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#1 my_mortal_coil
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The truth is the lack of faith. We usually need to see something before believing in it.However, there is no exact physical way to prove God isthere because people have many different theories and beliefs of why things are the way they are. Faith is 100% of it

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I have faith that God doesn't exist.

Am I doing it right?

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[QUOTE="Farkeman"]theres nothing better than starting a day knowing than your nothing than a dust in this universe and all your life is worthless :(GabuEx

No one but you can make that value judgment - just like anything else in the world, anything can have worth if we give it worth.

That was a great video - the fact that all of the atoms in our bodies were created within the nuclear furnaces of stars, and then released into the universe when the stars were destroyed, is something that has always struck me as profound. We are literally the reincarnation of dead stars.

Nicely put. My life has the value that I put into it.Yes we are less than bacteria in the grand scheme of things, but our thoughts, concepts on math and the sciences, our concepts of democracy and law, of music and harmony -- these things are greater than ourselves, If we can add to our humanity, instead of taking from it by being negative or hurtful, then we achieve greatness.

When I read or see this type of stuff - our origins or place in the world, from a scientific perspective, oddly enough makes me feel divine. It's like the comos is my scripture.

Not knocking religion, of course, but just saying that that emptiness or sadness that the vast time and distances of space creates in the heart is similar to understanding the profundity of God.

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My overly simplified and arbitrary score would be an 8, So pretty good movies came out this year.

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Cool vid man.

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I'm just wondering, how is it possible for a strong believer in catholicism or christianity be at all afraid of death? Isn't being afraid of death admitting you don't fully believe in your religion? Because if I was chrisitian and believed in heaven I would be looking forward to death. Heaven sounds amazing, unfortunately I don't believe it.

So my question is, how can a religious person be afraid of death when they claim to believe in an afterlife?

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Anyone can be afraid of death, after all there's a good chance it'll hurt. I think Christians aren't afriad of what comes after you die ...

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#6 my_mortal_coil
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I'm liking Anata :D

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Yeah they kick ass. I still don't much like deep growling vocals ... Do you know of Strapping Young Lad?

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#7 my_mortal_coil
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As stated in the previous thread, my problem with The Office is that Michael Scott is seriously the most unlikable douchebag ever, and that the likable characters who deserve more screen time are always put in the background (e.g. Oscar and Darryl), without ever really developing themselves.

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Did you even watch the original. It's what you describe, but worse.

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#8 my_mortal_coil
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[QUOTE="GabuEx"]

[QUOTE="Brozekial"]What reason is that?Brozekial

Humans are pack animals. We constantly try to fight our own innate nature, but when it comes right down to it you see this every day. Cliques form in schools; congregations unite around religious leaders; businesses develop heirarchies; governments form under leaders. Humans do not like the unknown, and there is nothing more unknown than what might happen if one does that which no one else is doing. Left to their own devices, humans will always, in basically every situation, prefer to unite under a leader, an authority figure, or otherwise someone whose actions dictate the course of action for the rest. Much as people like to try to deny it, anarchy is fundamentally incompatible with basic human nature, and as such, is, has been, and always will be a temporary state of existence from which humans will flee the moment its lurking darkness that is the unknown makes its presence apparent.

I think that human nature needs to quit being fueled by fear. That seems to be the recurring trend with people. People elect leaders out of fear that they couldn't get things done themselves. They want security, they're afraid that they cannot protect themselves. Humans fear the unknown. All of the congregations you've mentioned have immense flaws within themselves and just because of the trend of their formation, it doesn't make it any more right I don't think. Cliques at school are formed by shallow standards (what clothes someone is wearing, what music they listen to, etc.) or for fear of being left out. Congregations around religious leaders, leaders of HOPE and FAITH, which are virtues (not sure if I used that word right) to fight against fear of a desolate, pointless, and lonely existence. All of these things are built on fear and the human insecurity to fend for oneself. Maybe it's a cycle we need to break from to propel society to a new (possibly better) existence.

The thing about humans is we are all so diverse. Yes, we are pack animals, but some more than others. And some can be genuinely decribed as loners. Some need security and order, and some need freedom and uncertainty. Like any bell curve, there is the majority and as you get to the fringes there are less and less people there, but they exists, and sometimes they exert a lot of influence. Our society is a constant and perpetual tug-o-war or a periodic "tide" with ebb and flow.

This is our natural state. Not either extreme. Swing the pendulum one way and it will fall back the other ...

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This thread already exists ... and the show is meh.

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#10 my_mortal_coil
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A coincidence? Tauruslink

Coincidence

coin side ants

if you flip a coin and it lands on an ant, it's a coincidence.

Wierd huh?