I wish scientists would just make up their mind.

Kracus · Post by **Kracus** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 10:39 am

man, there are so many smart and enlightened people on this board, I can't imagine why they waste their time here. They should be out solving the world's problems.

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:39 am

Rather than stealing cookies from jars?

trythil · Post by **trythil** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 11:58 am

CaTaClYsM wrote:Rather than stealing cookies from jars?

You can't steal cookies from MY jar; it's chmod 700.

Kirbyoto · Post by **Kirbyoto** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:16 pm

Why does this issue keep coming up? I mean, if there is a God, then the worshippers (in their thousands of forms) will get their reward or whatever, and if not they've wasted time and prevented other people from enjoying their life (*cough* overzealous christian groups banning Role-Playing Games and Video Games *cough*). It's not a deal worth flaming about, because then we're all unhappy.

Me? I could believe in God, just not in people. I mean, how hard is it to pay people (Yes, I said PAY! It could happen!) to proclaim you the son of God? I mean, it's not really hard to pass off as a God (and here I'm referring to the Aztecs or Incas on their meeting with the Spaniards), and the only difference between the Bible and any other old religion is that this one's survived. How is Thor fighting giants different than turning wine into water or walking on water or walking on water and turning it into wine? Eh? EH?

Kracus · Post by **Kracus** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 12:37 pm

I make a good apple pie.

Savia · Post by **Savia** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 2:34 pm

Kirbyoto wrote:Why does this issue keep coming up? I mean, if there is a God, then the worshippers (in their thousands of forms) will get their reward or whatever, and if not they've wasted time and prevented other people from enjoying their life (*cough* overzealous christian groups banning Role-Playing Games and Video Games *cough*). It's not a deal worth flaming about, because then we're all unhappy.

Me? I could believe in God, just not in people. I mean, how hard is it to pay people (Yes, I said PAY! It could happen!) to proclaim you the son of God? I mean, it's not really hard to pass off as a God (and here I'm referring to the Aztecs or Incas on their meeting with the Spaniards), and the only difference between the Bible and any other old religion is that this one's survived. How is Thor fighting giants different than turning wine into water or walking on water or walking on water and turning it into wine? Eh? EH?

As an aside:

"People obsess over an incident of turning water into wine as a mircale, whilst ignoring the daily miracle of turning sunlight into wine via grapes."

Org Profile · Post by **Otohiko** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 2:46 pm

Here's another aside because I felt like putting one in:

"Technology has achieved a point where we can destroy a precise target at the right time from 1000 miles away, yet we still can't manage to get the trains to run on time. Apparently, this is because something that involves large explosions is far more interesting."

Tab. · Post by **Tab.** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 3:08 pm

chaoticstormbringer wrote:But when it comes to the facts between science and religion... anyone picking religion needs to be laughed at and then trampled over by a milion horses, rolled over by a steamroller and buried in the dirt for a million years, then when aliens dig it up the science people with the ability to be immune to all diseases and live til 600 years can say ahh yes... Stupidus Religionus, a man who believes religion was the way of life and that was how life was created.

believe your religion, but don't expect me to feel sorry for you when you religion people are left on earth while us science people go live in Mars and then move over to another galaxy where we gain friendship with aliens and produce hybrid offspring that later annihilate earth. Meh

reinstated

The spam is pretty damn annoying, especially since I'm still interested in hearning nailz' hybrid catholic buddhism

CaTaClYsM · Post by **CaTaClYsM** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 5:40 pm

Riddle me this. If I came from non'living matter. Why and I cognative of my existence? I should logically be like a machine or a rock rolling down a hill. Only in motion because I'm simply a mass of matter obeying the laws of physics. And if that were the case, I wouldn't be cognative of my existence. However, it is an indesputable fact that I am. So tell me. Why am I?

jonmartensen · Post by **jonmartensen** » Tue Nov 25, 2003 5:47 pm

Since the complexity is beyond our understanding, it must be due to God.