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Re: Church of FSM [message #177186 is a reply to message #177144] Mon, 31 October 2005 22:24 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Crimson wrote on Mon, 31 October 2005 16:30

I'm only on Chapter 7 by now and I continue to be fascinated at the accuracy of this "book" in mirroring the thoughts I've had as long as I can remember.

The Bible does a bit more than "mention" slavery, it in fact condones it as far as beating your slave within an inch of his/her life.

But I sure as FUCK do not base my atheism on the bible. Especially because I never read the dumb thing in the first place! Simply put, I feel ZERO connection with a nameless deity. I feel ZERO willingness to pray to someone/thing who MAY or MAY NOT exist. There is NO evidence to suggest a deity exists at all to me. I see beyond the religion to the part of humans that latches onto this concept. From this vantage point there is no way to go into this valley of 'believers'.

If you grew up every day of your life "knowing" there's a "God" and whatnot, then I don't know if there will ever be help for you. I truly pity those who can't even fathom the possibility that this "God" character is a big fat lie and explore it.

Interestingly enough, I was just discussing this subject with Joey.

Why is it always that because someone can't simply understand something, therefore it must be false? This reminds me of the 2000 election. Liberals can't simply understand how Bush won, so they write it off as incorrect and some type of "rigging" went on to ensure that Bush won the Presidency.

Also, why is it because there's no proof that something, it automatically "proves" that it "doesn't" exist? I don't understand why many people think this. This ideal has been proven wrong so many times.

Here's an example: Many thought that the atom was the smalest thing, that nothing could be broken up any more. It wasn't accepted that there were protons, neutrons, and electrons, but that didn't stop it from being true, did it? Nope, now it's KNOWN that protons, neutrons, and electrons do in fact exist. Now we're finding evidence that quarks exist.

Also, read through the whole thing before you start making judgements on it and its validity. As warranto said, slavery was different back in the ancient world, not to mention that the Old Testament is what we call the "Old Covenant". It's what God had with the Isrealites and nobody else. This was scrapped when Christ died on the cross creating the "New Covenant" which Gold has with everybody. With the old covenant you could have more than one wife, have slaves, etc...

I can fathom God or any other diety existing, but there's so much evidence pointing to intelligent design, it's not even funny. It's just up to people to accept it.


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