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Religion is a seriously fucked up concept. How any sane individual could get so worked up about what is basically a pretend story is beyond me.
It was always inevitable. The gift of language meant we could debate our thoughts, ask questions about our own existence and mortality, the universe and so on. Fear of what we couldn't comprehend is what opened the God door, and thus they were invented...super humans that comforted us, looked over us and became our addiction until science could explain the basics.

Live in fear, live in ignorance.
 
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I agree, humans throughout history have egotistically believed that everything must make sense to us to be true or factual and it's nonsense, there are tons of things the human mind can't even visualise.

Visualise 10 marbles, now 100, now 1000, now a million, a trillion, you hit a limit where it's just beyond your brains capabilities, like getting something from nothing or imagining an infinite universe.

It's narcissistic to think that the nature of the universe should be logical to humans.
You don't need to imagine an infinite universe though do you?

You just need to discover the laws of physics which are logical.

Take you for example. I remember you from previous threads. You seem to show up when someone else disappears. Is that an example of quantum entanglement? Spooky science at a distance:D
Or maybe it just boils down to probability and coincidence?
 
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You don't need to imagine an infinite universe though do you?

You just need to discover the laws of physics which are logical.

The laws of physics are not logical. Two people can have two differing results of the same natural event and both be correct

I told you before I don't know you, I'm not someone else. Don't start derailing this thread with this shit again. Let me tell you another human failing - not knowing the dfference between thinking they know something and knowing they know something.
 
The laws of physics are not logical. Two people can have two differing results of the same natural event and both be correct

I told you before I don't know you, I'm not someone else. Don't start derailing this thread with this shit again. Let me tell you another human failing - not knowing the dfference between thinking they know something and knowing they know something.
Can't remember actually engaging with you before but just noticed your presence at the time.

Any examples of why there are such variations in results of the same conditions?

Don't lose your marbles in the process. We only need to understand the property of one marble to understand the rest.
Which is why every single civilisation comes up with a way to live forever with a parental-like figure running it all.

Ignorance is bliss.
That's not true. Both Jainism and Buddhism are atheist belief systems.
PS

I assume you will cite quantum physics as an example but that does not mean we dismiss relativity in its entirety.
 
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I definitely do not think Buddha was a parental like figure running it all. as you said.

He sat under a tree and became "enlightened" then passed on those "teachings" he sounds like a parental figure trying to run it all to me - Buddhism is one of the worst religions because it's trying to pretend it's not a religion.
 
He sat under a tree and became "enlightened" then passed on those "teachings" he sounds like a parental figure trying to run it all to me - Buddhism is one of the worst religions because it's trying to pretend it's not a religion.

And I can go into B&M and buy Buddha busts , paintings etc because Buddha is a religious icon. I will look in vain for busts of Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens because atheism is neither a religion or a belief system.
 
He sat under a tree and became "enlightened" then passed on those "teachings" he sounds like a parental figure trying to run it all to me - Buddhism is one of the worst religions because it's trying to pretend it's not a religion.
Except there is no supernatural divine grace of the Buddha that can give you salvation. It's all based on your own works. I never said it pretends not to be a religion, I said it was an atheist religion in which there is no theos, no God. Following the path explained by Buddha is a matter of personal choice and not some need to conform with society. The only guidance is on the path not the general running of society. I doubt if you have seen many statues or figurines of Gautama the historical Buddha as most of the ones you do see are of Amitabha the Dhyani (meditation) Buddha of Insight as are most of those in Temples in the East. I'm not Buddhist by the way.

I don't see your point regarding relativity. Einstein used logic and maths to derive the forumlas.
 
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No.

Is it possible a being beyond my comprehension created the universe? Yes.

Do I think for even a second some being beyond my comprehension is interested in every single life and how they should live their lives and has created an afterlife of good and bad to send them based on actions? No.

This.
 
Probably a big correlation between a decline in belief in Christianity and decline in moral standards in society. Regardless of beliefs, guiding principles of Christianity are sound - love thy neighbour etc.

Correlation does not equal causation, although statistically speaking there’s a 100% mortality rate amongst people who confuse the two.
 

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