afrawfraw
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Maybe the voice is from the 11th dimension?
afrawfraw
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AGAIN, I don't have a personal vendetta against religion, I just won't accept "That's the way it is" without scientific evidence...
Emotions can be conveyed as ignorantly as the people who feel them...
Common ideas can be wrong...
And the more I frustrate someone with questions, the less they tend to know...
Emotions can be conveyed as ignorantly as the people who feel them...
Common ideas can be wrong...
And the more I frustrate someone with questions, the less they tend to know...
afrawfraw
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Keenly2
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most people who know me know that i cant stand religion, i despise it and i hate the zombie ness of it
spread the disease to infect others and spread and spread and spread
no offense of course, merely an analogy
but hear me out
2 days ago my mom told me her friend, from church, would change my brakes for 20 bucks, and being a computer person and not a car person, i was down for that deal
now im thinking to myself, alright, moms church friend... going to take the weed shit out of my car throw in some eyedrops as not to embarass my mom
so i get there, the dude looks like a biker kind of a guy
told him i was going to walk to jack in the box and asked if he wanted anything (tacos, same thing i was getting cause they are BOMB)
He said "you got the munchies dont you"
which lead to a conversation about herb, which lead to a conversation about his past
this dude, who i just met for the first time, was telling me how you used to make and sell meth, and the people who wouldnt pay him on time or enough money, he would go into their houses, duct tape them up, and rob them blind
then he "found god" and now is a "normal" functioning (although unemployed) member of society
and it made me realize that, certain people NEED religion in their lives, for many different reasons, and as long as they are reasonable and rational about their religions i am perfectly capable of accepting and respecting some ones beliefs
random story
spread the disease to infect others and spread and spread and spread
no offense of course, merely an analogy
but hear me out
2 days ago my mom told me her friend, from church, would change my brakes for 20 bucks, and being a computer person and not a car person, i was down for that deal
now im thinking to myself, alright, moms church friend... going to take the weed shit out of my car throw in some eyedrops as not to embarass my mom
so i get there, the dude looks like a biker kind of a guy
told him i was going to walk to jack in the box and asked if he wanted anything (tacos, same thing i was getting cause they are BOMB)
He said "you got the munchies dont you"
which lead to a conversation about herb, which lead to a conversation about his past
this dude, who i just met for the first time, was telling me how you used to make and sell meth, and the people who wouldnt pay him on time or enough money, he would go into their houses, duct tape them up, and rob them blind
then he "found god" and now is a "normal" functioning (although unemployed) member of society
and it made me realize that, certain people NEED religion in their lives, for many different reasons, and as long as they are reasonable and rational about their religions i am perfectly capable of accepting and respecting some ones beliefs
random story
Padawanbater2
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Agreed.
That is the first step.
I think almost every atheist would agree with what bothers us about religion. How they try to impose what they think is right upon the rest of us, even if we don't believe. Then come up with bullshit reasons as to why they think that's justified, like the majority rule, and propose outrageous claims that can't be falsified and expect free passes through society...
But if it makes someone a better person, then obviously that is a good thing.
legalizeitcanada
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mindphuk
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You hear stories like that in AA and NA too. It really is a shame that people have to be beholden to an imaginary being in order to turn their life around. It is also unfortunate that stories like this also give ammunition to the theists that somehow think of this as evidence for the truth of their religion.
mindphuk
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Or 9 depending on which specific hypothesis you are following. Of course loop quantum gravity (LQG) does not require the extra dimensions so the original question should have specified currently considered in what specific GUT hypothesis.
legalizeitcanada
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They may need it but it is a placebo, once again, god isn't helping this person stop being a dick, he just realized, wanted to change his life and used the church as a crutch, which is great and all, whatever peels your banana, but....that being said, it's not always so......another little story......when I was born I was born Presbyterian.....as a child my mother would read me stories outa the big bible for kids......not that she was super religious in a mainstream fashion.....but read them to us as bedtime stories.....i was never baptized......during 5th and 6th grade, I attended a catholic school......my mom decided she wanted to have me baptized and converted to the catholic faith....not sure why...but....she called the head preist at the school and aksed him how she could accomplish this......it should be said that my mom didn't and doesn't make a ton of coin and at she was a single parent supporting three open mouths.......the priest basically told here that she had to convert her faith.....she had to take off work and attend his church every Sunday for the next two years without miss and had to give 10% of her paycheck to the church....WTF?....what kind of ambassador for god would put these expectations on a struggling parent......i remember this clear as day, she let the priest have it, after that school year I went back to the public system...so much for loving all of Gods creatures...since then I have been free of any religious bounds, I am not atheist but definitely agnostic, I do not believe in god as talked about by many on this thread, but do believe in energy,mother earth and the cosmos. I can only assume there are higher beings than ourselves but as for being the creator and expecting trivial monetary and time contributions from followers......i think not.....what does god need money and followers for unless he's a greedy prick with low self esteem.
Padawanbater2
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I agree with that too. That shit is a damn shame. I wish people could be strong enough on their own to just fix the shit that's going south in their life. The first step is taking responsibility for your own actions, which might be the problem... The first thing religion does is shift the blame...
legalizeitcanada
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have you seen the latest stevie hawkin docu....the theroy of everything.....quite interesting......check it out! Great docu
legalizeitcanada
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legalizeitcanada
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hey....thats the dude from Rosanne.....uh david.....lol......what show is this never seen it before.....pretty funny though
Turning brown into green
Member
This is the best summation I have heard in this entire thread.
legalizeitcanada
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what is ??
mindphuk
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The show is called The Big Bang Theory on CBS