Beautiful Slut wrote: » In reality free will is an illusion. Atoms of your brain can only behave in one particular way that they do. Essentially your brain is an extremely complicated set of dominos.
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » ...Suppose it's all true and you arrive at the Pearly Gates and are greeted by GOD, what will you say to HIM, HER or IT?
Renegade Mechanic wrote: Problem is, he's not. I recall being told we were given free will. Making us responsible, not him. Had to chuckle when I realised that. Reckon if he is indeed there, then the bugger is a Lawyer...
Sweetemotion wrote: » Woohoo. Where are my 72 virgins?
Renegade Mechanic wrote: » Problem is, he's not. I recall being told we were given free will. Making us responsible, not him. Had to chuckle when I realised that. Reckon if he is indeed there, then the bugger is a Lawyer...
Adyx wrote: » If we were given free will by a god, why do religions insist we will be punished by that god for exercising that free will?
dr.fuzzenstein wrote: » You're confusing god and religion. One is a metaphysical construct, or magic man in the clouds as I like to call it and the other is a man-made scam to surpress people and exploit them. The first would be a harmless enough concept, but then we decided to start killing people because my sky fairy is better than your sky fairy and the second is simply the exploitation of that mass insanity to steer people and take their money. On that side note: Suppose there is a god, "he" just set the wheels of the universe in motion. But it's just so handy to blame our own crappiness on a made up concept. And stop with the disease blaming, blaming a non existent entity for not reaching down from the sky and curing us of everything including the sniffles is simply idiotic. Shocking how most people's spirituality hasn't progressed from 10 years old and Sunday school. But stifling spirituality is another function of the church.
The Backwards Man wrote: » If you've no Tennent's in there I'm going down to the horny red fella.
suicide_circus wrote: » While I agree with your sentiments on organised religion, it apparently still gives comfort and solace to billions of people. Same way those teleshopping channels are a pure moneymaking enterprise but some people put them on as it helps them drift off to sleep.