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As a friend of mine told me: "If life were eternal it just wouldnt be as meaningful when something happens, because you could do it a thousand times more". So its actually good that our time here is limited because that gives our every second an incredible value.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Watcher
I live life with the very strong belief that the only person you can count on for anything is yourself. I don't think there is a messiah, or a chosen one, or any of that (for lack of a better word) shit. Once someone comes up with some solid evidence that a god does in fact exist, then I might be all turned around on the matter. Still won't go to church though...
I'm a firm believer in the big bang theory. Its beleived that there was another 2 or so universes before our own, cause we think that eventually, the universe is going to collapse...eventually...Once something gets compressed, it heats up, which explains the explosion and all that...We discussed this somewhere else as well, I'm too tanked to explain it right now. Go and find that thread we talked about it in, then come back. :P
I read no one elses posts. Why? Because I'm not really interested in the topic. I'm just going to post my opinion and then leave.
Basically, I think that it's something about wanting to believe that there's more to life than just living on it for 80 rotations around a very bright ball of light and ceasing to exist. People seemed to be caught up in the fact that there has to be more to "life" beyond death. It's just outside of our capability to imagine what <i>nothing</i> feelings like. No existance, no perception; nothing.
I'm not too religious. I believe in God, and I follow the Bible in what I believe is the right way, but I don't really debate on the subject, nor do I defend His name against non-believers, 'cause everyone can believe whatever they want.
Your friend is full of shit, or just stupid. How do those seconds matter to anyone or anything else in the universe? Yeah, they don't. It gives your life (questionable) value to you, but nothing else.Quote:
Originally Posted by Themikemachine
Theres a lot of debates these days around here...I mean I have no real opinion on this topic so I'll jus say this: Interesting...
I'm rather afraid of expressing my thoughts on why people follow a religion. I'm extremely likely to offend any believer so I'll keep that to myself to save some trouble.
I can tell you why I'm atheist though: religions sound like a load of bollocks to me. Damn, I probably offended everyone. :wacko: My apologies.
Fucking hell Im caned. The only thing I believe right now is the feeling of genral nausea coupled with the knowledge tha I did not bone the chick I spent the whole night chatting up. The slut. Still, had she not have known that I had a girlfriend I might have been sexually relieved right now..but the truth tells a different, slightly more fraustrated story. Bitch.
EDITED due to spastic grammar. Deal with it, and recognise.
lol, I know this is off topic but Clive rules...Quote:
Originally Posted by Clive
The thing is, said girl works right around the corner from me, and guess what...she's working exactly the same hours as me tomorrow. Which presents me with a bit of a dilemma. One which, right now, I cannot rightly answer...the inabilty to think with anything other than my phallus is proving somewhat difficult at this moment in time. In all seriousness, I just wish I was content with what Ive got. But the simple truth is, Im not. And I havent the slightest clue what to do about it.
Thread Hijackage...heheh...
I wouldn't want to live forever. I know if I was to live forever I would live quite differently. If your life was outlasting all others...it would just be horrendous. You'd be an old man (woman) with nobody. Or maybe you would be young. Yet you would be wise from all of your time and be surrounded by fools. You would never be able to escape the fate, and would be eternally condemned to watch the fools on Earth continue to make the same mistakes, and continually hate and kill eachother. I think that being condemned to live eternally on Earth would be hell.
and what else would one care about@_@?Quote:
Originally Posted by Ziegfried
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i personally am an aethist.even if a god does exist,he is either powerless or just doesn't happen to give a fuck about humans who happen to have toiled over the last few centuries to do absolutely everything in their power to destroy earth's enviroment.unless of course he discriminates amongst all the living beings he created,on the basis of how fast they evolve.unless of course the ultimate detoriation of earth is part of his grand design.
When I was six years old, there were a couple of big, glossy children's books on the shelf in my class. So I read them. They told me that one day, while Maui was fishing, he caught a fish so big that when it decomposed it became the island that I live on today. I read about how he was tired of the day being short and the night being long, so he made a rope of flax and caught the sun with it, brought it down to earth and beat the crap out of it, threatening that he would not let it free unless it promised to make the day longer. I read about how Maui died trying to kill the god of death herself. Then another kid told me I was stupid for taking it seriously, that it was all just a story. Christianity was the real deal. I asked him why he was sure that the Maori were wrong and the Christians were right. He told me with absolute authority that his dad said so. So I decided it was all a load of gobshite and became strictly atheist. I still believed in Santa though.
Just because some christians are really dumb and have no reason for their faith, doesn't mean the religion itself is fucked.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy Onestroke
Edit: Of course that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with not believing it.
What I'm saying is, it matters to you, but not anyone else... Egocentric?Quote:
Originally Posted by Solitude
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That's very interesting. Im going to think about that for a while.Quote:
Originally Posted by knowitman
This is an interesting thread.