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I fished these from the film that accompanies 'Run Christian Run' on the Super Furry Animals 'Rings Around The World' DVD.
As such I've not got them completely right, and I don't recall who they were credited to on the DVD. Still, read and respond, if you wish.
"If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you a schizophrenic"
"Prayer brings solstice to the saps, the ignorant and the lazy, but to the enlightened it is the same as asking Santa Claus to bring you something for Christmas."
Oh, and according to the Bible making fun of a bald person is punishable by death. Kings 2: 23:24
As such I've not got them completely right, and I don't recall who they were credited to on the DVD. Still, read and respond, if you wish.
"If you talk to God, you are praying. If God talks to you, you a schizophrenic"
"Prayer brings solstice to the saps, the ignorant and the lazy, but to the enlightened it is the same as asking Santa Claus to bring you something for Christmas."
Oh, and according to the Bible making fun of a bald person is punishable by death. Kings 2: 23:24
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Heh, I respect your views reaper so thanks for respecting mine.
But someone people who say God talks to them...well, missionarys (however you spell it) or people like that. Yes, there are good people out there, but I know a few people in my Church that go to war-ridden countries because they think God is telling them to, and I personally believe them. But then again, I would. {:)
I'm going a Church Family Weekend in half-term (me, youth christian group and leaders.) Usually, I'd feel nervous about going away for the weekend but with these people I feel fine. God brings people together, I've noticed quite a lot.
One more thing which I know a lot of people get a bit confused about. Being a Christian doesn't mean going to Church. To be honest, I hardly go at all. Once a month, maybe twice. Being a Christian is cool. Well, for me anyway. You'll get no other feeling like it. I would ask some of you to just give it a chance, but I can see most of you have firm beliefs and you probably need to be more open about the subject, and I can respect that.
There are a lot of things I don't know about Christianity. Many people ask, "I'm a good person, but I'm not a Christian. Do I go to hell?" I don't know. And to be honest, I'm not willing to risk it anyway. Maybe in the Bible it says you will, but remember, the Bible was not actually written by God himself. And many things are taken too literally, such as "if your eye sins you, then stab it out. If the other one sins you, stab that out too." Something like that. I mean, it's obvious that we're not really going to have to do that. And a lot of that sort of stuff is in the Old Testament, where as I prefer to read the New Testament.
And fangori, go walk in a busy road.
But someone people who say God talks to them...well, missionarys (however you spell it) or people like that. Yes, there are good people out there, but I know a few people in my Church that go to war-ridden countries because they think God is telling them to, and I personally believe them. But then again, I would. {:)
I'm going a Church Family Weekend in half-term (me, youth christian group and leaders.) Usually, I'd feel nervous about going away for the weekend but with these people I feel fine. God brings people together, I've noticed quite a lot.
One more thing which I know a lot of people get a bit confused about. Being a Christian doesn't mean going to Church. To be honest, I hardly go at all. Once a month, maybe twice. Being a Christian is cool. Well, for me anyway. You'll get no other feeling like it. I would ask some of you to just give it a chance, but I can see most of you have firm beliefs and you probably need to be more open about the subject, and I can respect that.
There are a lot of things I don't know about Christianity. Many people ask, "I'm a good person, but I'm not a Christian. Do I go to hell?" I don't know. And to be honest, I'm not willing to risk it anyway. Maybe in the Bible it says you will, but remember, the Bible was not actually written by God himself. And many things are taken too literally, such as "if your eye sins you, then stab it out. If the other one sins you, stab that out too." Something like that. I mean, it's obvious that we're not really going to have to do that. And a lot of that sort of stuff is in the Old Testament, where as I prefer to read the New Testament.
And fangori, go walk in a busy road.
Ant wrote:
It's strange. If, for instance I'm doing
> something wrong, then I will get this deep feeling inside me that this is not
> right. I shouldn't do this. Of course sometimes I fail, but I know when he's
> asking me to stop doing something.
Everybody gets that’s and in my opinion it's nothing to do with god. It's more to do with conscious and on fewer occasions’ common sense. When the majority of people do something wrong they know they shouldn't do it.
Or there was one time when one of my
> friends, at his own b'day party at the cinema and McDonalds, was being picked on
> by everyone else there, for some reason. I could sense that God wanted me to
> help him, and although I'm sad to say I didn't do much, I kept talking to him
> throughout the night.
This is just you wanting to be a good friend, you get a feeling that you should help him. Again in my opinion it's nothing to do with god it's more to do with yourself and what type of person you are. You get people who want to help their friends and you get people who don't.
Obviously i don't believe in God but i do respect religion and people or believe in/worship god.
>fangori wrote:
>religion sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah fangori, your a a**e. If you have something to say make more a good point instead of acting like a 2 year old.
Darkreaper
It's strange. If, for instance I'm doing
> something wrong, then I will get this deep feeling inside me that this is not
> right. I shouldn't do this. Of course sometimes I fail, but I know when he's
> asking me to stop doing something.
Everybody gets that’s and in my opinion it's nothing to do with god. It's more to do with conscious and on fewer occasions’ common sense. When the majority of people do something wrong they know they shouldn't do it.
Or there was one time when one of my
> friends, at his own b'day party at the cinema and McDonalds, was being picked on
> by everyone else there, for some reason. I could sense that God wanted me to
> help him, and although I'm sad to say I didn't do much, I kept talking to him
> throughout the night.
This is just you wanting to be a good friend, you get a feeling that you should help him. Again in my opinion it's nothing to do with god it's more to do with yourself and what type of person you are. You get people who want to help their friends and you get people who don't.
Obviously i don't believe in God but i do respect religion and people or believe in/worship god.
>fangori wrote:
>religion sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah fangori, your a a**e. If you have something to say make more a good point instead of acting like a 2 year old.
Darkreaper
fangori wrote:
> religion sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another truely in depth analysis from Faggy there. Just waiting for that guy 'pumping his big poppa' (or whatever) to add another truely genius quote. Not expecting much more than 'Jesus slept with sheep' though....
> religion sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another truely in depth analysis from Faggy there. Just waiting for that guy 'pumping his big poppa' (or whatever) to add another truely genius quote. Not expecting much more than 'Jesus slept with sheep' though....
fangori wrote:
> religion sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So do you mate!! But I'd hate to think what!;-)
> religion sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So do you mate!! But I'd hate to think what!;-)
religion sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Darkreaper wrote:
> Ant wrote:
"If you
> talk to God, you are praying; if God
> talks
> to you, you have
> schizophrenia."
- Thomas Szasz
God talks to me.
> Not in a literal
> sense, but I know when he's asking me to do
> something.
>How do you know when he is asking you to do something?
It's strange. If, for instance I'm doing something wrong, then I will get this deep feeling inside me that this is not right. I shouldn't do this. Of course sometimes I fail, but I know when he's asking me to stop doing something.
Or there was one time when one of my friends, at his own b'day party at the cinema and McDonalds, was being picked on by everyone else there, for some reason. I could sense that God wanted me to help him, and although I'm sad to say I didn't do much, I kept talking to him throughout the night.
It's something only Christians, obviously, can really experience, so it's hard to explain. Try reading the other religion post in this forum where I posted.
> Ant wrote:
"If you
> talk to God, you are praying; if God
> talks
> to you, you have
> schizophrenia."
- Thomas Szasz
God talks to me.
> Not in a literal
> sense, but I know when he's asking me to do
> something.
>How do you know when he is asking you to do something?
It's strange. If, for instance I'm doing something wrong, then I will get this deep feeling inside me that this is not right. I shouldn't do this. Of course sometimes I fail, but I know when he's asking me to stop doing something.
Or there was one time when one of my friends, at his own b'day party at the cinema and McDonalds, was being picked on by everyone else there, for some reason. I could sense that God wanted me to help him, and although I'm sad to say I didn't do much, I kept talking to him throughout the night.
It's something only Christians, obviously, can really experience, so it's hard to explain. Try reading the other religion post in this forum where I posted.
Ant wrote:
And this Voltaire guy
> obviously doesn't understand what the word 'faith' means, and he obviously
> doesn't take into account that religion is not based on facts.
This Voltaire guy was a one of France's greatest writers and philosophers. His real name was Francois Marie Arouet and he was born on November 21, 1694 in Paris and died in 1778.
During his eleven months in prison for writing a series of satirical verses ridiculing the French government, he wrote his first major play, "Oedipe," which achieved great success in 1718. He adopted his pen name "Voltaire" the same year.
Look him up on the net if you want to find out more.
Darkreaper
And this Voltaire guy
> obviously doesn't understand what the word 'faith' means, and he obviously
> doesn't take into account that religion is not based on facts.
This Voltaire guy was a one of France's greatest writers and philosophers. His real name was Francois Marie Arouet and he was born on November 21, 1694 in Paris and died in 1778.
During his eleven months in prison for writing a series of satirical verses ridiculing the French government, he wrote his first major play, "Oedipe," which achieved great success in 1718. He adopted his pen name "Voltaire" the same year.
Look him up on the net if you want to find out more.
Darkreaper
Darkreaper wrote:
> "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
-
> Voltaire
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to
> laugh."
- Voltaire
And this Voltaire guy obviously doesn't understand what the word 'faith' means, and he obviously doesn't take into account that religion is not based on facts.
"If you talk to God, you are praying; if God
> talks to you, you have schizophrenia."
- Thomas Szasz
God talks to me. Not in a literal sense, but I know when he's asking me to do something.
"God has no place within these walls, just like facts have
> no place within organised religion!"
- The Simpsons
Now that was quite funny, as the Simpsons also acknowledge that God does exist in other episodes. And really it proves my earlier statement, that religion is not based on facts.
> "If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
-
> Voltaire
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to
> laugh."
- Voltaire
And this Voltaire guy obviously doesn't understand what the word 'faith' means, and he obviously doesn't take into account that religion is not based on facts.
"If you talk to God, you are praying; if God
> talks to you, you have schizophrenia."
- Thomas Szasz
God talks to me. Not in a literal sense, but I know when he's asking me to do something.
"God has no place within these walls, just like facts have
> no place within organised religion!"
- The Simpsons
Now that was quite funny, as the Simpsons also acknowledge that God does exist in other episodes. And really it proves my earlier statement, that religion is not based on facts.
"If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him."
- Voltaire
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
- Voltaire
"If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia."
- Thomas Szasz
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
- Albert Einstein
"God has no place within these walls, just like facts have no place within organised religion!"
- The Simpsons
- Voltaire
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
- Voltaire
"If you talk to God, you are praying; if God talks to you, you have schizophrenia."
- Thomas Szasz
"Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind."
- Albert Einstein
"God has no place within these walls, just like facts have no place within organised religion!"
- The Simpsons
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