Who created GOd and where do they live?

[RE_XXX]

You guys do realize, the most powerful organization in the world is the roman catholic church right?!?!

Not only the largest, but most wealthiest.

And for those who disagree, need to do A LOT of research to realize how many countries they own and how many armies they reside

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

I read somewhere that the more intelligent you are, and the more industrialized your country is, the less likely you are to be religious.

The only exceptions are the US and Canada.

I think it was in a presentation Chomsky did on religious fundamentalism. I'll see if I can find it.

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

you can't honestly believe people who save lives are in it just for the money?

Taking out magic pixy dust and all the things that have been refered to God, and the intangibles. Scientifically what other reason is there? Don't give me that honor, doing the right thing crap. you can't measure honor, heart, love... Science simply doesn't allow it.

Of course I don't think that is the only reason, but he has an obligation to do his best to save any and everyone he is named responsible for, that is his job!

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

You guys do realize, the most powerful organization in the world is the roman catholic religion right?!?!
Not only the largest, but most wealthiest.

And for those who disagree, need to do A LOT of research to realize how many countries they own and how many armies they reside

Not hard when you take that power by the sword and through social ostracization.

 

[DePratt 10+ year member]

i read somewhere that 9 out of 10 people enjoy gang ****

90% of all people have been gang *****? was this a jail house survey

FIAl

 

[Vermithrax 10+ year member]

Oh. Well that would make more sense.
The point still stands. How sad that the only way god can reach that person is by letting their family get *****.

I'm going to have to call you on that one DD, it's a very ignorant statement that infers blame, intent and agenda. To say that a benevolent deity would allow such an act for personal gain is ludicrous. Your point is imaginary on this one sir. It's a stretch.

 

[RE_XXX]

Not hard when you take that power by the sword and through social ostracization.

I agree with you on that, but it does serve its purpose. Religion is not pretty.

Especially when pretty much all the major wars in the world are started by religion

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

I'm going to have to call you on that one DD, it's a very ignorant statement that infers blame, intent and agenda. To say that a benevolent deity would allow such an act for personal gain is ludicrous. Your point is imaginary on this one sir. It's a stretch.

God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent; he could easily prevent innocent people from being *****. Someone will argue that it is an interruption in free will, but I think we can agree that god can intervene on someone's free will if they're using it to **** someone.

Likewise, god could reveal himself to that person long before their family was *****.

 

[TNTR70 10+ year member]

90% of all people have been gang *****? was this a jail house survey
FIAl

you fail reading comprehension.....never said have been *****

and it was a joke that you didn't understand

 

[Vermithrax 10+ year member]

I read somewhere that the more intelligent you are, and the more industrialized your country is, the less likely you are to be religious.
The only exceptions are the US and Canada.

I think it was in a presentation Chomsky did on religious fundamentalism. I'll see if I can find it.

I take it then in order to be intelligent and industrious you have to forsake religion? I'm glad I didn't read that one. It sounds really unintelligent. The author must be a religious zealot.

 

[KyleBechtold 5,000+ posts]

Taking out magic pixy dust and all the things that have been refered to God, and the intangibles. Scientifically what other reason is there? Don't give me that honor, doing the right thing crap. you can't measure honor, heart, love... Science simply doesn't allow it.
Of course I don't think that is the only reason, but he has an obligation to do his best to save any and everyone he is named responsible for, that is his job!

im not talking magic pixy dust, honor, w/e.. You have to have a passion for life... Idk what he does exactly so i can't give a direct example.. You can't measure honor, heart and love but that doesn't mean you don't feel it..

 

[newusername 10+ year member]

There are many, many intelligent people who believe in god, or even practice religion. I just find the correlation interesting. There could be any number of causes.

 

[RE_XXX]

God Will Return, He Promised...

Another scientific neglect is the flooding of the earth. It was written in many different languages and religions that the flood did happen, and science SAID in no possible natural way is there enough water to flood the earth like that written of.

 

[kmanian 5,000+ posts]

I was open hearted.. But I am someone who likes things in front of them.. Not things like santa clause and what not... With no actually proof I started to deny.. seeing how priests and what not lived in my area did not help either as they aren't supposed to.. I forget the word but worldy possesions aren't supposed to be super important and they drive around in bmws and live in big *** houses.. those things aren't needed.. they should donate it.. thats what they are supposed to do.. I mean they don't need to be in trailors but bmws and big houses aren't necessary..

I did not say everyone who goes to church is following blindly.. I am saying the ones whom only go to church and don't crack a bible and don't try to study the religion they are following..

Did I say I had it figured out no.. I don't believe in organized religions.. I think its all bullshit.. It has went from the gods such as zeus and Poseidon to Buddha and Mohamed.. People need to have faith in some sort of higher being and I do have that.. I don't believe in Jesus and his rising and what not.. sure he may have existed but not the almighty one people put him up to be.. I am still astonished to this day as to why in the world people would believe in him.. Like what makes him so special to put faith in that? over other things? Like if someone came to you and said they were jesus and the winning lottery numbers were xxxxxx and you bought that ticket and it won would you believe him? what if he was wrong? probably no to both.. what made it different back then? people have supposedly gotten more intelligent with time but still don't want to touch that subject as it might **** up their whole perspective on life.. his followers might have moved his body to a different spot.. who knows..

What really pushes people away from religion that didn't believe already are

1. Crazy people that say they know/are/ best friends of/ etc jesus

2. People going insane over the holy land... like wtf isn't that supposed to be heaven.. yet the holy land is the most war forsaken place on earth..?

Listen,

I son't know where you got the idea that people of God are supposed to be poor or paupers. It is exactly the opposite, read the bible again and you will see. "Give and you will recieve 10 fold", "the riches of heaven and earth shall rain down on you" I can go on and on. You have a predetermined vision of what Christians should do with their money, infact you don't know what they are actually doing with their money. They may be giving way more than you could have every dreamed and are simply being blessed for it. God doesn't want a hard life for his people, infact he says many times exactly the opposite.

 

[Vermithrax 10+ year member]

God is omniscient, omnipotent, and omnipresent; he could easily prevent innocent people from being *****. Someone will argue that it is an interruption in free will, but I think we can agree that god can intervene on someone's free will if they're using it to **** someone.
Likewise, god could reveal himself to that person long before their family was *****.

Yes, yes and yes. And God could make us all robots without free will. And science should be able to come up with some kind of mind control device utilized at an early age to prevent such sociopathic development. It's a lame debate at best.