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Politics : Should God be replaced? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: IntelliCents who wrote (1937)	10/20/2000 12:42:50 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 28931

Perhaps you should also ask if anyone here is a Muslim, or a Mormon, or a Jew- they have Gods too. I do not think you comprehend the nature of this place. It isn't about trashing- it's about discussion. Of course some religious people can't really discuss religion dispassionately- so they may perceive simple discussion, or satire, as "trashing"- but that's really their problem.

To: IntelliCents who wrote (1937)	10/20/2000 1:02:57 PM
From: cosmicforce	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

Gee, "trash God". Hmm. I don't think that if you go back and read the charter that this is "the anti-God thread". This is the maybe the "anti-zealot" or "what if?" or "why is it?" thread, I suppose. This is a place to discuss things regarding potentially unconventional views on a variety of topics ranging from religion, philosophy, astronomy and physics. Here are things we have discussed in the past: Basis of reason Can you prove anything? How does proof work in various philosophies? Ontological bases for belief and perception of self? The origins of the Universe? One or many Universes? About half of the people here are spiritual in some form or another. There are about 2000 posts so start by reading them. We have people of all faiths join in on the conversation. Do you want to join in, too?

To: IntelliCents who wrote (1937)	10/20/2000 3:19:04 PM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 28931

So is anyone here a Christian, or is this the right place for trashing God? Nobody here has trashed God yet. There seems to be a very human tendency to have a reverence for the mysterious universe which is our womb, as we keep busy in our various ant hills and ant trails. As the thread intro states, however, this is proven to be a place that is rather hot for Christians; Perhaps, not so hot as the hell fire to which many of us have willingly determined to be tortured, rather than submit to a system of thought that would doom the human race to extinction. Yet, hot enough to circulate blood through the brain. Science and superstition cannot hold hands and yet escape from the extinction that has visited other species. It is like a three legged race with the middle legs cut off. There are many threads for people to praise their special knowledge, the special knowledge which dismisses the beliefs of most of mankind, and ignore their Gods and their reverence. This is certainly not one of them. The representations of God that have been put together by ancient nomads is very insulting and derogatory to the divine. Many of us find the bible to be one of the most obscene and vicious guidebooks ever written. I challenge anybody on this planet to show me a book that has more injustice, more racism, more misogyny, more innocent bloodshed, more sexual perversion, more infanticide, and so forth. I will be happy to go through the bible chapter by chapter, and pose the question: Is this what you believe is good and right? Is this what you want your children to believe is fair, decent, above board, rational and divine?? People that merely wish to sing hosannah's, may, of course, do that here too; but for that there are no marshmallows or group hugs.