Zone1 The Great Difficulty Of Being Religious.....

[Trickster]

You give new meaning to the term "useless."


Find somewhere else to post.....I'd rather someone with skin in the game.

But before you go, take notes on the FACTS that I taught you about Darwn's Theory and the Bible, ok, Loki?

You did not post anything, you just copy-pasted an endless row of quotes without context or your own comments and derailed the topic of the thread in the process. The thread is not about evolution and I never mentioned evolution.

 

[PoliticalChic]

You did not post anything, you just copy-pasted an endless row of quotes without context or your own comments and derailed the topic of the thread in the process. The thread is not about evolution and I never mentioned evolution.

You moron......everything I post is linked, documented, and sourced.

It's evident you dropped out of school to join the circus.

 

[PoliticalChic]

You moron......everything I post is linked, documented, and sourced.

It's evident you dropped out of school to join the circus.

I believe I saw your act






(you have a good attitude about these board battles)

 

[alang1216]

The are one and the same.

Or.....which Communists or Nazis or Democrats strand by a policy of capitalism and free markets?

Having you explain economics is like having Dr Kevorkian teaching the Heimlich Maneuver.

You've said some silly things but this takes the cake. The Chinese communists have ruled China for 75 years. Is their economy the same as it was under Mao?

 

[Z99]

And your God allowed that to happen? Why didn't He keep the demons in Hell? Instead, He gave us Hell on Earth, according to your twisted text.

You're an atheist, right?

 

[Z99]

Are your saying that the bibles are literally true.

I've at least accepted that it has allegorical messages to share!

Look, I don't pretend to know and understand the entire Bible but I definitely know it's general story is true. Maybe we should create a thread for that discussion.

 

[Z99]

Can you offer any proof of a god?

Nope, and that's the whole point. Why? I'm not sure but I know God is real and I trust that his plan is a good one.

 

[Meriweather]

Lust is a good emotion. Sexual desire is not something to be ashamed of, it is a very pleasurable experience and it makes no sense for it to be wrong. In fact, repressing it is very bad for you.

Don't be tedious. While you may be legitimately unaware that the Bible, in its original Hebrew, has at least three words for sexual desire ranging from what is right and beautiful to what is undesirable and hurtful, English has definitive meanings as well. For example, are you arguing that a lust that leads to rape is a very pleasurable experience for both? Lust, where one party is used and abused, is nothing to be ashamed of? Repressing the desire to selfishly use and be abusive is very bad?

Is a selfish sexual desire for someone that is at the will and pleasure of one a virtue, or is that a sin in that it misses the mark in that it is not a positive, loving experience for both?

Look at your list and the puny attempt to make virtues out of wrong-doing. Stop the bluster. It's unbecoming. A legitimate gripe, I am happy to discuss, but not sour grapes.

 

[SweetSue92]

It is a fantasy based on magical creatures and miracles

You're pretty old. Remember to hold on to that, right to your dying breath.

Then maybe you'll be put in the ground for worm food.

I mean, that's the worth of a human, right? Just a collection of biological goo, destined to feed worms.

That's YOUR worldview. Own it to the very end.

 

[SweetSue92]

God is sometimes just clumsy, but more often God is just a troll.

This post not deserving of a Taylor Swift Evermore photo

 

[SweetSue92]

All of them.

Lust is a good emotion. Sexual desire is not something to be ashamed of, it is a very pleasurable experience and it makes no sense for it to be wrong. In fact, repressing it is very bad for you.

Gluttony is good too -- enjoying a nice meal at a restaurant is awesome. Indulging in food brings pleasure.

Greed is not bad either. Desiring and consuming material goods is fun. It also offers a good motivation to work hard -- "man, I really want that iPhone. Better save some money." Career and ambition makes life fun.

Sloth seems bad on the surface, but understood in the Christian sense it is just laziness in regards to yiyr duty towards God.

Wrath is not bad either, anger is a reasonable emotion and it is even bad to not be angry if your values are attacked.

Envy in the Christian sense is just about desire making it not a bad thing either.

Pride Is the highest value. Trying to be perfect is an ideal to strive for.



No, I think self-sacrifice is horrible.

You don't have kids, right?

Please tell me you don't have kids.

 

[rightwinger]

You're pretty old. Remember to hold on to that, right to your dying breath.

Then maybe you'll be put in the ground for worm food.

I mean, that's the worth of a human, right? Just a collection of biological goo, destined to feed worms.

That's YOUR worldview. Own it to the very end.

Wrong….I am getting cremated
I don’t want to rot

Like it or not, humans are not special
We are like any other animal
We eat, we sleep, we fuk……we eventually die

 

[SweetSue92]

Wrong….I am getting cremated
I don’t want to rot

Like it or not, humans are not special
We are like any other animal
We eat, we sleep, we fuk……we eventually die

Other animals create art, explore science, write poetry, contemplate their existence?

Who knew

 

[Trickster]

Don't be tedious. While you may be legitimately unaware that the Bible, in its original Hebrew, has at least three words for sexual desire ranging from what is right and beautiful to what is undesirable and hurtful, English has definitive meanings as well. For example, are you arguing that a lust that leads to rape is a very pleasurable experience for both? Lust, where one party is used and abused, is nothing to be ashamed of? Repressing the desire to selfishly use and be abusive is very bad?

Now you are just trying to obfuscate with this "translation excuse" religious people always use. Lust in the Biblical sense refers to "intense sexual desire" as something bad because it leads to other"bad things" like "fornication" (gasp).

The Abrahamic faiths just hate sex.

Is a selfish sexual desire for someone that is at the will and pleasure of one a virtue, or is that a sin in that it misses the mark in that it is not a positive, loving experience for both?

Then why didn't God just say rape is a capital sin? No. "He" listed "lust" as one because desire and pleasure are bad because Christianity wants you to be miserable.

Look at your list and the puny attempt to make virtues out of wrong-doing. Stop the bluster. It's unbecoming. A legitimate gripe, I am happy to discuss, but not sour grapes.

There is no wrong in anu of them.

 

[Trickster]

This post not deserving of a Taylor Swift Evermore photo

Don't bring the only real Goddess into this.

 

[Trickster]

You don't have kids, right?

Please tell me you don't have kids.

"Won't somebody please think of the children?"

 

[SweetSue92]

Don't bring the only real Goddess into this.

Okay well, I was worried someone just thought it was a pretty photo and had no idea who it was....

Goddess, no. Musician Extraordinaire, yes. Just listened to TTPD straight through on a long drive recently. It is impossible to overrate that album. There's no scale for how good it is. If you know, you know

 

[Trickster]

Okay well, I was worried someone just thought it was a pretty photo and had no idea who it was....

THat would be slanderous, not to say blasphemous.

Goddess, no. Musician Extraordinaire, yes. Just listened to TTPD straight through on a long drive recently. It is impossible to overrate that album. There's no scale for how good it is. If you know, you know

I am so glad to find another Swiftie here.

 

[rightwinger]

Other animals create art, explore science, write poetry, contemplate their existence?

Who knew

Keeps us occupied
Other animals do things to amuse themselves during the day.

They do not spend time worrying about pleasing some magical creature in the sky.

 

[SweetSue92]

"Won't somebody please think of the children?"

Directly related to your comment about self-sacrifice. You don't have to think of the children; just don't have them if you have this mindset.