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Are u a creationist?
MrMound:
AZ Paul what happens when you die then(if there is nothing above humans) :) .
Numsgil:
I almost agree with you Paul, but I think you have the priorities of religion backwards.
Religions were not created to explain why, but to provide the basic cement which hold complex socities together.
All religions probably formed from the basic tenents of communalism. For instance, what would we hold as the perfect example of a christian/jewish/muslim/eastern religion man?
A man who works his entire life for the betterment of others wins the prize. Someone who has sacrificed personal comfort to help others. Society is based on mutual trust and basic rules that, so long as all members follow, all members prosper through.
Even atheistic socities posses this basic theology. Our selfless man also is the pinical of both capitalist and communist societies. All civilizations throughout time have strived for its members to work towards this ideal.
The 'why', the gods and pantheons, occurs later, and is really a precursor to science.
That it is tied into the religion doesn't mean it's inextricably linked. As society became successful enough that some members could devote their life to 'thinking' instead of farming and animal husbandry and other basic labor, then religion and science part ways (ancient greece and rome for example) because men are allowed to specialize even further.
Primitive socities can only support one basic caste that doesn't 'contribute' through food cultivation and construction. More successful societies can allow that caste to be subdivided into more specific castes.
MightyPenguin:
--- Quote ---AZ Paul what happens when you die then(if there is nothing above humans) :) .
--- End quote ---
Death is cessession. There is nothing beyond that.
Numsgil:
I'm reminded of a line from Ray Bradbury. (I'm paraphrasing of course).
"I believe in what was."
Even if you don't necessarily believe in life after death- that you existed, that you occupied a segment of space time, that you affected friends, family, and loved ones, that you were a part of something larger than yourself, then you have achieved a kind of immortality.
I too believe in what was.
Zelos:
Alien society can I accept.
the tv team seems to be kinda extreme and stupid if you ask me.
higher dimensional bieng doesnt obay our laws (of course it could be a thing but its still not a part of our universe)
a computer capable to calculate all the stuff that happen in our universe isnt possible, it need to calculate hundread of calculation for each body, each atom, each sub atomic particle. its to much for any computer.
the thing after I dont understand.
but when I hear god whit nothing around it I think about somekinda overnatural super power thing that can go against the laws of nature, then it aint possible. but if the god isnt that I can accept it, but then its not a god, then its something else
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