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my apologies if any of this has already been addressed... i skipped a few pages so i could put in my two cents without reading this beast-of-a-thread in its entirety. but most discussions like this are basically circum-locuted anyway, so i figure it doesn't make too much difference.
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92steve wrote:Linus Van Pelt wrote:ytrehalf wrote:Do the atheists here have an explanation for first cause--who or what is the prime mover, and who or what first created matter from nothing?
In a word, no.
Oh yes we do.
Er, of course. I just meant this one doesn't, as I don't pay too much attention to physics. My answer is, "Big Bang, probably, whatever that was."
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93I just stumbled onto The Brick Testament.
This is great stuff. I like the section on "The Law."
Lv 15:18
'Whenever a woman has intercourse with a man...'
'...both of them must wash, and will be unclean until evening.'
Lv 20:13
'If a man has sex with a man in same way as with a woman, they have committed an abomination. They are certainly to be put to death.'
The New Testament stories, while less racy, are cool too:
Parable of the Tortured Debtor (final frame)
Mt 18:34-35
'And in his anger his master sent him to the torturers until he could repay all he owed. That is how my heavenly father will deal with you unless you forgive your brothers from your heart.'
This is great stuff. I like the section on "The Law."
Lv 15:18
'Whenever a woman has intercourse with a man...'
'...both of them must wash, and will be unclean until evening.'
Lv 20:13
'If a man has sex with a man in same way as with a woman, they have committed an abomination. They are certainly to be put to death.'
The New Testament stories, while less racy, are cool too:
Parable of the Tortured Debtor (final frame)
Mt 18:34-35
'And in his anger his master sent him to the torturers until he could repay all he owed. That is how my heavenly father will deal with you unless you forgive your brothers from your heart.'
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94Awesome. Last time I saw this, they only had Genesis. This is fantastic. My favorite: False Prophets - http://www.thebricktestament.com/the_la ... 13_01.html
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95Has anyone ever noticed that if you turn round really quickly and look up into the sky, that you can catch a glimpse of god peeping out from behind a cloud?
I HEARD THAT!!
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96Bertrand Russell for ya...
Religion is based primarily and mainly upon fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and partly the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by you in all your troubles and disputes. ... A good world needs knowledge, kindliness, and courage; it does not need a regretful hankering after the past or a fettering of the free intelligence by the words uttered long ago by ignorant men.