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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Why does God allow bad things to happen? |
| Astreja |
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Posted: 05 Feb 2008, 12:12 am
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Replies: 145
Views: 16,152
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| you can't choose if you're gonna be a good person or a bad one. bad people are bad because they were born that way. good people were born good. it's all biological, and yeah, it's mother nature who's the dictator because god is just a BS bedtime story for poor scared little adults who can't sleep a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Just How atheist are you? |
| Astreja |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 11:57 pm
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Replies: 76
Views: 8,288
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| I'm on the border between agnostic theism and weak atheism. I like the idea of gods in the non-omnipotent sense; but I have yet to find any satisfactory evidence for the existence of any gods. Regarding the existence of one and only one 'personal' god, omnipotent and omniscient, I'm in the 'strong a... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What Do You Think of the Catholic Church? |
| Astreja |
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Posted: 29 Jan 2008, 11:49 pm
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Replies: 41
Views: 10,656
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| I think the RCC is a couple of centuries overdue for dissolution, but that dissolution is finally on the way. Its tastes are far, far too rich: It consumes enormous amounts of resources that would be better spent in the communities of the believers. Many of its policies, such as the bans on birth co... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: gdfgfdgfdgdfgfdg |
| Astreja |
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Posted: 28 Dec 2007, 1:36 am
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Replies: 20
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And a hearty 'fnord' to you too, Snake! 
(wanders off to broker a deal between the Gnomes of Zurich and the Discordians) |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: What do Pagans believe? |
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Posted: 25 Dec 2007, 3:50 am
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Replies: 15
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| The Scandinavian version of paganism is probably best known as Ásatrú (pronounced Ow' sa troo , and roughly translated as 'Faithful to the gods'). Rather than calling ourselves pagan, a lot of us prefer the term heióinn ('heathen'). I'm an agnostic Ásatrúar and see the Aesir, Vanir and Jotnar as rep... |
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Forum: Women's Discussion Topic: i can't stand make-up-- is this an aspie thing? |
| Astreja |
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Posted: 24 Dec 2007, 1:06 am
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Replies: 124
Views: 21,199
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| Lipstick is the only kind of makeup I've ever used on a regular basis, and I haven't used it for years. I've used mascara, rouge and eye shadow a few times. Can't stand foundation makeup at all; it always felt awful on my skin. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Which best describes your theological views? |
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Posted: 17 Dec 2007, 3:48 am
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Replies: 47
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| Agnostic polytheist. I think that "gods" of somewhat limited power are possible, but don't see any way of verifying their credentials. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: The Jungian Unconscious, Unreality, & MMORPGs |
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Posted: 03 Dec 2007, 2:19 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 2,565
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| As intriguing as I find the Jungian concept of the Collective Unconscious, I'm reluctant to think of it as anything more than wishful thinking on Jung's part. Unless it's some sort of mind-to-mind-to-mind network based on something like mirror neurons, I don't see how it could possibly work. On the ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Names of God |
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Posted: 01 Dec 2007, 12:45 am
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Replies: 68
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| I see the world and the elements sacred as creations of the God and Goddess, you just say f**k the earth God will make us a new one :roll: thats not how it works! I'm with you, Kilroy. I am also of the opinion that the Earth is something to be protected, not used as the playing field for some winne... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: what does your god/goddess look like? |
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Posted: 28 Nov 2007, 1:46 am
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Replies: 79
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| http://members.shaw.ca/astreja/images/astreja.jpg This is Me. Goddess of Vernal Equinox (northern hemisphere only), punctuation, and random equipment failures. Also a chocolate goddess, but I specialize in Cadbury Mini-Eggs. And these are my adoptive parental units Oðinn and Freyja: http://images.e... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: End goal of ethics, for you? |
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Posted: 18 Nov 2007, 12:01 am
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Replies: 23
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| My Prime Directive is to pursue my own desires and interests as much as possible without causing harm to other beings. Kind of like "Follow your bliss" blended with Ahimsa. In real life, this is rather difficult to consistently put into practice. For instance, I'm not a vegetarian (although I have b... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior? |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2007, 4:19 am
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Replies: 143
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| I guess Ann Coulter was right: "Conservatives believe in God. Liberals believe they are God." Well, I Myself am agnostic regarding My own divinity. I *have* been called a goddess by three different people, none of whom ever met one another. Fortunately, I preside over things that happen all by them... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Christianity Exposed in its Entirety - From A-Z |
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Posted: 11 Nov 2007, 4:12 am
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| But you will never, ever take away my Christianity. Every time you try to destroy it, it multiplies in number; with every martyr comes ten converts, as in Rome, up until the point where Christianity was so prevalent that the Emperor was converted. Argumentum ad populum. A large number of believers ... |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Are you a Taoists ??? |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2007, 12:54 am
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Replies: 360
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| I don't consider myself a Taoist, but I've read the Tao te Ching and think it's great. |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: Is Jesus Christ your Lord and Savior? |
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Posted: 10 Nov 2007, 12:32 am
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Replies: 143
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skafather84 wrote: i am my own lord and savior.
Works for Me, too!  |
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Forum: Politics, Philosophy, and Religion Topic: 23 Minutes In Hell |
| Astreja |
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Posted: 28 Oct 2007, 2:48 am
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Replies: 22
Views: 5,194
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| christians stole so much from pagans- Yule (christmas), Beltane (easter) even Samhain (halloween) Beltane and Ostara are actually two different pagan holidays. Easter is based on Ostara, which is tied to the spring equinox. Beltane = May Day. Yule (I spell it Jól), Ostara and Halloween are my three... |
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