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russianbabe


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if we were created by god ,then what was his purpose for us?



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We were not created.



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The philosophical perspectives on the meaning of life are those ideologies which explain life in terms of ideals or abstractions defined by humans.



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Agree Bill; we were not created - we evolved.



Of course, some evolved more than others



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I'm not getting involved in this. )



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phew!!! I totally thought there...''now what have i done''!!





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aaargh!! how did that happen???? I wrote this on the Sam and Daisy thread.......grmlins in the machinr me thinks!!





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Sam. What's the meaning of this? ) )



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No 1...can you perhaps transfer the post to the right one...?



and the meaning of this is....there is no meaning just a whole bunch of subliminal chaos!!





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Think your wrong daisy....



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God created us to find the purpose which he created us for through talking to him in prayers and serving him.

life is the time you exist in this world, karma is real but has many names and different forms. forces like karma shape the way we live our lives.



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Sam. I've posted the message on the other thread as requested.



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If we are evaluated



from where or what?



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No I.



I cannot believe your response. Your spirit is part of God. Your time down here, in the physical, is to learn.



How on earth you could become a moderator on Cy 44 I do not know. Perhaps in your next life, you will come back, as a human being.



Try Victor Zammit website,



In God we trust, all others pay cash.



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then why do us women carry the sin of the world?

god made us to serve him ?so he needs constant praise?



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Because Russianbabe they are the creators of original sin. It was Eve that told Adam to eat the fruit of the tree of life.



If you do not agree with this, ring 01388 773 762.



Could be a really good night.



PS Why have women small feet? .Because they can stand nearer the sink, to do the washing up!



TAKE CARE,



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@ msg 14, Wynyardman: (...) Your spirit is part of God. (...)



▶ Spirit..?! God..?! Give us, no me, 0.0000000000001 % proof of your superstitious nonsense - and I'll apologise for this line.

▶ Mosques and churches collapse and the surviving "believers" inside thank Allah or God that they were saved... Oh! Irony!

P.S. How many C44 members go to (whatever) church every Sunday - and spend the rest of the week backstabbing their beloved neighbours..?



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was it the apple eve ate or...............??



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DC,



I always thought that was a rather unpleasant medical procedure, that certain women chose to undertake!



The human spirit, is part of God. we are here in the physical, to learn and to grow.



We CHOOSE to be a hypercritical clog bearing Dutchman. Some of us choose to be children of the Universe.



What the heck does attending Church, on a Sunday have to do with it all?.



I despair,



Wyn



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church is a bussiness ,makes alot of $$$ and still so many poor

and the reverand said that animals do not have a soul

i say they do ,they feel pain and happiness ,therefore they have a soul



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Why is it always the disbelievers who are the most aggressive ? Are they in denial and constantly need reassurance that their lack of belief is really correct or could it be that they are afraid that they are wrong ? look into the eyes of the people you love and you will see God's face . The eyes are mirrors of the soul !



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More important they are capable of love and loyalty - sometimes unrequited, which is more than some human beings!



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@ msg 21, EamonnMc: (...) Why is it always the disbelievers who are the most aggressive ? (...)



▶ I join the current 6+ billion people on this earth who have no idea about your god. And the X-billion people before "JC" who had never heard about "him".

People are chemical factories. Some last for 80+ years after good maintenance. Others meet "their maker" after 40 or so years.

If it rains it rains - if you talk about "god" (where, by the way? India? Mongolia? etc, etc): proof it.

Give us, no me, 0.0000000000001 % proof of your superstitious nonsense - and I'll apologise for this line.



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"Disbelievers" didn't start problems in this world - "believers" did and do.



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How you live your life, is what is important. Not how people spin THE FACTS.



Acting in good faith, honourably , is the essence of how we conduct ourselves. Having respect for our fellow man. is the very basis of civilization.



We all have to answer to God, at the end of life. Thank heaven.



Wyn



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how many people died in the name of god or allah



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russianbabe,



We all do..........eventually!



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I don't need to prove anything because I believe that no proof is needed. The truth is self evident. No one knows when death will come calling but we should try to ready for the knock on the door ! As Shakespeare said " there are more things in this world than are dreamt of in your philophises " and I also believe that no one has a monopoly on the truth. Try a little humility, my friend, it's good for us all !!



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There are many think in the world that humans can not copy or produce like human brains that including billions of neurons to make a decision and to write these lines



who is the producer of these things?

other humans or physical rules or what?



sorry I am not fighting, I am just trying to share my questions.



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cant produce human brains yet.

they said man cant go to the moon

the earth is flat



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Hi Murat 2009.



Call it instinct. Call it consciousness.



Call it whatever, we all have to eventually answer (to our God) for our actions, whilst here in the physical.



Do onto others, as you would have them to do unto you.! A slpendid motto, as the basis for a good life.



wyn



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the meaning of life...............john lennon=thursdays



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@ msg 28, EamonnMc: (...) I don't need to prove anything because I believe that no proof is needed. (...)



▶ If it rains you "believe" it doesn't rain, no proof needed?



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how many people wrote the bible?

and over how many years?



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there is probably a superior being of some sort,from a far distant planet.

who are millions of years more advanced than us.

they came here 100,000 years ago,spread there seed to a very primitive ape like being.

creating a form of intelligence.

we then evolved from them.

human intelligence is beyond anything natural on this planet.



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russianbabe,



What has the bible got to do with it? Who wrote the Koran? Who wrote the Vedas? The Torah.



Its how you live your life that is important.



wyn



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i tend to agree with you.

there were drawings on the dwellings of the ancient mayas of man in space suits if im not mistaken



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I've seen the pictographs, and got the teeshirt.



I still believe the essense of our physical existence, is to treat others, as you would have them treat you.



Just my views, thats all!



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like loius armstrong said "what a wonderful world"



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Holy books were written as a guideline on how to live a life....every 10th commandment is a law in a (modern) court...and they are great and wholesome laws.



Without these laws, then anarchy would rule. Scientists say that the development of language is what separates us from animals....i say it's the development of consciousness and accountability...but it is language that has enabled this school of thought to prosper.



I am an eternal agnostic bordering atheist...i need a God to actually stop by for a cup of tea and a chat, to actually make me believe, however...without all the believers in the world, we would probably be living in a completely lawless world where it is ok to eat our neighbours...so, although i do not elieve in an Almight Lord...i do think belief (not religion) in a God is a gift that many of us have yet to be blessed with.



DD



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Daisy Dukes,



The garden of Eden awaits your tender touch ! No weeds, just flowers !



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to every one out there who doeant believe in God. read the last book and many other books in the bible( which were written many many years ago) and you see things that were prophesied happening now. especially in revelation it talked about globalisation and its happening now.



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Eamon.....What an amazing world it would be....if i could have a personal God....the garden would be filled with wondrous blooms and loved puppies!!





DD



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the bible is more than 100% proof there is a God and in the last book of the bible it prophesied the end of the world and judjement for all our action, it also talked about people who will say there is no God. and it said that is when you know the end is near. it said a lot. and i see many of the prophesies taking place



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Lagosboy....Holy books books were written to give the mere human a guideline on how to live a wondrous and comfortable life.....it has nothing to do with Hell and Heaven! These writings were done at a time when there were no laws...



I do believe that Jesus and Mohammed etc...were quite simply latter day hippies....preaching love thy neighbour....they were simply saying that, if you don't follow the laws (commandments) then anarchy will rule...



And seeing as there are so many folk in power right now, defying those commandments...it's really not suprising that we have global disputes etc....it really does seem to be a human trait...



DD



DD



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just a by the by...@ msg 44....since the beginning of the written word, the end of the world has been stated and shouted from rooftops many times...but, er, i hate to say this but er....we're still here!! 2000 years after the first shout!! So...when exactly do you predict this world to collapse into Hell....??? And what proof do you have that it will actually happen....?? I seriously hope you are not going to point to ancestral writings...those that thought a shooting star was a God pointing a finger....etc etc ??



DD



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k

i believe atheists know there is a God BUT they just want to supress the tought because they are afraid of hell or anything supernatural. Original atheists know the truth behind been atheist , just like original christains.



to crown it up what do you have to say about miracles,? magic?

1. raising the dead happened a lot in recent times

2. making lame to walk

3. i cant even start to list but the above 2 should tell you jesus was nlot anything close to a hippie he was from heaven where the power to raise the dead came from.



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i can give you a phone number in 2 days time. if you call that number and tell him there is no God , i am sure he will make you believe there is a God. see i have prayed and it happened. jesus has appeared to people. YOU CANT SAY THERE ITS NO GOD.

BIGGEST LIE ANYONE CA TELL HIMSELF



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The scholastic arguments for the existence of a Supreme Being are now rejected by most Protestant theologians in favor of new arguments which to my mind are by no means an improvement. The scholastic arguments were genuine efforts of thought and, if their reasoning had been sound, they would have demonstrated the truth of their conclusion. The new arguments, which Modernists prefer, are vague, and the Modernists reject with contempt every effort to make them precise. There is an appeal to the heart as opposed to the intellect. It is not maintained that those who reject the new arguments are illogical, but that they are destitute of deep feeling or of moral sense. Let us nevertheless examine the modern arguments and see whether there is anything that they really prove.



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One of the favourite arguments is from evolution. The world was once lifeless, and when life began it was a poor sort of life consisting of green slime and other uninteresting things. Gradually by the course of evolution, it developed into animals and plants and at last into MAN. Man, so the theologians assure us, is so splendid a Being that he may well be regarded as the culmination to which the long ages of nebula and slime were a prelude. I think the theologians must have been fortunate in their human contacts. They do not seem to me to have given due weight to Hitler or the Beast of Belsen. If Omnipotence, with all time at its disposal, thought it worth while to lead up to these men through the many millions of years of evolution,

http://www.cfpf.org.uk/articles/religion/br/br_god.html



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i have tried to believe there is no GOD but it didnt work. lemme tell you the lie i tried to use to decieve myself.

i always wondered, coz they say God knos everything about you he know what you'll do next n how you will die.

ok then he knows if you will go to hell or heaven, so why did he make it look like we have a choice if he know where you will end, what if he knows mr A is goin to hell and mr A thinks he can make heaven.





but then i tought of the miracle i hav seen and not seen, the time he apperaed to people in recent times makin the lame walk, ..and i couldnt just believe no God.



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There is a moralistic argument for belief in God, which was popularized by William James. According to this argument, we ought to believe in God because, if we do not, we shall not behave well. The first and greatest objection to this argument is that, at its best, it cannot prove that there is a God but only that politicians and educators ought to try to make people think there is one. Whether this ought to be done or not is not a theological question but a political one. The arguments are of the same sort as those which urge that children should be taught respect for the flag. A man with any genuine religious feeling will not be content with the view that the belief in God is useful, because he will wish to know whether, in fact, there is a God.



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so how many magicians can raise a dead man.



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Real Atheists know there is no God. so how can they be afraid of Heaven and Hell?? (bit of an oxymoron here?)





When someone is dead...they are dead!! There is no ressurecting of the dead....unless it's a memory in your heart... (head)



The only lame people that walk again, have a really good surgeon!! I was one of them...so this will never wash with me!!



Next thing you will be saying is that Mary was a virgin......!!





So, give me a real mordern day miracle...something to really make me question my own beliefs!!



perhaps a litle bit of magic would make me believe...



So where's the magic???? Where's the miracles.....come on...i am open to believing!!



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Lagosboy, three, did you not know that, or is that how many it takes to put in a light bulb



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i believe God shows us he exists through this little things (little for him)





http://www.cbn.com/700club/features/bonnke_raisedpastor.aspx



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if you say the above is a lis then you are just bent on been atheist and i cant prove to you any more unless you want that phone number



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lis = LIE from above



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By nature I am not a judgmental sort...however....when a true Bible basher crosses my path i get seriously irritated!! Lagos boys arguments are thin at the very least. I could ''almost'' believe in the beauty of the land being derived from a God...however.....if a God loves beauty that much, then he would look after his Angels...or at the very least, his children!!





DD



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So if i was to phone this number...who am i going to talk to? God himself? Who will be on the other line?



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http://www.bibleprobe.com/miracles.htm



the miracle werent magic



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And back to message 14, so is it one god or all gods you have to believe in to become a moderator. Or is it only your god that holds the power to moderate over all mankind.



Religion is the catalyst of most of the troubles in this world because weak people are lead by manipulative leaders to believe what they say is the truth.



Long live evolution.



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a pastor who has performed many recent miracles wih the power of God will be on the other line. but the links about the dead man rising and the miracles, why are you ignoring the links? no comments?



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I am sensing cult stuff here.....again i ask...if i call this number, who should i be speaking to?



DD



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why does our 'father' allow people to be killed by tsunamis ,and earthtquakes and others to starve to death.



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If God made us "in his own image and likeness" how do you account for some of the mis-shapen human beings walking amongst us. I have a "friend" ....mebbe best not go there



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again i say,

to all atheists out there, you need to man up and face your greatest fear. THERE IS A GOD.



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Going back to the original past-'why are we here', does not have anything to do with religion in my opinion.

My answer to the question would be(as other posters have said) we evolved.(from shrews as far as current research can tell)

Religion was a concept created by people, as a way of controlling the unruly types,almost like an invisible police force.

Look at the murals in ancient churches and temples around the world.

They all bear out the same philosophy- behave badly and you wont go to heaven!

The concept of God exists because the human condition has to believe in a greater power for comfort.

Almost like an eternal insurance company.

Believe in god- you get to go to heaven!

Disbelieve , and you go to hell.

Unfortunately for mankind, Religion- I.E the belief in certain ideologies, has been the single cause of pain and death known to humanity.

Excepting the mosquito of course.



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Jesus said once in the bible, there will always be the poor amongst all i believe its just equilibruim

he also said if you have faith in me you can move mountians,



therefore, people who have suffered either didnt have enough faith, serve God or they might have suffered the sins of their ancestors(karma) , or its just life been unfair.



honestly i cant really answer the qustions but i can tell you a lot



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Msg 62.



It was God that gave me my sense of humour. I rest my case.



wyn



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message 68, have you checked the first link i posted?



you CANT say there is no God if u checked it.



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if god exists

let him part the sky and show himself to the world



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it is prophrsied to happen , when he comes the second time. but he wount part the sky just so a handful of atheists could belive he exists.



God is too big to be tested. he love everyone though atheist or christain, he just wishes every one could love him, thats when he can show you he exists.



there is too much to say about God



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Message 70, that must have been Ganesha then.



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what about the hindus and buddists who dont believe in jesus.wont they go to heaven?



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to tell you the truth, i might sound like, i am not much of a christain and i can tell you this much.



but i strive to be coz i am AFRAID of hell and to think of Jesus dying for us to be saved.



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other religions, i believe God will have a way to judge, and seperate the people who havnt heard about jesus (but are good people) God is mysterious. but if you find yourself in a position where you should be a christain but refuse, then , just do the math.



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Message 75- my point exactly.

If i had to choose a religion at gunpoint it would be Buddhist.

As far as i can work out it's the most humanistic religion going- they hate no one, and devote their lives to being kind.

That works for me.

Lagos boy- you sound like an American preacher- please define God for me?



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God is ominpotent,jealous,loving, cant really be defined.



he created the universe and he is trinity.



about evolution a littlee lectur.



they say to God a day is like a thousad years

they say humans started from water eg fishes amphibians blah bla

ok God created water and fishes about 5 days before humans

i think in God years its like 5000 years

isnt that enough time for evolution

but all the theories science puts together where thing God did with a blink

thats why even though we are his image, he is a Big and supreme bieng

the big bang, in the bible before creation they said the world was just a dark mass.

just do the math



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I have to believe in miracles and some form of omnipotent and benevolt being, because I am - albeit amatuer and not always very successfully - a gardener. I put a tiny brown seed in the ground and sometime it grows into a beautiful flower or a delicious vegetable. OK, maybe I feed and water it, but no way could I infuse the miracle of life into it that makes it develop.



What I cant believe in is the established Church so called committed Christians who use religion as a comfort blanket treat their Church as an exclusive club with its rituals and restricted services , and are totally blind tto other forms of belief and worship... They forget that the Son of their God preached to and cared for the sick, the poor and the outcasts and even had time for doubting Thomas. He did not just preach that they should worship him to the exclusion of all else - He also said they should love their neighbour as themselves.



contd............



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flirty fishing....children of God.........if you want a serious argument...i will totally give you one!!



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Most people are missing the point.

science has proved the world was not created by god and evoluation proves god did not make men,period.

Because of this i think it's higly unlikely there is a god and if there was it would be far more complex than these man made religon's,the amont of different religons shows it's not true,for instance there's proof the quaran has copied the bible in many ways.

Religon is a man made way of dealing with the thought of death,which i can understand i wish i could believe i was going to a better place and that death was not the end,but the truth is we are just animals with fears and we are able to create things in our mind's as defence mecanisams.

As we evolved it means there was no adam and eve and no god had plans for us, if there is a god it would not be a god with human like feelings it would not be an animal it would be a force without feeling but 99% sure there is not one,humans and little earth would be very insignificant on the scale of things.



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yes, real churches do all you mentioned above.



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Is religion similar to Human Rights Legislation ? It often seems to me that with both, the undeserving reap more benefit than the deserving.



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And the belief of some - against all the evidence of endless translations and copyings - that the Bible - and particularly the Old Testament which has so many contraditions and frankly unpleasant passages and sometimes advocates intollerance - must be taken as literal truth in entirety frankly undermines my own faith.



I speak of Christianity because that is the faith I was brought up in and have studied. I have spoken to many Moslems who feel the same way about their own faith. Like me they consider it more important to follow the intent of their God and Prophet and respect and treat other people well than to fail to see their needs because they are so busy demonstrating how good and religious they are themselves.



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I think its okay for people to be religous because it can help them get through life and a lot of the time makes them have good morals.

Although it causes so much trouble in the world.So if you dont believe in god you dont go to heavin what a load of crap i would not want anything to do with an idiot of a god like that,i know loads of lovely kind hearted people who know it's not true and because they dont believe they will not go to heavin,but the serial killer doing a life sentance who is reading the bible will be saved,i would rather go to hell then be anywhere near a fool like that.the devil is not on gods side why would he punish people in hell it could be right laugh down there,who wants to sit on the left side of god for eternity,boring, i would rather be dead to anything.

A good god would save good people.As time goes on religon sounds more unbeliable,in 50 years in the modern world it will be fading,but man will invent somthing new like sciencetology when others proved wrong.



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msg 85

true religion was invented, but so far its acceptable and its working and most churches try as much as possible to practise religion with teachings from the bible, thats how the protestant were formed.



(frankly unpleasant passages and sometimes advocates intollerance )..

there is the new testament.



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BizziLizzi;

You could be insulting some Muslims by calling them "Moslems". There has been a lot of articles / arguments on this subject in the past. In fact "Moslem" means ""one who is evil and unjust" in Arabic language!

Nevertheless, the definition of and "who" exactly "God" is, is open to argument between different sects of Christianity - so who are we to believe?



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stelee77.

i like a bit of science,but one thing for sure scientists..... HAVE NOT PROVEN THAT GOD DOES NOT EXIST................FAR FROM IT.



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bigOz My apologies!



Yes, I agree with your second sentence - and wars have been fought over it - it is one of the reasons for my lack of faith. But that also does apply to other religions



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I did not say that,i said science has proved god did not make the world and god did not make man,chrisatans are so deluded they dont believe in evolution,it's madness.

so the skeletons of the dinosours in the natuaral history museum are not real then,perhaps god got fed up with the dinosours before he made the monkeys.

Look i dont want to sound horrible,and no one knows 100% there is not something,but this man made stuff is insane,its like the chronicals of narnia,if there is a god its far more complex then we will ever understand and its not our saviour.

I have no problem with religon and i understand people are born into it and brainwashed,and i also understand it can help people and give reason and meaning.

Anyway i have had my say,

not a good thread subject.



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Msg 86,



" I think it's ok for people to be religious ...." Well that is big of you ! Please enlighten us and tell us what other things free minded people might be allowed to do under your benevolent eye......what pretentious waffle !!!!



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Hi russianbabe,

It seems these existential questions arise from an imperfect understanding of the self. Generally speaking, we tend to think of ourselves as sausages, i.e. organic matter encased in skin. We like to think of ourselves as extremely cunning sausages and quite separate from the other sausages. In fact most us think that our sausage is the centre of the universe. Even though Galileo and others before him, went to great lengths to prove that we are not. But just for a moment let us stay with the sausage analogy and put it in hot frying pan. Observing closely you will notice that the sausage appears to perspire. This is the first clue that we are not as insular as we might suppose, I mean the sausage is not as insular. It has pores and it can exude a material substance that interacts with its environment. Through our breathing, we all interact with the environment constantly. We are dependent on the environment and are in fact part of the environment.

Part two later.



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don't mean to stray off topic, but:

Read each reply, THEN look at the time that it was posted. Tells you one or two things about what life means to some.



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Waking up evry morning breathing. Lookin at the view that takes my breath away.



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confess said the priest ,you will feel better

you go first ,since we are sharing i told him

he was not pleased at all



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For all those who seek miracle or as such, i would like to ask them to have an indepth study of how Islam came into being and especially the life of Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H). Regardless of beliefs and faiths, I am sure if u are in for an amazing ride.



No i am not trying to preach or anything as such... u r what u are. ;)



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russianbabe...............i met a russianbabe once,and yes she was the meaning of life.at least for a few days anyhow.



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you are a married man ,the past is the past



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message 82



Dont be a fruit bat all your life,that message makes no sense,the truth hurts so you got your knickers in a twisT.

Whats big of me,thats the most desperate stupid childish thing i have ever heard,god must be thinking you tit.



Im free to live in the real world your free to live in your world.some people believe in one god some believe in lots of gods,some believe in witchcraft,some turn to drink and drugs instead.

It does not make you a bad person believeing in god or vice versa.



I dont care one bit what you beleive,but soon as your beliefs are being proved to simply not be true,and you dont even have an arguement dont say silly things,just have faith.

If god came down from wherever,perhaps one of the trillion other planets that have no meaning,i would be proved wrong.

your the pretetious one thinking this little planet and yourself are so special when you die its not the end.

Eammon its all in your head mate so keep it there,have a lovely day god bless you.



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msg 99 sorry

but are you refering to urself from message 82?

idont understand you, werent you the one who was against God all the while?



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sorry 92,eammonmc



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Ultimate Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, The Universe, and Everything is 42! FACT!



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thank you for your input

it has been an interesting discussion



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so what do you think.. 104



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Msg 100, Stelee 77,



Your mouth opens are your foot moves in, very quickly ! The less you say the more sense you make !



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Eamonn



This is a debate,and your not doing very well to fight your corner.

what i have said makes perfect sense and is proven facts,you may not like this,and it may not be what you want to here,but rather than make boring pointless one liners,why dont you explain how evoluation is not true.



You cant, this one thing alone proves the bible is no more than a story book, in those days they could not add fast cars and bank robberys.



Lets have it right your the one that got all touchy because i was not buying in to your fantasy.



Dont talk to me about sense,as your obviously not the sharpest tool in the shed.



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to stelee7 i think this should contribute to evolution theories..



they say to God a day is like a thousad years



they say humans started from water eg fishes amphibians blah bla



ok God created water and fishes about 5 days before humans



i think in God years its like 5000 years



isnt that enough time for evolution



but all the theories science puts together where thing God did with a blink



thats why even though we are his image, he is a Big and supreme bieng



the big bang, in the bible before creation they said the world was just a dark mass.



just do the math

i believe dinosaurs existed coz God also created animals before man.



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Steve,



What you believe has no more validity than what others believe ! You don't have a monopoly on the truth - that shows your arrogance ! You may be right, you may be wrong but no one can say for sure ! There's room in this world for every opinion, even for those who believe in a higher being ! If you believe in nothing that's your business but i don't have to justify myself to anyone and your statement in msg 86, was and is pretentious !



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I remember being a kid and my parents filling my head with nonsense, like Santa, the Easter bunny and the Tooth fairy etc.



Well now that I'm older I don't fall for that rubbish anymore, thank God.    



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Lagosboy

Firstly thankyou for seeing this as debate and not personal.



lagosboy you evolved from a monkey peroid,god did not create man,i was watching a programe the other night and they were showing the bones of the the different stages from monkey to man and the way we evolved from apes,they can re construct the bones to show what we would have looked like through each stage of the evoluation process.



Like i said if there is a god he did not create man,and the bible is proven to be wrong without a shadow of doudt in this modern age.



I suppose you have nothing to lose because when you die you will never no you was wrong,i have got religous friends and its not a problem.



So this lovely god decided to put dinosours on the planet first and watch these monsters rip each other apart for his entertainment,then changed his mind and wiped them out.So in your mind we did not evlove from apes even thoe proven.

Hearing people like yourslef makes me realise how human we really are.



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Eamonn



Your right no one knows for a fact there is no god,even thoe very unlikely.



But god did not make man which proves the bible is rubbish,no one can even argue against this,its not being arrogant its life its facts its the truth if you like it or not.



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Msg 111,



Steve again, " I have got some religious friends and it's not a problem " Bet some of your best friends are also black ! by their words you will know them !!! You really have a tolerance problem, Steve.



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Eamonn



Would you adam and eve it,is that it.



still nothing to add to the debate,still nothing senisable to help support your theory,it's funny how people act when they cant back up what they are saying.

Yes i have black friends,but what has colour got to do with it,your either with it or your not.







I dont know 100% there is no god but i know 100% god did not make man and we evolved from apes.



If you want to challenge this be my guest.



But i bet you come back with some off topic snidey remark.



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Thing is, the older you get, the more you intend to believe.

Stay on the safe side. Just in case there is a god, believe.

If there isn't, no harm done.

I was educated at the only Jesuit college in West Yorkshire, St. Michaels.

We were taught that there is only one religion, Catholicism. Everyone else had a one way ticket to Hades.

If you didn't marry in a Catholic church, in the eyes of God, you weren't married.

I was the 7th of 10, Irish Catholic father, English C of E mother. The eldest 6 went to the state school, the youngest 4 to Catholic school. When my mother went into hospital, at 57 years of age, my father ticked "Catholic" as religion. My mother was refused the last rites by the Catholic priest because she hadn't taken Holy Communion the day before. That's when I realised there was no god. Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha, yes, god, no.

Never meant to go all serious, sorry.



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Msg 115,



Tony, it's often said , there are no atheists in a foxhole, unquote ! I agree that on occasions the messengers are found wanting but the message can still be life enhancing !



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I know what you mean



If you cant make sense speak in a weird jargon instead.



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It's still 42!



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any priests/preachers that are forum members to answer some questions that were asked ?

i use to wear to cross for years and when i took it off it was like a heavy weight came off me



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Jesus preached in parables to make what he said easier to understand by the simple fishermen etc. who were his disciples. I think the whole Bible is easier to understand if one takes it as a parable .



"God created" man after he created the rest of the world. Suppose you accept that the seven days is a parable or illustration, he still created man if instead of waving a magic wand and Adam appeared fully formed, man evolved (ie was created) over millions of years from a simpler life form. The millions of years is too difficult for simple human to comprehend so whoever wrote that particular part of the Bible merely simplified the process and shortened the time span



Man has done a lot of things recently, even clone animals, but he hasnt managed to produce that single spark we call life that starts the whole process. Someone or something must have done that , but personally I am not wholely convinced by any of the accepted religions - they are trying, but man being man, they



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divert it to their own - often selfish- purposes



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brinsley thanks.. word!!

msg 120 you took the words out of my mouth..nice one



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Questio time.......



which is better?



1. A religious person who lives with fear and hate.

2. A atheist who lives in a void?

3. A spiritualist who lives with love and joy.



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It does become rather annoying when all these various evangelists keep knocking on your door and pestering you at, usually, the most inconvenient times!



Out favourite Australian bard knows how to deal to these people - in this case 'The Festival of Life' - similar to 'Jehovah's Witnesses' and other fringe religion groups!



WARNING: Do not 'click' this link if you think your religious sensibility may be offended - or compromised!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJynygnjMC0



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120



What a kop out,talk about twist it.



So now your saying adam and eve evolved from monkeys what rubbish are you writing a new bible now.

It was not just two apes who evolved it was thousands and it would of increased through the ages intill the point we become human,there was no adam and eve god did not make man.

Rather than except the bible is wrong and question your faith you twist it completely.

Not one believer has given an expanation for evoluation except message 120 which is the most stupid thing i have heard.

lagosboy you had no reply for yourself or answer soon as some one makes something up you agree and make out that was what you was thinking all along.

So lets think about this he made the dinosours but he decided to wipe them out then he made adam and eve with no breeding or is it now he randomly picked two monkeys and evolved them over a million years.

The bible has been proved to be incorrect.Russian babe the weight was gone when you excepted reality.



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Russian babe: You raised an interesting topic and have stimulated and intersting discussion even if noboyd (and that includes me) really answered your quetion. Thank you.



Unfortunately I do not wish to take part in topics which are hijacked by posters who canit even bother to read and understand other posts, and subsitute offensive and mispelled comments for intelligent discussion (message 256) so I am off now..



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I answered the question in message 2!



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msg 120; Jesus preached in parables to make what he said easier to understand by the simple fishermen etc. who were his disciples. I think the whole Bible is easier to understand if one takes it as a parable .



easier still if you're a bit simple



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msg 126 of 128;

Russian babe: You raised an interesting topic and have stimulated and intersting? discussion even if noboyd? (and that includes me) really answered your quetion?. Thank you.







Unfortunately I do not wish to take part in topics which are hijacked by posters who canit? even bother to read and understand other posts, and subsitute offensive and mispelled comments for intelligent discussion (message 256)? so I am off now..



for those of us that can't see into the future (as far as msg 256) what ARE you on about, and is there no spellcheck on your computer. At least you spelt intelligent correctly, now look it up.



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I'm still looking for msg 256, last message was 129.



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If God created the world the meaning of life is “to glorify (worship) Him and enjoy Him for ever”.



The supplementary question is if the world evolved or came about by some other means what is the meaning of life?



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According to the "Hitch-hikers Guide to the Galaxy", the meaning of Life and of Everything,is 42......



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One must be forced to ask:



Are 'God botherers' rational people, or merely delusioned egoists?



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Purpose Of Creation - Dr. Zakir Naik (2/18)



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on you tube



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Egoists or not ,the fact is that the answer to the meaning of " Life and of Everything" cannot possibly be more than 41.375....... at least that is my rational...



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If there was a god, we would NOT have so much strife in the world,, no war,s, no child abuse, no poor sad animal,s being mistreated by those who call themselves human beings, no murder, no young beings dying to soon, no flood,s ,no famine.. religion is the cause of much wrong doing in this world.



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If God created ALL life, why did He/She/The Higher Power, create Microbial Disease , Parasites and all manor of life threatening Maladies ....And Man's war-like instincts ?



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Answer:



Because 'he' has a twisted sense of humour - rather like a certain government has towards foreigners!



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has god moved,i mean if he did create life in other planets thoughout the universe,has he looked at us and thought............ bad penny.



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cyprusmam3 , the answer you so obviously know already .



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msg140.. perhaps "We" ,his first attempt,like many prototypes failed due to design faults..ie He created paradise and then put Mankind in charge...:(



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hi russianbabe , as a spiritualist , i find pleasure in many simple ways . nature has a way of showing us how wonderful each day can be . as to your question , does there have to be a meaning ? . not wishing to belittle anyones religon or beliefs , but for me after listening for years to all sides of the religeous divide i have come to the conclusion that i am god . there i have said it so it must be true . joking apart , i believe that we are all our own gods joined together to form one whole , just for simplicity lets call this whole { nature } . life really is that easy . love you all bob .xx



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my dyslexic mate still isn't convinced there really is a dog



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msg134 Are you sure you're not David Ike... ,,,,,,,,,,,



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the answers to all your question still lie in the pages of the bible.



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Msg 143:



Gods are supposed to be immortal - humans aren't - so I think you've got it wrong there, sport!



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so if all the answers are in the bible all the other faiths are wrong?



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Evolution. The need/struggle to survive best according to our environment. What would be the purpose of evolution?



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lagosboy.



If you read the lord of the rings would you believe there is a middle earth.



The bible has got no truth to it,it has been proven to be wrong in so many ways.



Its just another religon with another theory wriiten a long time a go before we had worked out evoluation.



You talk as if we are the only life form,what about every other animal creature with a brain and feelings do they go to heavin or hell,what about dolphins they are as intellegent as us,what was god's plans for these creatures,did the dinosaurs go to heavin.



The meaning of any creatures life is to reproduce then die in most cases,A female praying mantas will eat the male after he mates with her and he actually knows this will happen and it will help the babies grow,is this gods sense of humour again or just life.



Just do what you have got to do to be happy,if you believe god has a purpose for you how are you really ever yourself if your always thinking what it is and what you should be doing.





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When the riots in the uk were happening three asian men were killed in a hit and run in birmingham,as i guess most of you know,now what i noticed was the father of one of the men went on air saying what had happened has happened and telling the muslim community not to retaliate,which is a great thing to do and could have saved many lives,nice man.

When he was being interviewed he did not seem happy but not distressed either and it seemed very strange how relaxed and unfazed he was,he went on to say he was a muslim and allah had taken his son away and i hope he forgives his son,he was saying that it was gods will as if his son had done bad things and this is what happens.

Then after a pause and another question,he then said i dont understand why this has happened why would these people do such a thing and went on to say what he thought of the murderers,now talk about his faith and reality clashing and totally contradicting each other,but it shows how religon can help you deal with



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these horrible situations,and how religon can help you in bad times like this,its okay he' gone to a better place.



Maybe i'm being a little bit of a spoon,but im just saying it how it is,before you say yes im so arrogant its unbeleivabe.



I dont believe in dog.



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nobody knows the size of the universe,and if there were a god why did he make our planet the size of a speck of dust compared with all that space out there,?we all know there is a time difference out there ,beyond,so maybe we are still in the explosion,but what is millions of years in earths time could be minutes in space,i dont think theres a heaven and hell after,where were you before you were born?or should i say before you were a sperm?



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We was dead before we was born.



Thats right we are so irrelevent on the scale of things,if there is a god he may of forgot we are here.



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mess 147 . you say only gods are immortal . i believe we are all immortal because our spirit lives on long after this earthly body has gone . if you spend time in a spiritual church you will soon come to understand that there is more to this life than that we at first see . love you all bob .



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I love you to bob.



If you spend some time in my cult you will soon realise that at the next eclipse a space ship will come down and take us to a better place but we must commit suicide first.



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bobcat15:



Believe me, right into my teenage years chapel attendance was mandatory at the school I went to - missing a service meant 'Six of the Best'!



Perhaps this is why I can't find anything spiritual inside churches - but what I can find and see and hear is rank hypocrisy in their congregations.



As for your theory about 'human immortality' - this must, if no deceased person has ever manifested him or herself to you, be merely a 'self-comforting assumption' on your part!



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Life....was my opportunity to spread peace and happiness to this world.



I have not done enough. Lets heal the divided Island of Cyprus.



Give Peace a Chance.



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wasnt that john lennon?



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Yeah and John Cooper (wynyardman)



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