Question for the religious folk
Discussion
The Fly Fisher said:
I wouldn't have thought Pistonheads is a site regularly visited by the God Squad.
There is a good cross section of readers here, from all walks of life. IIRC UK surveys report that even here, the majority believe in life after death. Correct me if I'm wrong of course...ewenm said:
Which religions believe a soul is made of light?
A good question. Aren't the celestial beings/figureheads/etc supposed to emit light, in most religions?Maybe black holes are the gateway to the afterlife. After all, how many 'near death experiences' have the phrase 'light at the end of the tunnel' in them. Maybe the tunnel is the black hole, and it's only the effort on this end that keeps them from being sucked in.
Personally I believe we're born, we live, and we die - no afterlife! Plus I don't know if I'd really want to 'live' forever.
Personally I believe we're born, we live, and we die - no afterlife! Plus I don't know if I'd really want to 'live' forever.
Steamer said:
Wooow! I'm still waiting for a religious person to the question: Dinosaurs - why!?!
...or maybe the Romans took those first few chapters from your bible too.
Do you mean someone who takes the bible literally or merely someone who is religious? There aren't many of the first sort around......or maybe the Romans took those first few chapters from your bible too.
ewenm said:
Steamer said:
Wooow! I'm still waiting for a religious person to the question: Dinosaurs - why!?!
...or maybe the Romans took those first few chapters from your bible too.
Do you mean someone who takes the bible literally or merely someone who is religious? There aren't many of the first sort around......or maybe the Romans took those first few chapters from your bible too.
also - I loved learning about the dinosaurs at school and seeing the odd bone in a museum, but as a 'vehicle' to house 'the soul' while on its journey of progression I think they were pretty limited in exactly what that 'soul' was going to learn or offer during its mortal coil... as far as I can see they just ate grass / each other, shagged and fell into tar pits.
Sorry - just realised this is going a fair bit O/T - but the same questions popped up during a meal last night, although we didnt get anywhere near the blackhole issue! I think the conversation ended with something along the lines of: you only choose to believe in something to give you hope that there is something better than this!
Steamer said:
Wooow! I'm still waiting for a religious person to the question: Dinosaurs - why!?!
...or maybe the Romans took those first few chapters from your bible too.
Dinosaurs never existed, dinosaur bones were put there by God to test our faith in what I considered, quite frankly, a rather cruel prank....or maybe the Romans took those first few chapters from your bible too.
But then who am I to judge?
Steamer said:
ewenm said:
Steamer said:
Wooow! I'm still waiting for a religious person to the question: Dinosaurs - why!?!
...or maybe the Romans took those first few chapters from your bible too.
Do you mean someone who takes the bible literally or merely someone who is religious? There aren't many of the first sort around......or maybe the Romans took those first few chapters from your bible too.
also - I loved learning about the dinosaurs at school and seeing the odd bone in a museum, but as a 'vehicle' to house 'the soul' while on its journey of progression I think they were pretty limited in exactly what that 'soul' was going to learn or offer during its mortal coil... as far as I can see they just ate grass / each other, shagged and fell into tar pits.
Sorry - just realised this is going a fair bit O/T - but the same questions popped up during a meal last night, although we didnt get anywhere near the blackhole issue! I think the conversation ended with something along the lines of: you only choose to believe in something to give you hope that there is something better than this!
ewenm said:
Steamer said:
ewenm said:
Steamer said:
Wooow! I'm still waiting for a religious person to the question: Dinosaurs - why!?!
...or maybe the Romans took those first few chapters from your bible too.
Do you mean someone who takes the bible literally or merely someone who is religious? There aren't many of the first sort around......or maybe the Romans took those first few chapters from your bible too.
also - I loved learning about the dinosaurs at school and seeing the odd bone in a museum, but as a 'vehicle' to house 'the soul' while on its journey of progression I think they were pretty limited in exactly what that 'soul' was going to learn or offer during its mortal coil... as far as I can see they just ate grass / each other, shagged and fell into tar pits.
Sorry - just realised this is going a fair bit O/T - but the same questions popped up during a meal last night, although we didnt get anywhere near the blackhole issue! I think the conversation ended with something along the lines of: you only choose to believe in something to give you hope that there is something better than this!
Edited by Steamer on Monday 25th May 18:18
Steamer said:
ewenm said:
There is debate as to whether non-humans have souls at all. It's entirely irrelevant to me, but can provide some interesting philosophical discussions.
So the notion / attribute of a soul evolved along with the human race? although that in itself kind of answer the question that if we have souls then our animal descendants must have some sort of soul too.
)?My personal opinion is that man invented God, so once we were capable of the abstract thought required to ask the questions for which "God did it" is a possible answer, we also invented the concept of a soul. Is that ability to think in the abstract a uniquely human trait?
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