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20 Aug 2008, 2:53 am

"God" by any name is an aspect of our own trinity. In short... it's YOU.

Reading the bible or any other religious/mythological text isn't going to do you much good if you don't understand that.

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20 Aug 2008, 10:24 am

Atheist: God(x) x = 0
Monotheist: God(x) x = 1
Agnostic: God(x) 0 ≤ x ≤ 1
Dualist: God(x) x = ±1
Polytheist: God(x) x > 2

My $.02: God(x) x = 1/0

This is as close as I have come to describing my true beliefs.

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20 Aug 2008, 10:55 am

The character of God that requires total subjugation to his regime or eternal damnation rings pretty close to that of George W. Bush that requires you to accept his version of democracy or be blasted by massive military force. I'm not terribly sure I would agree to worship GWB.

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20 Aug 2008, 2:30 pm

God is...
AWESOME, EVERYTHING and LOVE

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20 Aug 2008, 2:56 pm

Hillsong_Rocks wrote:

God is...
AWESOME, EVERYTHING and LOVE

God is not "everything", at least not the God of the Bible.
He is the Creator and Ruler of all, but is not of the same
essence as the creation.

The belief that "God is everything" is pantheism.

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20 Aug 2008, 3:31 pm

I have considered pantheism before.

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20 Aug 2008, 3:46 pm

Sand wrote:

Gah!

I would never ask you to worship George Dubya Bush! Are you quite alright? Are you not feeling well? :duh:

First of all, don't ever try to worship a fellow human being. Even if his name is Richard Dawkins.

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20 Aug 2008, 3:50 pm

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Richard Dawkins.

Why would someone worship Richard Dawkins?

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20 Aug 2008, 3:55 pm

Phagocyte wrote:

slowmutant wrote:

Richard Dawkins.

Why would someone worship Richard Dawkins?

He is the Atheist Pope! :lol:

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20 Aug 2008, 5:24 pm

slowmutant wrote:

Phagocyte wrote:

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Richard Dawkins.

Why would someone worship Richard Dawkins?

He is the Atheist Pope! :lol:

Yes, he's certainly a prominent atheist. However, I'm far more interested in his evolutionary biology than his atheism.

I should read An Ancestor's Tale, I've been meaning to for ages...

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20 Aug 2008, 5:48 pm

slowmutant wrote:

Phagocyte wrote:

slowmutant wrote:

Richard Dawkins.

Why would someone worship Richard Dawkins?

He is the Atheist Pope! :lol:

Well, if we have to choose between Ratzinger and Dawkins, I think we would have to make a poll.

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20 Aug 2008, 7:38 pm

BTW a Catholic Pope is not be worshipped by the faithful in the same way God is worshipped. He is a very holy man, but a man nonetheless. Even the canonical saints should not be worshipped. Revered, but not worshipped.

God is jealous that way. :wink:

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20 Aug 2008, 9:17 pm

The concept that an all powerful being that knows everything and can do anything can be jealous makes this being a total schmuck. If God is that stupid it is obviously very dangerous and and certainly not worthy of any form of love.

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20 Aug 2008, 9:24 pm

Sand wrote:

or, you know, it's just something that some dumb shroomed up desert nomad made up.

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21 Aug 2008, 4:13 am

skafather84 wrote:

Sand wrote:

or, you know, it's just something that some dumb shroomed up desert nomad made up.

Why is the shroomed up desert nomad the dumb one, would have thought the ones that quoted said psilocybin jockey were the dumb ones and all that followed. Heck I had a friend tripped out and thought he was god, I didnt f*****g believe him

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21 Aug 2008, 4:20 am

mmmm shroooms

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