Grinding for three years or...

[IceCrash]

God created us to be in a relationship with him, and you cannot dodge this.

This is, maybe, one of the only true statements that a person can say, if you can't understand this phrase, then i feel sorry you.

[aishsharma]

God created us to be in a relationship with him, and you cannot dodge this.

This is, maybe, one of the only true statements that a person can say, if you can't understand this phrase, then i feel sorry you.

Why did you quote peex quoting the OP and not the OP himself?

And believe his phrase all you want, I still consider him weak willed if he needs to hear "god's" voice night and day to quit playing sro(I was bored and read is whole post) and build meaningful relations with "real" people.

[HawaiianMix]

I love invisible fairies.

[TheDrop]

I love invisible fairies.

i love something coming from nothing

[Zing]

I love invisible fairies.

i love something coming from nothing

Actually.. M Theory provides that our universe was created by other universes. In the 11th dimension these, what we call, membranes (made up of vibrating sting) crashes into each other which then causes bang bangs. And bang bangs in this dimension, the 11th, is not rare and they actually happen often.

[TheDrop]

I love invisible fairies.

i love something coming from nothing

Actually.. M Theory provides that our universe was created by other universes. In the 11th dimension these, what we call, membranes (made up of vibrating sting) crashes into each other which then causes bang bangs. And bang bangs in this dimension, the 11th, is not rare and they actually happen often.

Just because you try paraphrase it does not mean you know shit about what it means

[XMoshe]

God created us to be in a relationship with him, and you cannot dodge this.

This is, maybe, one of the only true statements that a person can say, if you can't understand this phrase, then i feel sorry you.

There is no such thing as 'god'

[Pan_Raider(`_´)]

There is no such thing as 'god'

only in our heads

[jyushinshuu]

anyone please save me, I don't want to get burned in HELL.

[Pan_Raider(`_´)]

anyone please save me, I don't want to get burned in HELL.

10$ pls and all your sins are forgiven

[jyushinshuu]

can you make it $5?

[Pan_Raider(`_´)]

can you make it $5?

ok 5$ and 5 prayers and we have a deal

[Zing]

Just because you try paraphrase it does not mean you know shit about what it means

Okay? Enlighten me

and lmao, Pan_Raider are you the Pope?

[andycooly]

lol thread is lol

[Stress]

There is no such thing as 'god'

How can you know?

[XMoshe]

There is no such thing as 'god'

How can you know?

Common sense?

[William-CL]

Better than being addicted to Meth. wait, does that have any meaning in the topic? I didn't read it. . . .


. . . .unless slightly skimming it counts

[Stress]

Common sense?

The common sense of someone born in a humanistic, largely atheistic society. Ask most of the people from Eastern Europe if there is a God, and they will say: of course there is. Ask most people from Western Europe if there is a God, or if they give a damn about some 'God', and they'll say they don't, of course.

Open your mind; your 'Common sense' doesn't mean anything.

To claim that 'There is no god.', just because of your 'Common sense' makes you just as narrow-minded as a fanatic Christian, at least in my book.

[Pan_Raider(`_´)]

Just because you try paraphrase it does not mean you know shit about what it means

Okay? Enlighten me

and lmao, Pan_Raider are you the Pope?

God told me to charge money in exchange for spiritual clensing,
so I'm a religious dignitary till someone can prove otherwise.

You can try and be one too

Spoiler!

"oh holy members of SRF, i have a confession to make:
i've spent 2 hours in the last few days on committing mangyang genocide and do not know if i can go on living with this sin.
Especially after a mang screamed a curse at me, ensuring that i'd pay when their Nemisis would swoop upon me (giant mangyang), before it hit the ground in pieces and disappeared.
Now i cannot walk past a farm without taking a great detour around the hayballs, because i have yet to find a notation of the exact time i'll have to pay this retribution and i have the feeling that they're just waiting...

please relieve me of this burden with your powers "

[Gnarly]

Common sense?

The common sense of someone born in a humanistic, largely atheistic society. Ask most of the people from Eastern Europe if there is a God, and they will say: of course there is. Ask most people from Western Europe if there is a God, or if they give a damn about some 'God', and they'll say they don't, of course.

Open your mind; your 'Common sense' doesn't mean anything.

To claim that 'There is no god.', just because of your 'Common sense' makes you just as narrow-minded as a fanatic Christian, at least in my book.

Well said.

[Miguez]

Common sense?

The common sense of someone born in a humanistic, largely atheistic society. Ask most of the people from Eastern Europe if there is a God, and they will say: of course there is. Ask most people from Western Europe if there is a God, or if they give a damn about some 'God', and they'll say they don't, of course.

Open your mind; your 'Common sense' doesn't mean anything.

To claim that 'There is no god.', just because of your 'Common sense' makes you just as narrow-minded as a fanatic Christian, at least in my book.

What are you on about Western and Eastern Europe, there are religious people on both of them, and this stereotype doesn't even make sense.

[XMoshe]

Common sense?

The common sense of someone born in a humanistic, largely atheistic society. Ask most of the people from Eastern Europe if there is a God, and they will say: of course there is. Ask most people from Western Europe if there is a God, or if they give a damn about some 'God', and they'll say they don't, of course.

Open your mind; your 'Common sense' doesn't mean anything.

To claim that 'There is no god.', just because of your 'Common sense' makes you just as narrow-minded as a fanatic Christian, at least in my book.

I will never deny that there is more to this world than just humans (animals/plants and all that shit) but to believe that somewhere out there a guy on a cloud is controlling everything, choosing ones faith and all in all created everything on this planet is just... well stupid.

[Stress]

@Three_UniQue:
Actually, I was talking about the fact that, as countries advance - economically, technologically, etc. - it is more likely that the inhabitants of that region become less religious. It's natural this way. The fact that people are less religious in developed countries is visible to anyone. In third world countries like my own, many people still hold strong to their faith.

For example, 23% of Sweden's inhabitants declare themselves atheists. In Romania, less than 1% of inhabitants declare themselves atheists. Does this prove what I am trying to say?

Or Holland, for example. Some sources claim 39% of dutch people consider themselves atheists.


@Moshe & everyone else:

I, for one, have tried to detach myself from the ideas that were passed on to me by my society. It doesn't matter if the ideas were religious or atheistic, or whatever. It just made sense to me that I should search for myself, and find out what I think is true, and worth considering.

When I retired from the moderating Staff, I decided I wanted to become a priest for a while, and find out if the religious aspect of my society suits me. It didn't.

Atheism doesn't, either. I haven't come to establish a philosophy of my own, or, at least, some ideology that I would find compatible with the way I understand reality. I have too little experience for that, because I'm relatively young; I've just turned 18. Experience will come in time, of course.

tl;dr version:
I'm dissatisfied with an philosophical or ideological system that has been offered to me so far. I'm looking for my own; for this, I need an open mind. There are so many things out there, and I wouldn't want to miss anything by narrowing my mind.

[Nitro]

Actually, I was talking about the fact that, as countries advance - economically, technologically, etc. - it is more likely that the inhabitants of that region become less religious.

Isn't this saying something?

The common sense of someone born in a humanistic, largely atheistic society. Ask most of the people from Eastern Europe if there is a God, and they will say: of course there is.

I'm living in Eastern Europe, and yes, I'd agree with you, if you ask someone older than 50 he will most likely say yes, but our youth pretty much denies God, I dont know one person that is religious, but maybe that changes over time.

[Trace]

Its always a good read when Stress decides to elaborate. I learned so much from such a benign titled thread. Feeling philosophical, I just want to share my grinding experience to enrich this thread content further.

I sometimes take a shit while I grind.

[Miguez]

@Three_UniQue:
Actually, I was talking about the fact that, as countries advance - economically, technologically, etc. - it is more likely that the inhabitants of that region become less religious. It's natural this way. The fact that people are less religious in developed countries is visible to anyone. In third world countries like my own, many people still hold strong to their faith.

For example, 23% of Sweden's inhabitants declare themselves atheists. In Romania, less than 1% of inhabitants declare themselves atheists. Does this prove what I am trying to say?

Or Holland, for example. Some sources claim 39% of dutch people consider themselves atheists.

Like Nitro said, that basically means that the more we know, the more advanced the society we're part of is, people are less likely to be religious.

But I have to recognize that you were right when you said that there was a difference between Western and Eastern European Societies, I wasn't looking at it the same way you were.

[Ch4otik]

the problem with religion and it's perception is simply the fact that very few choose to go beyond the periphery. ideas such as "I don't want to get burned in HELL" or "somewhere out there a guy on a cloud is controlling everything, choosing ones faith and all in all created everything on this planet" and "god told me to charge money in exchange for spiritual clensing,
so I'm a religious dignitary till someone can prove otherwise." are what i define as periphery.

very few choose to ditch all that they have been told and actually try living according to the precepts of whatever path they choose. whenever a "path" fails to provide an appropriate answer for whatever circumstance they are in, very few choose to keep searching or admit that no "path" provides an answer. very few realize that the answer they found by taking a different path was already in the other one, just either de-emphasized or presented in a different way understandable only to those who share the same viewpoint through cultural, social, physical, and spiritual experiences.

religion is more philosophical and enlightening than you think. the major players of the enlightenment and scientific thought in general were/are religious.

basically. when a person decides to seek what matters in life and find answers to life's universally shared questions, (s)he finds a way to represent what (s)he has discovered, finds it difficult to use different words to represent the same image and portray the exact same meaning, and gets stuck with religion.

that being said. atheism is as much a religion as christianity, islam, buddhism, hinduism, zoroastrianism, bahaism, and whatever else. (and just to throw it in. even a relativists subscribes to relativism only in his head. question him/her and you will see)

i'm a Christian, but like the Jews, I believe there are multiple paths to God, including atheism.
all i have to say is. only the fool says in HIS HEART (not head or mouth) that there is no God. no one knows another's heart. so. quit being judgmental and consider why a person believes what (s)he believes.

/end rant.

[Stress]

Its always a good read when Stress decides to elaborate. I learned so much from such a benign titled thread. Feeling philosophical, I just want to share my grinding experience to enrich this thread content further.

I sometimes take a shit while I grind.

Thank you for your valuable, enlightening contribution, sir. It was eyeopening for me.

[Zing]

the problem with religion and it''s ...

What is your definition of religion?

[Ch4otik]

exactly as it is presented here and what the general public as well as scholars define it as and as oh so very slightly elaborated on in my post where i say atheism is a religion.
essentially. webster's fourth definition: a cause, principle, or system of beliefs held to with ardor and faith.