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As Above, So Below - the religion thread (formerly: People of California, beware)

Off Topic » As Above, So Below - the religion thread (formerly: People of California, beware) (Posts 1561 to 1590 of 1859)

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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 5th 2014
    Yeah, okay. You've... really lost me now. I'm out...
  2. I had nothing to do with Deepak Chopra. I never really heard of him, BTW biggrin
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 5th 2014
    You should. You'll probably like him. wink
  4. Read on him on Wikipedia. I won't like him. biggrin

    Say what you want about Christianity, but the basic concept of it is very coherent, much more than whatever Chopra tries to discuss.

    And being religious doesn't warrant nor explain creationism. I also disagree with your notion that religion still has to "explain" anything. Not since Nietzsche. The "God is dead" argument is precisely about that. Some religious thought actually did take note.
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 5th 2014
    Er...what? confused
  6. The basic concept of Christianity is a mess.

    Volker
    Bach's music is vibrant and inspired.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 5th 2014 edited
    Depends what he means by 'basic concept' and 'coherent', as these things are so often open to interpretation if you're religious. Though Christianity, as it really is, is completely non-sensical, no matter which philosophical bullshit one likes to play.
  8. The basic concept of the inherent *morality* not the backstory. And rather the teachings of Christ than the Old Testament. There was strong discussion about keeping (or not) the basic Law in early Christianity (e.g. should people be circumcised or not?) and it was voted against it not to alienate potential believers.
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 5th 2014
    So the morality is coherent? Damn. That's a can of worms you're opening up there! biggrin
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeFeb 5th 2014
    Thor wrote
    plindboe wrote
    Nice. smile

    And just to give Steven an orgasm, this guy is pure awesomeness.

    Peter smile


    Excellent speech -- and I can say that even as a Christian.


    beer
  11. Captain Future wrote
    The basic concept of Christianity is a mess.

    Volker


    My understanding of the basic concept: Judaism is all well and good, but a faith needs to enrich your life now, not merely in the hereafter, it should be for all rather than for a chosen few, and it should do more than reinforce a temporal power structure. Hard not to see why that thing would spread like wildfire if that's what a believer thought they were getting. (Note: These are all aspects where the practice of Christianity has many times fallen short of the advertisement.)

    Now there is another way of looking at the basic concept, and I can well understand if this one seemed a bit more convoluted: that it took the sacrifice of a deity within a particular man to make it possible. Even that I can see would aid the spread of the premise -- the hardest work has apparently already been done by someone who cares.

    (Compare to the selling strategies behind some of our greatest business models -- you'll probably find there's more than a few overlaps.)
    A butterfly thinks therefore I am
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2014
    I'd love to read the well named Ken Ham's book on Dinosaurs.

    http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6389 … ery_Solved

    Mind you, I wouldn't buy it. wink
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorMartijn
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2014
    I would buy the front cover.
    To model for a new dinosaur emoticon. slant
    'no passion nor excitement here, despite all the notes and musicians' ~ Falkirkbairn
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2014
    Martijn wrote
    I would buy the front cover.
    To model for a new dinosaur emoticon. slant


    beer <--the face expression of your emoticon on this emoticon
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2014
    I vote for Ken Ham's Dino emoticon.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2014
    Steven wrote
    I vote for Ken Ham's Dino emoticon.


    A kind of delicious irony.
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
  17. Yep biggrin

    Maybe let's get a nice emoticon and just make it :kenham: ? biggrin

    Seriously though, this kind of thing should be destroyed in its inception. As I keep saying, I see no reason to see science and religion at odds. Not anymore.
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 6th 2014
    He's just too easy a target. (But he is a fucking idiot.)
  19. Why is it every time I read or hear the word "inception" these days I hear foghorn blasts? crazy
  20. When the seventh angel blew his trumpet, there were loud voices in heaven, saying, "The world's kingdom has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Messiah, and he will rule forever and ever."

    Revelation 11:15
    Bach's music is vibrant and inspired.
  21. There ain't no trumpets in Inception, as far as I remember.
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 7th 2014
    Edmund Meinerts wrote
    Why is it every time I read or hear the word "inception" these days I hear foghorn blasts? crazy


    Love it! But i also prefer the 'horn of doom' name smile You gotta love all those film music geeky trademarked names, like "the danger motif" etc.
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2014
    Steven. I think you're going to like this biggrin

    http://www.27bslash6.com/easter.html
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
    • CommentAuthorTimmer
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2014
    Dunno about Steven but it made me laugh. biggrin
    On Friday I ate a lot of dust and appeared orange near the end of the day ~ Bregt
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      CommentAuthorDemetris
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2014
    One of my all time favorite websites smile
    Love Maintitles. It's full of Wanders.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2014
    Hilarious! lol
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      CommentAuthorThor
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2014
    Good for entertainment, but that parent was really being an ass just for the fun of it. I sympathize with the chaplain.
    I am extremely serious.
  28. Me too, actually. Couldn't he just have said no?
    http://www.filmmusic.pl - Polish Film Music Review Website
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      CommentAuthorSteven
    • CommentTimeFeb 10th 2014
    I agree the parent does come across as a bit of an ass. (That said, it is suspicious that the box was already pre-ticked.)
    Meh.
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      CommentAuthorplindboe
    • CommentTimeFeb 11th 2014
    The chaplain would have deserved a ton of kudos points if he had played along, but I have no sympathy for people without a sense of humour.

    At the very least you guys have got to admit that the drawing looks like the bunny is about to drop an egg on Jesus.

    Peter cheesy

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