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beso

Omni-what

They tell us He is omnipresent (is everywhere), omnipotent (all powerful) and omniscient (knows all) Well His minions are certainly know-alls but what would be some more accurate adjectives for God?...
10:49 Tue 10th Jul 201226 answers, last by naomi24 05:45 Thu 12th Jul 2012
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naomi24

Higgs Boson – are scientific advances squeezing religion out of existence?

A number of ABers have asked for a simple explanation and this is about the simplest I’ve found. http://www.thesun.co....story-of-science.html...
06:45 Fri 06th Jul 201235 answers, last by vetuste_ennemi 13:51 Sat 14th Jul 2012
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naomi24

Reason

If an atheist is asked why he has no belief in a supernatural God, he will usually offer a rational reason, but if a believer is asked why he believes in a supernatural god, he has no rational reason...
15:32 Mon 09th Jul 2012142 answers, last by naomi24 07:57 Mon 16th Jul 2012
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goodlife

Has God’s Purpose for Mankind Failed?

Is God's purpose for mankind the conversion of the world to the so-called Christian religions? That is what the majority of the sects of Christendom teach.
09:12 Tue 03rd Jul 201278 answers, last by jomifl 04:18 Sat 07th Jul 2012
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beso

Religion as Cognitive Malfunction

Scientific research using functional MRI has shown that religious experiences mainly involve the temporal lobes of the brain. Epileptic seizures in the temporal lobes have also been shown to be...
11:49 Wed 04th Jul 201260 answers, last by mibn2cweus 19:56 Tue 10th Jul 2012
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mibn2cweus

Would you forgive God?

The 'Good *cough* Book' says, ...it is appointed unto a man once to die, and then the judgement. Suppose that, as it turns out, God's daddy decided to turn the tables and put God on trial, appointing...
21:28 Sat 30th Jun 201264 answers, last by naomi24 06:15 Wed 11th Jul 2012
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Johnysid

Do we know enough to know what it all means?

Meaning is a succession of events directed at a particular outcome. Say "now" - when is/was that word? A word is a succession of events. The challenge I set the contributors to this thread...
14:32 Mon 02nd Jul 201245 answers, last by jomifl 13:03 Thu 05th Jul 2012
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L00fah100

What is the most fun religion on the planet? Are there any?

I've been reading the "How Many Of You Folk Attend Church On A Sunday, And If Not Why Not ?" And it got me thinking, is one of the main reasons because people are bored to death with being...
14:15 Sun 01st Jul 201232 answers, last by mibn2cweus 13:14 Thu 05th Jul 2012
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modeller

What is the purpose of the universe?

Let us accept the the fact that there are trillions and trillions of stars , planets and asteroids. Now the bible claims that it was made by an entity we call God. Clerics have claimed for thousands...
21:45 Fri 29th Jun 201243 answers, last by DTcrosswordfan 21:00 Wed 04th Jul 2012
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Sarkoz

Seances and contacting the spiritual world, undead or demons

Has this ever been done successfully? I don't mean the scammers who talk to large crowds and pick people to say generic things like they feel a man in a blue jumper who loves dogs wants to to say he's...
11:55 Mon 25th Jun 201250 answers, last by ludwig 21:34 Sat 30th Jun 2012
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Davethedog

The religious wonder why atheists question them

Anyone with the least amount of intelligence must read this with their jaws on the floor. The way that creationists manipulate everything to their own ends just defies any sort of critical logic....
09:48 Thu 28th Jun 201223 answers, last by jomifl 22:11 Sat 30th Jun 2012
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naomi24

Religion – a fairy tale for adults?

http://www.bostonstan...ries-poster-1-3962839 Well, as the report asks, "what do you think? Should Mr Richards be allowed to display his poster?"...
15:44 Wed 20th Jun 201238 answers, last by beso 11:01 Thu 28th Jun 2012
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oldnitro

Real Gods?

Does it make more sense that people used to worship the sun and other Gods that were part of their environment as opposed to an elderly gentleman sitting on a throne up in the clouds? I know which one...
01:49 Thu 21st Jun 201234 answers, last by beso 21:32 Wed 27th Jun 2012
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wildwood

ask yourself.

Has any religious person ever seriously wondered why their idol would have bothered to create Earth and all its sinning and questioning minions? It surely would have made more sense to create the...
04:22 Tue 19th Jun 201250 answers, last by jomifl 13:31 Fri 22nd Jun 2012
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naomi24

Why didn’t God make his original message clear?

Since Jesus arrived on earth with his new message, many ‘prophets’ have surfaced - Mohammed, Joseph Smith, and Charles Taze Russell, to name but a few – and the millions that follow...
11:18 Sat 16th Jun 201250 answers, last by vetuste_ennemi 14:50 Thu 05th Jul 2012
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beso

Doing God's Work

Since believers strive to always fulfill the will of their god I was wondering how many of the believers here would be willing to "put every man woman and child to the sword" if their god...
10:52 Sun 17th Jun 201236 answers, last by beso 11:31 Tue 19th Jun 2012
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wildwood

Satan

I am still trying to get my head around the devil concept. If the deity that is worshiped in religions is omnipotent, how can a devil 'evolve'? I had entertained the notion that the dark side of the...
08:08 Thu 14th Jun 201225 answers, last by naomi24 18:20 Mon 18th Jun 2012
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jomifl

Freedom to Believe, or Not

I don't think that this needs any comment from me. http://www.rawstory.c...-god-doesnt-exist-on-...
19:54 Thu 14th Jun 201217 answers, last by Katiekonker 22:43 Fri 15th Jun 2012
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naomi24

Gay marriage – yes or no?

On the news tonight, both a representative of the Church of England and a spokesman for Islam said that since it is in direct contravention of God’s law, marriage between same sex couples must...
18:55 Tue 12th Jun 201284 answers, last by triggerhippy 15:12 Fri 15th Jun 2012
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Father-Ted

Immaculate Misconception

Now then, here is a curious thing. It is Catholic dogma that Anne the Mother of Mary (Mother of Jesus) was a virgin which presents an interesting problem, if Anne was a virgin fertilized by Immaculate...
20:45 Tue 12th Jun 201281 answers, last by naomi24 18:30 Mon 18th Jun 2012

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