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Ah, yes, the loving God as portaryed in the Bible. I'm going to skip the Old Testament view of God ordering the genocide of nations to make way for the 'chosen people'. And go right into what one sees upon reading the bible or going to a Christain church for the first time. Taken from "George Carlin: You Are All Diseased" "The church has actually convinced rational logic people that there is this invisible man, who lives in the sky, and he watches your every move 24 hours a day...And if you do anything wrong, he has a special place he will send you full of fire and pain. But, he loves you. And he needs your money. This omnipitent being, who has no problem controling the cosmos, can't seem to keep a handle on money." As for marriage, all it should be is a promise made between two people that they will love each other. That's all. If you're truly in love, all the other vows will follow naturally.(Mabye not so much obey). "Christianity is great. Christians should try it." -Ghandi ...Zack... GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K- W+++ O++ M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+ e* h- r++ y+
Zachery wrote: And if you do anything wrong, he has a special place he will send you full of fire and pain Thats an oversimplification, forgiveness isn't mentioned. The verse that I was referencing to was "three accord remains unbroken" this mentions three..God, wife, and husband. -Steven
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Ah, yes, the loving God as portaryed in the Bible. I'm going to skip the Old Testament view of God ordering the genocide of nations to make way for the 'chosen people'. And go right into what one sees upon reading the bible or going to a Christain church for the first time. Taken from "George Carlin: You Are All Diseased" "The church has actually convinced rational logic people that there is this invisible man, who lives in the sky, and he watches your every move 24 hours a day...And if you do anything wrong, he has a special place he will send you full of fire and pain. But, he loves you. And he needs your money. This omnipitent being, who has no problem controling the cosmos, can't seem to keep a handle on money." As for marriage, all it should be is a promise made between two people that they will love each other. That's all. If you're truly in love, all the other vows will follow naturally.(Mabye not so much obey). "Christianity is great. Christians should try it." -Ghandi ...Zack... GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K- W+++ O++ M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+ e* h- r++ y+
Zachery wrote: As for marriage, all it should be is a promise made between two people that they will love each other. That's all. If you're truly in love, all the other vows will follow naturally.(Mabye not so much obey). How do define love? What good is a promise between two people when all they are experiencing is some mutual chemical reaction that causes some strange electrical neural impulse we call love? If the natural universe in existant unto itself, and everything is up to chance, then the marriage is just a feel-good thing and as a species is totally useless. (Hence the high rate of divorce.) How can you be "truly in love"? Just get yourself a pound of Hershey's and be done with it. - Nitron
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
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God is technically an alien, though not one of these little grey men types of popular science fiction.
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lol. Sorry. The origional meaning of that statement was for the divorce conversation below. The meaning was that grounds for a marriage founded in atheism is shaky. And obviouslyu this thread IS a religous discussion, so disregard that too. The reason for the shaky marraige in (secular) atheism is that the only thing holding their marriage together is mutual chemical nural patterns firing in their brains. Where the godly marriage is an oath before God with purpose and direction, not just neural patterns and random chance. - Nitron
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
Marriage is an oath between two people. They commit their lives to one another. Whether before God, or not. Don't take the oath if you don't intend to keep it in any case. That's really all there is to it. Perhaps true Christians are more serious, when they take the oath, than some others, but that in no way means that all others who take the oath are not serious about it. I'm agnostic, but if and when I do decide to share my life with the right woman, I'll take that very seriously. BTW, do Christian's emotions not works the same way? ;) BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security
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lol. Sorry. The origional meaning of that statement was for the divorce conversation below. The meaning was that grounds for a marriage founded in atheism is shaky. And obviouslyu this thread IS a religous discussion, so disregard that too. The reason for the shaky marraige in (secular) atheism is that the only thing holding their marriage together is mutual chemical nural patterns firing in their brains. Where the godly marriage is an oath before God with purpose and direction, not just neural patterns and random chance. - Nitron
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
Nitron wrote: The reason for the shaky marraige in (secular) atheism is that the only thing holding their marriage together is mutual chemical nural patterns firing in their brains. Where the godly marriage is an oath before God with purpose and direction, not just neural patterns and random chance. So it's better to hold your marriage together by getting your neural chemicals all wound up over a supernatural being than getting them wound up over your partner?
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You can prove there is a God. There are about eight or nine proofs for the existance of God, depending how metaphysical you want to get. The two main and most simple are the following: "Cause and Effect Proof" This proof builds on the fact that there are events happening all over the universe (planets spinning, stars forming, etc.). All of these events must have a cause. Yet, the universe cannot be a series of looped cause and effects, there must be a first unmoved mover. This is called God. "Someting From Nothing" This proof simply states: There are things within the universe. Yet, at one point, at the beginning of time, there was infinite nothingness. There must have been an unmade maker. This is called God. There are other deeper proofs, such as the fact that every person has a subconscience desire to believe in a higher power. This, I feel, is more a theory than a proof. That and the fact that most all cultures believe in some sort of higher power. While I believe there is a God, I can't speak for that God, so I have no idea the more specifics of God. I simply believe that there is a God based on logical evidence, but further than that, who knows? ...Zack... GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K- W+++ O++ M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+ e* h- r++ y+
Zachery wrote: You can prove there is a God. There are about eight or nine proofs for the existance of God, depending how metaphysical you want to get. The two main and most simple are the following: In a word, poppycock. Those are not scientific proofs, but mind games. And even if you subscribe to them, which I and many others don't, they don't show the way to the christian god that the believers want to use it for.
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Atheists and Theists will never get along as long as both sides honestly believe that the other side is all a bunch of self-deluded ignorant idiots, too dumb to see the obivious truth. But what the heck, the goal is not to convert the other side really, but to make themselves feel better about how smart they really are by bashing the opponent. In order for the two sides to debate constructively they would have to be willing to admit that the other side might possibly be right. Neither side is willing to do that. So the battle will rage on forever. Though I myself am a Theist, sometimes I think Agnostics are the only intelligent people out there. Agnostics are frowned upon as spineless fence-sitters, but at least they retain their intellectual integrity. [disclaimer] Please don't get into a big war about whether or not there is a God. The point of the post is the battle between the sides, not which side is right. If you get into a big war about it, you will only prove my point. [/disclaimer] Ps. I only mention this after looking at the web site for infidels.org linked to in the divorce thread from earlier today.
"HELP? No wait, cancel that. It says HELF." - Gary Larson, The Far Side
Kevnar wrote: But what the heck, the goal is not to convert the other side really, but to make themselves feel better about how smart they really are by bashing the opponent Well, it seems to me that converting the other fellow is exactly what the argument is about to many of the theists. And for historical proof all you have to do is look at the now mostly defunct christian theocracies of Europe, the modern islamic theocracies in in the middle east and asia, and the sometimes defacto and potentially real christian theocracy in the US. They've managed to plant 3 of the last 4 presidents who have an ambition to chuck the First Amendment and place belief tests on the rest of us.
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You can prove there is a God. There are about eight or nine proofs for the existance of God, depending how metaphysical you want to get. The two main and most simple are the following: "Cause and Effect Proof" This proof builds on the fact that there are events happening all over the universe (planets spinning, stars forming, etc.). All of these events must have a cause. Yet, the universe cannot be a series of looped cause and effects, there must be a first unmoved mover. This is called God. "Someting From Nothing" This proof simply states: There are things within the universe. Yet, at one point, at the beginning of time, there was infinite nothingness. There must have been an unmade maker. This is called God. There are other deeper proofs, such as the fact that every person has a subconscience desire to believe in a higher power. This, I feel, is more a theory than a proof. That and the fact that most all cultures believe in some sort of higher power. While I believe there is a God, I can't speak for that God, so I have no idea the more specifics of God. I simply believe that there is a God based on logical evidence, but further than that, who knows? ...Zack... GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K- W+++ O++ M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+ e* h- r++ y+
Entropy and Causality used as a proof for God's existence[^] Apologetics when dealing with Atheists[^] carm.net -> Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security
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Kevnar wrote: Agnostics are frowned upon as spineless fence-sitters If someone throws that in my face I'll just sigh loudly and go away. Such people are best ignored. Kevnar wrote: but at least they retain their intellectual integrity Thank you. To me, following something blindly seems very dangerous. -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: To me, following something blindly seems very dangerous But being a spineless fence sitter is ok? ;P
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Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er DavidW wrote: You are totally mad. Nice.
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: To me, following something blindly seems very dangerous But being a spineless fence sitter is ok? ;P
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er DavidW wrote: You are totally mad. Nice.
At least it's not dangerous! ;) -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine
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At least it's not dangerous! ;) -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: At least it's not dangerous! Oh contraire mon frair... or however you say that. Fence sitters are often the first to go as they are hated by both sides in a war. Just like GWB says "You are either with us, or against us. No inbetween." And when the reckoning day comes and you find out that God does in fact exist, he will say "You spineless fence sitter. At least the atheists believed in something, at least they formed their beliefs and stuck to their guns. You just vacelated like a broken gyroscope. Off with your head!" :-D
Paul Watson
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Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er DavidW wrote: You are totally mad. Nice.
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Atheists and Theists will never get along as long as both sides honestly believe that the other side is all a bunch of self-deluded ignorant idiots, too dumb to see the obivious truth. But what the heck, the goal is not to convert the other side really, but to make themselves feel better about how smart they really are by bashing the opponent. In order for the two sides to debate constructively they would have to be willing to admit that the other side might possibly be right. Neither side is willing to do that. So the battle will rage on forever. Though I myself am a Theist, sometimes I think Agnostics are the only intelligent people out there. Agnostics are frowned upon as spineless fence-sitters, but at least they retain their intellectual integrity. [disclaimer] Please don't get into a big war about whether or not there is a God. The point of the post is the battle between the sides, not which side is right. If you get into a big war about it, you will only prove my point. [/disclaimer] Ps. I only mention this after looking at the web site for infidels.org linked to in the divorce thread from earlier today.
"HELP? No wait, cancel that. It says HELF." - Gary Larson, The Far Side
Just want to say that what I got out of your posts on this matter is that there are as many facets to Atheists as there are to Theists. Before I thought Atheists were pretty much the same in their views on this matter and that it was the Theists who were so divided. I guess it goes back to how making generalisations is a dangerous and unfair thing. Just so you know where I stand: I have personal beliefs about life, love and everything else. It does not include a God or gods (a recent discovery for me) but I am more than willing to stand corrected if he or they make himself or themselves known. Mainly religion is not a bad thing in my eyes because it gives people something to believe in, a set of morals and laws to live by of which most are good and sound. We created these religions I believe exactly for that purpose. However I feel I don't need it, that I can govern myself without the need for external reckoning (some may say that is arrogant, so be it but I don't think it is.) To me the bottom line is that what I believe and what you believe are both geared towards similar goals. That we do it differently is not a bad thing IMO.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er DavidW wrote: You are totally mad. Nice.
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: At least it's not dangerous! Oh contraire mon frair... or however you say that. Fence sitters are often the first to go as they are hated by both sides in a war. Just like GWB says "You are either with us, or against us. No inbetween." And when the reckoning day comes and you find out that God does in fact exist, he will say "You spineless fence sitter. At least the atheists believed in something, at least they formed their beliefs and stuck to their guns. You just vacelated like a broken gyroscope. Off with your head!" :-D
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaMacbeth muttered: I am in blood / Stepped in so far, that should I wade no more, / Returning were as tedious as go o'er DavidW wrote: You are totally mad. Nice.
Paul Watson wrote: Oh contraire mon frair Au contraire mon ami, unless you consider me to be your brother. Google and babelfish rocks :-D Paul Watson wrote: And when the reckoning day comes and you find out that God does in fact exist, he will say "You spineless fence sitter. At least the atheists believed in something, at least they formed their beliefs and stuck to their guns. You just vacelated like a broken gyroscope. Off with your head!" Knowledge is power my friend. That is my belief. :-D -- Shine, enlighten me - shine Shine, awaken me - shine Shine for all your suffering - shine
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Marriage is an oath between two people. They commit their lives to one another. Whether before God, or not. Don't take the oath if you don't intend to keep it in any case. That's really all there is to it. Perhaps true Christians are more serious, when they take the oath, than some others, but that in no way means that all others who take the oath are not serious about it. I'm agnostic, but if and when I do decide to share my life with the right woman, I'll take that very seriously. BTW, do Christian's emotions not works the same way? ;) BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security
brianwelsch wrote: BTW, do Christian's emotions not works the same way? Yes they do. However, according to Christians it is for a reason (by the grace of God) rather than by random chance. - Nitron
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
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Nitron wrote: The reason for the shaky marraige in (secular) atheism is that the only thing holding their marriage together is mutual chemical nural patterns firing in their brains. Where the godly marriage is an oath before God with purpose and direction, not just neural patterns and random chance. So it's better to hold your marriage together by getting your neural chemicals all wound up over a supernatural being than getting them wound up over your partner?
Tim Craig wrote: So it's better to hold your marriage together by getting your neural chemicals all wound up over a supernatural being than getting them wound up over your partner? You missed the point. According to the bible-believer, the "neurons are all wrapped up" for a reason, it is by the grace of God and occurs because it was all set in motion by an intelligent creator. However, in a self-existent world of matter scattered about merely by chance, then there is no reason for holding a marriage together at all. If you argue that there is, how can "love" be quantized in a way other than a mutual chemical reaction with no purpose. If you argue there is a deeper purpose, then that negates the self-existant world of random matter. In that case, a pound of Hershey's will give you the same warm fuzzy. - Nitron
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
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Zachery wrote: You can prove there is a God. There are about eight or nine proofs for the existance of God, depending how metaphysical you want to get. The two main and most simple are the following: In a word, poppycock. Those are not scientific proofs, but mind games. And even if you subscribe to them, which I and many others don't, they don't show the way to the christian god that the believers want to use it for.
I'm not trying to define God, just say that one does or at one time did exist. I think that's the biggest problem people have, they need to pin down God to a specific. God is just an entity or spirit that exists or did exists and somehow got matter into the universe. As for if that God created the universe, that is yet to be known. ...Zack... GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K- W+++ O++ M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+ e* h- r++ y+
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I tend to find it funny that people are arguing over who has the better imaginary friend. Like agnostics say "Wether or not there is a God, no one can ever really know for sure." Personally, I'm a Theist, it takes too much faith to be an Atheist. I just go by the "Where did all this stuff come from?" theory. That's enough for me to believe there's a God. Now, as of what kind of God and all those other more specific questions, I go by the Agnostic view. I think that as long as you know what you believe and why, you're good to go. It's the people who believe on 'faith' alone that are the ones who are the real ones who need to be converted. "Faith is believing what you know is not true." Me, I choose logic over faith any day. ...Zack... GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K- W+++ O++ M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+ e* h- r y+ http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html
The next logical step for someone in your position is to analyze the claims about what God is like. Speaking from what I've been able to analyze, only the Bible has the literary evidence and historical accuracy one would associate with God telling His creation about Himself. Combine that with the completely accurate prophecies in texts known to exist before the prophecied events, and you've got some very compelling evidence that the Bible really is the truth. Just a little informational boost. :) John :D
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Tim Craig wrote: So it's better to hold your marriage together by getting your neural chemicals all wound up over a supernatural being than getting them wound up over your partner? You missed the point. According to the bible-believer, the "neurons are all wrapped up" for a reason, it is by the grace of God and occurs because it was all set in motion by an intelligent creator. However, in a self-existent world of matter scattered about merely by chance, then there is no reason for holding a marriage together at all. If you argue that there is, how can "love" be quantized in a way other than a mutual chemical reaction with no purpose. If you argue there is a deeper purpose, then that negates the self-existant world of random matter. In that case, a pound of Hershey's will give you the same warm fuzzy. - Nitron
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
Nitron wrote: You missed the point. According to the bible-believer, the "neurons are all wrapped up" for a reason, it is by the grace of God and occurs because it was all set in motion by an intelligent creator. No, I understand the point. My conjecture is that there is nothing but neural chemicals at work. So would you rather get your neural chemicals worked up for a good reason, sex, or some imaginary interest that somehow manages to stroke the reward center in your brain?
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I'm not trying to define God, just say that one does or at one time did exist. I think that's the biggest problem people have, they need to pin down God to a specific. God is just an entity or spirit that exists or did exists and somehow got matter into the universe. As for if that God created the universe, that is yet to be known. ...Zack... GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K- W+++ O++ M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+ e* h- r++ y+
Zachery wrote: I'm not trying to define God, just say that one does or at one time did exist. I think that's the biggest problem people have, they need to pin down God to a specific. God is just an entity or spirit that exists or did exists and somehow got matter into the universe. Since we don't actually know how what existed before the big bang or what triggered the big bang, why not just say we don't know and are looking for the answer? Why invent a "god" who intelligently did the deed? The obvious next question would be where did god come from and who created it?
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Tim Craig wrote: So it's better to hold your marriage together by getting your neural chemicals all wound up over a supernatural being than getting them wound up over your partner? You missed the point. According to the bible-believer, the "neurons are all wrapped up" for a reason, it is by the grace of God and occurs because it was all set in motion by an intelligent creator. However, in a self-existent world of matter scattered about merely by chance, then there is no reason for holding a marriage together at all. If you argue that there is, how can "love" be quantized in a way other than a mutual chemical reaction with no purpose. If you argue there is a deeper purpose, then that negates the self-existant world of random matter. In that case, a pound of Hershey's will give you the same warm fuzzy. - Nitron
"Those that say a task is impossible shouldn't interrupt the ones who are doing it." - Chinese Proverb
The reason for keeping a marriage together is that if done properly and worked on continuously a marriage adds a level of happiness to life that someone can rarely achieve on their own. So, the purpose is mutually selfish. Which is OK. The bond between two people "in love" helps both individuals to further develop and enjoy life. This does not negate the self-existant world of random matter, it is simply a part of it. People who do not believe in a God, or choose not to care whether one exists or not, generally do not require the same "deeper" meaning that you do. Life just is. We accept it as such, and are happy enough that way, and live it in such a way as makes us happy. Perhaps its a mistake, perhaps it isn't. We'll find out when we die. I've ignored values, because I don't want to take the time to get into that. Also, for arguments sake I could say love to a Christian is just as random and that you have simply fashioned a purpose which fits for you. Furthering that too gets into discussion targeting the base of each our beliefs, and isn't the point here, I just wanted to illustrate a point. :) BW "We get general information and specific information, but none of the specific information talks about time, place or methods or means..." - Tom Ridge - US Secretary of Homeland Security