“Basically that God exists and has a plan”.
And we can walk in to 10 churches, temple, mosque tomorrow and everyone will define the plan diferently.â€
Yeah, and that’s why people get so upset when others try to poke holes in their beliefs. This leads to war. So just let people do their thing and get back to shopping, planet earth.
But yeah, if people didn’t believe in God and were all going around with no rules to abide by, I just think it would get ugly. Not necessarily with war, but with a ton of apathy and a decline in progress.
jb – I take serious issue w/ the idea that believers are more level headed. Inquisition anyone? Rightwing nutjobs? I’m an atheist & live an extremely moral existence & am charitable towards others. Religious nutballs tend to think everyone should believe as they do & take strong measures to ensure that.
Washington & Jefferson were agnostic at the very least. G W Bush was an ardent believer & sent infidels to hell right along w/ a bunch of poor xtians who joined the U S Army.
Thanks for that, Jackal. I’m taking that as my cue to chill out for the day!!
pagans are kinda annoying. tho honestly i can’t think of a single person claiming to be a pagan since the 90s
*rob*
OK, before we all get too big for our britches, why doesn’t someone define human will.
When we figure that out our we’ll graduate to the big leagues and work on the will of God.
Where’s DH today?
Also – what potato is best to use for home fries?
“So…what do we all think of Druids and Pagans?”
Don’t forget the buddist
“Basically that God exists and has a plan”.
And we can walk in to 10 churches, temple, mosque tomorrow and everyone will define the plan diferently.â€
Yeah, and that’s why people get so upset when others try to poke holes in their beliefs. This leads to war. So just let people do their thing and get back to shopping, planet earth.
But yeah, if people didn’t believe in God and were all going around with no rules to abide by, I just think it would get ugly. Not necessarily with war, but with a ton of apathy and a decline in progress.
jb – I take serious issue w/ the idea that believers are more level headed. Inquisition anyone? Rightwing nutjobs? I’m an atheist & live an extremely moral existence & am charitable towards others. Religious nutballs tend to think everyone should believe as they do & take strong measures to ensure that.
Washington & Jefferson were agnostic at the very least. G W Bush was an ardent believer & sent infidels to hell right along w/ a bunch of poor xtians who joined the U S Army.
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Though it is possible that a religious would-be suicide might not do it because of faith.