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I sum up my religious beliefs thusly:
Even if the God existed, which would have to be proven to me beyond scientifically, even if Jesus himself walked up to me and said, "I am your Saviour, take my Hand into the Future, lol," I would simply have to decline, based on either His folly in the Bible, or if the Bible was wrong then that's probably enough as well.

Not that anybody asked.

The Beard has spoken.

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[quote]God is a kid with an ant farm. He built it, he put the people in, and now he just sits back and watches what happens. He has virtually no control over anything the inhabitants of his creation do, but he could destroy them all in a matter of moments.

*bows and quietly trots out*[/quote]Wrong. We're a science experiment in a shoebox on his dresser. He takes the lid off every couple of hours, hence why we have "day". The stars are actually the light from his reading lamp shining through the airholes.

DexX brought up the point that God knows everything that will happen to us in our prospective lifetime. I go one step further to say that God knows every possible choice we could ever make in our life, and he's kicking back in his recliner with a brewski and watching us to see what choices we make on our own.

Evil exists because Good has no meaning without it. Hence the free will. What's the point of giving your creations free will if their only choices are exactly what you want them to do? Answer: There is no point. Without evil, we would have no concept of good, and vice versa. I'm not saying he likes the fact, but I see it as a form of Taxes. Government funding is great, but unless we pay taxes, there is no government funding.everything exists for a reason.

Personally, I think all religions are fundamentally the same. They all say "Don't kill each other, don't steal, don't fuck your buddy's wife. While you're at it, be nice to people who look and think differently than you." They all say to be a good person or you'll get fucked over when you die. The differences in each religion is a test God put out there to test us on how well we follow said rules, and we're failing, miserably.

Shoving your religion down someone's throat isn't going to convert them. Actually following the tenets of your religion and not being a fucking hypocrite will. Unless you're a Fundie or Islamofascist or whatever the proper term is for a zealot of your religion (Uberjew?) at which point you might as well throw yourself off a cliff. Make sure there are rocks at the bottom, because the rest of us don't want you to survive.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

Good advice on any forum.

I see where you're coming from, but for the mostpart I always attribute "good" and "evil" to be mere dramatic terms on personally preferred subjective actions and feelings. BUT that's just me, and just sometimes.

I pretty much stick to the idea everybody's a fucking dumbass for attempting to add some Terran/mortal ideology to something as incredible as the universe, then state all religions hold but a grain of sand in from the beach that is the Truth, then count myself among them and continue to just live happily WITHOUT beating myself up for being myself.

^_^

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Don't like it? Eat me.

[quote][quote]God is a kid with an ant farm. He built it, he put the people in, and now he just sits back and watches what happens. He has virtually no control over anything the inhabitants of his creation do, but he could destroy them all in a matter of moments.

*bows and quietly trots out*[/quote]Wrong. We're a science experiment in a shoebox on his dresser. He takes the lid off every couple of hours, hence why we have "day". The stars are actually the light from his reading lamp shining through the airholes.

DexX brought up the point that God knows everything that will happen to us in our prospective lifetime. I go one step further to say that God knows every possible choice we could ever make in our life, and he's kicking back in his recliner with a brewski and watching us to see what choices we make on our own.

Evil exists because Good has no meaning without it. Hence the free will. What's the point of giving your creations free will if their only choices are exactly what you want them to do? Answer: There is no point. Without evil, we would have no concept of good, and vice versa. I'm not saying he likes the fact, but I see it as a form of Taxes. Government funding is great, but unless we pay taxes, there is no government funding.everything exists for a reason.

Personally, I think all religions are fundamentally the same. They all say "Don't kill each other, don't steal, don't fuck your buddy's wife. While you're at it, be nice to people who look and think differently than you." They all say to be a good person or you'll get fucked over when you die. The differences in each religion is a test God put out there to test us on how well we follow said rules, and we're failing, miserably.

Shoving your religion down someone's throat isn't going to convert them. Actually following the tenets of your religion and not being a fucking hypocrite will. Unless you're a Fundie or Islamofascist or whatever the proper term is for a zealot of your religion (Uberjew?) at which point you might as well throw yourself off a cliff. Make sure there are rocks at the bottom, because the rest of us don't want you to survive.[/quote]

Um...OK. Good job taking someone who just wanted to innocently put in their two cents and not mean anything by it and trying to prove them wrong, even though they weren't agreeing or disagreeing with everyone. Good. Just...good.

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More lust than you can shake a stick at.

[quote]God is a kid with an ant farm. He built it, he put the people in, and now he just sits back and watches what happens. He has virtually no control over anything the inhabitants of his creation do, but he could destroy them all in a matter of moments.

*bows and quietly trots out*[/quote]

That's almost exactly what I believe. Though I believe he has the ability to change whatever he wants, he just doesn't, preferring to watch it all play out instead.

I mean, seriously, what fun is having your own reality if you know exactly what's going to happen? It's like he set up a physics model and set things into motion.

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Do you want ants? Because that's how you get ants.

I know if I ever get a hankerin' to save some heathens, this is the first place I'm posting!

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What others say about boorite!

Actually, only the first aragrah was referring to you, Hari. Sorry I didn't clarify. My bad.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

Because I'm a fucking idiot!

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What others say about boorite!

Because I'm a fucking idiot![/quote]You've got enough on your plate "saving" Ivy three or four times a day.

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

"Oh God! Oh God! Yes! Yes! YES! Praise the Lord!"

Tell it, sister!

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It was such a waste of everyone’s time and money that even the Tokyo stadium’s rape robots apologized– something they were programmed specifically never to do.

Chuck, you are a God. In fact, you are the only God apart from Squidrabies. I'm making you a shrine next to his.

As for Fundie 1, let's review the score.
[quote]To LuckyGuess,

Boldness and free will is not evil the devil is. [/quote]

You just contradicted yourself. Niiiice.
One point for me.

I want you to watch sesame street sometime. There's an interseting part of the show called "One of these things is not like the other." It's highly entertaining. Yes, Christians are different than Atheists. But what does that prove? That you're... better? Superior to those without faith? That's not religion, that's being pompous. One point me.

I don't mean to eat Captain Crunch in the morning, I just do. Point to me.

I can't do better than Chuck on this one. Point to Chuck, which bycariously is a point to me.

Proof that Krazy Christians live under rocks. Point me.

Unless, of course, they happen to be gay. Or they don't love Jesus. Or they enjoy popsicles, gummy bears, rainbows, and Grand Theft Auto. Or they don't embrace wholesome family values. Or they support abortion. Or whatever. Point to me, again.

Well, if my math is correct, I win by six. Obviously my points are easier to combat, as they don't assault religion in itself, just the human aspect of it. Therefore, I look forward to playing again later. Probably this afternoon, by the look of things.

Cut and run, Godboy. Cut and run.

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the kid's getting old, the kid's getting old