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Old 02-22-2013, 09:14 PM   #41
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This may come back in an extreme manner, but has anyone else ever found that faith is a way to be lazy about seeking an explanation? Like a way to give comfort about giving up.
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Sure seems like some people are quick to jump all over atheists, without much provocation so far in this thread. Pretty defensive actually.
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Old 02-22-2013, 09:16 PM   #44
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*shrug*

I wasn't intimating you were anything in particular. That was a general statement, not a targeted one. I might start intimating stuff pretty quick though, all things considered. *snicker*
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I'd be ok with that.
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Old 02-22-2013, 09:21 PM   #47
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My opinion is that the basis of religion is pretty moronic - there is someone who created man and woman...until evolution is widely accepted and then that was his plan all along. Sort of seems stupid doesn't it... then there is the part of the guy building a big ass boat and saving the planet, parting the red sea, a message directly from god... the big book is filled with crap like that.

If someone can point out an actual miracle that can't be explained by anything other than divine intervention I would be shocked.

It sounds closer to you having hurt feelings more than anything else... not everyone has to agree or even respect your opinion, just your right to have your opinion... look at scientology, I think it is hilariously stupid garbage that is designed to separate people from their money for the sake of the "church" if you want to believe in Xenu, go for it, as long as no one is hurt pray to whoever makes you feel randy about god.
My opinion is man is going to destroy himself and this world with nuclear weapons. I just hope i'm dead when it does happen.
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Photon, these are hilarious.
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My opinion is man is going to destroy himself and this world with nuclear weapons. I just hope i'm dead when it does happen.
Well according to you everyone will be dead when that happens.
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Well according to you everyone will be dead when that happens.
I wouldn't want to be the only person alive after a nuclear holocaust
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Photon, these are hilarious.
I'm trying to build a bridge with self-deprecating humour.

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From the stories above, the Uganda one seems very scary. It's one thing to ignore homosexuals and/or perhaps gays are illegal in some countries due to laws past hundreds of years ago. But to today, in 2013, pass a law that would arrest and kill them? That's scary.

And I also heard that Uganda is a popular destination for missionaries. How did that come about?
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Hahaha! No one to brag to about all the free stuff you got
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Does anyone ever have rapture practice in the backyard? *ducks and runs*

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You can share with all the freaks and monsters. Or be the Omega Man and just kill 'em all.
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From the stories above, the Uganda one seems very scary. It's one thing to ignore homosexuals and/or perhaps gays are illegal in some countries due to laws past hundreds of years ago. But to today, in 2013, pass a law that would arrest and kill them? That's scary.
I watched a short documentary about it a few years ago, it is very scary.

This one http://www.godlovesuganda.com just premiered recently, I would really like to see it.
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This may come back in an extreme manner, but has anyone else ever found that faith is a way to be lazy about seeking an explanation? Like a way to give comfort about giving up.
I find it to be extremely ignorant.

"God did it" is not an answer. With time, everything can be explained with science.

The day we stop searching for answers is the day we stop moving forward as a society, IMO.
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