A good rule to live by
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jesus is my homeboy
science is just a theory and nothing good can come of people who don't obey the word of god
science is just a theory and nothing good can come of people who don't obey the word of god
Is there a "creepiest looking pope of all time" award, or anything? Come on Vatican, look at the guy. That's the best you can do?
He even have the small hunch of a goblin, let alone the face...
He even have the small hunch of a goblin, let alone the face...
LOL, a picture from the 1920s, when scientists were more religious.
Let's see... there's Max Planck. According to him matter derives from consciousness. He also said that science and religion do not contradict and were in "complete concordance."
And on the bottom we have Catholicism - one of the major religious groups that are most open to science like evolution.
Yeah...
Let's see... there's Max Planck. According to him matter derives from consciousness. He also said that science and religion do not contradict and were in "complete concordance."
And on the bottom we have Catholicism - one of the major religious groups that are most open to science like evolution.
Yeah...
Edit: noooo, not going to get sucked into another religious debate on teh innerwebs. Fuck that shit.
Because some theists like forcing their beliefs on others and therefore need to be contained.
Nope - if you set foot in there, you'll lose all concept of what "truth" is, permanently.
Yes. I'll call them out if they make a thread calling out people with other beliefs.
Hmmmm...Facts or Fantasy.........which is preferable? Maybe both or neither. I dunno.
God = Dog
Evil = Live
Devil = Lived
Taken from here: Seek To Know
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Sin & Evil:
In the Aramaic Language and culture that Jesus taught in, the terms for "sin" and "evil" were archery terms. When the archer shot at the target and missed the scorekeeper yelled the Aramaic word for sin. It meant that you were off the mark, take another shot. The concept of sin was to be positive mental feedback. Sin is when you are operating from inaccurate information and thus a perceptual mis-take.
When you become conscious and aware of the results of your inaccuracy you have the option to reconsider what you have learned and do as they do in Hollywood, "do another take." By the way, where the arrow fell when it missed the target was referred to as evil. [/FONT][/FONT]
Sin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buddhism
Main article: Buddhist views on sin
Buddhism does not recognize the idea behind sin, but believes in the principle of karma, whereby suffering is the inevitable consequence of greed, anger, and delusion (known as the Three Poisons).[7] While there is no Buddhist equivalent of the Abrahamic concept of sin, wrongdoing is recognized in Buddhism. The concept of Buddhist ethics is consequentialist in nature and is not based upon duty towards God.
The Meaning of Buddha
The Buddha's Greatness
Born a man, living as a mortal, by his own exertion he attained the supreme state of perfection called Buddhahood, and without keeping his Enlightenment to himself, he proclaimed to the world the latent possibilities and the invincible power of the human mind. Instead of placing an unseen Almighty God over man, and giving man a subservient position in relation to such a conception of divine power, the Buddha demonstrated how man could attain the highest knowledge and Supreme Enlightenment by his own efforts. He thus raised the worth of man. He taught that man can gain his deliverance from the ills of life and realize the eternal bliss of Nirvana without depending on an external God or mediating priests.
Atheist = A person with no Invisible means of support.
From above:
"AtheistCensus was launched on 10 May 2012 and has reached over 6,000 atheists from more than 70 countries so far. The goal of AtheistCensus is to engage people in the global atheist community by capturing their demographic details and overall numbers."
Careful there Religious Institutions, with those HUGE Atheist numbers, you're missing out on the monies & easy control over more masses. Better get started Witnessing harder!!
Atheist Revolution
For the "curious".....I myself am a "Born Again Christian" who has modified his journey to become an Agnostic Atheist who strives to live in a "Live & let Live or Think and let Think" state of existence. Of all the religions I've studied or been a part of for over 40 years, The Principals of Buddhism would be the closest to how "I" look at my journey through the world.
Every creature large & small has a purpose AND a life force. Once it is killed, it's unique energy is gone. PERMANENTLY!!
Same with us, our Heart is our Generator that powers our electrical computer/brain and when the generator stops, there is nothing to power our computer/mind and it ceases to process/exist.
To think or believe that without the generator running some Mysterious Life Force, i.e... Spirit, will have the ENERGY to escape the physical trappings of our flesh and travel to some other dimension just no longer has any hold on the workings of "MY" mind.
I may very well be wrong, but it will only be me that suffers for this line of thinking.
As I said above, I respect the Beliefs and Lives of all. I do however have a problem when an Individual, Government, or other Organized Institution that decides to use and pervert Religion or the Right to Life to the detriment of those it's manipulating.
For all those years I was in Outside Sales, they said the two topics you should ALWAYS avoid when speaking with a Prospect was Religion and Politics. Well, somehow and someway in about 90% of my Business dealings BOTH of those subjects come up and "MY" views/stance on each were/are inquired about prior to the sale/contract.
I think that I've lost LESS than 1% of my business in over 30 years due to conflicts on those two subjects. Mostly because I made it CLEAR with both my words and actions that I GENUINELY did "respect" each persons right to their beliefs, thoughts, and opinions.
Once you get down to the Nitty Gritty and basics of how things work here on Planet Earth, 95% of all Living Creatures are actually moving around thanks to Solar Energy. Each creature gets that energy by different means.
Again, 95% of all living creatures on Earth need to consume another living creature in order to keep living. This of course means something else will have to lose it's life force.
Vegans take life as well since Plants have been proven to be living creatures that have feelings and even "just" taking the Fruit of the plant is actually consuming possible future generations of the plant.
As the adage goes, "Kill or be Killed!!!"
There is more truth to that than most are comfortable to admit.
I once read that:
"Whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle, when you wake up you had better hit the ground running!!! Then you had better be running as fast as you can.
Whether you are the Hunter or the Prey, only the swiftest of each will survive."
Let the Truth of that sink in.
Ok, the TROLL in me is now quite satisfied for awhile.
Lulz
ROFLMAO!!!
God = Dog
Evil = Live
Devil = Lived
Taken from here: Seek To Know
[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif][FONT=Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif]Sin & Evil:
In the Aramaic Language and culture that Jesus taught in, the terms for "sin" and "evil" were archery terms. When the archer shot at the target and missed the scorekeeper yelled the Aramaic word for sin. It meant that you were off the mark, take another shot. The concept of sin was to be positive mental feedback. Sin is when you are operating from inaccurate information and thus a perceptual mis-take.
When you become conscious and aware of the results of your inaccuracy you have the option to reconsider what you have learned and do as they do in Hollywood, "do another take." By the way, where the arrow fell when it missed the target was referred to as evil. [/FONT][/FONT]
Sin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Buddhism
Main article: Buddhist views on sin
Buddhism does not recognize the idea behind sin, but believes in the principle of karma, whereby suffering is the inevitable consequence of greed, anger, and delusion (known as the Three Poisons).[7] While there is no Buddhist equivalent of the Abrahamic concept of sin, wrongdoing is recognized in Buddhism. The concept of Buddhist ethics is consequentialist in nature and is not based upon duty towards God.
The Meaning of Buddha
The Buddha's Greatness
Atheist = A person with no Invisible means of support.
From above:
"AtheistCensus was launched on 10 May 2012 and has reached over 6,000 atheists from more than 70 countries so far. The goal of AtheistCensus is to engage people in the global atheist community by capturing their demographic details and overall numbers."
Careful there Religious Institutions, with those HUGE Atheist numbers, you're missing out on the monies & easy control over more masses. Better get started Witnessing harder!!
Atheist Revolution
For the "curious".....I myself am a "Born Again Christian" who has modified his journey to become an Agnostic Atheist who strives to live in a "Live & let Live or Think and let Think" state of existence. Of all the religions I've studied or been a part of for over 40 years, The Principals of Buddhism would be the closest to how "I" look at my journey through the world.
Every creature large & small has a purpose AND a life force. Once it is killed, it's unique energy is gone. PERMANENTLY!!
Same with us, our Heart is our Generator that powers our electrical computer/brain and when the generator stops, there is nothing to power our computer/mind and it ceases to process/exist.
To think or believe that without the generator running some Mysterious Life Force, i.e... Spirit, will have the ENERGY to escape the physical trappings of our flesh and travel to some other dimension just no longer has any hold on the workings of "MY" mind.
I may very well be wrong, but it will only be me that suffers for this line of thinking.
As I said above, I respect the Beliefs and Lives of all. I do however have a problem when an Individual, Government, or other Organized Institution that decides to use and pervert Religion or the Right to Life to the detriment of those it's manipulating.
For all those years I was in Outside Sales, they said the two topics you should ALWAYS avoid when speaking with a Prospect was Religion and Politics. Well, somehow and someway in about 90% of my Business dealings BOTH of those subjects come up and "MY" views/stance on each were/are inquired about prior to the sale/contract.
I think that I've lost LESS than 1% of my business in over 30 years due to conflicts on those two subjects. Mostly because I made it CLEAR with both my words and actions that I GENUINELY did "respect" each persons right to their beliefs, thoughts, and opinions.
Once you get down to the Nitty Gritty and basics of how things work here on Planet Earth, 95% of all Living Creatures are actually moving around thanks to Solar Energy. Each creature gets that energy by different means.
Again, 95% of all living creatures on Earth need to consume another living creature in order to keep living. This of course means something else will have to lose it's life force.
Vegans take life as well since Plants have been proven to be living creatures that have feelings and even "just" taking the Fruit of the plant is actually consuming possible future generations of the plant.
As the adage goes, "Kill or be Killed!!!"
There is more truth to that than most are comfortable to admit.
I once read that:
"Whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle, when you wake up you had better hit the ground running!!! Then you had better be running as fast as you can.
Whether you are the Hunter or the Prey, only the swiftest of each will survive."
Let the Truth of that sink in.
Ok, the TROLL in me is now quite satisfied for awhile.
Lulz
ROFLMAO!!!
You do know that those concepts have been coined about 10,000 years before English was invented, let alone those words have their current forms, right?
It's just some happy coincidence.