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wrote in message news:fe1e510a-7edb-480e-8ba2- "I think what Chris Bee is saying is that compassion always trumps faith. Faith is always about the ego - having faith allows one to believe in one's own righteousness and allows one to judge those who do not have faith as being wicked. The more irrational the belief, the stronger the faith is thought to be. The end result of ego-led faith is humans seeking power over others." Not quite. Having a belief in God and what He can do does not give one the right to judge another, that is God's job. I don't give two rats whether or not someone decides whether or not to worship God, but I will point out what The Bible says about it if given the opportunity. "The reason compassion always trumps faith is that it leads to freedom, both of the mind and spirit. Faith inevitably leads to bondage and dominance of one person over another - simply because we humans are faulty. Compassion leads to free cooperation, and in the end it leads to human progress. Compassion is extremely difficult, because it requires one to set aside one's ego, and not let one's passion rule. It requires turning the other cheek when one is wronged." Faith and compassion are intertwined and technically not separate as far as The Bible is concerned. It's not difficult to show both and prevent turning others away. "Faith in an irrational belief is a dead end, it's like sugar in that it makes you feel good for a time but has no nurtitional value. I can understand fully the appeal of faith in the irrational - after all how many would deny a chance to spend eternity in heaven." This is true only because people give up on faith long before the end is reached. If one goes full duration, there is always a result. "Reality is simply too cold a place for most people. What is dangerous is not a simple belief system that comforts the believer, what is dangerous is the misuse of this to attain power over others." This is true if *anything* is allowed to become corrupted. It can happen with religion, and certainly with politics and money as we see now worldwide. "I believe in Jesus' words, but do not worship his body. I worship his message (the term worship is defined as holding up something of worth). His words are similar to those of other wise men before his time and after. Hillel has said that the entire text of the Tora can be summed up by the Golden Rule, everything else being commentary. Can I follow these words, and do I follow them always? Well, I'm human, so all I can do is try." Not for me to judge you, but He will. Only you know in your heart where you stand. A_believer |
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On Mar 14, 4:18*pm, Chris L Peterson wrote:
On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 16:01:19 GMT, "Curtis Croulet" wrote: Chris, I'm about to leave for a day on Palomar (I'm a docent), so I won't have time to help you. *If you choose to answer this creationist's reply, you might look into Lenski's current work on the evolution of E. coli bacteria... I'm not going to bother. He lacks the intellectual skills to even interpret simple observation, let alone understand the mechanisms. Why waste my time? He's a lost cause. _________________________________________________ Chris L Peterson Cloudbait Observatoryhttp://www.cloudbait.com Look who's talking about interpreting simple observations and intellectual skills.Knowing you are a teacher and you still indoctrinate kids into the most stupid ideas such as an equable 24 hour noon cycle is actually below the intellectual level of creationism - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_time When you live with indoctrination and that is all you are ever going to do,each generation infects the next because some idiot back in the late 17th century made a stupid grinning boast - "... our clocks kept so good a correspondence with the Heavens that I doubt it not but they would prove the revolutions of the Earth to be isochronical... " John Flamsteed I'll tell you what Chris,it takes a level of faith to endure such a pandemic of stupidity and the ability to believe that 'sidereal time' junk for to give it any other credence would be utter foolishness on my part. |
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On Mar 14, 10:23*pm, "A Believer" wrote:
Not for me to judge you, but He will. A_believer It always comes down to threats. When logical argument is pointless you threaten the opposition with your big, white robed Dad. The brain is the seat of love. Not the heart. Your religion is nothing more than a warm bath of dopamine and endless brainwashing. Brainwashing is against the human rights convention but is openly allowed to be used on innocent kids right around the globe as a terrifying pacifier. A comforter laced with LSD and bile. Your Disney character of a snow white Jesus, in snow white robes, walking on a snow white beach, beside lapping waves under gently waving palm trees, with watery and wistful, puppy eyes raised to heaven is a false propaganda fabrication of the protection racket churches. |
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"Chris.Bee" wrote in message "It always comes down to threats. When logical argument is pointless you threaten the opposition with your big, white robed Dad." I didn't threaten. I made a true statement about all mankind eventually being judged. Take it or leave it. I guess you choose the latter, but that is your unfortunate decision. "The brain is the seat of love. Not the heart. Your religion is nothing more than a warm bath of dopamine and endless brainwashing. Brainwashing is against the human rights convention but is openly allowed to be used on innocent kids right around the globe as a terrifying pacifier. A comforter laced with LSD and bile." Here again you continue your senseless attacks when it was totally unnessary. I just wonder what kind of a person YOU must be. Not judging, but you certainly give enough clues for a possible judgement. "Your Disney character of a snow white Jesus, in snow white robes, walking on a snow white beach, beside lapping waves under gently waving palm trees, with watery and wistful, puppy eyes raised to heaven is a false propaganda fabrication of the protection racket churches." Unfortunate that you are so corrupted towards the negative, and who knows what caused it. Could have been anything from molestation to jealousy to inappropriate conduct in a church. I see no point in continuing until your mouth is washed out with acidic soap, but I will say this: I and others here won't stand by when you decide to defame all religions and belief systems, no matter what your situation. If you are dishing it out, then you better be prepared to take it. A_believer |
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On Mar 14, 8:58*am, "A Believer" wrote:
Based on the evidence, evolution did not happen. I have no interest in attacking religion, if by religion you mean the faith that human lives have value, that right and wrong aren't human whims or cultural consensus. But if you mean by religion the use of lies to frighten and manipulate people, yes, I'm against that. If you think the evidence says evolution didn't happen, somebody lied to you. John Savard |
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On Mar 15, 3:15*am, "A Believer" wrote:
Unfortunate that you are so corrupted towards the negative, and who knows what caused it. *Could have been anything from molestation to jealousy to inappropriate conduct in a church. *I see no point in continuing until your mouth is washed out with acidic soap, but I will say this: *I and others here won't stand by when you decide to defame all religions and belief systems, no matter what your situation. *If you are dishing it out, then you better be prepared to take it. A_believer Who's afraid of words? You obviously must be because you have sunk to your knee-jerk Christian response threats yet again. You have not the slightest reason to attack me. I merely question religion and you attack me? The churches may poison children's minds almost from birth without the sanction of international law. Drooling lunatics can troll the streets looking for the weak minded to convert but I cannot question religion in an off topic thread started by a religious ignoramus who attacks serious science? Religion is founded on the threat of endless suffering if the believer does not cow-tow to the rules set by the church to accumulate wealth and power stolen from the poor. The irony is that religion might be a comfort to some but it has been used as a fraud since time began to threaten the innocent and undermine their true worth. Churches breed hierarchy and inequality yet place the weakest minds in charge of the unprotected population. Beside tobacco, drug abuse and alcohol the churches are insane dictators. Unfettered by the morals they spew in the faces of the ordinary people they chain minds with fear from childhood. While the churches grow rich with obscene greed they deny the ordinary person the right to earn a decent wage. Greed is always a sin unless you are a gold robed priest living in a vast palace with a hoard of priceless artefacts. Why is the priest's house always the second largest house in every town and village after the stately home of the land owning aristocrat? Religion is used as a corrupt and powerful tool to ensure the church remains strong despite its evil purpose and practices. It often wields power to which it has no right or reason. It exists for itself completely outside of society and nobody outside the church can affect the evil churches do. Nor choose those who deny others control over their lives. People work hard all week and all hours and then when they should be spending time with their children they all have to go off to church to listen to a fat paedophile talk about immorality and watch him perform his magic tricks in his priceless, subsidised theatre. No wonder so many churches are falling into disrepair where congregations have collapsed. The sheer triviality of religion should be transparently obvious to any thinking person but the poisoned brainwashed mind is bottomless in its hatred of criticism of the church. Absence is the only recourse where the baying mob will allow it. Though usually the priest needs a human sacrifice as a dire warning to others not to stray from the closed prison of the religious mind. The SS and Gestapo did not wield the weapon of fear which a local priest can produce in his flock with an effeminate wave of a manicured hand. Or a soft word in that special voice patented by the religiooze before arse raping the millionth child left in their care by A-believer. Suffer little children as I come into thee! |
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Last comment. You have some serious, serious issues. Most of what you're
saying is by heresay, liberal press or what you've been told. I see little evidence of research into religion on your part. Fuuny how I keep getting criticized here for total ignorance regarding science, but you are the same with religion and your arguments have no relevance. Therefore, goodbye, no point in me replying further.........................and plonk.......... A_PROUD_believer "Chris.Bee" wrote in message news:9850d4d1-4381-4c9e-83d1 _______ falsehoods, corruption, other garbage________ |
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"Quadibloc" wrote in message
news:b337f13f-eccc-4832-b1d2- "I have no interest in attacking religion, if by religion you mean the faith that human lives have value, that right and wrong aren't human whims or cultural consensus". Partially, yes. "But if you mean by religion the use of lies to frighten and manipulate people, yes, I'm against that." No, proper use does not support this. "If you think the evidence says evolution didn't happen, somebody lied to you." I don't feel the evidence shows evolution. I could spend the next year here documenting as to why, but we've all beat to death this topic already just to get this far. Let me ask you a simple question though and I'm curious as to your response: have you ever known of the scientific method to be performed over and over again by various scientists/ labs worldwide, and all the evidence that is determined is the same, yet the result turns out to be wrong even though all testing showed something different? Well, I have known this to happen at least once in my lifetime. It shouldn't have, but it did. Man is not always correct about theories. |
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On Mar 15, 12:46*pm, "A Believer" wrote:
Last comment. *You have some serious, serious issues. *Most of what you're saying is by heresay, liberal press or what you've been told. *I see little evidence of research into religion on your part. *Fuuny how I keep getting criticized here for total ignorance regarding science, but you are the same with religion and your arguments have no relevance. *Therefore, goodbye, no point in me replying further.........................and plonk.......... A_PROUD_believer "Chris.Bee" wrote in message news:9850d4d1-4381-4c9e-83d1 _______ falsehoods, corruption, other garbage________ Dear Plonker Google is your friend. Or rather your enemy. Because there are so many reports by respected news sources online about the rape and abuse of children by priests. When the priest caused too many problems for the bishop the paedophile was simply and cynically moved on to pastures new where they systematically raped or abused yet more children. This has been going on for centuries. Rather than end the serious levels of abuse the RC church was so cynical that it took out heavy insurance against compensation claims by those few children brave enough to complain. The compensation funds available were quickly used up requiring that the church dig deep into its massive property portfolio to pay off abused children. I doubt the surface has even been scratched regarding sexual abuse, sodomy and rape by the clergy. Most abused kids are far too damaged and ashamed to complain and many spend the rest of their lives suffering the symptoms of mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse and depression. Suicide amongst abuse victims is far more common than you would believe. Being arse raped by a stranger is bad enough, Being arse raped by a priest who is supposed to be the local guardian of morals and a figure of respect is a nightmare few will ever forget. History records that when aboriginal children were removed from their "socially unacceptable" living conditions (after land theft by white settlers) they became the victims of paedophiles, perverts and sadists within the church's children's homes. Many are/were so damaged by their experience that they will never recover. Odd how their desperate prayers for protection from the church's perverts and sadists were never answered by the bishops, cardinals and popes. Let alone by your fantasy god. I could link to endless reports if you are unable or too lazy to search. Your definition of "liberal press" is obviously rather different from mine and probably everybody else's. The BBC and other highly respected international news providers are not liberal. They would not have survived if they were. Nor would they be banned in so many of the countries which take human rights to mean the dictator's own. Rather than their people's. How you could remain blissfully unaware of the international furore surrounding this sordid subject is surely testament to your own biased character? Here's just an appetiser for ignorant ostriches like yourself: See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil. Of the church? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_C...ex_abuse_cases |
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"Chris.Bee" wrote in message "Dear Plonker Google is your friend. Or rather your enemy. Because there are so many reports by respected news sources online about the rape and abuse of children by priests. When the priest caused too many problems for the bishop the paedophile was simply and cynically moved on to pastures new where they systematically raped or abused yet more children. This has been going on for centuries. Rather than end the serious levels of abuse the RC church was so cynical that it took out heavy insurance against compensation claims by those few children brave enough to complain. The compensation funds available were quickly used up requiring that the church dig deep into its massive property portfolio to pay off abused children. I doubt the surface has even been scratched regarding sexual abuse, sodomy and rape by the clergy. Most abused kids are far too damaged and ashamed to complain and many spend the rest of their lives suffering the symptoms of mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse and depression. Suicide amongst abuse victims is far more common than you would believe. Being arse raped by a stranger is bad enough, Being arse raped by a priest who is supposed to be the local guardian of morals and a figure of respect is a nightmare few will ever forget. History records that when aboriginal children were removed from their "socially unacceptable" living conditions (after land theft by white settlers) they became the victims of paedophiles, perverts and sadists within the church's children's homes. Many are/were so damaged by their experience that they will never recover. Odd how their desperate prayers for protection from the church's perverts and sadists were never answered by the bishops, cardinals and popes. Let alone by your fantasy god. I could link to endless reports if you are unable or too lazy to search." Ok, the Catholic church has had scores of problems. I agree that their format is not in-line with what The Bible says and this is the primary source of their problems. The Bible does tell us that many churches are wrong in the way they worship/ conduct business. If one's church is corrupted, how hard is it to seek out another church? "Your definition of "liberal press" is obviously rather different from mine and probably everybody else's. The BBC and other highly respected international news providers are not liberal." You are kidding here, right? I hope so because if you believe the BBC is not liberal, I am in strong disagreement. ".....would not have survived if they were. Nor would they be banned in so many of the countries which take human rights to mean the dictator's own. Rather than their people's." Well, I can think of much liberalism that survives no matter how much attacked. "How you could remain blissfully unaware of the international furore surrounding this sordid subject is surely testament to your own biased character? Here's just an appetiser for ignorant ostriches like yourself: See no evil. Hear no evil. Speak no evil. Of the church?" I think you have the false assumption that I am Catholic, which I am not. I am well aware of any problems within my particular denomination, so the aforementioned does not apply to me. However, I think we can at least agree to agree that the Catholic Church has had problems for quite some time. A_believer |
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