Awww shit! Did Kirk Cameron get a hold of you? Do you remember some strange Austrailian man asking you if you were a good person? Quick G, Gruss, Dana, let's get Loathe to a deprogramming facility STAT!
On 8/29/06, loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't think I can go quite as far as you do. > > ### also person philosophy ### > > I'm an agnostic. I don't think I can personally deny the hand of god in > things like how the structure of an atom almost mimics the paths of planets > around a star, or the veins in a leaf. These are things that make me think > some kind of intelligence formed this reality we find out selves in. > > When it comes to the bible vs. science, well, who can claim to know how long > a day is for G-d? Who can say if its methods didn't take the billions of > years that this universe has existed? > > I agree with you on blind faith however. Simply parroting the words of a > book, or priest, or imam is foolish. Like you said we as men can reason and > as such should do so. I mean at the very least wouldn't not using our minds > be tantamount to blasphemy? Not using the gifts of our g-d? > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gruss Gott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 2006 9:10 AM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Darwin caused Hilter... according to Ann Coulter and her > > friends > > > > > gMoney wrote: > > > Which one is crazier than the next? Who can say! All hail the FSM..... > > > > > > > This argument is thousands of years old - it's science against > > religion by those who see the 2 as opposed. > > > > I've spoken with an IDer or 2 and here's their problem: "genesis says > > that blah, blah, blah, and therefore man didn't come from monkeys." > > > > Ignoring the misunderstanding of lineage, all they're basically saying > > is that what it says literally in the Bible is not meshing with > > evolution and, therefore, they're siding with the Bible. > > > > My response is that, if you're being intellectually honest, you either > > have to say that the Bible is a flawed book of Man containing > > translated stories about God, or you need to learn Aramaic, Greek, and > > Hebrew before you can even begin to make another claim. > > > > I also like to pull out the fact of how the Bible says that pictures > > of yourself and family are sinful due to vanity and the fact that > > they're "graven images", the only purpose of which is to worship > > yourself; a big Bible no-no. > > > > Anyway all this shows to me is that Man has not yet figured out how to > > merge spirituality, religion, and science. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > WARNING: Personal Philosophy Below > > -------------------------------------------------------- > > What I know for a fact is that I have an intellect and can reason. If > > God is my creator then He gave me these abilities and I don't believe > > he did that only to tell me to ignore them and "have faith". He > > expects me to use them. > > > > The whole "have faith" line is cop out and exit ramp for > > intellectually lazy people who don't want to continue to seek The > > Truth as the apostle Thomas instructed them to do. > > > > "Have faith" is the Church's mechanism to excuse people from work > > since most people would quit if that mechanism didn't exist. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:214380 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
