Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
General Cooking (rec.food.cooking) For general food and cooking discussion. Foods of all kinds, food procurement, cooking methods and techniques, eating, etc. |
Reply |
|
LinkBack | Thread Tools | Display Modes |
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
There is no compulsion in religion
On 10/4/2011 1:25 AM, abd allah abd alrahman wrote:
> Hi,Excuse me, YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE!!!!!! Religion is evil. There is no god. Go away. |
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
There is no compulsion in religion
On 04/10/2011 2:55 PM, news wrote:
> On 10/4/2011 1:25 AM, abd allah abd alrahman wrote: >> Hi,Excuse me, > > YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE!!!!!! > Religion is evil. There is no god. Go away. There may be a god, and he or she is probably pretty ****ed about religion. |
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
There is no compulsion in religion
Dave Smith wrote:
> On 04/10/2011 2:55 PM, news wrote: > >> On 10/4/2011 1:25 AM, abd allah abd alrahman wrote: >> >>> Hi,Excuse me, >> >> >> YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE!!!!!! >> Religion is evil. There is no god. Go away. > > > There may be a god, and he or she is probably pretty ****ed about religion. "God, if he exists, is probly more offended by those that believe in him than those that do not." La Rochefoucauld -- JL |
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
There is no compulsion in religion
On Oct 4, 2:55*pm, news > wrote:
> On 10/4/2011 1:25 AM, abd allah abd alrahman wrote: > > > Hi,Excuse me, > > YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE!!!!!! > Religion is evil. There is no god. Go away. Maybe. But why is there anything? What created the universe? What created the Big Bang? Why was there even a big bang? Why is there anything? Why a universe? And if there is a God, where did 'it' come from? Was 'it' created by another being? Is our universe only a small part of a bigger 'world'? What if there are an infinite number of universes? What then? Why is there even space? |
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
There is no compulsion in religion
"A Moose in Love" > wrote in message
> On Oct 4, 2:55 pm, news > wrote: >> On 10/4/2011 1:25 AM, abd allah abd alrahman wrote: >> >> > Hi,Excuse me, >> >> YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE!!!!!! >> Religion is evil. There is no god. Go away. > > Maybe. But why is there anything? What created the universe? What > created the Big Bang? Why was there even a big bang? Why is there > anything? Why a universe? And if there is a God, where did 'it' > come > from? Was 'it' created by another being? Is our universe only a > small part of a bigger 'world'? What if there are an infinite > number > of universes? What then? Why is there even space? Because. Felice |
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
There is no compulsion in religion
"Felice" > wrote >>> Religion is evil. There is no god. Go away. >> >> Maybe. But why is there anything? What created the universe? What >> created the Big Bang? Why was there even a big bang? Why is there >> anything? Why a universe? And if there is a God, where did 'it' come >> from? Was 'it' created by another being? Is our universe only a >> small part of a bigger 'world'? What if there are an infinite number >> of universes? What then? Why is there even space? > > Because. > > Felice Ever watch Ancient Aliens on the History Channel? Sure makes you think there is another power that we are unaware of. |
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
OT There is no compulsion in religion
"Bryan" > wrote > > I don't believe in the existence of a god, but I think that some believers > are a positive force in the world. If I were not an Atheist, I'd happily > join the church where I work. So many of the folks there, judged by their > works, would pass the moral decency test better than most of my > coreligionists. Sometimes I almost wish that I was a Christian because > they inspire me, and the words attributed to Jesus in the Bible inspire > me, but I doubt that I'd ever share their beliefs. There was a time in my > past when I was a fundie At*heist, instead of an ecumenical one. I had a > conversion experience after seeing *The Last Temptation of Christ*, not to > becoming a believer, but completely away from evangelical Atheism. > > I was already very familiar with the Bible, though I was raised agnostic, > and had toyed with belief, and had come to see religion as nonsense that > was mostly destructive. That movie had a profound, "Saul of Tarsus" > effect on me, and I left the theater a changed man. There are many happenings over the centuries that imply there is a greater force than we have as humans. Call it God, call it a space being if you choose. I've read a few things like Chariots of the Gods and I've been watching Ancient Aliens. They have some interesting theories. I was raised a Catholic. I just never understood what going to church on Sunday was all about. It was more like a meeting of the hypocrites than good Christians. I believe there is something more powerful than us humans, just not sure what it is. Ever have an ant farm? Maybe life on earth is just the ant farm for some greater being. |
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
There is no compulsion in religion
On 5/10/2011 11:45 AM, A Moose in Love wrote:
> On Oct 4, 2:55 pm, > wrote: >> On 10/4/2011 1:25 AM, abd allah abd alrahman wrote: >> >>> Hi,Excuse me, >> >> YOU HAVE NO EXCUSE!!!!!! >> Religion is evil. There is no god. Go away. > > Maybe. But why is there anything? What created the universe? What created whatever created the Universe, and so on, ad infinitum. If we have to have Gods, I vote for one of the Greek Goddesses with all the cleavage and the short skirts. Being on your knees in front of her and looking up might just present you with a heavenly view. BTW, for all you God Botherers, the Christian Bible makes it very clear that there are other gods. It is in the first commandment. Thou shalt have no others Gods before me. Unless the Christian God is a bit thick, why would he waste a commandment on something unless it was possible to do it? Like I said, those ancient Greek Goddesses have more to offer than the cranky, old, mean spirited, vengeful, spiteful, jealous God who is depicted in the Bible. The one who demands perpetual adoration and ass kissing or he will send to an eternity of torture in hell. Doesn't sound like much competition for those Goddesses. |
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
OT There is no compulsion in religion
On 5/10/2011 6:49 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
> > "Bryan" > wrote >> >> I don't believe in the existence of a god, but I think that some >> believers are a positive force in the world. If I were not an Atheist, >> I'd happily join the church where I work. So many of the folks there, >> judged by their works, would pass the moral decency test better than >> most of my coreligionists. Sometimes I almost wish that I was a >> Christian because they inspire me, and the words attributed to Jesus >> in the Bible inspire me, but I doubt that I'd ever share their >> beliefs. There was a time in my past when I was a fundie At*heist, >> instead of an ecumenical one. I had a conversion experience after >> seeing *The Last Temptation of Christ*, not to becoming a believer, >> but completely away from evangelical Atheism. >> >> I was already very familiar with the Bible, though I was raised >> agnostic, and had toyed with belief, and had come to see religion as >> nonsense that was mostly destructive. That movie had a profound, "Saul >> of Tarsus" effect on me, and I left the theater a changed man. > > There are many happenings over the centuries that imply there is a > greater force than we have as humans. Call it God, call it a space being > if you choose. I've read a few things like Chariots of the Gods and I've > been watching Ancient Aliens. They have some interesting theories. > > I was raised a Catholic. I just never understood what going to church on > Sunday was all about. It was more like a meeting of the hypocrites than > good Christians. I believe there is something more powerful than us > humans, just not sure what it is. > > Ever have an ant farm? Maybe life on earth is just the ant farm for some > greater being. > The problem is in the personification of that which is more powerful than we humans. We have not the breadth of understanding of concepts such as our place in the universe, of infinity, even of time itself. The Hubble telescope is bringing us images that show us just how insignificant and limited we are in the overall scheme of things. -- Krypsis |
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
OT There is no compulsion in religion
"Krypsis" > wrote >> No shit. When I see the WWJD bumper stickers, I think, "If there is a >> Jesus, >> what he would do is he would probably come down and get you people who >> have >> been putting words in his mouth and judging people on his behalf for two >> thousand years and take your sorry asses out behind the woodshed!" >> >> > I think the catholic priests have been doing quite enough of that already! > > -- > > Krypsis Spank me father, for I have sinned. |
|
|||
|
|||
Quote:
Quote:
|
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
OT There is no compulsion in religion
Bryan wrote:
> > I don't believe in the existence of a god, but I think that some > believers are a positive force in the world. If I were not an Atheist, > I'd happily join the church where I work. So many of the folks there, > judged by their works, would pass the moral decency test better than > most of my coreligionists. There are plenty of religions where it doesn't matter if you actually believe in their deities. Judaism, Hindu, Asatru and so on in a very long list. There are also religions that don't address deity but rather teach a spiritual way of life. Buddhism. I don't know enough about other faiths to know which ones fit under that description. The idea that if you're going to believe in God it's going to be a specific one and that if you're going to join a religion it's going to be a specific one is a pretty good PR campaign on the part of the Christians in specific and JCI folks in general but it's simply not a valid stance. There are plenty of faiths out there. > There was a time in my past when I was a fundie At*heist, instead of an > ecumenical one. I had a conversion experience after seeing *The Last > Temptation of Christ*, not to becoming a believer, but completely away > from evangelical Atheism. A move from atheism to agnosticism (or to chose different terms with zero change in the actual meaning from hard atheism to soft atheism)? It fails to take into account the fact of the existance of many other faiths. WWJD - As a Libertarian I tend to read it as "What Would Jefferson Do?" |
Posted to rec.food.cooking
|
|||
|
|||
There is no compulsion in religion
Who_me? wrote:
> A Moose in Love wrote: > >> Maybe. But why is there anything? What created the universe? > > What created whatever created the Universe, and so on, ad infinitum. That's the problem with the watchmaker theory - "If the existence of a watch implies the existence of a watchmaker then the existence of a universe implies the existence of a universe maker". The problem is that would also imply the existence of a universe-maker-maker and so on in an infinite sequence. The theory has a further problem - A watchmaker builds a watch from previously existing material. A universe maker makes something out of nothing. The simple solution is the best just like Occam's Razor says. Existence simply exists. Either the deities are inside the universe and thus they exist (whatever "exist" means for beings without physical bodies in their nature forms) or they are outside the universe and thus they by definition don't exist (whatever "exist" means when considering visits from alternate universes). > If we have to have Gods, I vote for one of the Greek Goddesses with all > the cleavage and the short skirts. Being on your knees in front of her > and looking up might just present you with a heavenly view. The Germanic ones work better for me. I suggest that if you were to meet Frigga, Freya or Idunna "in person" (whatever that means for a being without a physical body in her natural form) you'd think so too. > BTW, for all you God Botherers, the Christian Bible makes it very clear > that there are other gods. It is in the first commandment. Thou shalt > have no others Gods before me. > > Unless the Christian God is a bit thick, why would he waste a > commandment on something unless it was possible to do it? It's a point missed by many. That's a matter of putting theirs in front. I was at a Rosh Hoshana service years ago where the Rabbi said something like "Maybe there are other gods than Adonai but he is our god and we are his people" after he read that part from the Torah. Okay then I'm one of Thor's people. Works for me and I'm happy that being one of Adonai's people works for them. > Like I said, those ancient Greek Goddesses have more to offer than the > cranky, old, mean spirited, vengeful, spiteful, jealous God who is > depicted in the Bible. The one who demands perpetual adoration and ass > kissing or he will send to an eternity of torture in hell. Doesn't sound > like much competition for those Goddesses. There's also the advantage that pagan and heathen ways evolved organicly across millennia so they don't have specific lists of principles that eventually end up inconsistant with reality. So the poems were written by a bunch of guys drunk on mead and recited to folks at the castle? The meaning isn't supposed to be literal in a way that is provably false. So what if Beowulf would have to have crossed the wrong sea to get there? It's his values that matter not the details. |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
There is no compulsion in religion | General Cooking | |||
There is no compulsion in religion | General Cooking | |||
True Religion Jeans - True Religion Mens Jeans | General Cooking | |||
Compulsion causes loss of face, was CDC | General Cooking | |||
A Tea Addicts Strange Compulsion | Tea |