God exists, doesn't exist, he may exist

Discussion in 'Philosophy and Religion' started by walsh, May 20, 2011.

  1. Shivaya

    Shivaya Y'a rien de trop beau pour la classe ouvrière.

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    Lol I had to google ken barlow, youre such a butt hahaha.
     
  2. acuarela

    acuarela Member

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    How do you know that anything exists?
     
  3. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    if you ask me that in person, i'll be glad to punch you in the face

    then you can tell me what exists - my fist? your face? - and what does not

    i find that direct experience always trumps philosophical musing . . .
     
  4. acuarela

    acuarela Member

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    How do you know that some people don't experience God as directly as being punched in the face?
     
  5. thedope

    thedope glad attention Lifetime Supporter

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    I can report that my expectations have nothing to do with whether you take me seriously or not, so I think Ken Barlow would be a moot point.
     
  6. Stacey.

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    No-one's ever really going to know. Everyone has different opinions on whether he actually exists or not, but no-one knows and will ever know who is right/wrong.
     
  7. thedope

    thedope glad attention Lifetime Supporter

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    It is funny. I think the chinaman does an even better Ray Bolger impersonation.
    Hey, I'm funny too.
     
  8. scratcho

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    The title of the thread says all that needs to be said about the issue.
     
  9. thedope

    thedope glad attention Lifetime Supporter

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    This is very similar to scratcho's experiential axiom. His includes a two by four I believe.

    I find direct experience can be equal to philosophical musings if we can manage to access our experience directly, that is free from the influence of forgone conclusions. So much of the time we see only the past.
     
  10. scratcho

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    Thank you for remembering. Still holds true.
     
  11. deleted

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    Sometimes a good blow job brings God about..
     
  12. The Chinaman

    The Chinaman Member

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    Calling me a battyman?
     
  13. thedope

    thedope glad attention Lifetime Supporter

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    He played the scarecrow in the wizard of oz.
     
  14. The Chinaman

    The Chinaman Member

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    I didn't fucking ask who he was or who he played, I asked if you were calling me a battyman.
     
  15. LeviathanXII

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    People make conclusions because the BELIEVE THEY KNOW something about god, not because they believe god is incomprehensible. Thats the being thing, those of us who realize that something as abstract as god or whats beyond death probably is not going to be imaginable by our minds. It is more then likely though that there is nothing after death and that there is no god or supernatural force. Or at least there does not seem to be any evidence of the contrary.
     
  16. thedope

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    If battyman is synonymous with funny man then yes. Otherwise, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOKK8mAkiUI"]
     
  17. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    great minds think alike

    or, at least, slightly damaged minds do . . .
     
  18. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    it's jamaican slang for gay
     
  19. wa bluska wica

    wa bluska wica Pedestrian

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    how do you know that i'm not god?
     
  20. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    Intuition :D
     

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