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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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well do you?
have you ever prayed for anyone or anything.
are you a church goer just for the wine and cheese parties? 
do you bring your kids up following a faith and how important is it to you.
and if not.what do your believe in?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No I dont believe in God.
Dont think I really believe in anything, well anything religious.
Maybe in a wee way I believe in fate, in what will be, will be. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Nope.
Faith Is a myth..,
We are worm food when we die..
Religion is a crutch for some...
Cliche I know but all the wars fought are rarely about protection and invasion .. It's mainly religion... |
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I don't believe in a religious concept of a God. The bible (in it's many guises) is a work of fiction wrote by a couple of monks, who had nothing better to do with their time (and had probably just eaten some strange mushrooms they found growing in the herb plot).
I do however believe in life after death. Our bodies may die, but our spirit/essence/being can not die.
As the great Albert Einstein said "energy cannot die, it just gets converted into something else." So as we are essentially energy, our physical body may die, but what we are can not die, then there must be something else after death. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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The energy in our bodies are essentially nothing more than a load of protons and neutrons zooming about making connections that allow us to function and grow.
Basically, we're a bunch of walking batteries.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I like to think theres somthing after this life . But i think religion come to give us rules to live with and values .. Some need to think theres a god as it give them hope in a after life a Heven ...... Myself i am more spiritual as i have had a bit of a insight as seen a spirt ... and some with say no way ... I know what i did see .. and i was not dreaming and others in house that night see some of what i did too ..... and i told him to go away and to this day i wish i had not .... been thinking i should maybe look into all this but it do scare me a little ....... i am not mad i am nomal , lol  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"All arguments about religion are really about whose imaginary friend is the best   "
and it comes from with in ..... and people can be like sheep and be one of the flock to fit in or thay can think for themselfs.Some just need the values it offer to live every day life better i feel . |
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By *eaboMan
over a year ago
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i was baptised roman catholic. Brought up as a roman catholic. Roman catholic primary and secondary schools so i have turned out, as many roman catholics have, an athiest.
I believe god is the personification of the good inherent within ourselves, and likewise the devil.
Religion as sold to the masses is the same as mc donalds. Ok if you can't do it for yourself but not really what you need. |
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pretty similar upbringing to Reabo, Irish Catholic and Welsh Presbyterian parents so the former was the path 'chosen for me'
by 11 i was kicked out of the choir and had been caned in front of my class for daring to press the issue of wanting an explanation how a 'virgin' could give birth. bloody nuns!
religion as a concept is not for me if it works for others then live and let live |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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In my teens i was following the ministry path and was accepted fa the ministry training
It was only then that i stared asking questions of my peers that they could not satisfactory answer
I am now a complete non believer and realise just how many get sucked into believing and why it happens
As i always say each ta their own but personally now i just believe in myself instead xx |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I find this an interesting topic for discussion. Whilst I find no comfort at all in a belief system based upon some deity nobody has ever seen I do recognise the important role that organised religion has in the world.
Religion has been the catalyst for so many wars and a lot of the world's problem, sure, I admit that, but it has also brought stability and order where, without it, there would have been complete chaos.
Imagine, if you will, a world where nobody had ever heard of the Ten Commandments and adhered to none of them. Where one man could covet what you have and kill you to obtain it without a shred of guilt. Religion prevents that in the main and 99.9% of humans adopt their moral code from teachings derived from religious doctrine. Obviously some humans kill without remorse but that's very few in the wider scheme of things and beyond the scope of what we're discussing here.
I also believe that a world with only one religion would be a very dangerous place for the simple reason that it would have a monopoly on morality and anyone found not to be a 'believer' would suffer because of it. All communities, however small or large, need competition to keep them in check, a negative versus the positive if you like.
I accept religion plays a part in my life whether I want it to or not, but I retain the choice to believe in God or not, and that's a leap of faith too far for me. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes Whishy agreed religion had its use in bringing stability,order and community
But now we need to move on and until we do there will be more of the same troubled that all religions now bring |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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i believe in something
when i was younger i had the god thing forced down my throat and i went to church when i got to about 15.
then when a few things happened in my life which nothing could be explained or the chucrch couldnt i thought sod it |
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By *ustyWoman
over a year ago
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a number of year ago my daughter was in the school nativity play and we used the local church, i have never ever seen before in my live what my friend had on the photos that she took an orb over my daughters head she took about 7 pics and in every one there it was..... explain that |
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I didnt, until I nearly drowned in a boating accident in 2008, it was only Gods will, a passing boat seen us in trouble and came to our rescue, a toss of a coin and he would not have seen us sinking, so yes it does make me wonder.
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By *eaboMan
over a year ago
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does nobody see the correlation between the decline of religion in todays society and the serious drop in community values and respect for humanity?
Although personally i don't believe i think it is an essential teaching aid for teaching young minds morals, principles and how to live in a large community, or society.
Also religion has never caused a war, but it has been used as an excuse by men to cause a war. If this is not the case then why is it that not all muslims are killing christians? ( used for illustration purposes only, am not implying anything . Political correctness rules.) Religion, like anything else can be manipulated by extremists and fanatics for their own ends |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I don't believe in a religious concept of a God. The bible (in it's many guises) is a work of fiction wrote by a couple of monks, who had nothing better to do with their time (and had probably just eaten some strange mushrooms they found growing in the herb plot).
I do however believe in life after death. Our bodies may die, but our spirit/essence/being can not die.
As the great Albert Einstein said "energy cannot die, it just gets converted into something else." So as we are essentially energy, our physical body may die, but what we are can not die, then there must be something else after death. "
Im with you |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"For women: You have reached your destination, haven't you changed your mind yet?
For men: You have reached your destination. This is a restricted parking zone. Mount the kerb when possible and swith your hazard warning lights to the 'on' position."
You're on the wrong thread. Ya satnav's fucked. |
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By *otswbabeCouple
over a year ago
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Have faith in the universe and that we are all important parts of it, and that our energy cannot dissipate, only change. The end is not the end but another beginning and no, not into organised religion. Yes, I will see my loved ones again one day. |
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"For women: You have reached your destination, haven't you changed your mind yet?
For men: You have reached your destination. This is a restricted parking zone. Mount the kerb when possible and swith your hazard warning lights to the 'on' position.
You're on the wrong thread. Ya satnav's fucked. "
You bastard! I thought |I had deleted it in time 
This thread must have jumped up the page just as I clicked  |
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By *iewMan
over a year ago
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"For women: You have reached your destination, haven't you changed your mind yet?
For men: You have reached your destination. This is a restricted parking zone. Mount the kerb when possible and swith your hazard warning lights to the 'on' position.
You're on the wrong thread. Ya satnav's fucked.
You bastard! I thought |I had deleted it in time
This thread must have jumped up the page just as I clicked "
yeah yeah yeah......
on the sherry |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"For women: You have reached your destination, haven't you changed your mind yet?
For men: You have reached your destination. This is a restricted parking zone. Mount the kerb when possible and swith your hazard warning lights to the 'on' position.
You're on the wrong thread. Ya satnav's fucked.
You bastard! I thought |I had deleted it in time
This thread must have jumped up the page just as I clicked "
Nowt to do with being female and not concentrating then huh? hehehe |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"7 days ha ha, biblical drivel.
Evolution for me.
Next question?  "
. Think you'll find it was 6 days actually. If you haven't read it, don't criticise it |
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Nowt to do with being female and not concentrating then huh? hehehe "
I was having a male moment 
*quick.... distract attention back to the thread*
I believe we are all governed by the laws of physics… the question is…. who wrote the law? |
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By *LBishCouple
over a year ago
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Nope, we are both Atheists. religion is a means of control. It was one thing for a king or some other ruler to ry and tell people waht to do. Its another if he has some devine being giving him the power to do it. And i would place the bible along side King Arthur, Robin Hood and other such stories. All based on real times and around real events and people, and then woven into a story for the masses.
As for the Christian religion, how is it they can't decide when he was nailed to a cross and they can't get his date of birth right.
No wars have ever been waged in the name of Atheists, but plenty of wars and terror have been carried out in the name of peace loving religions. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"well do you?
have you ever prayed for anyone or anything.
are you a church goer just for the wine and cheese parties?
do you bring your kids up following a faith and how important is it to you.
and if not.what do your believe in?
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and to answer the question since it is Sunday
yes I have often prayed for different reasons
yes used to be a church goer but did not agree with the wine and cheese thing
yes brought up my kids to understand what faith is and to respect all of them and also to know how to pray. Their choice after that.
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By (user no longer on site)
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well for a sunday rant i will answer, no I dont believe in "GOD"-theres a principle thats called the anthropic principle from quantum physics theorists, basically it means we shape the world around us as conscious beings and in fact the universe would not exist without us.Sounds like a paradox of course as the universe is said to be billions of years old, but we are but a spec within it-it would be foolish to suggest "life as we know it" not to exist elsewhere for a much longer period.
Id hate to think that nothing really matters in the grand scale of things, it would be too easy to become uncaring and psychopathic knowing your actions result in no consequence, yet I cant accept things are planned out for us, because then its really not your fault at whatever you do...
If "GOD" does exist its the furthest thing imaginable to us I would say...maybe WE are the micro-organisms in its gut or the neurons in its brain.
when it comes down to it, we really dont know what we are, as all of our supposed knowledge comes from such a small source of something unimaginably supermassive.
theres plenty of popular science books, new scientist magazines thats deal with the god issues,creation issues etc, that are pretty easy to read, I'm really shit at mathematics but understand alot of whats being said!- many of these scientists such as stephen hawking etc, actually grew up on star trek!!!
avoid many creationist bible-belt bashing mobs tho! |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"well for a sunday rant i will answer, no I dont believe in "GOD"-theres a principle thats called the anthropic principle from quantum physics theorists, basically it means we shape the world around us as conscious beings and in fact the universe would not exist without us.Sounds like a paradox of course as the universe is said to be billions of years old, but we are but a spec within it-it would be foolish to suggest "life as we know it" not to exist elsewhere for a much longer period.
Id hate to think that nothing really matters in the grand scale of things, it would be too easy to become uncaring and psychopathic knowing your actions result in no consequence, yet I cant accept things are planned out for us, because then its really not your fault at whatever you do...
If "GOD" does exist its the furthest thing imaginable to us I would say...maybe WE are the micro-organisms in its gut or the neurons in its brain.
when it comes down to it, we really dont know what we are, as all of our supposed knowledge comes from such a small source of something unimaginably supermassive.
theres plenty of popular science books, new scientist magazines thats deal with the god issues,creation issues etc, that are pretty easy to read, I'm really shit at mathematics but understand alot of whats being said!- many of these scientists such as stephen hawking etc, actually grew up on star trek!!!
avoid many creationist bible-belt bashing mobs tho!"
ya been watching too many Matrix films. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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Was born into the c of e religion simply because they did that then. My dad was an atheist but respectful and obviously attended weddings and funerals.
I have to admit that i joined everything going as a kid just to go along to the picnics etc.
As ive grown my own beliefs are mixed to the point of yes, praying that things turn out ok and hoping for better outcomes to family illnesses.
My son i had blessed but not christened as i wanted him to be tolerant of all religions and make his own mind up.
I dont like the indoctrination of kids into any religions , he believed in darwins theory so decided religion wasnt for him. Yet he did become knowledgable and very respectful towards those who chose to believe .
If anything i like the buddest mantra and that what you do in life and how you live your life gives its own rewards |
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"You may not believe in god but i bet you all pray when something bad is going to happen "
I have just given this some serious thought for a couple of minutes. I can honestly say when my dad was diagnosed with an incurable degenerative condition in his brain, when my mum was told she had days to live and when my brother sustained brain damage and lay in a coma... I did not pray to god.
I can understand how it may give some people hope, but I am far too practical to rely on hope.
It did make me wonder if some people have substituted the internet for the comfort some attain from prayer. After all on the internet at least they might get a reply “awwww big hugs”
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By *LBishCouple
over a year ago
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"You may not believe in god but i bet you all pray when something bad is going to happen "
There is an old saying. 'There are no Ateists in foxholes'. I have been in plenty of foxholes, and been in plenty of dangerous situations. And i can honestly say i have never turned to some devine being, or called out to god. This saying may have been true many years ago, but not today when we question more what we are told and are much more educated. |
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"You may not believe in god but i bet you all pray when something bad is going to happen "
I dont. I also love going to churches, cathedrals, monestries and places of pilgrimage, but it doesnt mean im religious |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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this has been a very interesting discussion to read.
thank you all xxxxx
p.s. as for the lady who says she shouts 'oh god' thats always a good one lol x |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"ya been watching too many Matrix films."
Im afraid the matrix wasnt the first to deal with the subject of being part of a simulation lol and in fact, they are now treating any form of matter as information that can be quantified and used, hence have been successfully teleporting matter.Pays to pay attention to some of these crazy scientists...some of them gave us computers!!!! hehhehehehee
might have to step thru my transporter come thru n fuck ya and be home in time for the game...wait...its finished/??-wooohoo time travel!!!!!!(new thread please) |
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"You may not believe in god but i bet you all pray when something bad is going to happen
I dont. I also love going to churches, cathedrals, monestries and places of pilgrimage, but it doesnt mean im religious"
I'm the same, I love visiting churches, etc, and the theory of religion, and how other people interpret that theory fascinates me.
Yet I have no religious belief myself. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"ya been watching too many Matrix films.
Im afraid the matrix wasnt the first to deal with the subject of being part of a simulation lol and in fact, they are now treating any form of matter as information that can be quantified and used, hence have been successfully teleporting matter.Pays to pay attention to some of these crazy scientists...some of them gave us computers!!!! hehhehehehee
might have to step thru my transporter come thru n fuck ya and be home in time for the game...wait...its finished/??-wooohoo time travel!!!!!!(new thread please)"
yer not wrong there, I can remember reading a Cat in the Hat book on a similar vein when I was knee high to a grasshopper. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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yer not wrong there, I can remember reading a Cat in the Hat book on a similar vein when I was knee high to a grasshopper."
sorry all i heard was u were on ur knees,,,take it u took my advice last nite and are now able to kneel mmmMMmmmmmmmm....ive something waiting for u, ready for trasnport? egaging inertial dampners! compensating for gravity! maximum threshold approaching!"I canna hold it for much longer, shes gonna blow!!!"
now wasnt that a nice spacial?? |
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By *phroditeWoman
over a year ago
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"I don't believe in a religious concept of a God. The bible (in it's many guises) is a work of fiction wrote by a couple of monks, who had nothing better to do with their time (and had probably just eaten some strange mushrooms they found growing in the herb plot).
I do however believe in life after death. Our bodies may die, but our spirit/essence/being can not die.
As the great Albert Einstein said "energy cannot die, it just gets converted into something else." So as we are essentially energy, our physical body may die, but what we are can not die, then there must be something else after death. "
Like others have said it is kind of a personal thing and I generally would not discuss this as I am not discussing politics,...but I like
this post! |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"I don't believe in a religious concept of a God. The bible (in it's many guises) is a work of fiction wrote by a couple of monks, who had nothing better to do with their time (and had probably just eaten some strange mushrooms they found growing in the herb plot).
I do however believe in life after death. Our bodies may die, but our spirit/essence/being can not die.
As the great Albert Einstein said "energy cannot die, it just gets converted into something else." So as we are essentially energy, our physical body may die, but what we are can not die, then there must be something else after death. Like others have said it is kind of a personal thing and I generally would not discuss this as I am not discussing politics,...but I like
this post! "
but thank you for contributing, always good to see xx |
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You need humanity.
What i find difficult is lots of things ive done or wanted to do seem to be based round believing in god. By this i mean the only way i could or would be able to do these things is via the church. Everyone one of us has the ability to be a good human being or a bad human being. I find it difficult that people assume your religious if you want to do certain things.
Example, you try finding a non religious retreat its bloody difficult |
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By (user no longer on site)
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yer not wrong there, I can remember reading a Cat in the Hat book on a similar vein when I was knee high to a grasshopper.
sorry all i heard was u were on ur knees,,,take it u took my advice last nite and are now able to kneel mmmMMmmmmmmmm....ive something waiting for u, ready for trasnport? egaging inertial dampners! compensating for gravity! maximum threshold approaching!"I canna hold it for much longer, shes gonna blow!!!"
now wasnt that a nice spacial??"
oh yes what a lovely spock not to mention scotty's tool. |
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