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simultaneous_final (OP) User ID: 33292391 United States 02/02/2013 08:07 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The question of God vs No God is a CLOSED CASE. It can't be known. CASE FUCKING CLOSED. Quit arguing. No matter your argument, it all comes down to SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTION which is demonstrably UNRELIABLE. A subject observes itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself ad infinitum. |
christian Suited up and Armored in Christ! User ID: 6038128 United States 02/02/2013 08:14 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The question of God vs No God is a CLOSED CASE. Quoting: simultaneous_final It can't be known. CASE FUCKING CLOSED. Quit arguing. No matter your argument, it all comes down to SUBJECTIVE PERCEPTION which is demonstrably UNRELIABLE. Then GO serve MAN....Slave Duty. Susie For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.....Matthew 6:21 There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens: Ecclesiastes 3:1 |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 23554071 United States 02/02/2013 08:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | One day an atheist decided to take a short cut in the woods going home. It was a very pretty day; birds were singing and flying, the brook was burbling, and wild flowers were everywhere. Just then he saw the bushes move. It was a bear. He ran as fast as he could and faster still. Then he tripped and fell on a log. By then the bear was right over him about to strike. The atheist yelled out"Oh my God." Just then the birds froze, suspended in mid- air, the brook stopped burbling, and it got quiet. Then God showed up and said "Tell me, why should I save you? You teach people to not believe in Me." Then the atheist yelled out "well, at least make the bear a christian." Then God said "Oh, all right." Then the birds were flying again and the brook was burbling. The bear was about to strike then stopped, stood up on his hinds, bowed his head and said "Lord, I thank Thee for this food I'm about to eat." |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 13813766 Australia 02/02/2013 08:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Let's get right to it. Quoting: simultaneous_final No one can prove that "God" or any variation thereof the concept is real. No one can prove that "God" or any variation thereof the concept is NOT real. All arguments are moot without assuming a "given". How can I say all this with certainty? BECAUSE NO ONE CAN PROVE THAT THEY'RE NOT DREAMING RIGHT NOW, with fabricated memories and all. No matter what, FAITH is required just to participate in whatever you think is reality. Both atheists and God-believers base their beliefs on FAITH in experiential data. A true atheist "lacks a belief" and that is a perfectly honest position to hold. However, the rabid atheists who argue endlessly that "there is no God" are taking the same leap of faith that the proselytizing Christians are. SO--is there a GOD? My experiential data (a near-death experience that was seemingly as "real" as anything else I've experienced) says YES. That's why I believe in God. But I'd be a liar if I said that my NDE provides "proof"--even to myself. After all, my dreams are as "real" as anything even when I'm walking on the ceiling and lightsaber fighting and flying a MIG--all with a head full of outlandish memories. So...all of you know-it-alls arguing FOR or AGAINST the concept of "God" need to because your arguments ARE DEMONSTRABLY FLAWED. you are a fool. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 13039567 United States 02/02/2013 08:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | One day an atheist decided to take a short cut in the woods going home. It was a very Quoting: Anonymous Coward 23554071 pretty day; birds were singing and flying, the brook was burbling, and wild flowers were everywhere. Just then he saw the bushes move. It was a bear. He ran as fast as he could and faster still. Then he tripped and fell on a log. By then the bear was right over him about to strike. The atheist yelled out"Oh my God." Just then the birds froze, suspended in mid- air, the brook stopped burbling, and it got quiet. Then God showed up and said "Tell me, why should I save you? You teach people to not believe in Me." Then the atheist yelled out "well, at least make the bear a christian." Then God said "Oh, all right." Then the birds were flying again and the brook was burbling. The bear was about to strike then stopped, stood up on his hinds, bowed his head and said "Lord, I thank Thee for this food I'm about to eat." Lame. |
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Manu-Koelbren User ID: 31976657 Spain 02/02/2013 08:30 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The problem is not with man's assumption that there must have been a creator to all there is, the problem is when man wants to attribute anthropomorphic characteristics to this creator to suit his own desires without any evidence whatsoever to back such outlandish claims. Btw great threads lately OP, keep em coming Banned as usual. “It is far easier to be a weakling than to be a Real Man. Were the Earth less harsh or the circumstances of life less austere, man would destroy himself before the shrine of the languid goddess. Only Real Men can with safety destroy the tangled forests and wilderness of Earth and make from them gardens, but will those who inherit the gardens be Real Men? The law decrees that they must be, or the wilderness will reclaim its own.” |
simultaneous_final (OP) User ID: 33292391 United States 02/02/2013 08:39 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Let's get right to it. Quoting: simultaneous_final No one can prove that "God" or any variation thereof the concept is real. No one can prove that "God" or any variation thereof the concept is NOT real. All arguments are moot without assuming a "given". How can I say all this with certainty? BECAUSE NO ONE CAN PROVE THAT THEY'RE NOT DREAMING RIGHT NOW, with fabricated memories and all. No matter what, FAITH is required just to participate in whatever you think is reality. Both atheists and God-believers base their beliefs on FAITH in experiential data. A true atheist "lacks a belief" and that is a perfectly honest position to hold. However, the rabid atheists who argue endlessly that "there is no God" are taking the same leap of faith that the proselytizing Christians are. SO--is there a GOD? My experiential data (a near-death experience that was seemingly as "real" as anything else I've experienced) says YES. That's why I believe in God. But I'd be a liar if I said that my NDE provides "proof"--even to myself. After all, my dreams are as "real" as anything even when I'm walking on the ceiling and lightsaber fighting and flying a MIG--all with a head full of outlandish memories. So...all of you know-it-alls arguing FOR or AGAINST the concept of "God" need to because your arguments ARE DEMONSTRABLY FLAWED. you are a fool. A "fool" is someone who knows he knows nothing. So YES. I am a fool. A subject observes itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself ad infinitum. |
simultaneous_final (OP) User ID: 33292391 United States 02/02/2013 08:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The problem is not with man's assumption that there must have been a creator to all there is, the problem is when man wants to attribute anthropomorphic characteristics to this creator to suit his own desires without any evidence whatsoever to back such outlandish claims. Quoting: Manu-Koelbren Btw great threads lately OP, keep em coming Thanks, man! Rock on with your bad self! A subject observes itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself ad infinitum. |
hillbilly User ID: 21527099 United States 02/02/2013 08:44 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Experience IS the evidence. The air we breathe is mostly nitrogen. Breathing pure nitrogen will kill you, but you can't see,smell, or prove it. You were blessed with a second chance at this life. I doubt anything will convince you otherwise, 'proof' or not. Agnostics share your 'new' perspective, but sorry, we will not STFU. Water is the only drink for a wise man. Call me a pot but heat me not.-Putin Silence is where God speaks. Anything else is but a poor translation. -Rumi Wanna hear God laugh? Just talk about your plans. An old broom knows all the corners. Slow is steady; steady is smooth; smooth is fast. Success has a thousand fathers but failure only one son. The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.-Gibran |
simultaneous_final (OP) User ID: 33292391 United States 02/02/2013 08:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Experience IS the evidence. The air we breathe is mostly nitrogen. Breathing pure nitrogen will kill you, but you can't see,smell, or prove it. You were blessed with a second chance at this life. I doubt anything will convince you otherwise, 'proof' or not. Agnostics share your 'new' perspective, but sorry, we will not STFU. Quoting: hillbilly That's funny because last night I experienced that I was a butterfly with all the memories thereof. I guess that's proof that I'm a "werebutterfly". Who knew? A subject observes itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself ad infinitum. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 18225135 United States 02/02/2013 08:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Once again you people have no faith. No faith means you are not in God's grace. Faith without works is dead like a body without a spirit. Here is my work. Look around you. Is it not apparent that this Earth age is ending? How much more proof do you need than that? It is written in a book today called the Holy Bible, once a collection of scrolls. All these tomes witness to each other on these very things taking place today. What about the fact that numbers have meaning in the bible and consistently mean the same thing across all scripture, regions, languages, cultures, and centuries? This is proof of a divine influence. What about the figures of speech, patterns in language, that also span across all scripture, regions, languages, cultures, and centuries? More proof of divine influence. What about the FACT that Jesus Christ lived on earth for approximately 33 years and IS GOD in the flesh? Extra-biblical accounts are recorded by historians of that time. He preformed all the miracles accounted for in the Holy Scriptures and it was documented. What about all biblical archaeology? Is that not scientific proof of the Holy Scriptures? What more? So any that do not know the Son, do not know the Father. And HE does not and will not know you either. Any WICKED man that says God does not exist is wholly IGNORANT, and lacks knowledge and is accounted as an antichrist. We were warned of these types. To try and discredit something, you must first know everything about it. They surely have not read anything nor do they know anything. In the end, it does not matter. GOD IS IN CONTROL!!! This age is ending now. Get your ways straight and live in His Word. It is your choice. But regardless of what you choose, it does not affect any true Christ-man or Christ-woman because we are righteous and have the VICTORY through Christ Jesus in the end. All that persecuted us will be made subject unto us in the time to come. And I personally will make it a point to be a very, very, very strict teacher and ruler. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 14296678 New Zealand 02/02/2013 08:52 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Once again you people have no faith. No faith means you are not in God's grace. Faith without works is dead like a body without a spirit. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18225135 Here is my work. Look around you. Is it not apparent that this Earth age is ending? How much more proof do you need than that? It is written in a book today called the Holy Bible, once a collection of scrolls. All these tomes witness to each other on these very things taking place today. What about the fact that numbers have meaning in the bible and consistently mean the same thing across all scripture, regions, languages, cultures, and centuries? This is proof of a divine influence. What about the figures of speech, patterns in language, that also span across all scripture, regions, languages, cultures, and centuries? More proof of divine influence. What about the FACT that Jesus Christ lived on earth for approximately 33 years and IS GOD in the flesh? Extra-biblical accounts are recorded by historians of that time. He preformed all the miracles accounted for in the Holy Scriptures and it was documented. What about all biblical archaeology? Is that not scientific proof of the Holy Scriptures? What more? So any that do not know the Son, do not know the Father. And HE does not and will not know you either. Any WICKED man that says God does not exist is wholly IGNORANT, and lacks knowledge and is accounted as an antichrist. We were warned of these types. To try and discredit something, you must first know everything about it. They surely have not read anything nor do they know anything. In the end, it does not matter. GOD IS IN CONTROL!!! This age is ending now. Get your ways straight and live in His Word. It is your choice. But regardless of what you choose, it does not affect any true Christ-man or Christ-woman because we are righteous and have the VICTORY through Christ Jesus in the end. All that persecuted us will be made subject unto us in the time to come. And I personally will make it a point to be a very, very, very strict teacher and ruler. to sum that up: BLAH BLAH BLAH |
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simultaneous_final (OP) User ID: 33292391 United States 02/02/2013 08:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Once again you people have no faith. No faith means you are not in God's grace. Faith without works is dead like a body without a spirit. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18225135 Here is my work. Look around you. Is it not apparent that this Earth age is ending? How much more proof do you need than that? It is written in a book today called the Holy Bible, once a collection of scrolls. All these tomes witness to each other on these very things taking place today. What about the fact that numbers have meaning in the bible and consistently mean the same thing across all scripture, regions, languages, cultures, and centuries? This is proof of a divine influence. What about the figures of speech, patterns in language, that also span across all scripture, regions, languages, cultures, and centuries? More proof of divine influence. What about the FACT that Jesus Christ lived on earth for approximately 33 years and IS GOD in the flesh? Extra-biblical accounts are recorded by historians of that time. He preformed all the miracles accounted for in the Holy Scriptures and it was documented. What about all biblical archaeology? Is that not scientific proof of the Holy Scriptures? What more? So any that do not know the Son, do not know the Father. And HE does not and will not know you either. Any WICKED man that says God does not exist is wholly IGNORANT, and lacks knowledge and is accounted as an antichrist. We were warned of these types. To try and discredit something, you must first know everything about it. They surely have not read anything nor do they know anything. In the end, it does not matter. GOD IS IN CONTROL!!! This age is ending now. Get your ways straight and live in His Word. It is your choice. But regardless of what you choose, it does not affect any true Christ-man or Christ-woman because we are righteous and have the VICTORY through Christ Jesus in the end. All that persecuted us will be made subject unto us in the time to come. And I personally will make it a point to be a very, very, very strict teacher and ruler. What you don't understand (probably because you didn't even read the original post) is that I DO have faith. I believe in God. I had an NDE and met God. It was as real to me as anything else I've experienced. But I can't PROVE it to anyone. It would be futile to try. So even though I trust my perception, I would be asking A LOT to expect others to trust something that is purely subjective. A subject observes itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself ad infinitum. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 33483045 United States 02/02/2013 08:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | people who i cant stand like s. hawking and others like him on this site, are people who talk in absolutes like they know everything and are 100 percent correct. you dont know shit about anything, like ive said before you still wipe your ass with wads of paper. what could you know? |
Raymantheheretic User ID: 29634752 United States 02/02/2013 08:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A true atheist "lacks a belief" and that is a perfectly honest position to hold. However, the rabid atheists who argue endlessly that "there is no God" are taking the same leap of faith that the proselytizing Christians are. Quoting: simultaneous_final A true atheist would state there is no God. One who merely lacks belief is generally defined as agnostic. Since you don't even grasp the basic terms involved you might consider just butting out since those who'd argue either side wouldn't listen to you anyway. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1518033 Japan 02/02/2013 08:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Atheists and Christians usually don't argue specifically if there is a God or there is not a God on this newsgroup. We usually argue if Jesus Christ existed at all and if Jesus Christ is God. We argue if the current cannoized Christian Bible is with error or completely without error. Since the Bible is full of contradictions, we know for a fact that it is with error. Did Judas hang himself or did he fall to his death? A Christian appologist might say that he hanged and when he was cut down, his guts burst out. People who believe that the Bible is without error constantly make these kind of contrived appologies. One appology might seem o.k., but when Christians make thousands of appologies trying to say that the Bible is without error and says the same thing, then they are lying to themselves and to us. Now God is a subjective thing. I can worship breasts and bottoms and money. God to many people is a person that has never lied and a person who hates slavery. Well we know from the Bible that Jesus lied. John 7:8-10. A Christian appologist would say he just changed his mind. "but as it were in secret" is pretty deceptive for God. Jesus also said beat slaves even though the slaves didn't know they were doing wrong. Luke 12:47-48. A Christian appologist would say that it is just a parable, a story. But a story teaches, and Jesus was teaching slavery. If he was God, the kind of God I would worship, he would say, free your slaves. Jesus Christ was never even mentioned together before 325 a.d. Jesus wasn't even a person's name before then. In fact, we do know who wrote several parts of the Bible because we can study early versions of it and see how it changed. We can learn a lot of things by what was mentioned early on and what wasn't. For example, the entire New Testament and Christianity is based on Revelation, a book on Astrology by Apollonius, which was never meant to be publically read. We know that Lucius Plutarchus who was a very famous Roman and royal historian, was the original Luke of the Bible because both men have the same personal history, born in the same town, died in the same place. We know that the travels of Paul (Apollonius) were really the conquest paths of Titus. And we know that the religion of Mythras later was turned into the religion of Christianity. |
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simultaneous_final (OP) User ID: 33292391 United States 02/02/2013 09:03 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | A true atheist "lacks a belief" and that is a perfectly honest position to hold. However, the rabid atheists who argue endlessly that "there is no God" are taking the same leap of faith that the proselytizing Christians are. Quoting: simultaneous_final A true atheist would state there is no God. One who merely lacks belief is generally defined as agnostic. Since you don't even grasp the basic terms involved you might consider just butting out since those who'd argue either side wouldn't listen to you anyway. An atheist LACKS BELIEF in a god or gods. An atheist needn't express a belief that "there IS NO god". Take, for example, someone raised without a concept of gods. They are an atheist because they don't profess a belief in god. Strictly speaking, EVERYONE is an "agnostic". From the Jesus freaks to the rabid "positive atheists". A subject observes itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself ad infinitum. |
LSDreamer User ID: 14896274 Australia 02/02/2013 09:05 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | > Complains about people arguing about god. > Makes an argument for god. Everyone who enters the god debate knows that there is no final answer, thus making it the argument that never goes stale. It is one of the oldest arguments and one that will never go away. I think you will also find that most atheists have no problem with someones individual belief in god, just what that person does with said belief. Human decency is not derived from religion. It precedes it. ~ Christopher Hitchens. |
simultaneous_final (OP) User ID: 33292391 United States 02/02/2013 09:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | If you "met God", tell us, what does "God" look like? Quoting: Anonymous Coward 252372 Did "God" look like what "YOU THOUGHT"? God (who introduced himself as "your Father") was an immense light. The closer I got to the light, the more it penetrated me and the more I knew what he knew. Note that I say "he" because of his introduction but it wouldn't surprise me if he was "the Mother" to some people. I don't know. I asked "which God are you?" and he answered by showing me a long timeline of all different religions from the beginning of civilization (it looked like a big long brushstroke that showed all time periods at once) and said "all of them". A subject observes itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself observing itself ad infinitum. |
hillbilly User ID: 21527099 United States 02/02/2013 09:11 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ...GOD IS IN CONTROL!!! This age is ending now. Get your ways straight and live in His Word. It is your choice. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 18225135 I do not choose to impose any human limitations, such as gender, or emotions, such as HATE, to the Creator. I choose liberty and justice for ALL. The choice IS mine, no control required. Good thread. Peaces. Water is the only drink for a wise man. Call me a pot but heat me not.-Putin Silence is where God speaks. Anything else is but a poor translation. -Rumi Wanna hear God laugh? Just talk about your plans. An old broom knows all the corners. Slow is steady; steady is smooth; smooth is fast. Success has a thousand fathers but failure only one son. The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain.-Gibran |