comment by The Aussie one (U20351)
posted 18 seconds ago
Surely there's a difference between a creator and a religious text that people follow to the letter?
If one day an alien/god/creator comes to earth and someone comes up to him and says he didn't steal or have secks before marriage or eat pork or have gaaay secks etc the god might well be like 'I never said you couldn't do those things - man did'
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Its no different to any manual that is written is it?
Where you work you have rules and guidelines no?
If your scenario of aliens in your OP is taken as being true then would they not have had some form of communication to ensure their "experiment" had rules. Even it were for kicks. Maybe they have a sense of humour?
Religious figures such as Jesus could have been their emissaries
comment by Zlatanariyan (U19849)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - where my muthaf'king dominoes at (U2958)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Wonder Man (U11164)
posted 1 minute ago
I think the aliens qualify as God. A creator, a higher life form than ourselves. What else does one need to be considered a god? The aliens you describe would have definitely been viewed as gods a few thousand years ago
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I only really know about christian writings... But don't these religions all claim that our creator is also the ultimate creator of everything?
The situation in the OP would dispel that.
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How so?
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Because the aliens did not create the universe, they would just have created us.
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? (U3126)
posted 6 minutes ago
The Sniper
As you are probably aware, politics here in Northern Ireland has largely been founded on religious beliefs.
When a prominent DUP member condemned homosexuality a few years ago, she was criticised by many. I’ve copied a response which was printed in the local Belfast Telegraph newspaper at the time. It’s a good read:
A few years later she (aged 60) was involved in scandal after having an affair with a 19yr old
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snipped the post a bit... but the Iris affair is pure comedy... q-radios pi$$take every morning... still baffles me how they get away with it.
Theres a page on facebook called Literal Bible Man... he rarely posts these days but its in a similar vein... outstanding
What if we get so technologically advanced we create a new world which in time gets so advanced that they create their own, but their new world is actually our world and everything is just one big loop.
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comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - where my muthaf'king dominoes at (U2958)
posted 1 minute ago
Think it was Hawkins who argued that time is a construct which had a starting and will have an end.
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others disagree though.
The "who created the creator" or "what happened before the big bang" questions seem to always point to the concept of infinity, which changes our idea of what time is.
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In physics isn't time a dimension and the limit of dimension tends to infinity?
What would Stuart Pearce do? -
The biggest problem with the laws, rules and customs provided in the Old Testament is that they may have been relevant for the time, but now look obsolete.
Putting century old laws into practice in a modern society will do nothing but quickly regress that society into a place it was when those laws were made. We are seeing something similar occurring in the Middle East whenever Sharia starts getting enforced.
Of course, there is wisdom (and great poetry) to be found in religious text, but ignoring the bad aspects would be intellectual blindness .
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - where my muthaf'king dominoes at (U2958)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Zlatanariyan (U19849)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - where my muthaf'king dominoes at (U2958)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Wonder Man (U11164)
posted 1 minute ago
I think the aliens qualify as God. A creator, a higher life form than ourselves. What else does one need to be considered a god? The aliens you describe would have definitely been viewed as gods a few thousand years ago
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I only really know about christian writings... But don't these religions all claim that our creator is also the ultimate creator of everything?
The situation in the OP would dispel that.
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How so?
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Because the aliens did not create the universe, they would just have created us.
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OK I see what you mean
Yes religions do believe that the creator created the universe and everything within it
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Here's an argument against intelligent design (unless put on Earth as a decoy or something)
https://twitter.com/DFORT16
comment by The Sniper (U21079)
posted 1 minute ago
What would Stuart Pearce do? -
The biggest problem with the laws, rules and customs provided in the Old Testament is that they may have been relevant for the time, but now look obsolete.
Putting century old laws into practice in a modern society will do nothing but quickly regress that society into a place it was when those laws were made. We are seeing something similar occurring in the Middle East whenever Sharia starts getting enforced.
Of course, there is wisdom (and great poetry) to be found in religious text, but ignoring the bad aspects would be intellectual blindness .
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No sharia has been enforced in the ME and I personally believe that religion does get used for the gains and ends of some people. The Saudi regime and even the church are a testimony to this. I do believe people in the main view religion based on the practises of these institutions rather than religion itself.
There are in fact verses and passages within religious texts, often omitted or mistranslated by the powers that be to remain powers that be, that warn of this
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 59 seconds ago
Here's an argument against intelligent design (unless put on Earth as a decoy or something)
https://twitter.com/DFORT16
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I feel queasy trying to understand this.
comment by Loco Liverpool (U18018)
posted 6 minutes ago
What if we get so technologically advanced we create a new world which in time gets so advanced that they create their own, but their new world is actually our world and everything is just one big loop.
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Much like the MK Dons and AFC Wimbledon saga.
I have the Lighthouse Family stuck in my head now, due to the title of this article.
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Where've you Lifted that from?
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comment by Robben (U1145)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 59 seconds ago
Here's an argument against intelligent design (unless put on Earth as a decoy or something)
https://twitter.com/DFORT16
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I feel queasy trying to understand this.
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Robben post read hard words copy clinton evil cool.
Shocking thought you might come up something even slightly imaginative!
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comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Robben (U1145)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 59 seconds ago
Here's an argument against intelligent design (unless put on Earth as a decoy or something)
https://twitter.com/DFORT16
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I feel queasy trying to understand this.
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Robben post read hard words copy clinton evil cool.
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What is the painting of the vase about with a flower and an old king in the corner that he's tweeted to loads of people?
Dean Barrett @DFORT16 3h
@johnwb2032 like tree cool call them the lungs of God may do poetry along lines cool
Dean Barrett @DFORT16 3h
@DanielEganUK check out part time motor trader policy drive any car
Just... what?
comment by The Sniper (U21079)
posted 14 minutes ago
What would Stuart Pearce do? -
The biggest problem with the laws, rules and customs provided in the Old Testament is that they may have been relevant for the time, but now look obsolete.
Putting century old laws into practice in a modern society will do nothing but quickly regress that society into a place it was when those laws were made. We are seeing something similar occurring in the Middle East whenever Sharia starts getting enforced.
Of course, there is wisdom (and great poetry) to be found in religious text, but ignoring the bad aspects would be intellectual blindness .
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I know!!
When I was younger (early 80's) our local council closed all the parks and the swings etc were tied up as "the Sabbath" was a day of rest.
To this day bar's, hotels etc in Northern Ireland are not allowed to sell alcohol on certain religious dates (Easter etc).
Goes down really well with tourists who may want a glass of wine with their dinner...
Zlatanariyan -
While no Islamic country may have enforced Sharia in it's totality (although interpretation of how the laws should be practiced differ from scholar to scholar anyway), several Islamic nations have implemented aspects of Sharia or Islamic ruling into the laws of the land.
comment by Robben (U1145)
posted 39 seconds ago
Shockingthought you might come up something even slightly imaginative!
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No worry cool. If I'm feeling a bit thick at work I read these tweets and it always cheers me up. Don't know what he's on about 99% of the time. However, in the middle of all these garbled tweets he tweeted -
https://twitter.com/DFORT16/status/769516082180812804
comment by Robben (U1145)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Robben (U1145)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 59 seconds ago
Here's an argument against intelligent design (unless put on Earth as a decoy or something)
https://twitter.com/DFORT16
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I feel queasy trying to understand this.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Robben post read hard words copy clinton evil cool.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What is the painting of the vase about with a flower and an old king in the corner that he's tweeted to loads of people?
Dean Barrett @DFORT16 3h
@johnwb2032 like tree cool call them the lungs of God may do poetry along lines cool
Dean Barrett @DFORT16 3h
@DanielEganUK check out part time motor trader policy drive any car
Just... what?
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Think the picture may have the family coat of arms on it but who knows what's going on there?
A question of faith
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posted on 8/9/16
comment by The Aussie one (U20351)
posted 18 seconds ago
Surely there's a difference between a creator and a religious text that people follow to the letter?
If one day an alien/god/creator comes to earth and someone comes up to him and says he didn't steal or have secks before marriage or eat pork or have gaaay secks etc the god might well be like 'I never said you couldn't do those things - man did'
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Its no different to any manual that is written is it?
Where you work you have rules and guidelines no?
If your scenario of aliens in your OP is taken as being true then would they not have had some form of communication to ensure their "experiment" had rules. Even it were for kicks. Maybe they have a sense of humour?
Religious figures such as Jesus could have been their emissaries
posted on 8/9/16
comment by Zlatanariyan (U19849)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - where my muthaf'king dominoes at (U2958)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Wonder Man (U11164)
posted 1 minute ago
I think the aliens qualify as God. A creator, a higher life form than ourselves. What else does one need to be considered a god? The aliens you describe would have definitely been viewed as gods a few thousand years ago
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I only really know about christian writings... But don't these religions all claim that our creator is also the ultimate creator of everything?
The situation in the OP would dispel that.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
How so?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Because the aliens did not create the universe, they would just have created us.
posted on 8/9/16
comment by What would Stuart Pearce do? (U3126)
posted 6 minutes ago
The Sniper
As you are probably aware, politics here in Northern Ireland has largely been founded on religious beliefs.
When a prominent DUP member condemned homosexuality a few years ago, she was criticised by many. I’ve copied a response which was printed in the local Belfast Telegraph newspaper at the time. It’s a good read:
A few years later she (aged 60) was involved in scandal after having an affair with a 19yr old
----------------------------------------------------------------------
snipped the post a bit... but the Iris affair is pure comedy... q-radios pi$$take every morning... still baffles me how they get away with it.
Theres a page on facebook called Literal Bible Man... he rarely posts these days but its in a similar vein... outstanding
posted on 8/9/16
What if we get so technologically advanced we create a new world which in time gets so advanced that they create their own, but their new world is actually our world and everything is just one big loop.
posted on 8/9/16
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 8/9/16
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - where my muthaf'king dominoes at (U2958)
posted 1 minute ago
Think it was Hawkins who argued that time is a construct which had a starting and will have an end.
------------------------
others disagree though.
The "who created the creator" or "what happened before the big bang" questions seem to always point to the concept of infinity, which changes our idea of what time is.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
In physics isn't time a dimension and the limit of dimension tends to infinity?
posted on 8/9/16
What would Stuart Pearce do? -
The biggest problem with the laws, rules and customs provided in the Old Testament is that they may have been relevant for the time, but now look obsolete.
Putting century old laws into practice in a modern society will do nothing but quickly regress that society into a place it was when those laws were made. We are seeing something similar occurring in the Middle East whenever Sharia starts getting enforced.
Of course, there is wisdom (and great poetry) to be found in religious text, but ignoring the bad aspects would be intellectual blindness .
posted on 8/9/16
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - where my muthaf'king dominoes at (U2958)
posted 7 minutes ago
comment by Zlatanariyan (U19849)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Ji Sung Park's Cousin - where my muthaf'king dominoes at (U2958)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Wonder Man (U11164)
posted 1 minute ago
I think the aliens qualify as God. A creator, a higher life form than ourselves. What else does one need to be considered a god? The aliens you describe would have definitely been viewed as gods a few thousand years ago
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I only really know about christian writings... But don't these religions all claim that our creator is also the ultimate creator of everything?
The situation in the OP would dispel that.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
How so?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Because the aliens did not create the universe, they would just have created us.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
OK I see what you mean
Yes religions do believe that the creator created the universe and everything within it
posted on 8/9/16
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 8/9/16
Here's an argument against intelligent design (unless put on Earth as a decoy or something)
https://twitter.com/DFORT16
posted on 8/9/16
comment by The Sniper (U21079)
posted 1 minute ago
What would Stuart Pearce do? -
The biggest problem with the laws, rules and customs provided in the Old Testament is that they may have been relevant for the time, but now look obsolete.
Putting century old laws into practice in a modern society will do nothing but quickly regress that society into a place it was when those laws were made. We are seeing something similar occurring in the Middle East whenever Sharia starts getting enforced.
Of course, there is wisdom (and great poetry) to be found in religious text, but ignoring the bad aspects would be intellectual blindness .
----------------------------------------------------------------------
No sharia has been enforced in the ME and I personally believe that religion does get used for the gains and ends of some people. The Saudi regime and even the church are a testimony to this. I do believe people in the main view religion based on the practises of these institutions rather than religion itself.
There are in fact verses and passages within religious texts, often omitted or mistranslated by the powers that be to remain powers that be, that warn of this
posted on 8/9/16
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 59 seconds ago
Here's an argument against intelligent design (unless put on Earth as a decoy or something)
https://twitter.com/DFORT16
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I feel queasy trying to understand this.
posted on 8/9/16
comment by Loco Liverpool (U18018)
posted 6 minutes ago
What if we get so technologically advanced we create a new world which in time gets so advanced that they create their own, but their new world is actually our world and everything is just one big loop.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Much like the MK Dons and AFC Wimbledon saga.
posted on 8/9/16
I have the Lighthouse Family stuck in my head now, due to the title of this article.
posted on 8/9/16
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 8/9/16
Where've you Lifted that from?
posted on 8/9/16
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 8/9/16
comment by Robben (U1145)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 59 seconds ago
Here's an argument against intelligent design (unless put on Earth as a decoy or something)
https://twitter.com/DFORT16
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I feel queasy trying to understand this.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Robben post read hard words copy clinton evil cool.
posted on 8/9/16
Shocking thought you might come up something even slightly imaginative!
posted on 8/9/16
Comment deleted by Site Moderator
posted on 8/9/16
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Robben (U1145)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 59 seconds ago
Here's an argument against intelligent design (unless put on Earth as a decoy or something)
https://twitter.com/DFORT16
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I feel queasy trying to understand this.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Robben post read hard words copy clinton evil cool.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What is the painting of the vase about with a flower and an old king in the corner that he's tweeted to loads of people?
Dean Barrett @DFORT16 3h
@johnwb2032 like tree cool call them the lungs of God may do poetry along lines cool
Dean Barrett @DFORT16 3h
@DanielEganUK check out part time motor trader policy drive any car
Just... what?
posted on 8/9/16
comment by The Sniper (U21079)
posted 14 minutes ago
What would Stuart Pearce do? -
The biggest problem with the laws, rules and customs provided in the Old Testament is that they may have been relevant for the time, but now look obsolete.
Putting century old laws into practice in a modern society will do nothing but quickly regress that society into a place it was when those laws were made. We are seeing something similar occurring in the Middle East whenever Sharia starts getting enforced.
Of course, there is wisdom (and great poetry) to be found in religious text, but ignoring the bad aspects would be intellectual blindness .
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I know!!
When I was younger (early 80's) our local council closed all the parks and the swings etc were tied up as "the Sabbath" was a day of rest.
To this day bar's, hotels etc in Northern Ireland are not allowed to sell alcohol on certain religious dates (Easter etc).
Goes down really well with tourists who may want a glass of wine with their dinner...
posted on 8/9/16
Zlatanariyan -
While no Islamic country may have enforced Sharia in it's totality (although interpretation of how the laws should be practiced differ from scholar to scholar anyway), several Islamic nations have implemented aspects of Sharia or Islamic ruling into the laws of the land.
posted on 8/9/16
comment by Robben (U1145)
posted 39 seconds ago
Shockingthought you might come up something even slightly imaginative!
----------------------------------------------------------------------
No worry cool. If I'm feeling a bit thick at work I read these tweets and it always cheers me up. Don't know what he's on about 99% of the time. However, in the middle of all these garbled tweets he tweeted -
https://twitter.com/DFORT16/status/769516082180812804
posted on 8/9/16
comment by Robben (U1145)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 20 seconds ago
comment by Robben (U1145)
posted 9 minutes ago
comment by Diafol Coch 77 (U2462)
posted 59 seconds ago
Here's an argument against intelligent design (unless put on Earth as a decoy or something)
https://twitter.com/DFORT16
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I feel queasy trying to understand this.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Robben post read hard words copy clinton evil cool.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
What is the painting of the vase about with a flower and an old king in the corner that he's tweeted to loads of people?
Dean Barrett @DFORT16 3h
@johnwb2032 like tree cool call them the lungs of God may do poetry along lines cool
Dean Barrett @DFORT16 3h
@DanielEganUK check out part time motor trader policy drive any car
Just... what?
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Think the picture may have the family coat of arms on it but who knows what's going on there?
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