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- discipler0
Why does that bother you? When do you think the world will end?
- Mimio0
Not having fun anymore Arinya?
- discipler0
well, peeps, it's been fun. Must run though.
jevad, I hope you find a good solid church family that will encourage you thru this difficult time.
- out.
- arinya0
lol! He maid my head hurt. What a fool.
- xaoscontrol0
arinya: but it's so fun to watch discipler and mimio 'battle it out'.
- SoulFly0
Jevad-
A lot of people right now have the same feeling you are having... That's why books like the one below are bestsellers:The Purpose-Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here For?
by Rick Warren,
- arinya0
Well no actually xaos. I am pretty zealous person when it comes to Jehovahs word and almost everything that Dis says is slightly twisted. And there is only so much that you can say in a forum to carry on a descent discussion on teh internet and he brings it out in me. Ya know like when you start to look at something you've designed for so long it no longer makes sense? That is what dis reminds me of.
- ********0
Dang, God vs something else gets tedious.
In 1000 years people will look back on these discussions with the same smirk that we would regard a middle-ages conversation in which people earnestly argued for the existence of dragons or goblins. By then we will have the physics and the bio-physics to explain conciousness in all its forms; which is essentially the battle-ground and the bounty over which religious debate rages.
Science cannot explain conciousness at the moment, so the god-squad jump in with both feet blazing, plastering 'God' over all the things they do not understand, or that are not yet understood quantifiably, and throw rocks and sympathy at the rest of us for having the courage to face the void 'alone'.
And they always point to clumsily mis-translated passges in whichever book their particular clan uses, which normally begin 'God says dont do this or that...'.
Tell you what God said (and he spaketh to me on high, last week) :- 'I gave you an uniquely complex and wonderful mind to explore this universe and yourselves as much as you can, including the freedom and courage to understand it all without needing to invent me for the bits you dont know yet - stop pointing into the book as a short cut to thinking, and be nicer to gay people - Im sure your own 'lifestyle choice' of knocking on front doors, looking down your noses and droning on and on about your unprovable abstract cosmological stop-gap gets on their nerves as well, but they dont make laws about you, do they ?'.
- IRNlun60
hey jevad, I'm not sure if you're still around reading this thread but a couple years ago I was dealing with alot of crap, mainly ending a 4 year relationship and getting layed off from a job I loved. I was pretty lost. I decided to take trip down to Costa Rica to do some surfing and came across this surf camp...
I spent 3 weeks there. Surfed everyday, ate the healtiest food and saw the most amazing forest and animals and sh*t. Plus the people in the camp were just completely laid back and really friendly.
The camp might not be something you're down for but you should try traveling and just getting out of your current environment. To me nothing makes me appreciate life again more than being in nature and the ocean. Travel might be what you need.
Good luck with whatever you're going through.
- Mimio0
Bring on the Copernican Revolution!
- xaoscontrol0
I hare ya, Arinya.
- ********0
I go away for four hours and this stupid thread is STILL going on?
Unbelievable....
- ********0
yeah, you missed the best bit.. :/
- Jaline0
fyi, I don't believe in that stuff. Just thought the comic was interesting.
- Mimio0
Snuggle up to this one.
- eficks0
sometimes i think people run to find some meaning, and if they think they find it, they are content, even if it's really not real, but it makes them happy.
- kld0
What a b*ttf*ck, even the faithful are fighting over this mess.
- ********0
I would like to point out that the entire population of China and most of the population of India really wouldn't give too shnits about this entire conversation. That's what, more than half of mankind?
Arrogant little Western twits aren't we? Some of us still don't considerate their religion legit.
- ********0
My problem with Christian wackos in the US:
From Texas, surprisingly. Welcome to the theocracy...
