Topic: Thomas Paine's Age of Reason
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Mon 07/06/09 09:19 AM
Mostly tossing this to Abra, but anyone else who's read it.

Loved the book! Does a wonderfully sarcastic breakdown of the Christian mythology, and points out all of the errors, chronological screwups and bizarre things amongst the Bible.


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Mon 07/06/09 11:30 AM
I have noticed that any reasoned request to look at the specifics of these particular religion is generally ignored by the members of this particular religion. However, they are more than happy to make mistatements about almost anything else.

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Mon 07/06/09 05:19 PM

I have noticed that any reasoned request to look at the specifics of these particular religion is generally ignored by the members of this particular religion. However, they are more than happy to make mistatements about almost anything else.



laugh so truelaugh

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Tue 07/07/09 04:07 PM
Id only take it one step further myself. Why god at all?

All such answers by there very nature must be arguments from ignorance.

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Tue 07/07/09 04:12 PM

Id only take it one step further myself. Why god at all?

All such answers by there very nature must be arguments from ignorance.


That was one of the few comments in his book I didn't agree with, as he lumped Christianity and Atheism together. The comment was that they both take away from the beauty of God's creation, though science helps explain creation and that's a very good thing.


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Tue 07/07/09 04:17 PM


Id only take it one step further myself. Why god at all?

All such answers by there very nature must be arguments from ignorance.


That was one of the few comments in his book I didn't agree with, as he lumped Christianity and Atheism together. The comment was that they both take away from the beauty of God's creation, though science helps explain creation and that's a very good thing.


If he lived today I feel certain he would have a hard time doing just that. Either he would be a God of the gaps proponent or an atheist.

Deism really is just a way to hang on to spirituality in the face of an overwhelming lack of evidence, only awe and wonder give rise to god no where else is he seen.

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Tue 07/07/09 04:26 PM



Id only take it one step further myself. Why god at all?

All such answers by there very nature must be arguments from ignorance.


That was one of the few comments in his book I didn't agree with, as he lumped Christianity and Atheism together. The comment was that they both take away from the beauty of God's creation, though science helps explain creation and that's a very good thing.


If he lived today I feel certain he would have a hard time doing just that. Either he would be a God of the gaps proponent or an atheist.

Deism really is just a way to hang on to spirituality in the face of an overwhelming lack of evidence, only awe and wonder give rise to god no where else is he seen.


Yeh, that's kinda how I've always viewed it too. But at least it's not demonizing each other, the planet, and life itself.

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Wed 07/08/09 11:02 AM




Id only take it one step further myself. Why god at all?

All such answers by there very nature must be arguments from ignorance.


That was one of the few comments in his book I didn't agree with, as he lumped Christianity and Atheism together. The comment was that they both take away from the beauty of God's creation, though science helps explain creation and that's a very good thing.


If he lived today I feel certain he would have a hard time doing just that. Either he would be a God of the gaps proponent or an atheist.

Deism really is just a way to hang on to spirituality in the face of an overwhelming lack of evidence, only awe and wonder give rise to god no where else is he seen.


Yeh, that's kinda how I've always viewed it too. But at least it's not demonizing each other, the planet, and life itself.
I agree, of all the spiritual concepts Deism is by far the most intellectually honest, unassuming, and least likely (By far) to move someone to violence.

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Wed 07/08/09 11:08 AM
God didn't create religion, man did.

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Wed 07/08/09 11:09 AM
Edited by Bushidobillyclub on Wed 07/08/09 11:09 AM

God didn't create religion, man did.
I would go a step further.

God did not create man, man created god.

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Wed 07/08/09 11:18 AM


God didn't create religion, man did.
I would go a step further.

God did not create man, man created god.


I'll agree with both of you there!

(As I get a look from Lord God Cinnabar (the dog) who thinks he deserves to be worshipped. LOL!)

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Wed 07/08/09 12:01 PM
You may be right but I would disagree, I think it owes more to the fact of Man creating a sense of wonderment.

I do agree however that if people really believe that any Bible is somehow a true story they must be completely looney, hell, most of those "stories" are rewrites from other mythologies.

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Wed 07/08/09 02:22 PM
Edited by Bushidobillyclub on Wed 07/08/09 02:22 PM
Man creating a sense of wonderment.
Man didn't create the sense of wonderment, or any other sense.

You could say that evolution did . . . but I wouldn't say it meant to . . .




God didn't create religion, man did.
I would go a step further.

God did not create man, man created god.


I'll agree with both of you there!

(As I get a look from Lord God Cinnabar (the dog) who thinks he deserves to be worshipped. LOL!)
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