God


There is no God.

Not that it really matters, because devoting huge amounts of time and energy to justify beliefs in things which are palpably untrue has always been humanity's favourite activity and will probably continue to be so.
 
Yes and no.

Taoist, so do believe that there is something incredibly powerful within the fabric of the universe itself, but it isn't sentient and doesn't want a relationship with us. I have said for years that if I die and there is a god, I won't be the one with any explaining to do.
Taoism is very close to my take and explanation of the universe.
 
Funded by the church I'm afraid.
Faith schools are but the primary mine goes to isn't and they have to have some form of mandated worship each day and it is disgusting this is in schools imo.
I just wish if they were covering fairytales they would add in leprechauns, fairies and the like not just the miserable bloke in the sky who gets upset about all sorts of random shit
 
Nah it's all interesting. This thread is about God, doesn't dictate it being a Christian god for example so makes it more interesting to explore others.

Can't say I have a huge amount of knowledge on the religion but I have read bits and bobs about it here and there and know a couple of people who are Hindus (though no idea which part they follow).

I was watching a history documentary, think it was about India and they went into a bit of depth about it on there and was pretty interesting.
I think Hinduism in its practice can be compared to Humanistic Psychology with the aim to experience Self Actualisation/Self Realisation. Buddhist philosophy is similar in nature to Cognitive Psychology but there are so many schools belonging to both. Taoism is also similar. I suppose Catholic belief is more akin to Freudian theory with so much emphasis on sin, sex and guilt. ;)
 
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Is there a God in the sense of how the bible and church teaches us - categorically not. The God the church want us to believe in is a construct designed to bring power to the church and assist (in historic times) in the control of the masses under the pay of whichever monarch or government is relevant.

From a theological perspective, it cant be ruled out as there is no scientific evidence either way.
 
Scraping the barrel here like. The "god/Religion" topic being wheeled out once again haha

Next week, Aliens.
But do you not think there maybe some new people to the board whose wisdom and sensible point of view (or pure sh**e) have not been heard before so it adds something to the discussion, besides there are only so many discussion topics in the whole world
 
There is no God.

Not that it really matters, because devoting huge amounts of time and energy to justify beliefs in things which are palpably untrue has always been humanity's favourite activity and will probably continue to be so.
I feel the same about the Multiverse Theory that has no evidence whatsoever. People listen in awe and wonder at the logic as the priests of science replace the priests of religion.

Here's to the new boss...same as the old boss.

Science frees us from the fear inherent in religion to control us they say.

We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried, most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad-Gita. Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and to impress him takes on his multi-armed form and says, “Now, I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” I suppose we all thought that one way or another.

So appropriate that Oppenheimer thought of Krishna and the Gita.
 
Do you really believe that over the last few millennia the thought of going to hell has stopped people committing atrocities?
Didn't even stop some of the Pope's or Mother Theresa why would it stop anyone else. Maybe Mother Theresa didn’t exactly commit atrocities but according to some she is a wee sh**e
 
From a theological perspective, it cant be ruled out as there is no scientific evidence either way.

But it doesn't mean the odds are 50/50. Because the same is true for absolutely anything else you could make up.

Should we seriously consider hobbits exist? No
Should we entertain the possibility that dementors exist? No
What about Zeus, Poseidon and Athena? No

The starting point is that such things do not exist. Until some evidence is provided there is absolutely no reason to move from that position.
Doing so is silly, irrational, almost always expensive to varying degrees and a huge waste of our valuable time.
 
But it doesn't mean the odds are 50/50. Because the same is true for absolutely anything else you could make up.

Should we seriously consider hobbits exist? No
Aw haway man.
Are you really telling me Bilbo, Frodo and Samwise aren't real? I saw them on that Documentary Lord of the Rings man.

No God, fair enough. Only seen actors do that on telly, but Hobbits? REALLY?
NAH.
 
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Aw haway man.
Are you really telling me Bilbo, Frodo and Samwise aren't real? I saw them on that Documentary Lord of the Rings man.

No God, fair enough. Only seen actors do that on telly, but Hobbits? REALLY?
NAH.
Homo floresiensis was very short compared to the average modern human, standing at about 1.05 metres tall. This is what earned Homo floresiensis its nickname 'the hobbit', after a fictional group of short, human-like creatures created by author J R R Tolkien.


Definitely were real once upon a time in a faraway land. Obviously Tolkien knew about this sub species.
Kent should be ashamed of himself.
 
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Is there a God in the sense of how the bible and church teaches us - categorically not. The God the church want us to believe in is a construct designed to bring power to the church and assist (in historic times) in the control of the masses under the pay of whichever monarch or government is relevant.

From a theological perspective, it cant be ruled out as there is no scientific evidence either way.

Evidence of what ?
 
Homo floresiensis was very short compared to the average modern human, standing at about 1.05 metres tall. This is what earned Homo floresiensis its nickname 'the hobbit', after a fictional group of short, human-like creatures created by author J R R Tolkien.


Definitely were real once upon a time in a faraway land. Obviously Tolkien knew about this sub species.
Kent should be ashamed of himself.
I hang my head accordingly and apologise....
 
Nope total atheist. I was brought up Catholic and think tho I am culturally Catholic if that makes sense, love a cathedral, lives of the saints, cross myself sometimes in a sort of superstitious way, the way some people don't walk under ladders, but don't believe any of it.
This is exactly like me
 

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