Basis: libertarianism, taoism/jedi, sith |
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This is a clone of my thread in Ext. Discussion. State your religion, if you have one, or just explain your personal belief. Keep it short and sweet. Again, the goal is to understand eachother past the surface impression. The final goal is less bickering and more learning!!!!! We will then take points that were made here, and discuss them in another thread. PLEASE WRITE ATLEAST SOMETHING. |
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The truth is somewhere in the middle
Basis: libertarianism, taoism/jedi, sith |
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I cannot know anything but my own existance and thoughts, so I'm an agnostic when it comes to religion. Even if I saw a god, I would not know of his/her/its existance, but I would believe he/she/it existed. Because of this I have an open mind, as I do not completely dismiss a possibility. |
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Basis: Wiccan based... still slightly unknown |
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<div align="center">“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” –Mark Twain</div>
I am an athiest, but have an open mind. I have no problem listening to the rants of other people about their religion as long as they don't mind listening to me rant about the nonexistance of my religion. I cannot adimately state that there is no God, for I do not know. I merely assume that there is none, because having once been Christian, I can reason away the majority of the things that "happened" in the Bible, and be pretty sure that they never happened. If it was ever proven that they did occur, I would have no problem changing my philosophy. I also believe in ghosts and aliens, though most people would deam those types of things as silly, but there is actual proof of their existance, at least as far as I am concerned, for I have actually seen a ghost. As for aleins, its just more probable that they exist than that they don't. |
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"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —George Bush, Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004
I for the most part agree with Hard As Nails, just with less caps perhaps |
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“What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'” -Hume
Although some religions are useful in freeing people from even more indoctrinated religions. |
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I'm a christian. |
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Atheist, but if definitions are applied strictly, agnostic. High possibility of no god-like being that plays an active part in the universe. Extremely high possibility that the Judeo-Islamic God does not exist. A god may or may not have created the universe, but that is immaterial. |
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I am from South Africa
I believe there is something out there that is incomprehensible in physical terminology, any attempt to understand it will create confusion and argument, physics do not apply. We can only hope to understand it and in doing so we may reach the next level of our existence. I refuse to believe I'm just gonna turn to dust and that will be the end of me. |
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Physicist A says "a Black Hole exists".
Physicist B says "Physicist A hasn't proved it without a doubt".
Black Hole says "your laws don't apply to me, therefore you are both wrong".
My Beliefs and Theories: |
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You had a comment on why you disregard other people's view of the afterlife, but what is your own view? |
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So you believe without a doubt that there is nothing out there beyond our comprehension? How is that not closed minded. If you say that isn't closed minded then your a liar. And don't start spouting random facts, instead give the the exact facts that prove there isn't anything out there. And don't say the burden of proof is on me because I wasn't trying to convince anyone in my post. I was pointing out that being closed minded is present in non-belief just as much as it is in belief. |
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Physicist A says "a Black Hole exists".
Physicist B says "Physicist A hasn't proved it without a doubt".
Black Hole says "your laws don't apply to me, therefore you are both wrong".
Were you responding to my post? I didn't say that everything is within our comprehension. Obviously, there are some things that humans don't understand. Since we are on that topic, I believe that humans do have the capability to understand any situation, given time. I'm not sure how you could classify the belief in man's ability to expand his mind 'close-minded'. |
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No, it was a response to the one before yours. I had opened a window to write a response to the one before yours and left the room for a short time before I finished writing it. I guess you made a post while I was away from the computer. I should have put his name at the beginning but at the time I didn't think there was another post after his. |
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Physicist A says "a Black Hole exists".
Physicist B says "Physicist A hasn't proved it without a doubt".
Black Hole says "your laws don't apply to me, therefore you are both wrong".
The reason you see me as having a closed mind is because I am an atheist. |
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I'm either too cowardly or optimistic to accept that viewpoint. Thanks for the reply. I must have missed it in your origional post. |
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The burden of proof lies with whoever makes an assertion, no matter which way it goes. As long as you can't prove me wrong, I may be right. That we have never proved it does not disprove it. It goes both ways. |
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Ten years without a dream, now starting almost from scratch.
We're messing with our bodies on a very low level here - can we break them? What will it take to hurt ourselves?
A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men.
-Roald Dahl
So then the faeries in my house exist, right? |
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Physicist A says "a Black Hole exists".
Physicist B says "Physicist A hasn't proved it without a doubt".
Black Hole says "your laws don't apply to me, therefore you are both wrong".
OK... so our definitions of open and close mindedness are a bit off... |
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I'm not familiar with the Urban Dictionary. The one I saw online seemed to be a collection of personal viewpoints. |
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Physicist A says "a Black Hole exists".
Physicist B says "Physicist A hasn't proved it without a doubt".
Black Hole says "your laws don't apply to me, therefore you are both wrong".
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