Noah's Arc

[Flip McWho]

Yeah. It is a rather crazy way to think of it.

"could it be part of GODs plan to test our souls to see if we are made of love or hate?"

In that case the majority of us has failed.

[Docfeelgood]

In that case the majority of us has failed.

If that is the case then it saddens me


That may be what hell is........
to find out you were wrong.

Hard to go through eternity knowing you were wrong and as punishment GOD will not have anything to do with you.
Knowing that GOD is there and not able to communicate with the creater.



........something to think about

[Flip McWho]

Eh I have a cynical view on human nature. I mean you look around and see quite a lot of hate around.

"Hard to go through eternity knowing you were wrong and as punishment GOD will not have anything to do with you."

Thats not particulary fair. Eternity is a rather long time after all. Why should you be punished for eternity for some ignorance you showed in 80 years of life?

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Docfeelgood
I can only hope that most of you keep a open mind about this and go looking for your GOD in your own way that will make you comfortable.

If you actively out looking for a god of some sort, it will require you to have at least a predisposition towards believing in a god, if not some sort of outright belief.

A bit skewed in the worldview, wouldn't you say?

[Kropotkin]

Docfeelgood: Yes, I do believe you when you say that quite a few atheists turns to belief in their final moments. But is that really a solid argument for anything? They are scared and do not want to take any chances. Is that any basis for true faith? It's more game theory as I see it.

[Flip McWho]

Yes who's that guy that made that argument that its rationally prudent to believe in God. However I think his argument was proved to be invalid or something. But it makes you think.

[Urban Ranger]

Flip,

That's Pascal's Wager. It was shown to be invalid because there are many religions in the world.

[Flip McWho]

Thats right. I remember now. We passed over him in a paper I did at the beginning of last year when we were arguing about the existence of God.

"If you actively out looking for a god of some sort, it will require you to have at least a predisposition towards believing in a god, if not some sort of outright belief."

Thats somewhat true.

[Flip McWho]

Goddamn it finally happened to me. I got a double post.

[Kropotkin]

Was it as good as you dreamed of it to be?

[Flip McWho]

Surprisingly so.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Flip McWho
Thats right. I remember now. We passed over him in a paper I did at the beginning of last year when we were arguing about the existence of God.

Cool.

I remember the first humanities paper I did as a university student was an analysis of C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity. I tore it apart, and got an A for it

[Docfeelgood]

They are scared and do not want to take any chances

If they are so sure that there is no GOD then why be scared?

If there is dout then they acknowlege the fact that there may be a GOD.

If there beliefe in no GOD is as strong as my beliefe that there is a GOD then they should stay mute or honostly admitt that there may be a GOD.



I think people who don't believe are just looking for attention when the topic comes up.
A shock value you could say.
Something to argue about and to stand out from the norm.
Deep down in there heart they know that the possabilty is there.


its all a choice.
I don't have all the anwers but if you could see all of what I have seen it just might change your mind.

Going through life knowing that there is a GOD does make it more plesant and enjoyable

I look forward to meeting our creator.

I gotta lOOOOOng list of questions

[Agathon]

Why do people need to believe in a God? I get by without any such belief. I've just accepted that human beings are incapable of ever coming to an answer about most things. But why worry about things you can't control?

[Flip McWho]

Aye Agathon is right. People don't need God.