This May Offend The Pious

Re: This May Offend The Pious

So is he dead or was he never alive?


Wait, you don't believe there is any such thing as god(or do you?) but yet you believe in the existence of the devil? And just what is this actual meaning?

So are you sorry or are you not sorry?

666? Don't you mean 616?

to answer all your questions
^to answer all the questions above^

1. i do belive there is some positive entity somewhere in the bounds of our universe. but this spirit/being is not my god.

2. i am sorry in a way so i will not get banned or kicked.

3. The Number is 666 in modern texts, although 616 appeared in 2005 on an ancient manuscript. The meaning of the number is -->debated<--

616?

fascinating

In my Bible, the number is actually 616, and I think it has a footnote that says "In some texts, this number is 666..."

When I first questioned "religion," I pondered the possibility that the whole thing was a brilliant plan to keep the poor from killing the rich.

Have you ever noticed how poor people, who may be hungry, can just walk by a mega-rich person and go on their way...? How homeless people can stand dutifully outside fabulous dining establishments, looking in?

I know you may say law enforcement makes all this happen, but I think if we had law enforcement with no moral or religious belief, pretty soon law enforcement would be overthrown.

It (religion/morality) does seem like the invention of rich and powerful to protect their interests, doesn't it sometimes? Is it the biggest barrier to anarchy?

Anyway. This was my first questioning theory.

As to the number, either or is ok although i choose 666 as a favor.

I am not an atheist if that clears things up, i just belive in a different god. as to the poor, i respect them and when possible i give them charity. i don't understand what you mean by law enforcement should have religion. i don't see how that changes the way they work. the moral part i do understand though. i think all people should be respected no matter what the religion is. many pious christians have tried to convert my beliefs and i dislike that practice allot. if i choose to worship another god, i should have every right to.

You misunderstood what I wrote.

But, no matter.

i am sorry if i did.

No problem, dear. Happy you're here.

LOL.

God is RIP, instead there is the devil? Well, since good and evil are quite debatable properties, and depend on the character and inclinations of the debater. It can be posed that you simply substitute one god for the other.
Besides... Good and evil are meaningless concepts without the other, they need thier opposite to define themselves.
So if there is a god, there is adevil, and vice versa

lash wrote:


There were times...

My biggest problem with the debate on god and religion is the attitude we tend to have towards the issues.

There are thousands of years of assumptions and misguided interpetations between what the texts intended meaning and what we find in them today.
This is a fact for wich me make hardly any allowance at all.

Even bonafide science operates on assumptions in testing the validity of theories.
Is it not possible then that the many writers of the many old manuscripts followed a similar procedure.
What do we know about what someone living thousands of years ago thought to be too obvious to bear mentioning?

Don't be so bloody silly. You can't offend the pious. They are beyond your narrow and superficial reach. You are having yourself on.

The idea that you "may" offend the pious is so infantile that it can only have been thought up by someone who thinks of themselves as having significance.

so judging by your tone, i'd say you were offended and can't accept my point of veiw? Oh so i'm narrow minded...

or he's just tired of trying to offend the pious...

You couldn't offend me with words however important you felt yourself to be.

And I'm not all that pious.

so if i cant offend you why did you seem soooo offended and taken back? you offend me by not telling me. all i did was express my self

Welcome to the forum, sil. I'm sure you will have fun here. :wink:

Damn, Spendi...breathe!


Welcome to A2K, Sillhouette.

Opium for the people... ;-)