Yes, but science is willing to accept that sometimes it’s wrong and tries to remedy that. Religion? Fucking ruined the world.
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markbmcfc
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Fuck me hadn’t seen this thread and thought I’d pop in for a HT laugh - who in the right mind still believes in god in 2022?
What a mad species
What a mad species
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Midnight. No waves,
no wind, the empty boat
is flooded with moonlight
- Dogen
I have lived on the lip
of insanity, wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I’ve been knocking from the inside!
- Rumi
Be willing to be a beginner, every single morning
- Meister Eckhart
Just taken a break from alternating between reading the Viz comic Twitter feed (there’s a great letterbox thing about klaxons on it today) and checking the City score to suggest that ‘religion’ isn’t necessarily about a God who gets his knickers in a twist about what we get up to down here, nor is it about people projecting a Big Daddy figure onto the universe so people feel a bit better about life.
If it has anything going for it (and it might be a load of bollocks for all I know) it is probably to be found in the experiential insights of characters like the three I have quoted above.
And there’s a lot of them to choose from.
Personally, I would start with someone like Nagarjuna or Chuang Tzu.
no wind, the empty boat
is flooded with moonlight
- Dogen
I have lived on the lip
of insanity, wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I’ve been knocking from the inside!
- Rumi
Be willing to be a beginner, every single morning
- Meister Eckhart
Just taken a break from alternating between reading the Viz comic Twitter feed (there’s a great letterbox thing about klaxons on it today) and checking the City score to suggest that ‘religion’ isn’t necessarily about a God who gets his knickers in a twist about what we get up to down here, nor is it about people projecting a Big Daddy figure onto the universe so people feel a bit better about life.
If it has anything going for it (and it might be a load of bollocks for all I know) it is probably to be found in the experiential insights of characters like the three I have quoted above.
And there’s a lot of them to choose from.
Personally, I would start with someone like Nagarjuna or Chuang Tzu.
SWP's back
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There isn’t one. Sorry if that pricks your little bubble.So, in your view, what is the point of life?
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Yeah that’s the same thing…Well the "rules" that science is working to understand were around billions of years ago.
Indeed, do you feel the same about scientific research into creation and evolution?But just because you wondered it doesn’t mean there has to be a point.
Science also gave us the nuclear weapons that Mr Putin has at his disposal and at least in part has fuelled a lot of environmental concerns.Yes, but science is willing to accept that sometimes it’s wrong and tries to remedy that. Religion? Fucking ruined the world.
There isn’t one. Sorry if that pricks your little bubble.
The sooner everyone realises this the sooner it will be a much better place for us all.
Live, love, laugh. Be kind to others. Make the most of your limited time on this planet because when you're dead, that's it. You don't go to heaven or hell. You don't get to repent your sins. You don't get to say sorry to people you've wronged.
Religion allows people to believe that all the above are possible. It's a load of fucking bollocks it really is and I hold those who believe in utter contempt.
I would say religion is about trying to work out how we fit into creation, science is about the mechanics of creation - for me the two go hand in hand and both have a good deal of mystery about them. How people work out their own "salvation" or "position of comfort" is up to them. I think its OK to question folks' views but name calling those who disagree with you doesn't seem a very good argument for one's own views.Midnight. No waves,
no wind, the empty boat
is flooded with moonlight
- Dogen
I have lived on the lip
of insanity, wanting to know reasons,
knocking on a door. It opens.
I’ve been knocking from the inside!
- Rumi
Be willing to be a beginner, every single morning
- Meister Eckhart
Just taken a break from alternating between reading the Viz comic Twitter feed (there’s a great letterbox thing about klaxons on it today) and checking the City score to suggest that ‘religion’ isn’t necessarily about a God who gets his knickers in a twist about what we get up to down here, nor is it about people projecting a Big Daddy figure onto the universe so people feel a bit better about life.
If it has anything going for it (and it might be a load of bollocks for all I know) it is probably to be found in the experiential insights of characters like the three I have quoted above.
And there’s a lot of them to choose from.
Personally, I would start with someone like Nagarjuna or Chuang Tzu.