[ARCHIVED DEBATE] A Civilized Debate on Religion

[Sun Wukong]

1. Not good with metaphor and symbolism are you? Maybe the Bible isn't the book for you. Do you think Jesus was literally a sheep?
2. I spoke plainly, you just did address the concern. How is it fair?

1) I didn't know your humor was so dry.
2) I've already said it would be impossible to know.

Which is just a way to hand-wave away any reasonable criticism. "Oh, it doesn't make sense. Well, it's not supposed to."

Honestly, that people fall for this.

[Big Jim P]

Personally, I am talking about all of them. They are largely interchangeable.

I hope you under stand that there are countless gods that we have talked about all though out history, even the word its self have gone though multiple changes and meanings even in recent times. How ever it seems NSG, the internet and the rest of the world for that matter Christian or not, refer to God as the one in the bible, neglecting the thousands of years of history humans have had to develop the word god and all its meanings and interpenetrations (I blame the schools and parents)
So I say again before I give this thread a very long history lesson, which god are we talking about?

Takhisis.

[Vissegaard]

God's our first attempt at an answer, it being wrong doesn't make it a lie necessarily.

God is our last answer.

[Allentyr]

I hope you under stand that there are countless gods that we have talked about all though out history, even the word its self have gone though multiple changes and meanings even in recent times. How ever it seems NSG, the internet and the rest of the world for that matter Christian or not, refer to God as the one in the bible, neglecting the thousands of years of history humans have had to develop the word god and all its meanings and interpenetrations (I blame the schools and parents)
So I say again before I give this thread a very long history lesson, which god are we talking about?

Takhisis.

Sure you don't mean your own "god" Satan?

[Tyriece]

I hope you under stand that there are countless gods that we have talked about all though out history, even the word its self have gone though multiple changes and meanings even in recent times. How ever it seems NSG, the internet and the rest of the world for that matter Christian or not, refer to God as the one in the bible, neglecting the thousands of years of history humans have had to develop the word god and all its meanings and interpenetrations (I blame the schools and parents)
So I say again before I give this thread a very long history lesson, which god are we talking about?

Takhisis.

Lol good book series , but I would have to say no.

[Big Jim P]

Takhisis.

Lol good book series , but I would have to say no.

Bane then.

[Monkeykind]

If he lied, how come he could still perform the miracles?

Aside from a book thousands of years old and is possibly simply legends, do you have any proof he did such things?

"A book"
A.
ERROR:THERE WERE 4 BOOKS ON IT.

[Sun Wukong]

Aside from a book thousands of years old and is possibly simply legends, do you have any proof he did such things?

"A book"
A.
ERROR:THERE WERE 4 BOOKS ON IT.

A pedantic way to dodge the question. For shame.

[Allentyr]

Aside from a book thousands of years old and is possibly simply legends, do you have any proof he did such things?

"A book"
A.
ERROR:THERE WERE 4 BOOKS ON IT.

All mostly saying the same things, modified. Also, see how they've been modified? What makes you think the first one wasn't a complete lie?

[Monkeykind]

"A book"
A.
ERROR:THERE WERE 4 BOOKS ON IT.

A pedantic way to dodge the question. For shame.

Yeah well, Matthew Mark Luke and John are individual books. The quar'an or however you spell it also lists it I think.

[Sun Wukong]

A pedantic way to dodge the question. For shame.

Yeah well, Matthew Mark Luke and John are individual books. The quar'an or however you spell it also lists it I think.

You don't know what "pedantic" means, do you?

[Allentyr]

A pedantic way to dodge the question. For shame.

Yeah well, Matthew Mark Luke and John are individual books. The quar'an or however you spell it also lists it I think.

Still, aside from said book(s), any proof he did such things?

[Monkeykind]

Yeah well, Matthew Mark Luke and John are individual books. The quar'an or however you spell it also lists it I think.

You don't know what "pedantic" means, do you?

Actually, no.

[Allentyr]

You don't know what "pedantic" means, do you?

Actually, no.

It's okay, neither do I. Still, you're dodging my question.

[-The Unified Earth Governments-]

God's our first attempt at an answer, it being wrong doesn't make it a lie necessarily.

God is our last answer.

God is the worst answer!

[Allentyr]

God is our last answer.

God is the worst answer!

Sigged.

[Monkeykind]

Actually, no.

It's okay, neither do I. Still, you're dodging my question.

Your question is aside from the books you want proof, yes?
He talks to me.

[Pope Joan]

We are not capable of passing judgment upon the ineffable.

If we want a reductionist materialist world, we can have it, and the misery that goes with it.

But some people have the ability, perhaps inherited (Walter Burkert), to intuit things which are beyond that sphere, such as art, music, and the realm of mystery.

http://www.amazon.com/Creation-Sacred-T ... 0674175700

http://www.amazon.com/The-Sacred-Canopy ... 0385073054

http://www.psychologicalscience.org/ind ... uists.html

[Allentyr]

It's okay, neither do I. Still, you're dodging my question.

Your question is aside from the books you want proof, yes?
He talks to me.

You should see a shrink for that...

[Monkeykind]

Your question is aside from the books you want proof, yes?
He talks to me.

You should see a shrink for that...

Hah, there's no need for that.

[Baghanathria]

You should see a shrink for that...

Hah, there's no need for that.

Wait, who is talking to you?

[Hakio]

Guys remember... civilized...
ponders pretentiously

[Baghanathria]

God is our last answer.

God is the worst answer!

God is more like the question itself.

[Hakio]

God is the worst answer!

God is more like the question itself.

What does that even mean? do you know or are you just trying to confuse us?

[Baghanathria]

God is more like the question itself.

What does that even mean? do you know or are you just trying to confuse us?

We are debating about God, basically, or not? I just played a little. How could God be an answer, (wrong or right, doesn't matter) if we can't really define 'God'? Yeah, my comment was a little off topic, but I don't wanted to confuse anyone.