To keep from turning blue.Cerin wrote:That's kind of like asking, without God, what is the point of breathing?
Do you believe in God/god(s)/a "higher power"?
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Yov just so you know, I have no answers to these wuestions and haven't really any firm feelings.
I am just listening and trying to understand. Trying to get as many different points of view as I can.
I also realize that I am not able to phrase my questions very well, and I am not being as clear as I should.
I do believe we have something other than our bodies that connect us.
I don't have a name for it, but many people call it a soul.
I believe that connectivity is part of some type of higher power, and I believe that is somehow connected with some form of purpose.
Other than that, I am pretty much open to any ideas or beliefs.
I am just listening and trying to understand. Trying to get as many different points of view as I can.
I also realize that I am not able to phrase my questions very well, and I am not being as clear as I should.
I do believe we have something other than our bodies that connect us.
I don't have a name for it, but many people call it a soul.
I believe that connectivity is part of some type of higher power, and I believe that is somehow connected with some form of purpose.
Other than that, I am pretty much open to any ideas or beliefs.
I think I do to. But I don't much think that it changes the so-called meaning of life nor our moral values.Holbytla wrote: I do believe we have something other than our bodies that connect us.
I don't have a name for it, but many people call it a soul.
I believe that connectivity is part of some type of higher power, and I believe that is somehow connected with some form of purpose.
I wanna love somebody but I don't know how
I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
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I wanna throw my body in the river and drown
-The Decemberists
I believe in right and wrong, and I believe in a conscience as well.
To me that had to initiate or stem from somewhere or something.
I can't fathom how that can be a product of accidental exploding gas.
There had to be a starting point or genesis.
Right and wrong are not black and white. There are different shades and perspectives.
Somehow though I feel there is some kind of universal morality that we posess as an instinct.
To me that had to initiate or stem from somewhere or something.
I can't fathom how that can be a product of accidental exploding gas.
There had to be a starting point or genesis.
Right and wrong are not black and white. There are different shades and perspectives.
Somehow though I feel there is some kind of universal morality that we posess as an instinct.
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I disagree. Morality is one of the many requirements for any conscious and self-aware species / community to succeed. Without it, our numbers would be low and progress minimal.
I don't think it's 'out there as part of some universe thing', its a specific wiring of the brain required for a successful civilization.
I don't think it's 'out there as part of some universe thing', its a specific wiring of the brain required for a successful civilization.
It's about time.
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There's something of a power... But, hey, our feeble minds can barely wrap themselves around the idea of an infinitely expanding universe and whatnot.
I don't thing 'god' is a creator, the end all be all... I think god is a power or energy that binds everything in the universe together. I think I think that, atleast. Atleast for now.
I don't thing 'god' is a creator, the end all be all... I think god is a power or energy that binds everything in the universe together. I think I think that, atleast. Atleast for now.