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09.01.2011, 12:48 quote

theresaw

Handsel said something (and now he's deleted it) in another thread, about there being not Creator.

WARNING:
I love a good discussion and I realise that this subject won't be for everyone, so please just ignore this if you're going to be offended by it, don't even read it if it's going to upset you.

But this one is for those of us who are brave enough have our spiritual beliefs challenged and are not going to be offended, even if the subject matter may be offensive in nature to some. This is not, in any way, a personal attack, it is simply a discussion where intelligent people state their understanding and thoughts.

I have a firm belief in a Creator Being, God to some of us. However, as a scientist by qualification, I recognise that scientifically we cannot prove that there is a God, none of our spiritual beliefs can actually be proven, in fact, there appears to be more against our spiritual beliefs than for them.

I'd like to start this topic - which may prove to be fairly long winded, I know, but I think there may be some of us who may enjoy it.

Anyone up for it?

 

09.01.2011, 14:07 quote

handsel
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theresaw wrote:
Handsel said something (and now he's deleted it) in another thread, about there being not Creator.
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Anyone up for it?

I'm up for it! My post was still there the last time I looked! Confused
It was in connection with the idea that our Creator (should He exist) would be disappointed with us.

Here it is again:
"I find this puzzling (as an atheist), since (by your definition) He made us and (apparently) we haven't worked out the way He wanted!
Either that, or we are the way we are intended to be - and, if so, how can you blame humanity for His shoddy workmanship?
How can you blame the watch for going fast, or slow, or for ticking too loudly? Surely it's the watchmaker who's at fault?"

Answer me that, or alternatively (as a scientist) kindly lay out your 'evidence' for your belief in the existence of this Creator.

Personally, I think Gods and religions are the towering, bloody monuments to man's arrogance and the sooner we can leave that fairy-story stuff behind, the sooner we will grow up. I'd like to imagine that some day - some time in the future - that will happen. It's either that, or be blasted into oblivion when hand-held nuclear weapons replaces the Uzis etc.
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09.01.2011, 14:52 quote

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Prime creator or Source just IS call it God or whatever, it's an energy that runs through everything that exists.... religions are man made for controlling the people.
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09.01.2011, 15:35 quote

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Considering more wars have been started and hundreds of thousands killed and to this day people still persecuted all in the name of religion - I feel that if there was a creator (in any religion)he would have disowned us by now - for no parent should be that forgiving! UT

 

09.01.2011, 19:24 quote

ukraider

The Force is strong in Gypsy!

 

09.01.2011, 19:33 quote

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ukraider wrote:
The Force is strong in Gypsy!

The SOURCE IS STRONG in me haha! Razz
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09.01.2011, 20:50 quote

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I'm with Hansdsel on this - religion is an unnecessary blight on humanity. Thinking that there some creator is how it all starts - and it seems so innocuous.
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09.01.2011, 22:38 quote

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Creator
I believe there's something more powerful than us. I have trouble explaining why without sounding like a loon. But I feel the power...and will stop now.

 

10.01.2011, 03:46 quote

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i think some are getting confused between religion and spiriuality here. two very seperate things.

if you'v never had the opportunity to feel the galactic truth, then wow, enjoy!!!

 

10.01.2011, 04:43 quote

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icedfluffymoo, spot on! i and i

 

10.01.2011, 04:44 quote

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so did bob marley sing "natural mystic" for no reason then?

 

10.01.2011, 10:47 quote

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I believe everything was created, but I think it was created by mother nature. She is the one that says who lives and dies. We can see this in action with natural selection.

We all know mother nature will wipe mankind off the face of the earth one day, as she has done with other species that can not live within their surroundings. Good job some might say

Realistically, she is everything that is needed to create life Hydrogen, Oxygen, Carbon, Nitrogen etc

Not sure there is any conscience thought there..but then again when you look at the wonderment and complexities, could it all just be coincidence?

Gods/spirits are probably just an easy way to explain it all, when we didn’t know better Very Happy

 

10.01.2011, 11:18 quote

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this might be too much for many of you to handle i reckon...well anyway... i was thinking some big thoughts, and after talking about it, somebody showed me this, which pretty much backed up what i had thought (for no reason? or are we mystics and know our own universe like we know the blood in our vains).... really tho, im expecting people to not get this and to blow me out and think im a total tinfoil hat brigade....but

.....some food for thought....here>

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sumer_anunnaki/reptiles/reptiles67.htm

 

10.01.2011, 11:56 quote

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thinkbeautiful wrote:
this might be too much for many of you to handle i reckon...well anyway... i was thinking some big thoughts, and after talking about it, somebody showed me this, which pretty much backed up what i had thought (for no reason? or are we mystics and know our own universe like we know the blood in our vains).... really tho, im expecting people to not get this and to blow me out and think im a total tinfoil hat brigade....but

.....some food for thought....here>

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sumer_anunnaki/reptiles/reptiles67.htm

Haha! I'll join you with the tin foil hat methinks....... Razz but I also think Jegs has a great description too
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10.01.2011, 12:06 quote

theresaw

handsel wrote:
theresaw wrote:
Handsel said something (and now he's deleted it) in another thread, about there being not Creator.
...
Anyone up for it?

I'm up for it! My post was still there the last time I looked! Confused
It was in connection with the idea that our Creator (should He exist) would be disappointed with us.

Here it is again:
"I find this puzzling (as an atheist), since (by your definition) He made us and (apparently) we haven't worked out the way He wanted!
Either that, or we are the way we are intended to be - and, if so, how can you blame humanity for His shoddy workmanship?
How can you blame the watch for going fast, or slow, or for ticking too loudly? Surely it's the watchmaker who's at fault?"

Answer me that, or alternatively (as a scientist) kindly lay out your 'evidence' for your belief in the existence of this Creator.

Personally, I think Gods and religions are the towering, bloody monuments to man's arrogance and the sooner we can leave that fairy-story stuff behind, the sooner we will grow up. I'd like to imagine that some day - some time in the future - that will happen. It's either that, or be blasted into oblivion when hand-held nuclear weapons replaces the Uzis etc.



Handsel said: "My post was still there the last time I looked! Confused"

Oops, sorry, Embarassed my bad! I must have been in such a hurry that I just didn't look carefully enough!



Handsel said: "I find this puzzling (as an atheist), since (by your definition) He made us and (apparently) we haven't worked out the way He wanted!
Either that, or we are the way we are intended to be - and, if so, how can you blame humanity for His shoddy workmanship?
How can you blame the watch for going fast, or slow, or for ticking too loudly? Surely it's the watchmaker who's at fault?"


Well, I think that we're still in our development stage, as planned. As we all know we're getting better - or worse (whichever way you look at it), even the universe that we know is still expanding according to scientists (according to the big bang theorists, the world that we know is still expanding from the big band) - and we have "developed" since the time that "man" started.
There is a theory that man and dolphin are at a similar stage of evolution: both have five digits and the brain is about the same size and dolphins are the only other mammal know to have love for pleasure and not just for procreation. If we assume that dolphins are at the same stage of development as mankind, then in my opinion (which isn't worth terribly much) the dolphin has done better than homo sapien, having not developed a single weapon of war (to our knowledge), but they still farm fish to eat and they don't often get involved in fighting amongst their own kind (well certainly not as often as we do!).

Now, to get back to your statement I don't actually think that our Creator (if indeed He/She/It exists because scientifically we cannot prove any such thing) will be disappointed with us at all - that's just an emotion that I, as a human, attribute to Him/Her/It.
I think that we are so simplistic in our thoughts and actions we are very easy to predict and so our every move is known to our Creator long before we actual take that action - so there can be no disappointment.
Also, emotions are only something that we experience here - I think that we lose emotions as we evolve (perhaps as we grow more God-like - as we evolve in the spirit world, if, again, that takes place, and again, that can't be proven scientifically).

So effectively I am in agreement with you - I don't think that the Creator-being (if, as you say, such a Thing exists) is to "blame" or is unhappy in any way.


Handsel said: "Personally, I think Gods and religions are the towering, bloody monuments to man's arrogance and the sooner we can leave that fairy-story stuff behind, the sooner we will grow up. I'd like to imagine that some day - some time in the future - that will happen. It's either that, or be blasted into oblivion when hand-held nuclear weapons replaces the Uzis etc."

I believe that spiritual beliefs stem from mankinds' fear.
If you go back in history, you will see that there always have been pagan rites that are carried out, generally involving sacrifice (this is carried out even in the Christian belief at the moment in the sacrifice of the 'Son of God'/'Lamb of God' and the taking of the body and the blood)to some god so that there will be no anger on the village/area and its people.

As time goes on, the rulers take over the power of the 'gods' in many ways and the "sacrifices" start being given to the rulers who are often the priests in the villages/area who accept the "sacrifices" on behalf of the gods.

Even in the Christian world in more ancient times this is true.
As the bible comes into existence, it is "owned" by the rulers and priests of the time and it is changed according to the needs and wants of those who rule.
The bible that exists today is not the one that was originally written by those who were believed to have been "inspired by God".

But even so, the Christian belief (and I speak mainly of the Christian belief because I know more about it than the others) has many things in it that come from other pagan belief systems.
Jesus was the 13th "saviour/god" born to a virgin mother in a row in recorded history, Ra having been one of the better known ones before Jesus's time. All of those 13 are recorded as having very similar stories, born of a virgin, and "sacrificed" so that others would go to "heaven" despite their sins.

The date of Christmas was chosen as 25 December despite the fact that it was proven that he must have been born in September as a result of the "star" that the Magi saw most likely being Haley's comet; but 25 December was a time of celebration of a pagan god at the time and in order for the Romans to overcome the people worshipping that pagan god (a god to do with the winter solstice, I don't remember the name), they selected the date to coincide with that one.

I could go on and on but I won't.
Christian theological ministers are given all this information when they train, but they do not pass it on to their congregtions because many people in the congregations like to believe in the actual story of the virgin birth (despite the fact that we all know that it's physically and scientifically impossible and what organised Creator, who also created science, would suddenly go against the very laws of science that He had created?)

But in effect, what I am trying to say is that FEAR is an emotion that rules us all, in my opinion, it is the strongest of all emotions, and living in fear of something (even if it is in the life after death) is what makes people believe in something spiritual generally.

I must therefore disagree with your opinion that it's as a result of man's arrogance.

Well, that's just my 2 cents worth!

 
 
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