octave Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 One of the US Universities built an Ark from the detailed specification in the Bible and it produced a current. Which university?, when?, were there pictures?, video? documentation? This surely must be repeatable.
M61A1 Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 I mean the rapidly-escalating movement to kick Christianity while it's down. In the religious vacuum this leaves, many much more extreme religions are taking hold in our community, even buying up disused churches. At least most mainstream churches had (recently) been forced to adapt to modern liberal attitudes. The faiths replacing them will not.Better the devil you know... I disagree.....it is the fundamental concept of Christianity to "turn the other cheek" or die for your god, while the extremists are all happy to kill for their god. The lack of resistance (or vacuum) to extremists is a result of the Christian ways, we need to forget the turn the other cheek thing and start eradicating them without mercy, and stop worrying about what god will think.
facthunter Posted November 1, 2014 Posted November 1, 2014 I would think it natural if someone wants to kill you, that you might see that as needing a response. When all these attention seeking ratbag kids threaten and kill what do they expect ? Perhaps the brain is a bit inactive.Nev
AVOCET Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 None of us have the mental capacity to understand the end, the nothingness that will come after death. You practice dying all your life every time you go to sleep when all your systems shut down except for heart, breathing and your bladder. Quote. Are you saying that athiest dont dream ? My dad was an athiest , he recons he didn't dream . ( just wunderin if its a common trait ) So , your happy for me ( re 144) In all honesty , i dont think so . Cheers mike
facthunter Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Whether you dream has nothing to do with believing in god or not. Some who believe attach a lot of importance to the content of dreams. It appears with research to be almost universal. The significance would be arguable to relate to any real situation . It could reflect your anxieties .Nev
rankamateur Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 I reckon Nicola Tesla could have built a working copy of the ark if his research wasn't continually and energetically brought undone by the commercial oil industry in America and it's money grabbing owners.
Dafydd Llewellyn Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 I mean the rapidly-escalating movement to kick Christianity while it's down. In the religious vacuum this leaves, many much more extreme religions are taking hold in our community, even buying up disused churches. At least most mainstream churches had (recently) been forced to adapt to modern liberal attitudes. The faiths replacing them will not.Better the devil you know... Oh; I thought you were referring to atheism as a movement. Buy a church, start a religion - good way to evade taxes. No, I agree with FT on this one; just get the churches to leave the kids alone, and start paying taxes like the rest of us, and people can vote with their feet as to whether they want to be told what to believe. If they start killing unbelievers, they'll get stomped on; but if they leave other people alone, other people will leave them alone. Live & let live applies.
Dafydd Llewellyn Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 I reckon Nicola Tesla could have built a working copy of the ark if his research wasn't continually and energetically brought undone by the commercial oil industry in America and it's money grabbing owners. I thought he did a great deal more good than that; made Edison look silly, actually. (For anybody who doesn't recognise Tesla's name, he invented alternating current). Anyway, he was doing that well before the commercial oil industry got to be the monster it is today.
octave Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 I imagine that my experience after death will be much like my experience before my conception. I was not distressed by the 13.8 billion years since the beginning of the universe that I spent not existing before being alive so I don't see why I should worry about not existing after death.
rankamateur Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 I disagree.....it is the fundamental concept of Christianity to "turn the other cheek" or die for your god, while the extremists are all happy to kill for their god. The lack of resistance (or vacuum) to extremists is a result of the Christian ways, we need to forget the turn the other cheek thing and start eradicating them without mercy, and stop worrying about what god will think. Don't kid yourself that Christianity makes you immune to being an extremist for your beliefs! Ireland would have been a safer place to live if that were true, and they had Christian extremists on both sides of the fight.
facthunter Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 And that transformed the distribution of electricity. Nev
AVOCET Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 I imagine that my experience after death will be much like my experience before my conception. I was not distressed by the 13.8 billion years since the beginning of the universe that I spent not existing before being alive so I don't see why I should worry about not existing after death. Just for the record , that was Bex's post , WAKE up sun shine !
facthunter Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Ranka, They might have fought over the colour of their hair. The oirish seem to love a fight. Nev
Dafydd Llewellyn Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Ranka, They might have fought over the colour of their hair. The oirish seem to love a fight. Nev And they teach their children to hate. Why do you think the "Irish problem" has persisted so long?
octave Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Just for the record , that was Bex's post , WAKE up sun shine ! So it was, it helps if the quotes function is used.
AVOCET Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 So it was, it helps if the quotes function is used. Doing this on an i phone is a pain ! Sorry
octave Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Doing this on an i phone is a pain !Sorry Yeah I get that, difficult on a phone, I once tried to press the agree button on my phone to express sorrow at the death of pilot but I actually hit the funny button, luckily I was able to edit in time.
AVOCET Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Whether you dream has nothing to do with believing in god or not. Some who believe attach a lot of importance to the content of dreams. It appears with research to be almost universal. The significance would be arguable to relate to any real situation . It could reflect your anxieties .Nev Dreams , A multitude of the days business . I Can relate to that .
M61A1 Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Don't kid yourself that Christianity makes you immune to being an extremist for your beliefs! Ireland would have been a safer place to live if that were true, and they had Christian extremists on both sides of the fight. Yeah, can't argue with that, but I was responding to a post about what's happening here, in Australia, now.
rankamateur Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 I thought he did a great deal more good than that; made Edison look silly, actually. (For anybody who doesn't recognise Tesla's name, he invented alternating current). Anyway, he was doing that well before the commercial oil industry got to be the monster it is today. Tesla's Free energy machines would have put an end to the oil industries wealth generation in double quick time with free energy for the rich and the poor, so he had to be stopped!
rankamateur Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Ranka, They might have fought over the colour of their hair. The oirish seem to love a fight. Nev Especially if I had Orange hair and you had Green! My wife would have had Green too, and that would have been most unacceptable two generations ago, and was still a problem one generation ago.
facthunter Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 They have black and red to start with. I like the red. Nev
Marty_d Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 Whether you dream has nothing to do with believing in god or not. Some who believe attach a lot of importance to the content of dreams. It appears with research to be almost universal. The significance would be arguable to relate to any real situation . It could reflect your anxieties .Nev I love dreaming. Anything can and does happen. It's basically your brain clearing its buffer as far as I understand it, which means you're pretty likely to dream about something that affects you emotionally during waking hours. If you're of a religious persuasion you're probably emotionally affected by religious stuff, which makes you dream about it. Attaching any significance to dreams is like looking for meaning in the burbling of a baby. ... even buying up disused churches.... I love churches, would like to convert a disused one. Mainly because of the ceiling height, light, and open plan interior. Cathedrals too - I marvel at the engineering knowledge and craftsmanship of those ancient builders.
facthunter Posted November 2, 2014 Posted November 2, 2014 What if the previous tenant doesn't leave? Nev
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