Scalia

[Dugout DickStone]

Also lol at thinking I have blind faith in government

You compared religion to fairy tales. You deserved that.

Not a fairytale but when analyzed in a context of the fanciful events some (most) religions are based on it shows you can be convinced of something that is utterly impossible.

[michigancat]

You can get moral lessons from fairy tales, AND religion.

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

For those who think Christianity and the divinity of Christ are irrational, I would invite you to try reading a little about the early spread of Christianity. Jesus's apostles went through some really serious crap during their ministry. Imprisonment, torture, starvation, crucifixion. And despite all that, none of them changed their story. Not one. Now a rational person might think "huh, that's pretty odd. Surely if it was all a scam, someone would have fes'd up after all that." Nope. Shouldn't a scam have withered away shortly after Jesus's death? Instead it spread. And peacefully for centuries - not at the point of a sword. Don't you think that's a little strange for a scam?

[The Big Train]

People were dumb as crap 2000 years ago

[star seed 7]

For those who think Christianity and the divinity of Christ are irrational, I would invite you to try reading a little about the early spread of Christianity. Jesus's apostles went through some really serious crap during their ministry. Imprisonment, torture, starvation, crucifixion. And despite all that, none of them changed their story. Not one. Now a rational person might think "huh, that's pretty odd. Surely if it was all a scam, someone would have fes'd up after all that." Nope. Shouldn't a scam have withered away shortly after Jesus's death? Instead it spread. And peacefully for centuries - not at the point of a sword. Don't you think that's a little strange for a scam?

all the other religions are scams tho right

[michigancat]

People of pretty much all religion have been tortured and starved for their faith. Which is pretty irrational if you ask me. I'd definitely pretend to love Jesus if I was about to be tortured for not loving him.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

The really stupid people are the ones who reduce faith to the story of Santa claus. How do we keep someone that ignorant and obtuse from becoming a supreme?

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

I know when I'm looking to put someone in charge of analyzing and applying a couple centuries worth of jurisprudence to preserve the integrity of the nation's judicial system, I'm looking for someone who views the complexity of faith as nothing more than the story of the Easter bunny.

[star seed 7]

Quite the meltdown

[michigancat]

[steve dave]

[MakeItRain]

I don't know which story is a bigger load of crap; a dude taking 6 days to create our entire existence then taking a day to chill by the pool, or a grand explosion actually creating instead of destroying life.

[The Big Train]

I don't know which story is a bigger load of crap; a dude taking 6 days to create our entire existence then taking a day to chill by the pool, or a grand explosion actually creating instead of destroying life.

The first depends on the second in this scenario.  So if he is almighty, why does he need the 2nd to happen first? 

[The Big Train]

I don't know which story is a bigger load of crap; a dude taking 6 days to create our entire existence then taking a day to chill by the pool, or a grand explosion actually creating instead of destroying life.

The first depends on the second in this scenario.  So if he is almighty, why does he need the 2nd to happen first?

Also to follow up, why would he care about humans on earth if he created all of existence?  Especially if they sinned basically right after they were created in a perfect image of him?

[sonofdaxjones]

We don't have blind faith in government but we really don't mind at all when government gets larger and controls more and more . . . But honest, we don't have blind faith in government, we want too be very clear in that . . .

Lol @ resident ProgLibs

[catastrophe]

I don't know which story is a bigger load of crap; a dude taking 6 days to create our entire existence then taking a day to chill by the pool, or a grand explosion actually creating instead of destroying life.

The first depends on the second in this scenario.  So if he is almighty, why does he need the 2nd to happen first?

Also to follow up, why would he care about humans on earth if he created all of existence?  Especially if they sinned basically right after they were created in a perfect image of him?

Do you really think anyone who believed in God would presume to know the answer to that question?

[michigancat]

I don't know which story is a bigger load of crap; a dude taking 6 days to create our entire existence then taking a day to chill by the pool, or a grand explosion actually creating instead of destroying life.

Really? I think you know which one is a bigger load of crap.

[michigancat]

We don't have blind faith in government but we really don't mind at all when government gets larger and controls more and more . . . But honest, we don't have blind faith in government, we want too be very clear in that . . .

Lol @ resident ProgLibs

I think the nsa should be abolished and the CIA and military budgets should be cut in half (or more) because I don't trust them or elected officials charged with overseeing them.

[gatoveintisiete]

Do you think there is life anywhere else in the universe?

[The Big Train]

I don't know which story is a bigger load of crap; a dude taking 6 days to create our entire existence then taking a day to chill by the pool, or a grand explosion actually creating instead of destroying life.

The first depends on the second in this scenario.  So if he is almighty, why does he need the 2nd to happen first?

Also to follow up, why would he care about humans on earth if he created all of existence?  Especially if they sinned basically right after they were created in a perfect image of him?

Do you really think anyone who believed in God would presume to know the answer to that question?

They absolutely 'know' the answer to that question. It's because they are special and of all of the universe the 'he' created, earth is the only place he cares about.

[The Big Train]

Do you think there is life anywhere else in the universe?

IMO it's foolish to think there isn't.  Statistics alone prove there is.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

We don't have blind faith in government but we really don't mind at all when g :comehere:overnment gets larger and controls more and more . . . But honest, we don't have blind faith in government, we want too be very clear in that . . .

Lol @ resident ProgLibs

I think the nsa should be abolished and the CIA and military budgets should be cut in half (or more) because I don't trust them or elected officials charged with overseeing them.

   blind faith, except for military stuff

So libtarded

[CNS]

For those who think Christianity and the divinity of Christ are irrational, I would invite you to try reading a little about the early spread of Christianity. Jesus's apostles went through some really serious crap during their ministry. Imprisonment, torture, starvation, crucifixion. And despite all that, none of them changed their story. Not one. Now a rational person might think "huh, that's pretty odd. Surely if it was all a scam, someone would have fes'd up after all that." Nope. Shouldn't a scam have withered away shortly after Jesus's death? Instead it spread. And peacefully for centuries - not at the point of a sword. Don't you think that's a little strange for a scam?

If no one talks, everyone walks, Snitches get stiches, etc.

[chum1]

We don't have blind faith in government but we really don't mind at all when government gets larger and controls more and more . . . But honest, we don't have blind faith in government, we want too be very clear in that . . .

Lol @ resident ProgLibs

I think the nsa should be abolished and the CIA and military budgets should be cut in half (or more) because I don't trust them or elected officials charged with overseeing them.

This seems disingenuous. Unless you're a proponent of relying on blind faith to tell us that these organizations do absolutely nothing of value.

[Fake Sugar Dick (WARNING, NOT THE REAL SUGAR DICK!)]

You're trying to reason with someone who believes in something as fanciful as Santa claus (an altruistic government with infinite resources and impeccable restraint)