Originally posted by Eugene Kononov:
Sriraj Rajaram: Racism? Segregation? Greedy capitalists, too? In the 21st century? I think the US should invade US and install a military government there until Americans come to their senses.
Nothing wrong with having greedy capitalists, but yes, you got a point, we certainly have our share of problems originating from dark ages. Maybe we all should be invaded by alliens until we come to our senses?![]()
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
[b]TT:
Possible. What do you mean by "a damn difficult situation"? Could you give, say, three examples?
Originally posted by Joe King:
As for why we haven't seen any signs of life out there.... well, given all the "1%"'s I was mentioning above, the planets with life on them are probably hugely spread out accross the universe.
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I think it has more to do with people being angry at the Anglican Church. Recent policies have even driven some Anglican priests into the Catholic Church.Originally posted by Joe King:
Anyway, I saw in the news today that (in the UK) church attendence is down by 4% over the last year (I'm trying to find a URL). I wonder if this means that less people are religious now, or less people feel the need to go to church.
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...if there are creatures, there must be a creator.
"I'm not back." - Bill Harding, Twister
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Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
Is this a question or an answer?
Originally posted by Tony Alicea:
And what created the "creator"?![]()
IT always existed. IT has no beginning or end.
For those who want to waste... er... I meant, utilize their time thinking about these things�
There is no way that anyone could insult the intelligence that god (if it exists) gave us.
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How simple does it have to be???
Originally posted by Mapraputa Is:
And now it's too late.
I am afraid God has no other choice but to forgive me.
Originally posted by Davy Kelly:
Do you believe in something all powerfull who is in complete control of everything???
Davy
Bertrand Russell tells a story that helps me interpret the point Gandhi is making. When Russell was imprisoned in WWI for his pacifist activities, the jailer asked him his religious belief, and Russell replied that he was an agnostic. The jailer replied that he had never heard of that religion but that although people have many different religions, they all worship the same God. Russell did not correct the jailer, for had thought there was a wisdom in what had been said. For we can find a common ideal in both the religious believer and the agnostic. They both tell us that belief in God is and should be primarily belief in one's own conscience, that is, belief in living according to the truth."
William O'Meara. Gandhi’s Commitment to the Ideal of Self-Knowledge.
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Originally posted by Tonny Tssagovic:
Well, It would be too late when you die Map, and God is the all forgiver... But you need to repent and ask for forgiveness, and not make fun of God's existance..
Originally posted by Tonny Tssagovic:
you can not be sure what is going to happen, so to be in the �safe side� I would suggest you to learn a bit more about religions.
Originally posted by Sriraj Rajaram:
OK! Before we proceed any further could someone please explain the following to me:
1. The difference between Catholics, Protestants, Lutherans
In an insane world would not the sane appear as madmen?
- First, cancel out all religions that call for war (if any) or that have stupid mistakes in their bible (or equivalent).. God does not make mistakes.
* A dodgy beard. OK, I'm not saying that this is the sole preserver of religions (this could make Richard Branson part of a religion), but religious people do tend to often get a bit hairy.
* Some farmers (most years after christ was alive) wrote some stuff about him. Why do some people believe every word in the bible as exact truth? If I wrote a new testament now, no-one would believe me, but they believe some guy centuries ago?
Kids nowadays cotton on that Santa must be having his post delivered by ParcelForce.
- If you don�t believe in that there is live after death, could you explain me what Is the purpose of life? I mean your body is composed of many complex parts, what�s the purpose of the whole, nothing?
From global POV? Nothing. What is the purpose of cockroach's life?
4. Muslims believe that everyone will be judged for his or her own actions. Mercy is directly from asking God for forgiveness and repenting. There is no original Sin and Muslims don't believe in the Crucifixtion of Jesus. Muslims believe that Jesus was never crucified and everyone is responsible for his or her own deeds.
And what created the "creator"?
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Originally posted by Jeroen Wenting:
Sun Microsystems![]()
"Thanks to Indian media who has over the period of time swiped out intellectual taste from mass Indian population." - Chetan Parekh
How simple does it have to be???
Persistence equals goals
SCJP
Originally posted by Davy Kelly:
was it not one of the scandinavian countries mobile phone networks that went into liquidation because they were sending out text messages to people who prayed giving them answers!?! only last week.
This proves that if there was a god, they would have saved this poor network company from liquidation for doing him a service and lightening his burden!!!![]()
Davy
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