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  • Tradition (holy books ...)

    19 29.69%
  • Vision (mystic way)

    10 15.63%
  • Mind (philosophic way)

    17 26.56%
  • Authorities (preachers, mullahs, parents ...)

    9 14.06%
  • Observations (from nature to God)

    15 23.44%
  • Pah, I am God

    10 15.63%
  • There is no way

    14 21.88%
  • Well, the moderators ...

    9 14.06%
  • gah

    14 21.88%
  • others

    12 18.75%
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    Minion of Zoltan Member Roark's Avatar
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    Default Re: How to get reliable informations about God

    Seeking the Divine is not a task or something on a to-do list. It takes no more and no less than a lifetime, in my opinion. My suggestion to someone who (hypothetically) had asked me how to begin to search for God, would be:

    Spend a week on your own in the wilderness. No phone. No human contact. Pray and meditate on the world around you and what it means to you. Consider the sincerity of your search.

    Pick up the scriptures and have a read. All of them. As many as you can stomach. The Bhagavad Gita, Bible, Quran, Talmud. Consider their portayal of the creator of the universe, and how humankind relates to the Divine. Consider the conflict between them and examine the historical veracity of their claims, and the integrity of the messages themselves.

    Pray and meditate. I don't think God is remote at all, She just needs to be treated with respect and sincerity.

    But... I don't think many people have time for any of this kind of thing. After all, we have Playstation 2 now... and microwave burritos.

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    Minion of Zoltan Member Roark's Avatar
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    Case in point then, eh.

    I'm not particularly interested in the dogma of organised religion myself, but this doesn't preclude me from having a spiritual life.

    Religion and religiosity can be... pretty obnoxious.

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    Everytime there is something about religion, the non-believers gather and have fun, make jokes of anything related to religion. Only making fun although I requested them to make their claims.

    * Put that Karl Marx s*it away from Quran..

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    Believe it or not us non-believers acount for 60% of the .org.

    I should know, I started a thread entitled "Do you believe in God?" and most people were in fact atheist.

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    I do not care about your beliefs, it's none of my business, nor do you have to about mine. The point is "sense of humor" sometimes sounds annoying. I bet you understand me.

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    Default Re: How to get reliable informations about God

    Although sometimes i beleive i am god when i see little kids coming asking me for directions and theres me sending them in the opposite direction of where they need....hmm fun, Anyway i beleive in god, jesus and stuff i dont beleive that there should be a rift between the different christianities, e.g Protestant and Catholic. We all beleive in god and stuff so why the split? I call myself a Christian not a Protestant or A catholic.

    BTW Read the book of revelation, its like a sci-fi movie, its great but its also the only book i've read (in the bible) all the way through so i wouldnt know about the others
    EDIT: Joke about Religion eh? well i have some fine ones here
    (This is not meant to be offencive to any religions, it is only a bit of fun and does not relfect the views of myself or, perhaps, any other person)
    1.What is the Ultimate Jewish Dilemma? Free Ham.
    2. Why wasnt Jesus born in America? Because God couldnt find 3 wise men and a virgin
    and 3. (probably the most contraversial) A rabbi, a minister and a preist were on a cruise with a bunch of kids. Suddenly the ship caught fire and began to sink.
    the Rabbi Cried ou "Quick! The kids"
    "Fuck the kids!" the minister shouted, heading out the exit.
    "Do you think we have time?" Said the priest
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    Default Re: How to get reliable informations about God

    Quote Originally Posted by Byzantine Prince
    Believe it or not us non-believers acount for 60% of the .org.
    I should know, I started a thread entitled "Do you believe in God?" and most people were in fact atheist.
    Your poll did not accommodate for agnosticism and was a yes/no poll only.
    I could point to two other polls that reduce atheism on this board to respectively 40.68% and 30%; the latter being an even more recent poll than yours.
    Last edited by Sigurd; 08-05-2005 at 12:44. Reason: reducing too high numbers
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