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Post by A Souless Demon on Dec 13, 2004 0:31:45 GMT -5
Which belief do you have? Mine would be option #2
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Post by ToxicMoon on Dec 15, 2004 0:18:26 GMT -5
I couldn't decide between the third one and the last one but I just chose the last one. I'm not sure if there was too much of a difference between the two. Currently I'm gathering information on both sides of the fence, so to speak. I guess that would make me Agnostic, if I had to chose a label.
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Post by solidsquid on Dec 15, 2004 0:47:21 GMT -5
My option isn't really there...mine would read something to the effect of..."based upon current scientific and philosophic research and literature, to this date there is no evidence to warrant the existence of a deity, therefore my conclusion is that such a deity does not exist. However, the conclusion is contingent upon supported evidence and may change if new evidence is presented, and found to be valid, to the contrary."
That about sums it up...
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Post by Papsmearmycat on Dec 15, 2004 1:00:48 GMT -5
I believe in Bhuddah, God, and in Christ. What does this make me?
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Post by ToxicMoon on Dec 15, 2004 1:09:03 GMT -5
A Buddhist Christian?
I wonder if that exists?
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Post by EvenThen on Dec 15, 2004 2:09:27 GMT -5
I believe in Bhuddah, God, and in Christ. What does this make me? Now- what exactly do you believe about God, Buddha and Christ- in no particular order, of course-?
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Post by AuntieSocial on Dec 15, 2004 7:29:32 GMT -5
Mine would be the same as solidsquid's answer.
BTW, I also believe that the Buddha did exist. He was an Indian spiritual philosopher.
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Post by A Souless Demon on Dec 15, 2004 9:14:41 GMT -5
buddah was a mortal, of course he existed.
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Post by Papsmearmycat on Dec 15, 2004 16:26:13 GMT -5
I believe in Bhudda:
I believe he was an enlightened man. He never claimed to be a God, he claimed that God was in all of us, as well as everything else. I believe this to be true.
I believe in God: Pretty self explanitory.
I believe in Christ: I believe that Christ was the son of God, as are we all. I believe that God sent Christ to the world to teach men how to live, and to grant man forgiveness of his sins.
I believe in Muhammed: I believe in the founder of Islam as well. I believe he was another enlightened man. God sends people to teach others how he wants us to live. Different cultures need a different leader.
All religions have the same basic principles. All the rest is man's feeble attempt to understand God, or man's attempt to change His will.
Just my thoughts.
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Post by A Souless Demon on Dec 15, 2004 18:35:53 GMT -5
I believe in Christ: I believe that Christ was the son of God, as are we all. soo if i had sex with a girl she would be my sister and i would be commiting incest?
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Post by Papsmearmycat on Dec 15, 2004 19:47:52 GMT -5
I don't think you would have to worry about that. Just kidding.
Sort of. Either way, you believe the same thing. We all decended from the first two humans to evolve from apes, right?
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Post by Hilly on Dec 15, 2004 20:04:31 GMT -5
My option isn't really there...mine would read something to the effect of..."based upon current scientific and philosophic research and literature, to this date there is no evidence to warrant the existence of a deity, therefore my conclusion is that such a deity does not exist. However, the conclusion is contingent upon supported evidence and may change if new evidence is presented, and found to be valid, to the contrary." That about sums it up... Yeah I feel this way as well, but I would also add that I just have a feeling that there is no god. An emotional response I know, but hey a Vulcan I'm not.
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Post by ToxicMoon on Dec 16, 2004 7:29:54 GMT -5
Correct me if I'm wrong (and I very well could be), but I think evolution doesn't just happen overnight. It's more of a gradual process, beginning with an accidental mutation. If the mutation helped the species, eventually after a number of years, the whole species would have the mutation and then it would be considered evolution. If the mutation hendered the species, then that particular mutation would just die off.
Evolution is basically nature's experiments, I guess.
Also, I don't believe we evolved from apes. Nature has proven that once a species evolves, the previous species dies off. We still have apes. Therefore, we may have taken a similiar path in the beginning, but eventually there had to be a branch in the chain.
I think we evolved from bacteria! (Note: I'm still wondering about how the world came about, so this is only my current mindset.)
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Post by ToxicMoon on Dec 16, 2004 7:37:28 GMT -5
The music video by Pearl Jam - "Do The Evolution" just popped into my head right now.
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Post by A Souless Demon on Dec 16, 2004 9:27:33 GMT -5
I agree with you except about the accidental mutation part. I believe it is selective adaptation. Like take a species of birds for instance. if these birds lived in the forest and hand long hard beaks for digging for seeds, and then some of these birds moved to the rainforest... their beaks would become shorter and more broad because of the different choices of food they have... and depending on their new kinds of prey and predators, their colors may change as well... so this would be a new species of birds then. (and this would take a long time for this to happen)
if you are "mutated" your features will not be passed down to offspring because your DNA is the same. so if i got mutated to grow an extra arm, i would not pass that feature down to my offspring.
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