Something I always found peculiar is the worship of images and other man made objects. I don't quite understand the reason/purpose of this so I'd like someone to offer some insight. If I log on to google images then print out a picture of (Enter your God here) on my printer and put it on my...
You write about misunderstanding a concept then take my words so literal; A characteristic of some people that subscribe to beliefs such as karma. I reason that people who follow religion and superstitious beliefs do so because they need some sort of reason for their existence. Why not just...
Karma is pretty simple. It's just a way of thinking to rationalize events. It doesn't mean if you do something bad something bad will happen to you or vice versa. Look at all the crooked people that have built empires on exploiting other people and lived happily ever after. No karma there, only...
Maybe i'm missing something but you listed your self as Buddhist right next to your avatar. Shouldn't someone who is buddhist think Buddah matters? :shrug:
It does mean you are free to decide how you will behave. Only thing is, you'll be making that decision with a serotonin imbalance. If someone killed someone closed to you, would you be okay with them saying they had a mental illness and wasn't acting upon free will? Or would you want them to...
It's not in our heads? You said it yourself, we "came to the idea of a god". So where did we think it up if not in our heads?
We can touch those other things we conceive, we can't touch god. The things we can't touch are simply emotions, perceptions and feelings are they not? What are they?
Exactly, we came to the "Idea" of god. That is all I wanted to get out of you in this conversation. And I belive things that are taught to me, I just have a hard time believing things that can't be proven. If there was no religion, or concept of god, we would have to create one....which is what...
So if you were never introduced to the idea of god or a religion in a hypothetical situation, you'd still believe because you have direct personal experiences. This doesn't make sense. What kind of experiences? You wouldn't be able to base these experiences to anything pertaining to God or...
You just answered my question of:
...by saying you'd still believe? Believe what? None of these concepts were introduced to you. How do you get to that concept of a god or religion in order to "believe" if it's unknown?
I don't disagree with you. Thats why when I started this thread I wrote in the first post that some accept it and some don't. The point I was getting at though, religion is something that we're introduced to, not something we are born with. If some of the people on this forum were never...
It's interesting that a lot of you can't even really put yourself in that situation where you could see yourself being any other religion than what you are. My point was this, if you were born in india and the town you're in is 100% hindu and thats all you know and learn...chances are you won't...
We "expand" to include newly discovered findings so what it said about Jesus can be relevant? If we expand the concept, and the avatar, all we're doing is fabricating a working equation to reach our preferable answer/solution. We would have to be the ones to expand the concept, not god, not...
Correct. I stand in the middle, I read the opposing sides and then make my decision. Whether or not a decision about anything is even made is irrelevant, I share interest in the viewpoints of others. Once in a while, I'll throw in my two pesos. I understand race is a touchy subject, but the...
I always hear these arguments saying the bible said Jesus had "skin of bronze hair of wool." Is this true? Is this really in the bible somewhere? And if it is true, why do Christians depict him otherwise?
When I was in school we played this game where we would whisper something to the other student. When it reached the end of the class the message was always completley different than the original. In fact, stories I hear from friends that happened a week ago sometimes sound a bit off. So we...
So Jesus wins a popularity contest? Look at your words carefully, he has the "influence". You say this in your very first post as well. Any person today can be influential in one way or the other. So to you, Influence = power?
So then...If this is true, lets say we discover life on other planets, that means Jesus, "Suzerain of the universe" died for them too? I don't know about you but if we had an alien race telling us hey, our guy here is "Suzerain of the Universe" he rules you too, I'd probably be like "he/she...
Sometimes when I read these posts about the "gods" and "god" talk I feel like I'm watching an episode of Stargate. It's funny though because when I watch it on scifi it's all fiction to me and I ::shrug:: it off as I usually do with TV shows. I guess the interesting part is religion always seems...
I have no idea what you're talking about. I do look forward to debates about whether or not God, or I, exist. And since this is my introduction, I do find it fitting to say i think it's a shame White Castle doesn't have any :hotdog:'s. Other than that, I'll aim to crush any arguments I encounter...