Why Do We Assume That God Is Good ?

[greg]

the pre-existing soul is an assumption/belief many have.

i suppose that'd just be my argument against that......

a baptist that views bible study as not desirable is odd in my 'neck of the woods'.

yep..... i try to keep that to myself.

[Brian]

holy %&$*

you mean all you people have never heard or thought of that before!?

man, i'm sure there has to be other people out there who were miserable enough to think of such a thing. Has to be in a book somewhere, right?

oh, my name: "Greg Cook"......


btw, i'm flattered   

Just a note, your quote from earlier in this thread appears on the back of our student magazine this month, attributed to you.  (Our back page is all good/thought-provoking quotes from books, famous people, or random sources.)

[Haffner]

a baptist that views bible study as not desirable is odd in my 'neck of the woods'.


dj

It's certainly interesting in a different way.

[greg]

Just a note, your quote from earlier in this thread appears on the back of our student magazine this month, attributed to you.  (Our back page is all good/thought-provoking quotes from books, famous people, or random sources.)

Wow 

I hope, too, that people simply use this to rule out the thought of preconceived creation- us being created and then "invited to come to earth" as souls to inhabit a human body, instead of any other possibility. 

[drogulus]

It's astonishing to see how atheists --- who supposedly value reason --- can waste their time in endless, useless and pointless verbosity assorted with kindergarten-level humour.

    Thinking things are funny is a good use of reason. Much of it is about incongruities, how things are different from what some poor bastard thinks. The more reasonable you are the funnier it is. Python humor works that way. It's stupid and smart at the same time.

[Don]

It's astonishing to see how atheists --- who supposedly value reason --- can waste their time in endless, useless and pointless verbosity assorted with kindergarten-level humour.

I'm astonished at the above statement.  It doesn't apply to me or any atheist I personally know. 

As for general verbosity of the subject on this board, the Religion Thread shows that there are folks on both sides who love to yap.

[Brian]

I'm astonished at the above statement.  It doesn't apply to me or any atheist I personally know. 

Well, I for one quite enjoy watching "A Bit of Fry and Laurie", which is often primarily concerned with endless verbosity associated with silly humor ("Where's the Lid?", the word "gay"), but as drogulus pointed out, videos like that and things like Monty Python are stupid, yes - but they're also quite smart! (Incidentally, Stephen Fry is an atheist and Laurie plays one on TV. )

[greg]

but as drogulus pointed out, videos like that and things like Monty Python are stupid, yes - but they're also quite smart!

well, after all, you don't see Monty Python on MTV, you see it on BBC. 

[Brian]

well, after all, you don't see Monty Python on MTV, you see it on BBC. 

Ah, the joys of the BBC!






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[Gurn Blanston]

Just a note, your quote from earlier in this thread appears on the back of our student magazine this month, attributed to you.  (Our back page is all good/thought-provoking quotes from books, famous people, or random sources.)

Well, if I ever ran across a random source in my time, Greg is it.

Here at God-Music-Guide, it takes all kinds, and we have them. Florestan, please tell me, why do you denigrate humor, and also, why do you associate it with atheists? I haven't noted any correlation between irreligious people and levity. I would like to though...





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[Brian]

I haven't noted any correlation between irreligious people and levity. I would like to though...

Here's a start. 

[Brian]

Here's another funny atheist, and another, two more funny atheists, and another. EDIT: Not that any of them are actually being funny ABOUT being atheists, though George Carlin has a good skit about praying to Joe Pesci.

[Gurn Blanston]

Yes, they are all most amusing. I hadn't actually thought of them as being funny atheists though, rather, they are funny people. I happen to find religious people quite amusing too...



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[Brian]

Yes, they are all most amusing. I hadn't actually thought of them as being funny atheists though, rather, they are funny people. I happen to find religious people quite amusing too...



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Me too!

[Brian]

Okay, here's Carlin actually talking about religion. (His Two Commandments skit.)

[Gurn Blanston]

A lightweight snippet of the King...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSwG9Tojg9I



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[Brian]

A lightweight snippet of the King...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSwG9Tojg9I



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That's hilarious!!

[Gurn Blanston]

That's hilarious!!

Glad you enjoyed. He was a revival preacher from the time he was 7 years old until he, um, saw the light. I saw him "live" twice before he wasn't any more. Now, SAM was irreverent! 



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[Brian]

Glad you enjoyed. He was a revival preacher from the time he was 7 years old until he, um, saw the light. I saw him "live" twice before he wasn't any more. Now, SAM was irreverent! 

Based on his style I'd say he would have made one hell of a revival preacher  ! Will be looking for more of him.

[Florestan]

Florestan, please tell me, why do you denigrate humor, and also, why do you associate it with atheists?

I associated kinder-garten humour with some atheists here based on their posts. I don't denigrate intelligent and witty humour. Actually I love it. And If you show me something like that in this thread prior to my post I'll gladly stand corrected.