Bruce Burleson wrote:Jeez. I thought I was being funny. You guys are wound too tight.
Ah well, that kind of humour here is a bit like a priest going to an institutionalised sex abuse support group meeting and joking about clergy celibacy. mmmyahuh.
Easter holds no special significance for me. It's just another day. I certainly can't convince myself that some dead guy rose from the grave like a zombie. I don't know how the "faithful" are able to believe such patent nonsense. I suppose some people are just more credulous than others...Whatever...It means nothing to me.
Fat Ronnie wrote:
If god truly did exist and sent his only begotten son down to earth in order to save us all from sin, but failed to supply any convincing corroborating evidence to validate this existence,
But some deals are too good to pass up, regardless of evidence or lack thereof. If you play the lottery, you have no evidence for your choice. But you choose it anyway, because the possibility of reward is so great. So you take 5-54-79-16-82-12 instead of 5-54-79-16-82-11. But you play, and that increases your odds of hitting the jackpot immensely. Those who don't play never have a pay day.
So on judgment day you can say "I'm sorry - I just didn't know which god to choose." That's better than "I didn't believe that the lottery existed." If I'm God, I grant mercy to the first and zap the second out of existence (no hell - that's just too cruel). The lottery only costs a few dollars for the Mega Bucks, so take a chance. There is absolutely no down side. For westerners, Jesus is the logical choice. At least you are in the game.
I'm sure you've heard of Pascal's Wager. The smart money is on Gwod. We're just not smart enough to give a shit, is all.
When is Easter, anyway? This weekend? Next? I thought Easter was sometime in March.
Also, 'payday' is one word. [/pedantry]
Can you tell I decided to have an afternoon nip at the bottle? No? I didn't think so.
"A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn't there. A theologian is the man who finds it." ~ H. L. Mencken
"We ain't a sharp species. We kill each other over arguments about what happens when you die, then fail to see the fucking irony in that."
"It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion."
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:What theists never seem to get is just how fucking absurd and despicable their god's little deal appears to those of us that are not inside of it.
I wouldn't want to be a christian if I knew that every word in the babble were true. Instead, I would look your god in the eye and tell him to
If I believed in the Babble I would be a Satanist I don't like bullies .
And JESUS is not, never was, and never will be a LOGICAL choice . Xians like a herd of sheep to stupid and insecure to leave a field even though the gate is open and they are looking at the green grass out there
Deep Sea Isopod wrote:Jesus never got his easter eggs on Easter Sunday, coz he wuz dead.
But zombie-jesus got as many as he wanted.
I never saw the great sacrifice in letting yourself get killed, if you knew you were magical and could just come back to life.
It always struck me as a bit of an empty gesture.
In the best laid plans of history lie the ruins of the past
And a chronicle of suffering shows the mythic pall they cast
To believe is true religion, but to see is truth at last
Oh no, too late to hold a trial, time doesn't wait for the watchmaker's dial
Xamonas Chegwé wrote:What theists never seem to get is just how fucking absurd and despicable their god's little deal appears to those of us that are not inside of it.
I wouldn't want to be a christian if I knew that every word in the babble were true. Instead, I would look your god in the eye and tell him to
If I believed in the Babble I would be a Satanist I don't like bullies .
And JESUS is not, never was, and never will be a LOGICAL choice . Xians like a herd of sheep to stupid and insecure to leave a field even though the gate is open and they are looking at the green grass out there
Outside the ordered universe is that amorphous blight of nethermost confusion which blasphemes and bubbles at the center of all infinity—the boundless daemon sultan Azathoth, whose name no lips dare speak aloud, and who gnaws hungrily in inconceivable, unlighted chambers beyond time and space amidst the muffled, maddening beating of vile drums and the thin monotonous whine of accursed flutes.
Somehow I always die a little inside reading youtube comments. I should just stop reading them
In the best laid plans of history lie the ruins of the past
And a chronicle of suffering shows the mythic pall they cast
To believe is true religion, but to see is truth at last
Oh no, too late to hold a trial, time doesn't wait for the watchmaker's dial
FBM wrote: I'm sure you've heard of Pascal's Wager.
Of course - just trying to bring it up to date with the lottery references. One of the challenges in theology is to make the message relevant to our times.
FBM wrote: When is Easter, anyway? This weekend? Next? I thought Easter was sometime in March.
First Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, which is always March 21 for ecclesiastical purposes. Easter, like Paris, is a moveable feast.
FBM wrote: I'm sure you've heard of Pascal's Wager.
Of course - just trying to bring it up to date with the lottery references. One of the challenges in theology is to make the message relevant to our times.
ahehehe ...
That brings many a sunday sermon to mind, the details of which are long lost, but the use of current events and mores as "analogs", "metaphors", and even "evidence" to support the faith message , is common. People sitting in pews, nodding their credulity, week after week ...
About me: I have prehensile eyebrows. I speak 9 languages fluently, one of which other people can also speak. When backed into a corner, I fit perfectly - having a right-angled arse.
FBM wrote: I'm sure you've heard of Pascal's Wager.
Of course - just trying to bring it up to date with the lottery references. One of the challenges in theology is to change the way we pick and mix from scripture to make the message relevant to our times.
A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return. Salman Rushdie You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. House MD Who needs a meaning anyway, I'd settle anyday for a very fine view. Sandy Denny This is the wrong forum for bluffing Paco Yes, yes. But first I need to show you this venomous fish! Calilasseia I think we should do whatever Pawiz wants. Twoflower Bella squats momentarily then waddles on still peeing, like a horse Millefleur
, is common. People sitting in pews, nodding their credulity, week after week ...
