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I get it, he's appointed and we have no say in the matter. I'm curious what the userbase thinks.

It would help if you knew the origin of consciousness

It's common knowledge consciousness is a result of brain activity, which is where it originates. You can look it up if you want, but I know you won't bother because facts and evidence aren't anything that concerns you.

The brain simply confines your conscious experience to the physical body it's just a component.

For God's sake, the article's title says: "What Constitutes a Spiritual Awakening? Awakenings of the spirit come in many different shapes and sizes." Where on the earth does it imply it's about alcahol and drugs?

Exactly, you read the title and not the article, but you posted it anyways, hence your utter failure in explaining your usual blowhard claims and then looking the fool.

I've never said that.

You've got to recognise that reading is not for you.

Yes indeed, you must be mentally retarded, let's recap.

You make a claim about how we should understand God, without any explanation and when pressed for one, you toss out the first title of an article you googled and didn't read about drug and alcohol addiction, and now you're telling me reading's not for me?

You are one brain dead, lying Christian, Archy.

Lol. Your posts to me are always like, "User X is LITERALLY Satan. Literally. They're Satan, they've always been Satan, they'll always be Satan and no one stops them at all, they just let Satan right through the door, this site likes Satan apparently. Satan."

Uh no, Ive not made those kinds of posts to you or anyone else in the past.

Anyway, I don't know, "Scaring off a great deal of people"? I have a hard time picturing that.

Funny, but if you knew that the soul does in fact exist then it shouldn't be to hard to comprehend that this life is a testing grounds....and you see that everywhere you look, as well as cyclical activity. You can label it absurd of course, but it is the very nature of the soul to learn and experience through life.

Souls have never been shown to exist, nor is there any reason to believe souls exist considering there is no evidence. We learn and experience through the use of our brains, which evidently, you have lost the ability to use.

This life is not a testing ground, it's the only one you have, which you are wasting by embracing the insane belief life is a testing ground.

There is no such thing as faith without evidence or reasoning

BOTH confidence and trust are based on evidence, experience and knowing

Read the Gospels people if you really want to know what it means

FAITH is an ACTION, not an empty belief. 

What is the intent of the one who is questioning me?

To glean out some intelligence and learn something. The problem with that of course, is what you offer in response.

That is part of what makes up an individual's Nous. Their intentions.

The will keep stalling space-holidays until they have come up with a way to artificially synthesise the movement and appearance outside the windows of the vehicle to fake the entire trip. 

Filling up the Science forum with stupid again, RM? Not a shred of evidence, but you'll blurt it out anyways. Selling stupid is your forte.

The child who has faith in their parents or the child who rebels against their parents?

It is the child that does what his parents do by action and not what they say.

In your case and that of other brain dead theists here, it would be highly beneficial for their children to rebel against their parents.

Atheism is defined by its denial of reality.

Mopac has no problem lying because he was made in the image of Satan.

Mopac is the great deceiver.

Can reading a book about carpentry replace carpentry?

There isn't much else to say. My religion is Truth Worship.

False analogy, anyone can worship, but not anyone can be a carpenter.

To love your neighbor is to love God, as we are each made in the image of God.

Faith without works is dead.

Works without faith is life.

Be the change you wish to see in the world.

No one is sent to hell by God, they choose to go there.

And, another brain dead retard says something incredibly stupid, seems that's all we read in this place nowadays.

This is why I have a hard time communicating with you, I never get the impression you give a shit about what I have said

You can label it whatever you want, but there is more testimonial evidence for the soul than any other one thing.

Only a true knuckle head would mock that

Maybe this article can explain it.

That's an article on alcohol and drug addiction, is that how you understand God. Nonetheless, you still couldn't explain it, as I predicted. Probably too much alcohol and drugs, Archy?

you guys are unbelievable

Teach away then, let's see what ya got to offer.

You're not interested in learning anything even though you have a great deal to learn. That has already been tried on many occasions by a lot of people, but you don't care what anyone else says, you just want to feed us your delusions and call them facts.

"God" is then a concept that we all human beings need to understand for our own sake as species.

Why? What point is there to that? What will we learn? What can we achieve? How do we benefit from that understanding?

So you admit there is no room for learning things

We can't learn anything from your delusions, unless we're psychiatrists working a case. You on the other hand have a great deal to learn, so you should be asking questions instead and paying attention rather than just babbling.

Nice assertion, let me know what you disagree with and why you disagree with it. I don't need to make anything up, not when there are facts involved. 

When did you start behaving like this much of a dick. In the past I've witnessed you studiously refusing to stoop to personal attacks and name-calling

Mo has been like that from the very beginning and he has cast shade much worse than just calling someone a loser. The hilarious thing about it is that he has done so unabated since he's been here, scaring off a great deal of people who actually are interested in discussions. The mod team seems to really like him here since they do nothing to stop his regular stream of vomit and vile comments towards anyone who doesn't agree with him.

Then, to top it all off, he plays the victim card as if everyone is ganging up on him.

Evil is the absence of good. It is the hole in the proverbial donut. It is a shadow - it is coldness - that exists because of a lack of heat.

Evil is therefore not defined by what it is - but by what it is not.

EtrnlVw : it is the result of someone's actions

There must be a perfect standard of good to measure good and evil.

The purpose of this thread is not to finish the  cross-examination of Euthyphro that Socrates began.

The purpose of this thread is instead to examine the reasons behind ones beliefs.

Do you have such a deeply-held belief that you wish to be examined, or are you here just to stalk Supa?

briefly explain the general idea underlying your values

That doesn't seem like an issue for the purposes of this conversation.

I assumed it would be based on what you asked about values as I suspected you were looking for the reasons why someone has moral values. To say they came from Scriptures is fine, but that means the person doesn't understand how morals and ethics are understood.

If one says they get their morals and ethics from using reason, logic and compassion, then one has a basis for dealing with most moral and ethical issues. But, if all they can say is they get their morals from Scriptures, then they have no clue how to deal with moral and ethical issues and will find they will often contradict themselves or simply do the wrong thing, which is often what we observe.

Remember that I did not ask you to give me examples of things that you conclude from your moral values, which is what you have done, but instead to briefly explain the general idea underlying your values. Is it possible for you to do this in a few sentences or less?

That's something you'll unlikely receive from any Christians considering they are not taught morals or ethics, they are taught to heed commands, but they have no idea why because their holy book never explains. This is why they'll tell you on one hand they are supposed to love everyone then turn around and discriminate against the very same people they are supposed to love, due to some other verse that commands them to discriminate or hate.

Christians have no moral compass, they only regurgitate the commands from Scriptures or intrepreted commands from their religous leaders and will often either contradict themselves or be hypocrites by doing one thing then telling you not to do the very same thing. It's easy for them to lie, but they don't know they're lying because they haven't the capacity or capability to understand what they're doing is wrong.

Criticizing a 15year old because of their religion and discriminating me

First of all, if someone is going to complain they're too young to be criticized, they shouldn't be on internet forums. Perhaps, we should have a new rule in which you must be at least 21 to join.

Secondly, it is you and your religion that are discriminating against gays.

Lastly, quit whining like a little baby.

You are THE BIGGEST FUCKING HYPOCRITE EVER. YOU SAY I HATE GAYS WHEN YOUR WHOLE PHILOSOPHY IS ABOUT HATING GAYS

My philosophy? Where did I say anything about my philosophy?

Oh yes, I didn't, you haven't any defense against your hypocrisy so you have to offer up a strawman and lie about it.

You see, this is what your faith is actually teaching you. Avoid, deny and evade truth at all costs, no lie is too far-fetched, ridiculous or childish... deliver it, notwithstanding. And make sure you shout!

Shout, shout, let it all out
These are the things I can do without
So come on, I'm talking to you, come on

Let's start spreading positivity

no one has a problem with my religion and I.

Hahahahaha! What a dolt. Yes, there is a problem with your religion but you're indoctrinated into it, hence have lost any form of reason, logic or sanity when it comes to honestly commenting on it.

You think raping and killing is good

I am a better person you will ever be

And, I'm sure you believe that lie. However, I don't discriminate againts gays, you do. If that makes you a better person than me, then you may require professional help.