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Debate
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 3:18 pm
by frogus
well....seeing as loads of you put debating (or debting, deabteing, debateing, debtaeing, bearbating and similar) in yourinterests in Anatomy (above), I thought I'd become ring master of my own frenzied circus for a while.
how about this:
IF GOD EXISTS, WHY SHOULD WE WORSHIP HIM?
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 3:24 pm
by Nightmare
Beware the one named Sailor Saturn...
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 3:38 pm
by Rob-hin
Long time no religious debate...
HAH! I love a good debate!
I think worship is a too big word, if He exicts I think He represents that what is good. He is a listening ear when your feeling down. He sets the right example for us.
Some feel the need to go to church, some just try to be a good person.
IMO, if He exicts I don't think He really cares if we pray, He just wants us to be a good person. (though he enjoys a conversation now and then
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Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 3:49 pm
by Aegis
We should worship him for what he stands for. Wheter he is tangile, or fictious, God(s) represent all that is good and wholesome. God is the belief that there is something beyond death, and that gives people hope. It is an ancher, per say, and keeps people who have experianced some sort of tragedy grounded. god can provide someone with a stregnth, wheter that strength is real or not, it is sometimes enough to help someone pull through illness and tragedy. God is something that religious people put faith into, and trust in to guide them. God, is in all respects, everyone's hope.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 3:57 pm
by Rob-hin
After your break, you coudn't help yourself, right Aegis?
Heavy stuff man. But you had enough practice in other religious debates.
God can indeed provide strenght, too bad people tend to do wrong thing with this strength...
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 4:09 pm
by Aegis
Well, despite my stance on religion, it is one of my favorite topics of discussion.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 4:23 pm
by ThorinOakensfield
Originally posted by Gaxx_Firkraag
Beware the one named Sailor Saturn...
Gaxx! You dare to betray me!
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 4:26 pm
by Rob-hin
Originally posted by ThorinOakensfield
Gaxx! You dare to betray me!
Well, you clame to be a (or is it "the"?) God. But I've never heard that God looks like a duck...
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 4:51 pm
by Aegis
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 5:11 pm
by Bloodstalker
Takes in a great breath, prepares to make his speech.....
I ain't getting into this.
goes back to the tavern
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 6:46 pm
by mediev
"If God existed it would be necessary to abolish him."
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 7:46 pm
by EMINEM
Originally posted by mediev
"If God existed it would be necessary to abolish him."
Why?
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 7:48 pm
by EMINEM
Originally posted by frogus
well....seeing as loads of you put debating (or debting, deabteing, debateing, debtaeing, bearbating and similar) in yourinterests in Anatomy (above), I thought I'd become ring master of my own frenzied circus for a while.
how about this:
IF GOD EXISTS, WHY SHOULD WE WORSHIP HIM?
Good question!
Because that's what human beings were created to do.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 7:51 pm
by Tamerlane
Originally posted by mediev
"If God existed it would be necessary to abolish him."
I don't think Thorin would tolerate that
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 8:19 pm
by Aegis
Did god need to create man, or did man need ot create god?
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 8:37 pm
by EMINEM
Originally posted by Aegis
Did god need to create man, or did man need ot create god?
God did not need to create man. God needs nothing from man, not even his worship. He loves us, but he does not need us.
Man needs something to worship. This is probably the most significant difference between men and animals - man possesses the desire to worship and revere something greater than himself. Animals do not. The existence of temples, shrines, monuments etc. ancient and modern, monotheistic or polytheistic, in almost every country in the world, testifies to this yearning of the soul.
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 8:44 pm
by Aegis
Actually, it was a rhetorical question, but thanks anyway!
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 8:50 pm
by EMINEM
Originally posted by Aegis
Actually, it was a rhetorical question, but thanks anyway!
No problem!
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BTW, USA will beat Canada in hockey!
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 9:07 pm
by Aegis
Originally posted by EMINEM
No problem!
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BTW, USA will beat Canada in hockey!
We will crush you...
(Haven't heard yet, does that mean Canada beat the Fins?)
Posted: Wed Feb 20, 2002 9:41 pm
by EMINEM
Originally posted by Aegis
We will crush you...
(Haven't heard yet, does that mean Canada beat the Fins?)
They're still playing. So far, it's Canada 1, Finland 0, thanks to Joe Sakic.