Connections Puzzle #328 Sat 4 May
Quizzes & Puzzles23 mins ago
No best answer has yet been selected by rogerthomas. Once a best answer has been selected, it will be shown here.
For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This sort of blind faith never ceases to amaze me - granted, I am completely secular, but I just simply cannot comprehend how perfectly sensible people believe there is a god, it is just utterly absurd.
Beliveing in god is, as far as I can tell, on a par with believing in the fairies at the bottom of the garden, the troll under the bridge or Peter Pan - all four have been written about, but there is no evidence to suggest any of them exist.
In fact, I am going to start my own religion based upon the writings of Tom Sharpe...........for it was told that Wilt would achieve an erection that would remain tumescent to much embarrassment and hilarity etc......... Amen
As an agnostic, I just don't get this total, blind faith in something that is unprovable. my other half is Catholic (non practising) but has told me on frequent occasions, that the whole point of religion revolves around the word "faith", and i guess you've either got it or you haven't (I definitely haven't). This doesn't preclude me however from trying to give my daughter the basis to make her own mind up and I try to explain things where possible and take her to church occasionally.
In a roundabout way this gets me to the point I'm trying to make! One of the things I remember as a kid at Sunday School was that God helps those who helps themselves, and surely accepting a transfusion is helping yourself?
The problem is in believing that God is an "active" God. That God is concerned with the daily affairs of Its creation.
i don't accept that kind of God. i believe that God created the universe and all that's in it by diversifying Itself into the Big Bang and all subsequent entities.
The purpose of God diversifying Itself into the many entities is that it gives God greater knowledge and experience when these entities gravitate back into the Oneness of God.
God established the formula by which the entities would operate. That formula includes the ability of the entities to foresee the trials and tribulations that are likely to involve them and choose whether to continue on that path, for whatever reason.
My views can be seen at: http://www.asearchfortruth.com/old
We are God and will one day return to the Oneness of God.
Perhaps those of you who do not believe in God should study the subject more.
Why God lets people suffer:
http://www.answers2prayer.org/bible_questions/Answers/healing/sick.html
http://www.biblebelievers.com/jmelton/suffer.html
http://hcs.harvard.edu/~acf/faq09.html
There is plenty more.
Also, why is that so many people who believe their religion are happy to bend their beliefs to fit in with their particular circumstances???
We have a woman in the office who is militant in her christian religious beliefs and takes everything as (excuse the pun) gospel, to the point that she actually believes in Adam and Eve - she believes Adam and Eve aren't a metaphor or that the idea of A&E symbolise anything else, she actually belives the whole A&E thing (if you've ever tried to have a discussion with somebody like this, it is one of the most frustrating things ever...)
Anyway, despite all these beliefs, she's happy to break her marriage vows and shack up with a bloke in the office!!!
Utter hypocrisy.
Aah yes, I don't believe in God because I don't understand. of course I'll go and take an OU course immediately.
Sorry, but to degenerate this into a general religious bunfight, but there's nothing I could learn/study that would make me alter my opinion in that religion is nothing more than an excuse.
'Cold today' - well that's God's will
'My two year old son died of meningitis' - well God has plans for your son
'200 people killed in avalanche' - well God moves in mysterious ways
What utter tripe.
Being a non religious person I do think that people believe god throws at them these things for reasons - My mother is christian and through her life she has experienced some pretty bad things but she honestly believes that its for a reason. Personally I see your view on it - why make them suffer if you can prevent it?!