Is there a God?

[Alan Medic]

There is a door but it is not manned by a man with a beard. It's on the inside and the closest thing I ever experienced to what could be described as 'God'. Not with the aid of LSD I should add.

[uncleglen]

If there is a God he/she/it would have given the pope a bit of help in keeping the RC in the pew and anyone else who believes in him/her/it. God is the adult equivalent of an imaginary friend.

[NorthSouth29]

Just seen this thread. The answer is 'no'.

[Alan Medic]

What has 'God' got to do with religion uncleglen? Homework.............'Explain why you are alive'. Not the mechanics of it.

[El Pibe]

"What has 'God' got to do with religion uncleglen?"

Generally a fair bit unless something escapes me.

re?li?gion   [ri-lij-uhn]

noun

1.

a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.

2.

a specific fundamental set of beliefs and practices generally agreed upon by a number of persons or sects: the Christian religion; the Buddhist religion.

3.

the body of persons adhering to a particular set of beliefs and practices: a world council of religions.

Unless you're speaking for God, in which case is there something you want to share with us ;-P

NorthSouth, that [sarcastic voice]amusing[/sarcastic voice] contribution was first done on page 1 of this thread, twenty......seven.....god.....forsaken.....pages ago!

[Brendan]

Religion is not dependent on God for its existence.

Well at least not on the God who seems to be the subject of this particularly scintillating little window into the conceptual depths of the opinions held by those who feel the need to share.

That is I assume we are talking about God, The One True aka Jehovah, Allah a la church and vicars and shit like that?

His Omnipotent Vengefulness who was first thought up in ancient Egypt and after millennia of their selfless worship finally revealed himself to his chosen people via the medium of FOX on 8 October 1992?*

That guy? I?m pretty sure there are lots of religions that exist without His input.

Of course the followers of said religions would not exist if Lord Glorious Bollocks of Jerusalem had not created them in his image and granted them free will. The ungrateful pagans.

*The Simpsons, Season 4, Episode 3, ?Homer the Heretic?

[El Pibe]

I thought it was the guy who was sort of treeish and has like horns, and was on roooooooobin, the hooded man, daa dummmm.

I quite liked him/her/it.

[Moos]

Herne the Hunter, EP

[El Pibe]

That's the one, thanks moos. If I was going to choose one I could dig that.

[Brendan]

As father Christmas is the evolutionary outcome of the germanic woden and there are arguably more people on this planet who genuinely believe in him than the god of Abraham should he not feature a bit more in this discussion?

[El Pibe]

A third of folk in the US believe in this fella, so maybe we should him too.

Behold, let us venerate ye holy anal probe!!

[Brendan]

Stop arsing about.

[Brendan]

Moos Wrote:

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> Herne the Hunter, EP

Not heard it. Is it any good?

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

B side is best: What's behind the Green Man?

[Kingy]

Wonder where he was when that madman went around shooting 6 and 7 year old kids the other day

[uncleglen]

Same place he's always been- in people's imagination

[Kingy]

He might have still been in Cardiff, watching over the taxi driver that decided to use his vehicle as a weapon and mow down women and children in the street, too busy to get to Rwanda too

[Alan Medic]

uncleglen Wrote:

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> Same place he's always been- in people

I'll correct that for ya.

[uncleglen]

You mean 'we are god' I'm happy with that.

[Huguenot]

A doctrinal assertion, of course, that lies at the heart of the Protestant/Catholic schism.

Can we find God in ourselves, or only through the Catholic hierarchy?

[Alan Medic]

Huguenot Wrote:

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> A doctrinal assertion, of course, that lies at the

> heart of the Protestant/Catholic schism.

>

> We can only find God in ourselves and not through the

> Catholic hierarchy.

Fixed that too....twice

[uncleglen]

Yes AM because there are some of us that would be totally excluded from finding ourselves through the Catholic Hierarchy- even though God was supposed to have made us all in his own image aaaarrrgggghhh!

[Huguenot]

Another one added to the unemployment register then? After all, who needs someone else to fex us a pont if we've got one ourselves?

[Alan Medic]

If you don't look you don't find is the usual problem methinks. Noone can find it for you.

[uncleglen]

A friend who teaches in a faith school told me that she has been disturbed by recent comments made by older teenagers in the sixth form who believe that being religious is 'good' and not being religious is 'bad'. One student asked her if she believed in 'god' and she would not say and the student said that if she doesn't the student was going to leave her class and not come back(fear of being struck down?) Also she told me that the biology students get very indignant when taught Natural Selection and Evolution. So 'God' is alive and well and living in South London- at least!