About God

[Strangelight]

One of my arguments is that I must be better than God. I wouldnt send people to burn in hell just because they didnt go to church and that. So God is obviously a nasty piece of work, whereas I'm not too bad. I reckon God should step aside and let Bob Geldof sort it all out.

 

[without]

I belive in god but not to the god that books write...

 

[Don Corleone]

Originally posted by Jay
difficult subject - Gods, and that.....i try to remain open minded...
most of the time its humans themselves that are the problem and they need something... maybe an excuse, a scapegoat, a shoulder to cry on, an explanation, i dont know what, but i can't help thinking most humans are missing the point...

I'll just quote Bill Hicks for now

"Fundamentalist Christianity - fascinating. These people actually believe that the the world is 12,000 years old. Swear to God. Based on what? I asked them.

"Well we looked at all the people in the Bible and we added 'em up all the way back to Adam and Eve, their ages: 12,000 years."

Well how fucking scientific, okay. I didn't know that you'd gone to so much trouble. That's good. You believe the world's 12,000 years old?

"That's right."

Okay, I got one word to ask you, a one word question, ready?

"Uh-huh."

Dinosaurs.

You know the world is 12,000 years old and dinosaurs existed, they existed in that time, you'd think it would have been mentioned in the fucking Bible at some point.

"And lo Jesus and the disciples walked to Nazareth. But the trail was blocked by a giant brontosaurus... with a splinter in his paw. And O the disciples did run a shriekin': 'What a big fucking lizard, Lord!' But Jesus was unafraid and he took the splinter from the brontosaurus's paw and the big lizard became his friend.

"And Jesus sent him to Scotland where he lived in a loch for O so many years inviting thousands of American tourists to bring their fat fucking families and their fat dollar bills.

"And oh Scotland did praise the Lord. Thank you Lord, thank you Lord. Thank you Lord."

hahaha, bill hicks rules!

 

[Don Corleone]

and as for the original question:

yes, i do believe in God and i might sound very unoriginal and dull but im actually a very religious person. seriously. well i think i am. and many people around me dont believe that. hahahaha

 

[Bambi]

Bob geldof as god...thats a scarey thought:

good catholic joke:

how many protestants does it take to change a lightbulb??

none. they all live in eternal darkness

 

[Don Corleone]

Originally posted by veil the sky
you sound like some kind of neo-platonist. very interesting!!

but i've never met anyone who thought that god was master of the universe. surely that was he-man.



....sorry, i'm having difficulty adjusting to the open-minded tolerance of the 'anathema board religious discussion' thread after the playground antics of the 'opeth board religious discussion'. i'm sure i'll adjust eventually!!

we're slowly becoming a very popular board. soon, we'll be as big as the opeth board.!

 

[Don Corleone]

Originally posted by Strangelight
I remember me and Digger were arguing with these two god squad women. They told us that if we didnt give ourselves to Jesus then we would burn in hell I asked them what happened to cavemen or babies who die young, who wouldnt even be able to say the word 'Jesus' nevermind give themselves to him. They couldnt answer my question so we said goodbye. They asked us where we were going and Digger said 'we're off to get pissed and have a night of sin'. They replied 'God will punish you for it'. As we walked away laughing, a bird shit in Diggers chips Later on that night, we were attacked by a car full of skinheads and a man with a beard, then we had to walk all the way home (about 10 miles)
Nice one God

sorry about that but they had warned you about it!

 

[Don Corleone]

Originally posted by without
I belive in god but not to the god that books write...

you know what...marilyn manson has a lyric in "holy wood" like: "i never really hated the true one God, but the god of the people i hated..."

 

[without]

Originally posted by Don Corleone
you know what...marilyn manson has a lyric in "holy wood" like: "i never really hated the true one God, but the god of the people i hated..."

very very TRUE..


Icq nü açar mýsýn?

 

[Don Corleone]

hemmen giriyorum...

 

[sol83]

It's funny this thread was brought up today cos we talked about God today in me philosophy class.....

Anyway, I don't know if God exists, but if he does he's nasty as hell.... All these people suffering everyday and all these rich cunts getting richer... Where's the justice in that? God is benevolent?????? MY ARSE!

 

[sol83]

Of course it is!

Anyway, I think you know what I mean...

 

[Strangelight]

"The Jerusalem Church early faced the issue of whether and how to overcome the religious barrier between Jew and Gentile … so that the latter might be admitted to the Christian community without first being circumcised…"

 

[ezekiel]

of course their's a God! God rules. He fixed my car for me after getting in an accident the other day after they said it's unrepairable.

 

[ezekiel]

and all you people saying that God is cruel for letting people suffer and all that crap, well did you ever wonder why it is only the people who despise Him that suffer? but you're free to be fooled into believing whatever you want

 

[Strangelight]

I'd batter God

 

[sol83]

Are you telling me starving children in Africa are God-haters?!?!?!?!?! They dont even know what God is!

And I don't hate God. He does his thing and I do mine.....

 

[Don Corleone]

Originally posted by ezekiel
and all you people saying that God is cruel for letting people suffer and all that crap, well did you ever wonder why it is only the people who despise Him that suffer? but you're free to be fooled into believing whatever you want

this must be a joke. or what are you smoking there?

 

[Dying_Swan]

Don't agree with either of you... God (if such beingdoes exist) is not cruel. But it is not His fault that some people decide to live by treading on other poeple... Manipulating and using any means necessary to worship the worst god of all gods: money...

I think that this is relevant (quoting John Milton - Al Pacino - on "Devil's Advocate"):
"Let me give you a little inside information about God. God likes to watch. He's a prankster. Think about it. He gives man INSTINCTS! He gives you this extraordinary gift, and then what does He do, I swear for His own amusment, his own private, cosmic gag reel, He sets the rules in opposition. It's the goof of all time. Look but don't touch. Touch, but don't taste! Taste, don't swallow. Ahaha! And when you're jumpin' from one foot to the next, what is he doing? He's laughin' His sick, fuckin' ass off. He's a tight-ass! He's a sadist! He's an absentee landlord. Worship THAT? NEVER!"

You can draw up your oun conlcusions...

Take care...

 

[speakinstone]

Originally posted by Ivo
to this life? you mean that in some other life it would matter?

i said i don't know. so maybe, maybe not? what's the difference? and what does it matter? to me, nothing.. that's what i meant.