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Something... I'll Show You Something!

  • 06-11-2009 1:02am
    #1
    eoin5
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    A few people I know say that while they dont believe in anything supernatural in particular but they believe in a vague mystic sense that theres something out there. One man actually looked up while discussing it :rolleyes: .

    If you press by asking if theyve any idea what this something is the inevitable answer is, "I donno, just something...". Its like getting to third base but the last step is tough, letting go of a more probable afterlife, leaving "miracles" unexplained, breaking the last chains of indoctrination, loosing the excitement, magic and mystery etc.

    Anyways this undefined "something" sounds very easy but unfulfilling and temporary to me; to those people I say that they should watch The Cosmos, read A Short History of Nearly Everything, and come to realise that the excellent mysteries were surrounded by are way more thrilling than some foggy paranormal notion.

    I guess I've not really brought a topic for discussion here, just expressing a point really :D
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  • #2
    Galvasean
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    eoin5 wrote: »
    If you press by asking if theyve any idea what this something is the inevitable answer is, "I donno, just something...".

    The truth is out there...


  • #3
    Funglegunk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,566 ✭✭✭Funglegunk


    eoin5 wrote: »
    One man actually looked up while discussing it :rolleyes: .

    Haha, I lol'd at this. :D Nice dramatic effect. I was in the same situation as these people a couple of years ago, I remember even using the 'there must be a higher power because nature is just so beautiful' argument *ashamed face*.

    The God Delusion tipped me into the dank pit of atheism, maybe you should ask them to read that.

    EDIT: If you only have a few minutes to convince them, make them watch this!



  • #4
    eoin5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,141 ✭✭✭eoin5


    Funglegunk wrote: »
    Haha, I lol'd at this. :D Nice dramatic effect. I was in the same situation as these people a couple of years ago, I remember even using the 'there must be a higher power because nature is just so beautiful' argument *ashamed face*.

    The God Delusion tipped me into the dank pit of atheism, maybe you should ask them to read that.

    EDIT: If you only have a few minutes to convince them, make them watch this!


    I'd have thought The God Delusion would be too much about debunking the Abrahamic God for those people who are clinging to a fuzzy supernatural belief. I guess it does deal with almost everything though, even with the appreciation of the natural world.


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