NMH said:The meek inherit the Earth? They certainly do stand a better chance than the defiant or those who already consider themselves wise (in my humble opinion)
six_yard_punisha said:"Now it is such a bizarrely improbably coincidence that anything so mindbogglingly useful [the Babel fish] could have evolved by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God.
The argument goes something like this: “I refuse to prove that I exist,” says God, “for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing.”
“But,” says Man, “the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn’t it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don’t. QED.”
“Oh dear,” says God, “I hadn’t thought of that,” and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic."
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Gilliver's Travels said:It's all too easy to stop thinking, our brains anaesthetised by the idea that there's some kind of 'creator' at work.
Jerry’s final thought: Only when human beings take over responsibility for their own lives, and begin thinking for themselves, can we be truly liberated from all the damage that religions have wrought over the millennia.
It sounds crap Yorkie, but that's one of the things that's always put me off. Fairplay to you.Yorkie said:It is by taking responsibility and making the choice that makes life harder for a Christian. All the mocking for example.
NMH said:
Granted, it is not possible to conceive what created all, what is infinite - but to refuse to believe it exists, is just stupid.
Yorkie said:I didnt accept faith because someone told me to do it. I read the Bible and thought about it for myself. I then took that 'step of faith' and have found it works.
Yorkie said:I didnt accept faith because someone told me to do it. I read the Bible and thought about it for myself. I then took that 'step of faith' and have found it works.