Where did GOD come from?(click here)

[Moderator]

On da real... I'm gonna pray to my lost homeboys tonight to come back from the dead and tell me what the fuck the deal is with God....

 

[Daeo]

"SECOND.YOU LIKE ANALOGIES?GOD IS LIKE SANTA CLAUS,PEOPLE INVENTED HIM TO FEEL BETTER ABOUT THEMSELVES AND HUMAN NATURE. "

That is not a very good analogy because you can trace the origins of Santa Claus and how he came to be made up. Santa Claus is not real and that can be proved. Can you prove that God is not real?

Actually Santa Claus is based on a real person. Plus he gives me toys every Dec 25...

 

[GinNJuice]

Not believing in God is just stupid!

Well, ..... I try to keep an open-mind about most things, if I agree with them or not. (for example, I don't agree with male homosexuality, though, I don't think it is 'moraly wrong' as the bible suggests)

Faith is a very powerful thing, or should I say that I belive in the power of faith.

However, when someone basis thier beliefs on faith (not just on religous matters), they have lost all objectivity, which is unfortunate.

Those with religous faith can not be objective on the subject, nor can those with atheistic faith...... only agnostics retain thier objectivity.


A much more interesting subject to debate is morality

 

[Wraith]

its to prove a point that the righteous prevail and the evil and immoral fucks dont. End of story.

If only that were true, if only.

 

[Wfabrizio]

I don't think that there is one story in the bible that is believable. If you've read the old testament then you know that God supported genocide, child killing, terrorism and mayhem. God in the old testament was a very cruel and punishing figure. Most of the stories are simply ridiculous, such as the story of Job, burning bush, etc.

Then in the new testament we have a whole new God and his son Jesus that seem to have gone to a hippie commune and returned with new insight.

Anyways, using the bible as a guide is one thing, but people who hold it as 100% truth and divine knowledge are naive.

 

[dude]

"Those with religous faith can not be objective on the subject, nor can those with atheistic faith...... only agnostics retain thier objectivity. "

That is why when you discuss, debate, or philosophize about whether God exists or not you must take an agnostic view on the matter. That way there will be no biased opinions and you can logically think about it.

 

[Burning_Inside]

Listen, these debates get no one anywhere. No one's going to convince anyone that their beliefs are wrong. If you want to know if god exists bad enough, kill yourself and find out.

 

[GinNJuice]

"Those with religous faith can not be objective on the subject, nor can those with atheistic faith...... only agnostics retain thier objectivity. "

That is why when you discuss, debate, or philosophize about whether God exists or not you must take an agnostic view on the matter. That way there will be no biased opinions and you can logically think about it.

Thank you, that is one of the points I was trying to convey. However as Burning_Inside states.... "No one's going to convince anyone that thier beliefs are wrong" ... because most are blinded by their faith.

 

[Steroid_Virgin]

if god created all, then god is all, he has existed forever, and will exist for ever... now, do you want to go to heaven or hell?

 

[Big Johnson]

dude...i'm lmao, that is the most ridiculous analogy i have ever read. Using analogy to make an argument just shows that you cannot successfully explain the original premise. I am wondering if anyone of the "god believers" here believe in Zeus, or maybe Osiris, or any other of the almost infinite number of gods created by man throughout history?? If not, why not...they are much older than your "jesus". I think most so called devout individuals would laugh at someone who professed to believe that Zeus was their god and lived on mt. olympus hurling "thunderbolts". Do you not realize that people once believed in these gods as strongly as you do yours, whatever one that may be. It kind of makes it seem silly if you really think about it.

I hope Slugo doesn't read this...he's a catholic priest. We'll know what happened if we hear that tell-tale, "Oooo oooooooo."

You, my friend, are enlightened. I agree with your broad-minded hypothesis. You obviously have the ability to think beyond the scope of your time, your culture, and your existence Props.