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Understanding Religion

zyzygy said:
Religion is easy to understand. It's on a par with understanding why children believe in Santa Claus.
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Don't think comedy writing isn't your shtick ziggy.
 
devildavid said:
This post reveals that you have no interest in dialogue with those who reject religion for perfectly logical, rational reasons. You label them all incorrectly as "mockers and hecklers and haters" who in your view need to open their minds to a deeper understanding of religion that apparently only those such as yourself possess. So rather than having a sincere desire to engage in dialogue you insist on enlightening those who have apparently (from lack of responses here) no interest in your view of enlightenment. But you knew that already and this entire thread is nothing but a display of peacock feathers.
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I'm ready.
 
PTF said:
Don't think comedy writing isn't your shtick ziggy.
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It was not an attempt to write comedy. An imaginary being is an imaginary being.
 
zyzygy said:
It was not an attempt to write comedy. An imaginary being is an imaginary being.
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Let me ask you a question...
How did man get here on this planet and who created all of this ?
 
Elvira said:
Unlike you, I talk about what I know...Christianity...
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Well, you think you know the JW version of it. Now, if you can only discuss the issues without a cut/paste from the JW web site... and be able to use your own words. THen, maybe you can give a better impression.
 
devildavid said:
This post reveals that you have no interest in dialogue with those who reject religion for perfectly logical, rational reasons. You label them all incorrectly as "mockers and hecklers and haters" who in your view need to open their minds to a deeper understanding of religion that apparently only those such as yourself possess. So rather than having a sincere desire to engage in dialogue you insist on enlightening those who have apparently (from lack of responses here) no interest in your view of enlightenment. But you knew that already and this entire thread is nothing but a display of peacock feathers.
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His labeling is correct..."mockers and hecklers and haters"...which is why anyone of faith has no desire to to have dialogue with such...
 
Elvira said:
His labeling is correct..."mockers and hecklers and haters"...which is why anyone of faith has no desire to to have dialogue with such...
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His labeling is incorrect, and it was done prior to anyone doing what he accused them of. His labeling is prejudicial and is the very thing believers accuse non-believers of being.
 
Just one more, only a few minutes in duration.

 
RAMOSS said:
Well, you think you know the JW version of it. Now, if you can only discuss the issues without a cut/paste from the JW web site... and be able to use your own words. THen, maybe you can give a better impression.
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This from the guy who, when I tried to discuss something in my own words my own way, demanded some kind of internet link. From this we learn: there's nothing that will make Ramoss happy.
 
devildavid said:
His labeling is incorrect, and it was done prior to anyone doing what he accused them of. His labeling is prejudicial and is the very thing believers accuse non-believers of being.
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Anyone who has been around here for any length of time, which he has, knows who mocks and heckles and hates...it's not that hard to detect...
 
it's just me said:
This from the guy who, when I tried to discuss something in my own words my own way, demanded some kind of internet link. From this we learn: there's nothing that will make Ramoss happy.
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True dat...LM said as much in a different post awhile back...
 
I ask one question of any religion, Do they raise money by any means? If so they have a reason to piss on your leg and say it's raining.

I much prefer private faith in god(s).
 
Elvira said:
His labeling is correct..."mockers and hecklers and haters"...which is why anyone of faith has no desire to to have dialogue with such...
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Why are you here, freeding in your won little dose to the mix?
 
I expect to be jumped on by a friendly neighborhood atheist after the question I asked. The weekend is over and nothing.
Oh...I got one...
Who created all the summer flowers in its abundance of color ?
 
PTF said:
I'm ready.
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Religion is not about any of these specific beliefs. It is generally an attempt to seek what is called various things: truth, enlightenment, nirvana, transcendence, god, ultimate reality, purpose, etc. It is a quest to tap something mystical in the universe in order to answer questions that really have no answer. Why are we here? What is our purpose? So instead of accepting that there are no real answers to these questions, man creates religion as a means to pursue the answers that lie in some mysterious state that can be achieved through various beliefs and rituals. Religion is a symptom of man's dissatisfaction with its physical limitations, mainly the fact that we are finite and we all eventually cease to exist.
 
PTF said:
I expect to be jumped on by a friendly neighborhood atheist after the question I asked. The weekend is over and nothing.
Oh...I got one...
Who created all the summer flowers in its abundance of color ?
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Why do you think there is a 'who' that did that? That is the logical fallacy known as 'begging the question'.
 
PTF said:
I expect to be jumped on by a friendly neighborhood atheist after the question I asked. The weekend is over and nothing.
Oh...I got one...
Who created all the summer flowers in its abundance of color ?
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Their.
 
A few of those most in need of religious understanding have arrived. Hallelujah!
 
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