We Need To Make A Stand

[Sebastiaan56]

You know what you can do with your ....... petard don't you cliff?

No Gra, the reference I was alluding to was from the monty python scene about the peoples liberation front/ the front for the peoples liberation etc etc I cant even remember if it was a movie or off the TV show...come on Cliff make yourself useful and refresh my memory.

You mean those b@rstards in the Popular Peoples Front of Judea! Life of Brian, personally Im with Reg who's not going because of his crook knee....

Sebastiaan

[NCArcher]

I thought it was the People of Judeas Popular Front.......I'll take a bag of otter's noses thankyou.

[MurrayD99]

You mean those b@rstards in the Popular Peoples Front of Judea! Life of Brian, personally Im with Reg who's not going because of his crook knee....

Sebastiaan

That was a blasphemous movie and yer'll all get struck down But the response to the mis-heard statement re the meek inheriting the earth wasn't bad.... "The Greeks; what'd the Greeks ever do for us..." Is this a tangent?

[Brown Dog]

It's pointless because you are never going to convince a believer that they are wrong to believe.

why not people are free to change their minds....I used to believe in Santa .

Discussing religion on this forum is frowned upon, as you will no doubt find out if this keeps going much longer

That is my point about too much quiet respect. Its not just this forum, the same applies pretty much anywhere. Im not saying people cant believe or shouldnt be allowed to believe, I would just stand up for the right to debate belief.

I find your atheist stance every bit as illogical

how exactly ?

cheers
BD

[Grunt]

Is it Friday already?

[Cliff Rogers]

......come on Cliff make yourself useful and refresh my memory.

I can't find it in the script.... I think you made it up. (or remembered it from Kingswood Country )

[Sebastiaan56]

The meek dont want it,

Sebastiaan

[Cliff Rogers]

Is it Friday already?

Almost I'd say.

[AlexS]

The meek dont want it,

Sebastiaan

So give it to the cheesemakers.

[Ruddigar]

Is it Friday already?

What happens on Friday?

[silentC]

why not people are free to change their minds

OK, well let us know how you go with your evangelism

too much quiet respect

It's not so much that religion is given too much respect (in fact it's quite the opposite I reckon) it's that the debates inevitably become heated and it all comes down to a person's right to believe what they want. I'm all for it personally, I agree 100% that too much religious interference in day to day life is a bad thing.

how exactly ?

Because an atheist has no more proof that god does not exist (or is dead) than a theist does that he exists (or is alive). So making absolute statements one way or the other without proof is, to me, illogical. It's like saying "there is/is not life on other planets" rather than "there could be life on other planets".

[Ruddigar]

Because an atheist has no more proof that god does not exist (or is dead) than a theist does that he exists (or is alive). So making absolute statements one way or the other without proof is, to me, illogical. It's like saying "there is/is not life on other planets" rather than "there could be life on other planets".

I'm confused. Is there life on other planets or not?

Don't theoretise (new word?) this time, Darren. Just a simple answer. Life on other planets: Yes or No?

[Grunt]

God is a 6000' tall Red Jelly Bean.

[silentC]

Is there life on other planets or not?

I don't know. Do you?

I've met a few people who seem to be from another planet, so it could be true.

[Grunt]

Life on other planets: Yes or No?

The answer is maybe. We will never have a definitive 'No'. We might have a definitive 'Yes'.