17th March 2003, 1:06 AM
Questions? Where? I see me making some statements, a remark, and then one semi-question... :)
Oh, and I read most of LL's post, but there is only so much "I believe fully in a loving god and he loves you and jesus died for our sins etc etc" before I can't take it any more... and that's not much...
Oh, and DJ, I can see why religious people would leave when it goes to "prove". After all, religion requires faith with no proof outside of what the believers see and call "proof"... I mean, there is lots of "proof" of a deity. Miracles, "amazing" things happening, etc. What is most of it? 1) Made up. Very likely. 2) A amazing cooincidence or lucky event. Also common. 3) Nothing special, until made as such by believers. I bet that happens a lot too...
Religion requires blind faith in the impossible. That is a fact. You can try to "deny" it, but you can't... except maybe to you own minds which would be quick to accept things that have better explanations as "proof" of deities... And that (belief in the impossible) isn't something that I can even begin to do or understand why people so readily follow so utterly... I just don't get it...
Oh, and I read most of LL's post, but there is only so much "I believe fully in a loving god and he loves you and jesus died for our sins etc etc" before I can't take it any more... and that's not much...
Oh, and DJ, I can see why religious people would leave when it goes to "prove". After all, religion requires faith with no proof outside of what the believers see and call "proof"... I mean, there is lots of "proof" of a deity. Miracles, "amazing" things happening, etc. What is most of it? 1) Made up. Very likely. 2) A amazing cooincidence or lucky event. Also common. 3) Nothing special, until made as such by believers. I bet that happens a lot too...
Religion requires blind faith in the impossible. That is a fact. You can try to "deny" it, but you can't... except maybe to you own minds which would be quick to accept things that have better explanations as "proof" of deities... And that (belief in the impossible) isn't something that I can even begin to do or understand why people so readily follow so utterly... I just don't get it...