Shaun    [18775.   Posted 13-Feb-2010 Sat 17:29] View Near Messages
Much as I really am sick and tired of Christians trying to dictate how I live my life, and trying to dictate how the state should censor MY viewing, two wrongs don`t make a right.

I thought the judgement was appalling and cannot see any reason why this woman cannot freely wear a small symbol of her faith round her neck as many people do.

To me it`s just another unnecessary restriction imposed on a free person by corporate control freak mentality gone mad. Although I am a member of the Secular Society I certainly don`t agree with their stance on this.

Most Christians do wear a cross round their neck, even if it is optional and unless it really is dangerous owing to their work, I simply cannot see why they should hide it or remove it.

Shaun    [18773.   Posted 12-Feb-2010 Fri 05:31] View Near Messages
"If people believe in God on hearsay or declare a belief in God to avoid a debate, then this will not guarantee their salvation. … Therefore, it is of utmost importance that considerable thought be given to the question of the existence of God."

So, that lack of salvation leads to what ? Obvilion ? Incessant torture in the fires of hell, sent there by some jealous omnipotent heavenly bully boy who demands "morality" from us, but then uses highly questionable (and immoral) methods to impose those demands ? Someone who tortures innocent kids to death by giving them horrendous illnesses to suffer and no food or water, or kills them with earthquakes ?

Nope. I simply don`t believe in such an entity. I don`t even WANT to believe in something as vicious as that. If I am wrong and am to be dammed then so be it.

One thing though - If He does exist and is that omnipotent and vicious he can punish me himself. He doesn`t need people blowing things up, and that kind of thing, ie folk doing it FOR him.

Shaun    [18772.   Posted 12-Feb-2010 Fri 05:01] View Near Messages
It is interesting how religious people grasp at any shred of evidence for a diety, but completely ignore any evidence to suggest that He simply does not exists, or if He does exist, He doesn`t give a fig about us at all.

On the origin of the universe: the article on islamdk completely ignores a fourth possibility (my words quoted):

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That the creation of various universes in the so called "multiverse" is in fact a process which goes on all the time in a sphere of existence, and is nothing unusual at all.
"

The problem is that humans cannot think beyond their three dimensional restricted view of reality and their experiences, and thefore have to "explain" difficult issues by citing the existence of a diety of some kind, when there isn`t really strong evidence for such an entity. If such a diety did exist, then His existance would be just as hard to explain as the existince of the universe itself, or indeed the existence of anything at all.

So deities in fact, explain nothing at all, when looked at rationally and logicaly. Even children realise that when they innocently ask "has God got a mother ?"

Having said all that, it is my belief that the universe is far from what it seems.

A particular individual is _MUCH_ more likely to win the lottery every day for a year, than to exist at all.

In my case I simply don`t get that lucky and my own conciousness would have simply bypassed existence at all and "I" should have remained in the bliss of the oblivion of NON existence. So therefore there seems to be something else going on. Something we humans know very little about.

On the other hand, perhaps if there`s an infinite number of universes as some scientists suggest, then there`s simply GOT to be one, where "I" (whatever `I` actually truly am), along with everything else here exist, just as it in fact does now.

Shaun    [18715.   Posted 22-Mar-2008 Sat 05:20] View Near Messages
Religion watch -
"As for respect, I have little for the likes of Beyer, Vaz and Iranian Mullahs...however I would always show them politeness and civility "


I agree mostly. However I think I would draw the line at Iranian Mullahs, and Iranian judges who personally executed young girls...

Otherwise one supposes that it is perfectly possible to say to someone "You are a complete and utter nutter!" in polite language!

Being abusive to people usually achieves nothing, other than to confirm the view of the other party, that they were right after all.