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A burglar broke into a house one night. He shined his flashlight around, looking for valuables when a voice in the dark said,
'Jesus knows you're here.'
He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze.
When he heard nothing more , after a bit, he shook his head and continued.
Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the wires, clear as a bell he heard
'Jesus is watching you.'
Freaked out, he shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice.
Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot.
'Did you say that?' he hissed at the parrot.
'Yep', the parrot confessed, then squawked, 'I'm just trying to warn you that he is watching you.'
The burglar relaxed. 'Warn me, huh? Who in the world are you?'
'Moses,' replied the bird.
'Moses?' the burglar laughed. 'What kind of people would name a bird Moses?'
'The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus.'
'Jesus knows you're here.'
He nearly jumped out of his skin, clicked his flashlight off, and froze.
When he heard nothing more , after a bit, he shook his head and continued.
Just as he pulled the stereo out so he could disconnect the wires, clear as a bell he heard
'Jesus is watching you.'
Freaked out, he shined his light around frantically, looking for the source of the voice.
Finally, in the corner of the room, his flashlight beam came to rest on a parrot.
'Did you say that?' he hissed at the parrot.
'Yep', the parrot confessed, then squawked, 'I'm just trying to warn you that he is watching you.'
The burglar relaxed. 'Warn me, huh? Who in the world are you?'
'Moses,' replied the bird.
'Moses?' the burglar laughed. 'What kind of people would name a bird Moses?'
'The kind of people that would name a Rottweiler Jesus.'
six thousand years ago.
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So when did he make everything else?
Six thousand years ago! So where did all the oil and gas reserves come from? Or are you going to tell me they are not the result of forest that were covered over and decayed for millions of years?
They're not. You're thinkng of coal. 
Having faith requires you to ignore evidence to the contrary.
The Internet knows how much a soul weighs thanks to an experiment done a long time ago. IIRC only humans lost a few grams, no animals did so.
I'd like to see this experiment repeated with instruments in the room that detect sound of all frequencies, time lapse photography at IR, visible light & UV and electromagnetic receivers for almost all freqs. And animals in the room might be able to detect things that we can't.
The Internet knows how much a soul weighs thanks to an experiment done a long time ago. IIRC only humans lost a few grams, no animals did so.
I'd like to see this experiment repeated with instruments in the room that detect sound of all frequencies, time lapse photography at IR, visible light & UV and electromagnetic receivers for almost all freqs. And animals in the room might be able to detect things that we can't.
Having faith in God is like having a bodyguard next to you, in the event of trouble, you might count on Him, but in real life when you do have a bodyguard, there still is no guarantee if he would be able to protect you or help you in time of distress. President JF Kennedy had so many, yet someone still managed to assassinate him.
But having someone guarding you over does not mean that you yourself can relax and not avoid trouble, or in turn do bad or worst things to others and expect to be protected.
Having a faith may relax your mind to the extent that your body heals better against disease, but some diseases may not be curable, like cancers.
I have just lost a very good friend last week, he was my best friend for nearly 35 years, died of lung cancer, he did not smoke or drink, and it seemed it was very unfair on him to have gone so suddenly, only 6 months ago he was diagnosed of cancer, neither my prayers nor science could protect him. But I would still rather have faith in God.
In the least I can pray to Him (God) to receive my friends soul in his kingdom, or whatever the set up there is, if at all, have I anything to loose, nope, but how great the feelings were when my friend visited me in my dream yesterday, he looked so well and at his best in my dream, I am slapping him on the face to check he really was alive, and he said of course he is, as when I saw him I was shocked since I knew he had died, but in the dream he looked so real!
But having someone guarding you over does not mean that you yourself can relax and not avoid trouble, or in turn do bad or worst things to others and expect to be protected.
Having a faith may relax your mind to the extent that your body heals better against disease, but some diseases may not be curable, like cancers.
I have just lost a very good friend last week, he was my best friend for nearly 35 years, died of lung cancer, he did not smoke or drink, and it seemed it was very unfair on him to have gone so suddenly, only 6 months ago he was diagnosed of cancer, neither my prayers nor science could protect him. But I would still rather have faith in God.
In the least I can pray to Him (God) to receive my friends soul in his kingdom, or whatever the set up there is, if at all, have I anything to loose, nope, but how great the feelings were when my friend visited me in my dream yesterday, he looked so well and at his best in my dream, I am slapping him on the face to check he really was alive, and he said of course he is, as when I saw him I was shocked since I knew he had died, but in the dream he looked so real!
Einstein is is one of the most misquoted people in history. He was for pretty much athiest in reality.
Here are images and translations of an actual letter he wrote late in his life:
http://www.richarddawkins.net/news_...-letter-handwritten-shortly-before-his-death#
I should also point out that Newton was into alchemy, so if a great physicist believed something outside their scientific endeavour, it does not mean it is true.
Duel beliefs which seem at odds with each other are nothing new. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and RAF Fighter Commander during the Battle of Britain Lord Dowding both believed in fairies.
http://www.richarddawkins.net/foundation_articles/2013/4/22/away-with-the-fairies#
So, God didn't like JFK, then or was it he liked LHO more and JR even more.? Is God Russian or Italian?
Or even 'avoid trouble'. Not a lot of good, then.
Doesn't work, then.
I'm sorry about your friend but sometimes the human body goes wrong. Bad design by the creator, I suppose.
You don't but may as well not bother, then when things go well you will think God is still looking after you anyway and when they go badly you can blame the fact that you're not praying.
A sort of reverse faith.
It was a dream. It was your mind, not your friend.
I once dreamt I had overslept and woke up early.
I think it was God's way of telling me I was still in bed.
It's really quite worrying.
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Where did the passage that I quoted come from then? Who wrote it? The letter simply says that he didn't believe in a Father Christmas type God. He was an agnostic, he never said he believed in a God in the religious sense. Why do you try to prove that he did? Now tell me - who wrote the passage quoted?
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A question for Wobs.
If the universe came into being in an instant - then why did it not do so an infinite time ago? Why are we here NOW?
What or who caused the singularity to inflate into our universe? And why?
Where did the singularity come from? What was outside of this singularity?
Considering that human science doesn't even know how paracetamol works - I won't hold my breath waiting for an answer.
If the universe came into being in an instant - then why did it not do so an infinite time ago? Why are we here NOW?
What or who caused the singularity to inflate into our universe? And why?
Where did the singularity come from? What was outside of this singularity?
Considering that human science doesn't even know how paracetamol works - I won't hold my breath waiting for an answer.
Do us all a favour and try...
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