God or country

[Ricky2]

Some very rich people have chosen Buddhism over their given religion. The bit they seem to like about its teachings is that whatever riches and fortune you are blessed with, are yours to keep, enjoy and be proud of because it is a result of being very good in your last life.quote]
God! I must have been a right *&^ole in my past lifetime then!

 

[Trazor]

I do believe that in 500 or so years, they will look back at us, in the same way we look back at witches/dunking/burning at the stake etc.
I do hope so.

Religion is a mess, and is responsible for most of the troubles we have today...............

 

[esra_ptrap]

I must admit to being glad I have no religious convictions (or any other kind of convictions)

 

[Durgo]

God! I must have been a right *&^ole in my past lifetime then!

If they are right then I'm going to be very poor and possibly disabled in my next life...as a battery chicken ....I was planning on repenting

 

[megawatt]

If there is such a thing as reincarnation, knowing my luck, I'll come back as me!

 

[bernardgreen]

If there is such a thing as reincarnation, knowing my luck, I'll come back as me!

Could be worse, ten times worse and you are re-incarnated as village idiot. Not sure about ninety times worse.

 

[tim west]

God is on nobodys side because he doesn't exist.

And I suppose Santa doesn't either?

 

[Deluks]

If there is such a thing as reincarnation, knowing my luck, I'll come back as me!

I though that it meant you come back as a tin of evaporated milk?

 

[bernardgreen]

 

[Thermo]

God or country?

Family!

most guys in the forces fight for their mates. queen, god and country goes out the window when it gets nasty

 

[Bilioustrumpstaine]

Biliou,,,, are u sure there's no god, where,s your facts. surley hundreds of millions of people world cant be fooled

I don't know where you think I can find facts to prove or disprove my opinion. As for people being fooled, it wasn't that many years ago that people thought the world was flat we look back and ridicule them now, perhaps in a few hundred years people will look back at our era and laugh at our beliefs.

Just read Richard Dawkins 'The God Delusion'. His logical and objective look at all religions is I think very enlightening. Unlike religious fanatics, Dawkins is quite willing to be proved wrong in his atheist views, if someone can present a strong enough argument.
Disproving the existence of Any God is impossible. It is like disproving the existence of extra terrestrial life. You can only prove that it exists by finding it . If you don't find it it does not prove it does not exist as you just can't search the entire Universe and the idea will still prevail that you just haven't looked in the right place yet - adinfinitum. I know there will be people who say they have found God. Well no they haven't, what they have done is convinced themselves of the existence of a God for some reason but they certainly haven't met God. All any off us can and should do, is examine impartially the evidence available as advocated by Prof. Dawkins and arrive at your own conclusion. For Dawkins and me, the overwhelming evidence is that it is highly unlikely that Any God exists, and if one does exist He/She/It must be an extremely Nasty Person/Thing to advocate the teaching that all religions seem to promote. Note that the conclusion is that it is 'highly unlikely that a God Exists' and Not 'There isn't a God'.
It is a pity religious fanatics cannot be as equally accomodating and say that 'It is Highly Likely a God does exist', and not be so unequivocal that 'A God does sxist'
For Me, Atheism is the only Logical Conclusion, but read The God Delusion objectively and at least if you have read and Understood the Bible/Koran/The Budda Thingy etc etc, and the counter arguments in The God Delusion, then at least you can be in command of ALL of the facts and not just the biased ones in the particular religion in which you are interested. Being in command of ALL of the facts then you are at liberty to decide on which side of the fence you fall. In my case it was a great big Jump to the atheist side as this ,to me, is the only logical conclusion until someone can present a stronger argument for the alternative. There has not been a convincing argument in thousands of years so, I doubt there will be a good enough argument in my life time. Maybe when I am infront of the Pearly Gates I will regret this view but at least I will have the excuse that I considered all of the facts, and 'Gods' facts were in fact very unconvincing, so at least give me the benefit of thniking all the evidence through.
I urge All Believers and Non Believers to read objectively Richard Dawkins 'The God Delusion' , and then decide. Just as long as you have studied all the information available to you.

Good post, thanks

 

[imamartian]

the word GOD means one thing.... and that is everything we don't understand and what we can't control or explain..... lets pray and 50% of the time we'll get what we prayed for....God give some reason for what is otherwise a very strange and unnecessary existence as a biological microscopic blob on an irrelavent piece of rock in a totally miniscule part of a vast space.... why would any Superbeing even know your name?

 

[libby lou lou]

The elderly don't go to church no more,we are the elderly, does our god exist ?churches are closing.

though i am a none believer, greed affects this world as always

40 days and 40 nights are getting closer

 

[billyo]

We have a few days run up to christmas, people are rushing to spend ,there hard earned cash on loved ones, mum's & dad's are decorating the home to make it cosey ,our guys and gal's in the forces are wishing and hoping they get home to there kids and family, santa is coming, the goodwill feeling is starting to kick in every body is doing something for christmas it's all lovely so why do all this if we no longer belive in the spirit of christianity why bother with anything except a few days winter break and give the of peace to all men the order of the boot hang the teddy or do we all love it but think it makes us bigger & better to knock it as a load of b#lloc## hum bug bhaa

 

[JohnD]

... why do all this if we no longer belive in the spirit of christianity...

I don't understand that.

Non-Christians like festivals

the MidWinter Festival was in place long before Christianity, and the early Christian church piggy-backed onto the existing festival time.

You haven't got to be a Christian to believe in peace and goodwill.

What do Jews and Arabs say to each other instead of "Hello?"