Crazy Monday Poll - A serious one

[bennymacca]

But I can accept the idea of a higher power if there were some actual proof. So I can definitely see the idea of A god, I don't believe in anything atm though.

this is kinda the point, there, by definition, isn't real proof really.

christians will say that the bible is proof, but really, the gospels were written around 80 years after jesus died, its not even first hand accounts that we read about now.

but i think there are always questions that have no possible scientific answer or proof.

[Swanky]

Nice work old-man daryl. There's no way this WON'T turn into an argument.

I don't think it will if we approach this objectively and with respect to one another.
I have 5 pages from a God fearing nation's forum that proves that, if we keep things civil.

And benny the cunt, you have done just that and you have posed questions that will do anyone's head in! And I like it.
and so far the results from both polls are quite startling. I'll fill you in on the result from the other site in about a week or so, so we can compare the answers. This topic interests me no end. And will state now the interest comes from the book I'm reading at the moment, The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. I am an Athiest, but trust me, if God comes down and buys me a drink at the Louisiana Tavern on Monday and get's my cards stamped, I will believe

[bennymacca]

richard dawkins is a massive tool. as big a tool as the creationists from the mid south.

both as bad as one another.

And benny the cunt, you have done just that and you have posed questions that will do anyone's head in! And I like it.

i have actually thought about this for quite some time. and i think about it quite a lot. well at least when i am not thinking about poker

[rcon]

i have actually thought about this for quite some time. and i think about it quite a lot.

level 3 thinking?

[bennymacca]

for those that don't know much about the history of religion (way before jesus and muhammad), it basically came about as a way of explaining the world.

it was basically the early version of science/philosophy

for instance: how did the sun/planets get there? well we have no idea, someone must have put them there. who? i dunno, some almighty dude that we cannot possibly understand. surely they were put there for us, and we can see that they rotate, so they must rotate around the earth.

another example: what happens when we die? surely we are important enough to not just rot in the ground? well, there must be somewhere that we go after we die. i.e heaven.

science gradually explains some of these questions, like how the planets formed.
but the second question, how can science possibly answer that? its not possible.

[Swanky]

Is every living creature destined for something after death??

[bennymacca]

Is every living creature destined for something after death??

no, humans are inherently egotistical, and we think that we are better than the rest of the animal kingdom.

well aren't we? we are by far the smartest species out there.

[muzzington]

for those that don't know much about the history of religion (way before jesus and muhammad), it basically came about as a way of explaining the world.

it was basically the early version of science/philosophy

for instance: how did the sun/planets get there? well we have no idea, someone must have put them there. who? i dunno, some almighty dude that we cannot possibly understand. surely they were put there for us, and we can see that they rotate, so they must rotate around the earth.

another example: what happens when we die? surely we are important enough to not just rot in the ground? well, there must be somewhere that we go after we die. i.e heaven.

science gradually explains some of these questions, like how the planets formed.
but the second question, how can science possibly answer that? its not possible.

Some things aren't meant to be answered, not yet at least, and not by us.

[bennymacca]

Some things aren't meant to be answered, not yet at least, and not by us.

this i agree with. and this is where there is scope for religion

[Swanky]

One of the guys at the other place posted this.



I liked it.