:27:00 | Yeah, man was not meant to live in a vacuum. :dogeye: or :stare: or :eek: goes the eyes first |
Gobe1 (6290) | ||
| 1191075 | 2011-04-03 22:53:00 | Shakespeare got it right when he gave Iago the line: I am what I am Not a lot else to say really, but the religious fraternities of all kinds have spent 3000 years trying to! |
leonidas5 (2306) | ||
| 1191076 | 2011-04-03 23:07:00 | [QUOTE=leonidas5;1006851]Shakespeare got it right when he gave Iago the line: I am what I am Some would find that inconclusive, so no answer there me thinks! |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1191077 | 2011-04-04 00:07:00 | In the age of NCEA, that has been revised to "I is what I is". | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 1191078 | 2011-04-04 01:38:00 | In the age of NCEA, that has been revised to "I is what I is". You have got it right this time K9 |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 1191079 | 2011-04-04 02:03:00 | Shards of glass? Nothing special! My dog is shitting bricks at the moment. Been eating the grandkids leggo again.:D |
mikebartnz (21) | ||
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