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beargonewild -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 2:20:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FourQ You're not a bible basher are you? Don't get me wrong, to believe that we're the highest evolved being in existence is purely egotistical and anyone who knows me will tell you that I have no ego. One thing I don't believe, however, is that the afterlife is filled with harp playing angels and a divine entity who claims to have created us all. If, and it's a big if, something has created us which is hugely unlikely it's almost impossible to conceive that we'd be allowed to know about it. I live my life on a karma basis rather than belief in a specific god. I try to do right, I live my life in a Christian way but don't believe that an omnipotent immortal created life and sent his son to save us. Hell, the Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy is more plausible than the bible! Good post FourQ. Your sense of spirituality makes a great deal more sense. Glad to see a person who's spiritual and knows you have no choice but to believe in God!

YoursMistress -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 2:21:25 PM)
I think it's unreasonable to think that we can comprehend something far more complex than we are. Imagine a colony of bees trying to interpret human motives and desires, and we are not so far ahead on the complexity scale as a supreme being would be from us. If one wants to control a bee colony, one simply blows smoke at them to calm them down. Perhaps religion is merely God blowing smoke at us. [;)] yours

stella41b -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 5:14:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: beargonewild quote: ORIGINAL: FourQ (Sorry for this...) He's not the Messiah, he's a very naughty boy!! This I do agree since he spent most of his adult life living and wandering around 12 other men. Hmmmmm......does make you wonder.... And they did get pretty steamed up with all that bread and wine.. You can see it on any of those paintings of the Last Supper, you know, where they're holding onto the table trying to stand up straight.

GreedyTop -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 5:31:51 PM)
adores Stella Just for fun.. any of you on the other side of the Pond ever seen the movie Dogma? If not, I HIGHLY recommend it!!

FourQ -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 5:33:45 PM)
I love Dogma. It's about the only religious movie I watch, short of the Monty Python's of course.

GreedyTop -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 5:38:24 PM)
My religious movies; Jesus Christ Superstar Fiddler on the Roof Holy Grail Life of Brian Godspell (although the stage production was MUCh better) Dogma I'm NOT a religious person... like you, Q, I try to live what most consider a Christian life (and often fail miserably...LOL) but I am not convinced of the existence of a Holy Trinity. edited to fix work related spelling error

FullCircle -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 5:41:28 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Easter sunday...way to go there fourq,insult beleivers on a high holy day. It's called Eostre goddamn it![;)]

piratecommander -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 5:50:52 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FourQ I love Dogma. It's about the only religious movie I watch, short of the Monty Python's of course. You mean you never watched "Dark Star" ? ... or "Ben Hur" ? Pirate

beargonewild -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 5:52:11 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: FullCircle quote: ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Easter sunday...way to go there fourq,insult beleivers on a high holy day. It's called Eostre goddamn it![;)] Thought it was Ostara?

piratecommander -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 6:19:10 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: stella41b you know, where they're holding onto the table trying to stand up straight. I remember that experience(but maybe I was at a different party?), does that mean I can perform marriages and suchlikes now? Let me just nip off and find my Berlitz "Bible-Non Believer/Non Believer-Bible" phrasebook and I'll be right back, I am not such an "Impressive Clergyman" as Peter Cook, but I am much more convincing than Charlton Heston. Pirate

thornhappy -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 6:20:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Luscious,was there ever any doubt he was Jewish.....lol I 've met, and so has sunshinemiss, Christians who did not believe that Jesus was Jewish.

piratecommander -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 6:26:09 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: beargonewild Hey ... nice Kilt ... you're hiding eggs under there or what? [sm=evil.gif] Pirate

thishereboi -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 7:21:28 PM)
I have never heard of Dogma, but I liked all the others on your list so I will check it out.

DarkSteven -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 7:35:00 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: thornhappy quote: ORIGINAL: slvemike4u Luscious,was there ever any doubt he was Jewish.....lol I 've met, and so has sunshinemiss, Christians who did not believe that Jesus was Jewish. You. Have.To. Be Kidding. Me.

beargonewild -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 8:08:05 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: piratecommander quote: ORIGINAL: beargonewild Hey ... nice Kilt ... you're hiding eggs under there or what? [sm=evil.gif] Pirate You are more than welcome to check [:D]

piratecommander -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 8:13:45 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: beargonewild quote: ORIGINAL: piratecommander quote: ORIGINAL: beargonewild Hey ... nice Kilt ... you're hiding eggs under there or what? [sm=evil.gif] Pirate You are more than welcome to check [:D] I thought you knew by now ... I don't need to ... remember? Pirate

piratecommander -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 8:17:50 PM)
I'm taking a walk Bear. Take it from here, I'll bring you back a souvenir. You know where to find me. Pirate

SpinnerofTales -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 8:26:44 PM)
I personally think Kurt Vonnegut got things right when he said that the big problem with the story of Jesus was that the moral of the story is "Never lynch anyone without first finding out if they have powerful friends or relatives." The other big problem with Christianity, Vonnegut points out, is that it is impossible to hear the story of Jesus without thinking "Boy! They sure picked the wrong person to lynch that time!" and the illegitimate brother of that thought is, "If there are wrong people to lynch, there must be RIGHT people to lynch." I think that explains a whole lot about the history of the world since Christianity became a major political player.

fluffypet61 -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 8:30:07 PM)
i'm puzzled... Why do folks spend so much time talking about how and why they don't believe in religion? Are they trying to convince themselves that they are correct? Do they doubt their doubt? Which religion do they not believe?

Vendaval -> RE: Religion (4/12/2009 10:08:59 PM)
Divinity does not concern Itself with Dogma.

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