O.K. give us the answer , or do we have to go digging for gold our selves . I like the Sky daddy thing. Don't sue Me when I use it, Oh and by the way look up at the blue section of the page you are on and tell Me what it says . I think I read something that says religion right after philosophy. Whether you like it or not religion is a lot of things to a lot of people. Dream state allegories for explanation included. I hope you are not one of those Mike's who think liberal arts is when you shove ones head in a toilet and gargle with the water. Mathematics is an art too butt breath. All in fun , don't hurt Me Please ! Mikes unite !! We will rule the world !! Amalgamate!
Dream state is the soul of the artist . I would think you would know that . The edge of reality too. That is were great art lives . Small things in reality become big things with big meaning when the artist captures the essence of an event in a magical way . Dream a little dream of Me . The dual meaning of words become very important in this respect. I know you know this by the way you write . You left Me of the list this time. That hurt my feelings , Why you no love me no mo. Just joking all those are the same Me except Aphrodite . I dated her once though. I am thinking Atheism is a religion the way so many try so hard to sell it . The sell is just as hard as a friggin Christian or Muslim. Live and let live must not be a kind of thing people believe in anymore. I thought that was a pretty good social law . Right up there with Don't Ding the neighbors dog
Baloney. There's no doctrine, no creed, no organized body of believers at all that you've ever met. Look at this thread. What have you ever seen that would correspond to what Chi is trying to do here, only with "atheism" as the beneficiary?
Doctrine and creed = anytime someone mentions god, do everything to convince them that there is no god.call them names and try to demean them if they do not conform to the atheist way.
I think a google search is in order so you can find that organized group you belong to. I believe there is an organized bunch of non believers trying to convince believers into non believing is what I believe. What was it Chi was doing again ?
I come from a place that try's to be neither male or female , but human but my natural sex comes out sometimes . What is you best guess? I will tell you the truth , but first I think you should take a wild stab at it. You probably already know. You seem pretty astute for a squirrel. Squirrel sounds like a girls name if you ask Me , I have known a few guys that remind Me of squirrels though and not for feminine reasons either . ...
It seems reasonable to assume Islam was a product of "Arab" (whatever that is) Christian mythologies prevalent from around Syria - from people who didn't believe in the Trinity concept (which was fairly common at the time). The Qur'an was written much much later and is as much a political manifesto as anything else. The earliest use of the word Mohammad was as a title for Jesus and can be found on early Syrian coins. So, the answer to the questions would be interesting to know - if only because so many people maintain the primitive superstitions of 2000 years ago.
They don't Idol Worship I wonder why they do the peregrination every year to S.A.? just to walk around ( and to touch) a stone... they are so confused... http://www.teachmideast.org/essays/35-religion/57-the-hajj
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you posted 2 chapters from your book of fairy tales and dont see it as preaching.. siforums help me my IQ is falling
Maybe because the Sun and Moon weight heaven on early mythologies - including Christianity. As I am sure you are aware, most early "Christians" (especially those in Egypt - the cultural hub of the Roman world) didn't actually think Jesus was a person, but was an allegory. Here's a very common Persian coin pre-Islam, note the crescent and star. Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Yazdegerd I was a Persian Emperor who initially supported the spread of Christianity in Persian and persecuted Zoroastrians and then later in life switched to persecuting Christians and supporting Zoroastrians - Islam could be thought of as the final product. The Qur'an being codified as a means of solidifying some sort of religious paradigm (with a Pope errr... Caliph on the top). Just like the Bible did to Christianity (which obviously predates the Bible). It should be noted the hypothesis that Persian/Byzantine wars were rewritten changing the Persians names to Arab names and *poof* instant "glorious" early Islamic history. All made up of course, not that reality matters to anyone - we're talking about talking bushes, virgin births, splitting moons and your occasional Ferris Mohammad Bueller's Day Off exciting day-adventure on a winged horsey ... .... Early pre-Christian Roman coin of crescent and star: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Early CHRISTIAN coin of the Byzantium Empire: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
OMG have you ever been in a Church? It's filled wall to wall with idolatry. From decorated bible covers (usually the Priest has the most elegant) - even the script in the Bible is somewhat idolatrous. The windows, the walls, pews, all of it covered in forms of religious idolatry. Little crosses here and there, other small symbols, etc...