8th April 2003, 1:26 PM
Oh, and another thing I just thought of. I'm not sure how comforting religion seems, but it's not exactly soothing to think that the majority of my friends are going to an eternal hell.
I thought you didn't believe in hell; who was that if it wasn't you? One of you said the pagans invented hell.
What about starwars? The Jedis had a afterlife and also triumped over darkness.
So now all movies and stories wherein the good guys beat the bad guys (veritably EVERY SINGLE STORY EVER WRITTEN, in other words) is a religious analogy. I see.
Security Blanket maybe you could call it that but atleast we have somthing to believe in.
That last line makes your argument seem as if just believing in something is dandy just for the sake of it, regardless of whether or not it's true. Come on now, you don't mean that. That's not much of a defense.
Just since you're so keen on facts, ABF, I would like to point out that thoughts and emotions have been shown to affect the chemistry of the brain, but have never been found to reside in the brain or anywhere else.
Your sarcastically slandering his supporting of facts by bringing up something like that? If thoughts have never been seen the reside in the brain is a fact, then the fact that no one has ever seen a soul nor seen proof of it's existence is just as good of one.
I thought you didn't believe in hell; who was that if it wasn't you? One of you said the pagans invented hell.
What about starwars? The Jedis had a afterlife and also triumped over darkness.
So now all movies and stories wherein the good guys beat the bad guys (veritably EVERY SINGLE STORY EVER WRITTEN, in other words) is a religious analogy. I see.
Security Blanket maybe you could call it that but atleast we have somthing to believe in.
That last line makes your argument seem as if just believing in something is dandy just for the sake of it, regardless of whether or not it's true. Come on now, you don't mean that. That's not much of a defense.
Just since you're so keen on facts, ABF, I would like to point out that thoughts and emotions have been shown to affect the chemistry of the brain, but have never been found to reside in the brain or anywhere else.
Your sarcastically slandering his supporting of facts by bringing up something like that? If thoughts have never been seen the reside in the brain is a fact, then the fact that no one has ever seen a soul nor seen proof of it's existence is just as good of one.
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