.Sicky.
Happy Little Boozer
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Post by .Sicky. on Nov 9, 2006 7:52:30 GMT
Hey hey.
I didn't say I liked Buddhism in practice. ;]
I used to be a vegetarian.. But I got told off because it started screwing with my body. So I'm back on the meat and happy. And it's funny, because before I was a vege I used to eat my steak rare xD
You're right it is the PEOPLE rather than the beliefs and even then it's sometimes just the leaders/ministers/priests/whathaveyous that are the issue.
Christians have a double meaning when it comes to other religions. Bible says "Respect all for what they are and respect all religions.. BUT PUT ONE FOOT OUTTA LINE AND I'LL BUST A CAP IN YO ASS AND BLAME YOUR GOD. "
Sound familiar?
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Otzlowe
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How many miles to heaven? I think I'm getting close.
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Post by Otzlowe on Nov 10, 2006 2:54:39 GMT
Yup, yup. Pretty much all of it in an eggshell. I hate the christian religion as it is these days. It's nothing I could ever be proud of. Ever.
I like my meat with salt. And pepper... and hot sauce... >_>... I <3 Meat.
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Post by Surreptitious Cardboard Box on Nov 10, 2006 21:23:30 GMT
I guess I border on atheist/sceptic. I'm not sure which category I fall into most, but it's one of those two.
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Post by [Chris] on Nov 21, 2006 9:55:03 GMT
I dunno. I have on my profile for Myspace that I'm Agnostic. But I dunno, maybe I'm borderline Agnostic-Atheist. I don't know. But I don't really believe in God or anything. Although I do often say "I'm going to Hell when I die" or some talk about God. I guess because people around me believe in him, so I talk of him as if he does exist. But I don't really believe it. I haven't told my mom about it yet, though. She probably won't understand. She never has... heh... stupid bitch... Anyways. I guess she believes in God. My grandmother too. My grandmother's boyfriend is an Indian (I mean an actual, tribal, Native American Indian)... and he doesn't believe in God. But... coming from her own son, my mom may freak out on me. Lol. She never understands me, so I don't expect her to understand that either. But me, I'm not convinced. For lots of reasons. But she may flip out and think I'm some terrible person. Not that I'm not. I am human, after all, but I'm probably just more 'disturbed' than most people. I have few morals. But I'm not a... "danger to society", I guess... as in I doubt I'd go on a molesting spree or something. I don't beat on women and stuff. But yeah. I just don't buy into the God and Satan deal and whatnot. Sure, we just die, but what happens to our souls or whatever? What would we be if we didn't exist. I can't just believe that when we die, we die. There has to be something more, I just can't except anything else. Dying, and losing everything forever. It seems so depressing, so I hope there is something after death. Still, I have to agree with science on some parts, when the body dies, it dies, but science can't explain souls. Depressing? Hmm. Not to me. I really don't think about it. I mean, seriously, why get depressed? It's not like God will say "Oh, little Jimmy doesn't want to die yet. I'll wait"... so, you know, it's not like you can stop it, so why be sad over it? Maybe we become reincarnated into another body, maybe our souls and spirits have afterlife rave parties in Heaven (or Hot Potato in Hell), or maybe we are doomed for an afterlife galaxy of nothingness. Either way, I do not care. I was given life, so I live it as best I can, and you can't stop God's plans, if he exists, so I don't bother.
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Post by Richard El Britannia on Nov 21, 2006 16:58:55 GMT
Heh, I've sorted my thoughts out since I posted that. I'm pretty much atheist, now. I was almost so before. Now I've been reasoned with, I don't believe in life after death or any of that shizz and I'm not depressed about it. ^_^
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Post by [Chris] on Nov 21, 2006 17:32:09 GMT
Lol. Yeah, I know, I just wanted to say that. Because I don't get how people can live life being scared of death. I mean God doesn't care if you're ready to go when he wants you. So I don't bother with worrying. Lol.
But, either way, whether I'm Agnostic or Atheist, I don't buy into the whole God thing. I'm not one that usually easily duped into believing stuff just because people tell me to believe it. Santa Claus and Easter Bunny turned out to be fake. So maybe the whole God thing is another parental thing to get kids to behave so they become "upstanding" adults later in life. Of course, if not, he'll probably be pretty pissed at me for saying that.
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Otzlowe
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How many miles to heaven? I think I'm getting close.
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Post by Otzlowe on Nov 21, 2006 21:41:03 GMT
I understand being afraid of death from a practical veiw. I fear death myself, because there's still things in life I have yet to accomplish, people I have yet to meet, so much of life unlived. I don't want to go before I have done at least some of those things, but I don't "Fear my time", because I don't really believe there is a specific time for anyone to die. You just die, end of story. Like I said, I don't fear the end part of death, what happens after I die; I fear what I lose my chance to do, that I spent so long waiting to do. Selfish or no, that's how I feel.
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Post by [Chris] on Nov 22, 2006 8:54:59 GMT
I'm not afraid. I don't even see myself dying before I'm 70 or so anyways. And I just try to live my life as much as possible in a crap state like Louisiana. So that if, by some off chance, I find out I may die soon, or just up and die without warning, at least I didn't die depressed and worried about when and how I'd die.
And one of the main things about why I don't believe in God is because... if he actually is the only all-knowing being that everyone says he is, and if he knows everything... well, then, don't you think that God would've put everything in the Bible the first time around? The Bible has been rewritten throughout history. Yes... humans edit the Bible, so that's why I don't buy in to it. Who is to say humans didn't edit the Bible just to make people conform and behave the way they wanted humans to be?
And if God was going to give us the intelligence that he has and, unlike animals, the ability to think and plan and everything... don't you think he would've expected homosexuality? I just feel he wouldn't have cared, or else... he would've done more to try to prevent homosexuality. I mean if he exists and if he made his presence known/felt more... then maybe a lot of people would act differently. Some people just do what the hell they want because they don't believe in him.
Here's two quotes that I made on another forum about this same thing.
But all of that is just how I feel. I'm not saying it's smart or right or anything. I'm just saying that's my thoughts on this.
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Otzlowe
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How many miles to heaven? I think I'm getting close.
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Post by Otzlowe on Nov 22, 2006 18:32:14 GMT
And one of the main things about why I don't believe in God is because... if he actually is the only all-knowing being that everyone says he is, and if he knows everything... well, then, don't you think that God would've but everything in the Bible the first time around? The Bible has been rewritten throughout history. Yes... humans edit the Bible, so thats why I don't buy in to it. Who is to say humans didn't edit the Bible just to make people conform and behave they wanted humans to be? And if God was going to give us the intelligence that he has and, unlike animals, the ability to think and plan and everything... don't you think he would've expected homosexuality? I just feel he wouldn't have cared, or else... he would've done more to try to prevent homosexuality. I mean if he exists and if he made his presence known/felt more... then maybe a lot of people would act differently. Some people just do what the hell they want because they don't believe in him. Ding! My exact thoughts. You win a cookie. :3
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Post by [Chris] on Nov 25, 2006 20:39:12 GMT
Woo-hoo! I win a cookie. Chris ftw! ;D
But yeah, humans have edited the Bible countlessly since the original one, so as far as I am concerned, he doesn't even exist. I mean, I don't see why God would allow humans to do that to begin with...
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