Asking who created God is like saying what came before the start of the Universe. This is a much more fundamental question IMO.
Printable View
Asking who created God is like saying what came before the start of the Universe. This is a much more fundamental question IMO.
Chuck Norris :oQuote:
Originally Posted by wedge
God wanted 10 days to create the world. Chuck Norris gave him 6.
:p :
That is naive. I'm an atheist too, but I don't think our world would be necessarily better without religion.Quote:
Originally Posted by ioan
It would if religious leaders realise that their beliefs should only govern their own lives and not everyone elses.Quote:
Originally Posted by gloomyDAY
BBC News - Catholic cardinal criticises gay marriages plan
If there was no religion, the twin towers would still be standing and there would be no war in Afghanistan
Or would they? If there was no religion perhaps we'd stop hiding behind religion and be more open about what it's all about, power & control.
Religion is "dying hard"! I don't want to step on anyone’s spirituality. However, there was a time when unexplained natural phenomena and the idea of "causality" were not understood. Our species has evolved. We don't need human sacrifice to appease a rain god to ensure our corn will grow. And personally I don't need religion to know it is improper to take what belongs to someone else. The only thing I want to say about Jesus (not you Gloo) is; at a time when the Romans were ruling the middle east with an iron fist some Israelites were thinking that this may be a good time for the second coming of god. There were many candidates at the time, most were discarded as phonies, and arguably so was Jesus, because the majority of Israelites did not recognize him as "The One"
I don’t even want to get started on Caesar Constantine's promotion of "The Holy Roman Catholic Church", the justice it meted out to non believers, and intolerance of advances in physical science that the church instituted. What I do believe about jesus is that he was a non-violent revolutionary, and possibly the the first significant one.
Not too sure about that one but best to let it ride for the sake of the thread ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Alcatraz
Please do elaborate!
There probably was a person called Jesus who did some good works, but centuries of handing down stories through the generations has distorted his history to the point where he's taken on an almost Brian like reverence.