Regarding the future of religion

Mr November · 04-13-2011, 07:13 PM

Good job whoever's posting Christopher Hitchens. He's brilliant when it comes to debating religion and God.

As cardboard adolescent basically said in a previous post, there is no such thing as objective purpose. Even if God does exist that doesn't mean everything God does is good, or that I should want to be part of God's plan. We make our own purpose, our own fate, our own choices. If you need a fictional invisible entity to make you feel like you have a purpose, than your life probably really is an empty void of meaninglessness.

Neapolitan · 04-15-2011, 07:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian E Coleman

Good job whoever's posting Christopher Hitchens. He's brilliant when it comes to debating religion and God.

As cardboard adolescent basically said in a previous post, there is no such thing as objective purpose. Even if God does exist that doesn't mean everything God does is good, or that I should want to be part of God's plan. We make our own purpose, our own fate, our own choices. If you need a fictional invisible entity to make you feel like you have a purpose, than your life probably really is an empty void of meaninglessness.

How do you know for sure it's empty void of meaninglessness and not an empty void of meaningnessless? Whether you choose the former over the latter or the latter over the former in essence by your estimation it's only a subjective preference. And if it's all subjective anyway, then really than one can conclude it can also be possible that a person's life can be filled with meaningfulness as well, either with a God or a even "fictional invisible entity" - which ever one prefers.

Mr November · 04-17-2011, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Neapolitan

How do you know for sure it's empty void of meaninglessness and not an empty void of meaningnessless? Whether you choose the former over the latter or the latter over the former in essence by your estimation it's only a subjective preference. And if it's all subjective anyway, then really than one can conclude it can also be possible that a person's life can be filled with meaningfulness as well, either with a God or a even "fictional invisible entity" - which ever one prefers.

Not hating on your post, but it didn't make any sense to me...
As in I didn't understand what you were trying to say.

"How do you know for sure it's empty void of meaninglessness and not an empty void of meaningnessless?"

I can't decipher this one... I assume it's a misprint? because of the first line the rest I can't figure out anyway.

I don't mean to be hostile, I'm just interested in whatever you were actually trying to say.

jackhammer · 08-16-2011, 04:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Ian E Coleman

Good job whoever's posting Christopher Hitchens. He's brilliant when it comes to debating religion and God.

Richard Dawkins hasn't been mentioned here which is surprising.

Just a small sample of his work: The God Delusion - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Mr November Music Addict Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Halifax, Canada Posts: 429	Good job whoever's posting Christopher Hitchens. He's brilliant when it comes to debating religion and God. As cardboard adolescent basically said in a previous post, there is no such thing as objective purpose. Even if God does exist that doesn't mean everything God does is good, or that I should want to be part of God's plan. We make our own purpose, our own fate, our own choices. If you need a fictional invisible entity to make you feel like you have a purpose, than your life probably really is an empty void of meaninglessness.