Re: George Carlin religion
I believe in divinity but not a god. Religions are just human fabrications, sets of beliefs, stories and life tenets agreed upon by groups which can of course have lots of good take aways from as to how to live your life but fabrications nonetheless.
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gabbsthenewt
I believe in divinity but not a god.
Can you explain what that means?
Re: George Carlin religion
I think religion exists, and always will, to keep the poor in check.
Can you imagine the carnage if it was all exposed as bollox.
There would be rebellion all over the world, with folk wanting there share of the wealth in this life.
To me, it’s like an adult version of Father Christmas.
A wealthy businessman will have his legal team go over a new contract with a fine tooth comb before he signs it, but will then put all his faith in some ****er he’s never seen.
Bat shit crazy!
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William Treseder
Well I think that is the winning card
Fry sums it up perfectly
Why would God create a world so full of pain and suffering ? And the only way to get out of it is to pray to him ?
Give me liz hurley feeding me grapes in a dress , Sabbath on the sound system
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Well I think that is the winning card
Fry sums it up perfectly
Why would God create a world so full of pain and suffering ? And the only way to get out of it is to pray to him ?
Give me liz hurley feeding me grapes in a dress , Sabbath on the sound system
What if Liz hates Sabbath and gave you an ultimatum: "It's me or Sabbath". Which would you choose?
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NYCBlue
What if Liz hates Sabbath and gave you an ultimatum: "It's me or Sabbath". Which would you choose?
Sabbath
She's going to go downhill at some point
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Sabbath
She's going to go downhill at some point
Do you expect to live forever? You've had enough Sabbath. It's time for some Hurley.
You chose unwisely.
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NYCBlue
Do you expect to live forever? You've had enough Sabbath. It's time for some Hurley.
You chose unwisely.
Do you remember Rosie Vela ?
New York Model , made a solo album 1985 ?
Got it on now
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Sabbath
She's going to go downhill at some point
Would you change your mind if it was Kate Humble?
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gabbsthenewt
Would you change your mind if it was Kate Humble?
She was great pre op
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Well I think that is the winning card
Fry sums it up perfectly
Why would God create a world so full of pain and suffering ? And the only way to get out of it is to pray to him ?
Give me liz hurley feeding me grapes in a dress , Sabbath on the sound system
You 'speak' as if there were just one god and that the deity concerned was 'male' . There have been thousands through the history of mankind: male, female, animals, mythical creatures and a lot else.
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Taunton Blue Genie
You 'speak' as if there were just one god and that the deity concerned was 'male' . There have been thousands through the history of mankind: male, female, animals, mythical creatures and a lot else.
Yeah but when a conversation about....God......comes up on here or down the pub .......we generally accept its the Abraham god with the white beard that's being discussed
Are we speaking the same language ? 🤔
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gabbsthenewt
I believe in divinity but not a god.
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Baloo
Can you explain what that means?
It's a job to as I'm not certain myself! I don't believe in a supreme being, we are all as good as it gets and all as good as each other. There is a high degree of pure spontaneous chaos to life - it would be obviously wrong to hold it out as an absolute that if you do go in life, that success is guaranteed - too many people suffer in the world for that to be an absolute, yet however indeed there can be some correlation in "living right" (doing your level best in all, and not meaning to cause harm) - "doing the right things - and things going well for you. So divinity to me in some sense to use small example is when I take myself out on a 5 mile run I tend to see a lot of Robins up close - to me I tell myself that is a sort of divinity as they are my favourite bird and particularly personal me to a person no longer with us loved them too - I tell myself when I see them it's a result/reward of my getting my arse in gear and doing the right thing. So you may say, if I believe in a divinity how can I not believe in a god which put some kind of intelligent design to it all. Well, damn for a start I don't know for sure either way and frankly I don't sweat it (it also ends up monetarily a lot cheaper that way). I just get on with life - doing the right things as best as I can; however given i do believe there is something sort of divine, I believe it is not through a creator but through ourselves and through our energies - in a way we kind of cant fully comprehend or are not fully aware of .
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SLUDGE FACTORY
Yeah but when a conversation about....God......comes up on here or down the pub .......we generally accept its the Abraham god with the white beard that's being discussed
Are we speaking the same language ? 🤔
You don't want to be as parochial as your detractors :-)
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gabbsthenewt
It's a job to as I'm not certain myself! I don't believe in a supreme being, we are all as good as it gets and all as good as each other. There is a high degree of pure spontaneous chaos to life - it would be obviously wrong to hold it out as an absolute that if you do go in life, that success is guaranteed - too many people suffer in the world for that to be an absolute, yet however indeed there can be some correlation in "living right" (doing your level best in all, and not meaning to cause harm) - "doing the right things - and things going well for you. So divinity to me in some sense to use small example is when I take myself out on a 5 mile run I tend to see a lot of Robins up close - to me I tell myself that is a sort of divinity as they are my favourite bird and particularly personal me to a person no longer with us loved them too - I tell myself when I see them it's a result/reward of my getting my arse in gear and doing the right thing. So you may say, if I believe in a divinity how can I not believe in a god which put some kind of intelligent design to it all. Well, damn for a start I don't know for sure either way and frankly I don't sweat it (it also ends up monetarily a lot cheaper that way). I just get on with life - doing the right things as best as I can; however given i do believe there is something sort of divine, I believe it is not through a creator but through ourselves and through our energies - in a way we kind of cant fully comprehend or are not fully aware of .
That's all very romantic but it doesn't stop some dirty stinking cat pouncing on your Robin and chewing it to bits
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SLUDGE FACTORY
That's all very romantic but it doesn't stop some dirty stinking cat pouncing on your Robin and chewing it to bits
Tends to be on the taff trail so don't see many cats about so hasn't happened yet.
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gabbsthenewt
It's a job to as I'm not certain myself! I don't believe in a supreme being, we are all as good as it gets and all as good as each other. There is a high degree of pure spontaneous chaos to life - it would be obviously wrong to hold it out as an absolute that if you do go in life, that success is guaranteed - too many people suffer in the world for that to be an absolute, yet however indeed there can be some correlation in "living right" (doing your level best in all, and not meaning to cause harm) - "doing the right things - and things going well for you. So divinity to me in some sense to use small example is when I take myself out on a 5 mile run I tend to see a lot of Robins up close - to me I tell myself that is a sort of divinity as they are my favourite bird and particularly personal me to a person no longer with us loved them too - I tell myself when I see them it's a result/reward of my getting my arse in gear and doing the right thing. So you may say, if I believe in a divinity how can I not believe in a god which put some kind of intelligent design to it all. Well, damn for a start I don't know for sure either way and frankly I don't sweat it (it also ends up monetarily a lot cheaper that way). I just get on with life - doing the right things as best as I can; however given i do believe there is something sort of divine, I believe it is not through a creator but through ourselves and through our energies - in a way we kind of cant fully comprehend or are not fully aware of .
OK, thanks for trying to explain.
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gabbsthenewt
Tends to be on the taff trail so don't see many cats about so hasn't happened yet.
They are waiting
They are Satan
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SLUDGE FACTORY
They are waiting
They are Satan
No such thing imo