Technology is actually moving ever closer to that. We already have cloning, stem cell research, test tube babies. Isn't that 'playing' god? Not that difficult if you have the know how.
According to christian beliefs, if you're not baptized, go to church etc you're condemned to hell. So these tribesmen in the amazon are condemned just by the fact that they're isolated there. Seems hardly fair on them is it, after all god put them there according to your belief.
As for not forcing your beliefs on anyone, I have yet to meet a christian who doesn't try to do that. The usual hypocrisy...
Was just a tongue in cheek comment, anyone with a single IOTA of intelligence would have seen it. Then again, your brains don't work that well do they?
As for being complacent, if your god existed, he is doing one hell of a job out of being complacent
No they haven't come up with proof mate. Go and check.
As for Moses, there is NO archeological evidence that he existed. The current view is that the 'moses' of the bible is a mix of Jewish leaders that over the centuries have been merged in one as the story was told and re-told.
As for jesus, he did exist as a historical figure, but surely he was no demi-god or anything supernatural. Just one of the countless messiahs that walked around Judea at the time.
Just to name a handful that come to mind; the Declaration of Human Rights; Napoleon's Civil Code; Roman Law (the basis of modern Western law); the Geneva Convention.....
Oh yeah, the bible was stuck to Moses' law, such as stone to death an unfaithful wife eh? Nice attitude mate
Seems what I called you earlier is being reinforced more and more. Oh well, happy you
Bit touchy there aren't you? The guy was just asking a question after all
It does happen that people can be attracted to certain skin colours and not others, nothing wrong with that, it's a matter of personal preference.
There can be also social pressures in a particular area that might still see dating somebody outside your race as taboo (mind you it doesn't happen in the West only); and family/friends etc might make such a relationship more problematic.
In an ideal world the last bit wouldn't really matter, but we live in the real world after all. I'm not saying I agree with such a view, but ignoring it is just playing the ostrich hiding its head in the sand. Then again, just my opinion mate
It is also 'hilarious' if it were not so sad, to see the way religious people attributing every good thing that happens to their god, while conveniently steering away from responsibility when things go bad.
A religious couple will attribute the birth of a child to god's grace; but if the same baby gets terminally ill, it is not god's fault
So if you believe in science and logic, how can you believe superstitious prattle?
I can say there's a teapot orbiting the moon, out of sight of earth, and that it is too small to be seen with the human eye. I have no proof, but have faith in it, ergo it must be true.
You have no means to disprove it. It is not logical, but it is the way religious people 'reason' for want of a better word.
Reading this I can't help but imagine some elderly guy with a huge flowing beard, sitting on a deck chair on some white sandy beach under the shade of palm trees, sipping on his drink surrounded by a couple of skimpily clad female angels (hey, it's my imagination after all, lol); casting the occasional disinterested glance at us poor mortals.
Really lady, you need to steer away from your religion. It's messing up your brain BIG time!
It's pretty simple, no religious person (of any religion) has so far managed during the whole history of manking to come up with ABSOLUTE proof of the existence of any deity.
Even should such a deity exist, since I never asked to come in existence, I see no logical reason to worship such deity/ies.
As I said again, you are free to believe what you will. I'm just as free to believe that your beliefs are just silly superstitions.
However, I tend to call things as I see them. If I think somebody is foolish, I say so. In your case, you, femjk and sample fit the foolish bill to a t.
'god' or 'gods' are just products of mankind at a time when they could not explain the natural phenomena around them. Should be easy to figure this out in the 21st century .
Then again, common sense mustn't be that common....
Hemoglobin deficiency results in anemia and can be caused due to various reasons. The treatment of anemia depends on the cause of the disease. In case of iron deficiency anemia, the treatment includes taking iron supplements and food rich in iron. It is believed that iron in food from animal sources are more beneficial in increasing hemoglobin levels than that from plant sources. Shell fish, chicken, liver, beef, red meat, turkey, fish, pork, etc are good sources of iron. Eggs, dark vegetables, green leaves, dried fruits, nuts and beans are also rich in iron.
Although not strictly comparable to humans, consider the amount of food a carnivore has to eat compared with a herbivore. A lion will eat once or twice a week and meet his nutritional requirements, whereas a cape buffalo has to practically graze the whole day every day.
This is mostly true of all carnivore vs herbivore nutritional needs.
You can believe anything you like mate, it's your loss.
As for the examples I made earlier, if you go through the thread you'll see that your fellow christians have come up with those points as 'fact' of their beliefs.
For myself, I still (and continue to) think such superstitious dribble utterly stupid.
I've never seen Roma play away from the Olimpico live. To be honest, I'm not sure I'd want to, Italian stadiums aren't that safe for the away fans, hehe.
Would like to watch a game at San Siro as a neutral though :)
Not necessarily, plent of ancient deities had animal features, like the ancient Egyptians' gods and goddesses, or even the Hindu ones.
Then again, you have a point in that these animalistic deities all featured animals with which these civilizations were in daily contact with (e.g. ibis, crocodiles, jackal etc).
Well justice doesn't exist in nature in fact. See you're actually coming to see that evolution is the reality, lol.
Justice is a moral concept, and as such just something that is created by man, same as religion.
As for god helping him, if he helps himself he won't need god will he? :P
See I read you right, you sought solace in religion after suffering a terrible hardship.
As for suspecting that I'd be worse than that guy, when I'll face my own tragedies, I'll deal with them like a man, and not like some sob. Even if it comes to me wanting to commit suicide like that guy, I won't post it for a forum circus to see, but will die with dignity. Dignitas was a very important concept for ancient Republican Romans, who happen to be the ancient people I respect most.
As for me pitying you, I pity you for your ignorance, there is no greater wealth than knowledge, no greater poverty than ignorance, and sorry to say, you happen to wallow in it like a pig in mud. Anyway, good weekend to you.
We're in agreement on that, hence why I like to research stuff for myself too
Yes I agree that a mixed diet is the best. I wasn't advocating a pure meat diet, I see that as being one extreme, with vegetarians/vegans on the other. From personal experience extremes are never usually right.
I shouldn't have a problem re-the vitamin C. I forgot to say I usually take an organd and an apple as a mid-morning snack, plus I take a multi-vitamin & a cod liver oil table in the morning as well.
I guess we're not in agreement here. From what I've read, proteins from vegetables are absorbed more slowly than ones from meat.
Morals and ethics aside, we've evolved as omnivorous creatures (like the rest of the apes for that matter), surely if we were meant to be better off being purely vegetarian, we'd have a different gastric tract etc no? I say again, I'm not stating we should be pure carnivores, but neither pure herbivores to stay healthy (oh, I don't count burgers as meat, god only knows what's in those! lol)
I agree with you re-the meat industry lobby. Sadly nowadays business puts pressure into everything, from climate change to food etc, so you can never trust your sources 100%.
Re-martial arts, I currently do ju-jitsu and kenjutsu.
I used to do sports fencing in my teens to my early twenties, but had to stop that as I was having recurring knee ligament injuries due to the constant lunging. I also studied European Renaissance sword fighting for a couple of years, and hope to do so again in the near future :)
Oh, I also play a football game once a week usually. Yeah I konw, I'm a sports freak
I said the things I said in that thread because me and a few others managed to read that guy right. He doesn't want help, he just needs an emotional pacifier so can continue wallowing in his own depression. Saying it'll be allright, boo hoo hoo won't help him.
If he really wants to better his situation, he should be the first one to help himself by seeking professional help and forget about a wife that left him 17 YEARS AGO!
By the way, didn't your god create that guy too? Congrats on what a wonderful job god has made
Why don't you suggest to him to pray eh? I'm sure if god can heal a broken hand, he can heal that guy's brain too.
No lady, you just talk about christ because you've been brainwashed, and you were probably emotionally too weak to face life's problems without the psychological comfort thinking that someone higher up is caring for you. You're not alone, most people are like that. Still, I feel sorry for you that you can't see life for what it really is like.
wulfen Forum Posts (810)
RE: Did you know Albert Einstein actually believed in God
Technology is actually moving ever closer to that. We already have cloning, stem cell research, test tube babies. Isn't that 'playing' god? Not that difficult if you have the know how.According to christian beliefs, if you're not baptized, go to church etc you're condemned to hell. So these tribesmen in the amazon are condemned just by the fact that they're isolated there. Seems hardly fair on them is it, after all god put them there according to your belief.
As for not forcing your beliefs on anyone, I have yet to meet a christian who doesn't try to do that. The usual hypocrisy...