ginjawarrior
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the question is WHY Should we believe in a supreme being that oversees us?So, I guess the question now becomes:
Should we believe in a supreme being that oversees us, or are we in a crap shoot?
the question is WHY Should we believe in a supreme being that oversees us?So, I guess the question now becomes:
Should we believe in a supreme being that oversees us, or are we in a crap shoot?
"on earth" your thinkng way too smallThat is the question...
And I think it is a hard question. Are we as animals on Earth so proviledged to think a God picks us out and favors us over all living beings on Earth. Or is this our imagination?
you think all that was made just for us?So...
Explain.
we arent really that special as a species when it all boils downActually, I agree with you. I don't know how anyone could think that we, as a race, are special. Especially how we perceive ourselves.
Even if that were true, it is not, have you ever read a quote by Columbus saying that there is no question that the earth is spherical?Of course, you are right. There is no empirical evidence to support a God.
But in Columbus' time there was no evidence to support the now known fact that the earth was round.
i've always thought its the divine right that people believe they have that has caused itI agree with you. We are not that special. But, as a race/species, we think we are. And we seem to think that we can kill anything that pleases or displeases us. I think that is bad.
...no offense taken strife. There are some very skewed takes on what religion is. I know that life is a mystery, that there is a lot I don't know. But, when it comes to God, there's no question for me.
I'd also like to point out that here I am, saying that my meaning in life is to mesh art and science. Did anyone catch that? I said 'science' as a part of my being. That said, has anyone said "cool, what would you like to know?"
Instead, you're all telling me that I don't know anything that I am talking about. All that really means is that you guys aren't out to teach about your knowledge, but instead to try and PROVE people wrong.
Good luck with that.
...great response! Man, you're always profound and your perspective is non-abrasive. Thank you.I personally find that the interface between art and science can hold the perspective/view/scenic overlook on some of the most achingly awe-soaked beauty we as humans can experience. Any interface between two such global components of perception will be unquiet ... like ... surf. Most people will stay on the beach and ignore it. Many will get into the surf zone and get more or less pummeled. A few, a talented motivated perseverant (gloriously lucky) few ... will grab a board. cn
The mystery itself is God to me. (and a slew of other heavy-minded people I know, and others I have read) And thanks for not blasting your response.So if all of life is a mystery, what makes you so confident in the existence of a god? That appears to be a contradictory view considering that no one, you included, has any empirical evidence for a god.
...this reminds me of Lamed (sorry, Luger )Religions were created because theres a part of the human brain that makes us believe in or that there is a higher being of some sort, perhaps a Godly like higher being.
So the mystery is your god. Then you don't necessarily believe in an intelligent agent? That's what people typically mean when they ask if you believe in a god. When I hear responses like yours, I can't help but groups you in with Pantheism, an idea that I reject because it doesn't offer anything meaningful and IMO, is just adding an unnecessary label onto the unknown.The mystery itself is God to me. (and a slew of other heavy-minded people I know, and others I have read) And thanks for not blasting your response.
The contradictory view is just perfect
For all we know, the so called God from the bible could of been a human from another dimension, from a higher advanced civilization who came upon earth hundreds of years ago. They mention in the bible that God himself comes down from the skys with flames of fire and smoke all around him? Sounds like a spaceship to me. But those people didnt know what a spaceship were at the time, there was no such thing. So they described it the best they could.
They do say there is a higher civilization of humans living on the moon. That America never made it to the moon. It was a hoax. Who knows. There is claims from government officials , who inspected crashed UFOs, and claimed the so called extraterrestrials looked exactly like us humans on earth. Some crazy ishh ay?
With all said.. I do believe in God, though.
So the mystery is your god. Then you don't necessarily believe in an intelligent agent? That's what people typically mean when they ask if you believe in a god. When I hear responses like yours, I can't help but groups you in with Pantheism, an idea that I reject because it doesn't offer anything meaningful and IMO, is just adding an unnecessary label onto the unknown.