The problem with made-up things is they can do whatever you want them to.
If you want your ghost to turn someone into a mutant dog, it can do that. If you want your ghost to summon a river of slime and bring about the Apocalypse, it can do that too.
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by Neanderthaland » Sat May 25, 2019 8:32 pm
by Latin Islands » Sat May 25, 2019 8:38 pm
Neanderthaland wrote:Latin Islands wrote:Can they eat? Can they make a living being talk to them?
I do not know, but I presume they can't do everything.
The problem with made-up things is they can do whatever you want them to.
If you want your ghost to turn someone into a mutant dog, it can do that. If you want your ghost to summon a river of slime and bring about the Apocalypse, it can do that too.
New Legland wrote:Latin Islands wrote:Call me silly, but an actual supernatural experience like seeing a ghost is enough. Or basically any event that science cannot answer.
Otherwise I'll just have to believe.
The unknown, man! It gives me the willies!
There are quite a lot of things science cannot answer. Just a few hundred years ago, you could be considered God just for popping a pill in someone's mouth and curing them of their illness.
by Xeng He » Sat May 25, 2019 9:25 pm
Blazedtown wrote:[an ism is] A term used by people who won't admit their true beliefs, or don't have any.
by Ard al Islam » Sat May 25, 2019 10:35 pm
Splootan wrote:Why are people talking about how religion is make believe, when half of the signatures say bisexual, which is make believe with a much more important matter.
by Korhal IVV » Sat May 25, 2019 11:21 pm
CHUCK NORRlS wrote:I'd be convinced if God can create a stone so heavy that even He can't lift it.
"Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God." ~ John Calvin
by Nazi Basurian Empire » Sat May 25, 2019 11:28 pm
by Highever » Sun May 26, 2019 12:29 am
Jolthig wrote:Use Soresu and not Juyo.
Charlie Chaplin wrote:Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles.
by Alterld Sha » Sun May 26, 2019 5:20 am
Satterthwaite wrote:Alterld Sha wrote:For those still joining the priesthood, this may be for security of sustenance and housing, as already mentioned.
As for tranquillity, let's put it this way: would you rather go on a holiday in a noisy polluted overcrowded concrete jungle or go somewhere peaceful? If you were to go on an extended tranquillity holiday of doing no work, you could try to justify it in the eyes of society by claiming to do it for religion.
Except priests get assigned to noisy polluted overcrowded concrete jungles? And, again, there are many who could have chosen to go for more lucrative jobs or even just stayed and bummed around until they came to their inheritance, but instead they chose the rather austere life of the priesthood.
The Rich Port wrote:Yeah, that's not now philosophy works.
Using only logic leads to useless axioms that mean nothing by themselves, and using only evidence leads to aimless data that also means nothing.
It's by combining inductive and deductive reasoning that we come to any sort of reasonable conclusions.
by Alterld Sha » Sun May 26, 2019 5:42 am
by Valentine Z » Sun May 26, 2019 5:44 am
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by New Aeyariss » Sun May 26, 2019 5:45 am
Inyourfaceistan wrote:You didn't know that Cusc is actually a 4-armed cyborg genius commander and skillful warrior created in secret by a cabal of rich capitalist financiers built to lead and army of drones and other renegades against and overbearing socialist regime?
Psalms 144:1 wrote:Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.
by Valentine Z » Sun May 26, 2019 5:47 am
New Aeyariss wrote:He already did, by lifting me out of a massive crisis in my life.
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by VoVoDoCo » Sun May 26, 2019 8:47 am
by The Xenopolis Confederation » Sun May 26, 2019 9:10 am
A m e n r i a wrote:Nothing. I know for a fact He does. Where do you think all those miracles and punishments came from, aliens?
Mestovakia wrote:Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written,
‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’"
Matthew 4:7
by Alterld Sha » Sun May 26, 2019 9:33 am
by Totally Not OEP » Sun May 26, 2019 11:48 am
Splootan wrote:Why are people talking about how religion is make believe, when half of the signatures say bisexual, which is make believe with a much more important matter.
by New Legland » Sun May 26, 2019 12:22 pm
by Hakinda Herseyi Duymak istiyorum » Sun May 26, 2019 12:38 pm
by Twilight Imperium » Sun May 26, 2019 12:51 pm
by The Alma Mater » Sun May 26, 2019 12:52 pm
by Bombadil » Sun May 26, 2019 6:36 pm
by Korhal IVV » Sun May 26, 2019 9:15 pm
The Xenopolis Confederation wrote:They would have to make their existence known in such a way not explicable by any means other than their existence. They would have to create or do something that demands their presence to exist/happen. A personal religious experience would not do this for me, as many people have had such experiences that are clearly wrong.A m e n r i a wrote:Nothing. I know for a fact He does. Where do you think all those miracles and punishments came from, aliens?
What miracles and what punishments?Mestovakia wrote:Jesus said to him, "Again, it is written,
‘You shall not test the Lord, your God.’"
Matthew 4:7
Brilliant. God's response to demands of proof is a smug threat. Real smooth.
"Whatever a person may be like, we must still love them because we love God." ~ John Calvin
by Australian rePublic » Sun May 26, 2019 9:21 pm
Alterld Sha wrote:I find it difficult to believe that anyone actually believes in religion. I think that they are only pretending to believe in order to gain something worldly.
by Country of CityTowne » Sun May 26, 2019 9:25 pm
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