Is there a GOD?

[CanOz]

Christianity has spread from its beginnings to cultures who either had no Christian background or in fact, opposing views. Rome for one. The rest of Europe. South America and now China for goodness sakes!!!

Why did they all believe? Because they bowed down before the white man who told them? Give me a break.
No because it made sense to them! They changed their conditioned views 180 degrees.

Maybe because it seemed peaceful to them.....

I doubt that there have been to many Buddhists change to Christianity, but i could be wrong. Both are ok religions in my view. If i had to choose one i would likely choose Buddhism...

 

[drsmith]

God in a religious context is what I would regard as something of our own creation to deal with an issue of self awareness. This is the difficulty in coming to terms with our individual physical mortality.

The more practical question is where we are on the scale of life in the universe.

 

[Ruby]

Christianity has spread from its beginnings to cultures who either had no Christian background or in fact, opposing views. Rome for one. The rest of Europe. South America and now China for goodness sakes!!!

Why did they all believe? Because they bowed down before the white man who told them? Give me a break.
No because it made sense to them! They changed their conditioned views 180 degrees.

In many cases it was simply a transferral of allegiance from one god, or one set of gods, to another. Fear can be quite persuasive! So also could white men arriving in boats and aeroplanes with beads and mirrors. Please don't give me the "it made sense" line - the people you are talking about were for the most part illiterate and were quite unable to apply any powers of reasoning. Read some history.

 

[pixel]

God in a religious context is what I would regard as something of our own creation to deal with an issue of self awareness. This is the difficulty in coming to terms with our individual physical mortality.

The more practical question is where we are on the scale of life in the universe.

For starters: Which god are we talking about?
Allah, Bastet, Christ, Demeter, Eros, Frigga, Ganesh, Hermes, Ishtar, Jupiter, Kali, Lakshmi, Manitou, Nut, Osiris, Ptah, Quetzal, Rainbow Serpent, Saturn, Thor, Uranus, Venus, Wotan, Xenu, Yahwe, Zeus.

It seems that in early human history, each tribe invented their own - "created a god in their own image" as it were. Are they all a particular aspect of the same superior being? Or are they all figments of ancient rulers' imagination? The latter must be the most probable, but I don't know for sure. Well, in the case of L.Ron Hubbard's Xenu, I am pretty sure.

Soon enough it will become a non-question.

 

[Sean K]

I find it incredible that anyone on this forum would have voted yes.

Are humans still so stupid to believe in these myths designed to explain the unexplainable?

 

[Tink]

50/50 on the polls, Kennas, or thereabouts.

We could say the same thing.

 

[Julia]

Do we really need the revival of yet another old religion thread?

 

[SirRumpole]

Do we really need the revival of yet another old religion thread?

NO.

 

[Logique]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/god-knocked-unconscious-by-directtv-satellite,36752/
God Knocked Unconscious By DirectTV Satellite
NEWS IN BRIEF • God • News • ISSUE 50•33 • Aug 22, 2014

THE HEAVENS - Noting that He was a little shaken but would be all right, sources confirmed Friday that the Lord God Almighty, Our Heavenly Father, was struck by a DirecTV satellite approximately 22,000 miles above earth, rendering Him unconscious for several minutes.

“Whoa! How long was I out?” God said to a host of concerned seraphim, moments after the four-ton satellite impacted near His right temple while traveling at roughly 6,900 miles per hour. “Man, I must have let My mind wander””that thing really came out of nowhere. I didn’t see it at all.”

As of press time, Heavenly sources confirmed that the deity had fully returned to omniscience.

 

[pixel]

If there were an omniscient and omnipotent God, it would definitely have been an insignificantly trivial miracle for Her to correct the misspelling of "EXISTENCE" in each of the Poll questions.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=existance

 

[Calliope]

There is only one God that I pay homage to, and that is Bacchus...several time daily.

 

[Wysiwyg]

Some of you have also brought up religion... I identify as agnostic and a nihilist. I don't really know if there is a god or not. I do however feel inclined to believe that there is no inherent objective meaning to anything. Some people find this belief disturbing but I think that if you can confront the abyss/void and accept it, it can be quite liberating.

Well the 'life' objective is too sustain, continue, survive, exist etc. so there is an objective but for human mind there is no known "meaning" hence the seeking/explanation (or indoctrination in many cases) of a meaning to it all. Science and religion - one revealing substance, the other perpetuating imagination (belief before substance). Belief can stretch a long way from "what is" and belief with no substance to offer is a lie of the highest order.

What do you 'think'?

 

[explod]

Well the 'life' objective is too sustain, continue, survive, exist etc. so there is an objective but for human mind there is no known "meaning" hence the seeking/explanation (or indoctrination in many cases) of a meaning to it all. Science and religion - one revealing substance, the other perpetuating imagination (belief before substance). Belief can stretch a long way from "what is" and belief with no substance to offer is a lie of the highest order.

What do you 'think'?

Pretty well said

A system of control that plays with minds unable to find their own way because they were not taught to think for themselves in the beginning.

And perhaps "taught" may be at error too. Allowed to think freely for themselves perhaps.

 

[Tink]

So you don't think we need the police and the army -- no laws.

No justice system.

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Plenty of indoctrination going on in those public schools that are coming out that they can't even read, write or add up.

https://www.aussiestockforums.com/f...t=25851&page=6&p=903407&viewfull=1#post903407

 

[Tisme]

http://thegoodlordabove.com/god-finally-releases-bible-2/

Hey God it's been 2000 years