NT I'M TAKING PRAYER REQUESTS VOL. OMNITHEISM

[mo matik]

It's interesting that Anton continues to post threads like this. 

http://www.huffingtonpost...-emnotem-d_b_611148.html

Why Religion is Not Delusion

Second, an important finding that has emerged over the past 20 years orso from the cognitive science of religion is that religious thinkingbuilds quite seamlessly on our natural modes of cognition. Byevolutionary design, we tend to see the world in terms of intentional,meaningful patterns. Religious thinking simply takes this mode ofthought to its very logical conclusion: we're inclined to think theworld is an intentionally created, meaningful place because it is.Since religious thinking comes naturally to us, it is actually theskeptical mindset that requires greater effort to consistentlymaintain. Which leads to an interesting hypothesis: given therelatively greater mental effort required to maintain skepticalbeliefs, it should be atheistic thinking, more so than religiousthinking, that is prone to slide into pathology.

I'm assuming these threads are part of this maintenance of skepticism.

 

[mo matik]

It's interesting that Anton continues to post threads like this. 

http://www.huffingtonpost...-emnotem-d_b_611148.html

Why Religion is Not Delusion

Second, an important finding that has emerged over the past 20 years orso from the cognitive science of religion is that religious thinkingbuilds quite seamlessly on our natural modes of cognition. Byevolutionary design, we tend to see the world in terms of intentional,meaningful patterns. Religious thinking simply takes this mode ofthought to its very logical conclusion: we're inclined to think theworld is an intentionally created, meaningful place because it is.Since religious thinking comes naturally to us, it is actually theskeptical mindset that requires greater effort to consistentlymaintain. Which leads to an interesting hypothesis: given therelatively greater mental effort required to maintain skepticalbeliefs, it should be atheistic thinking, more so than religiousthinking, that is prone to slide into pathology.

I'm assuming these threads are part of this maintenance of skepticism.

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Originally Posted by RKO2004

Originally Posted by blackxme

My dude Anton

I hate how some of you think religion is free of criticism and being made fun of, it's not, deal with it.

There is a fine line with criticism and mocking.

Carry on though.

*Big Gulp*

RKO, why do you always allow yourself to get sucked into defending religion any time it is being "disrespected." You ever think you should just let it go?

 

[DCAllAfrican]

Originally Posted by RKO2004

Originally Posted by blackxme

My dude Anton

I hate how some of you think religion is free of criticism and being made fun of, it's not, deal with it.

There is a fine line with criticism and mocking.

Carry on though.

*Big Gulp*

RKO, why do you always allow yourself to get sucked into defending religion any time it is being "disrespected." You ever think you should just let it go?

 

[mangudai954]

Originally Posted by ATLien Seeko

Deeper issues lie beneath.

Yep.

 

[mangudai954]

Originally Posted by ATLien Seeko

Deeper issues lie beneath.

Yep.

 

[Mark Antony]

Anton is a tool and a one trick pony, but i messes with dude, DC is just a goofus for real. I wish there was a proper ignore and not just dim/collapse.

 

[Mark Antony]

Anton is a tool and a one trick pony, but i messes with dude, DC is just a goofus for real. I wish there was a proper ignore and not just dim/collapse.

 

[antonlavey]

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

It's interesting that Anton continues to post threads like this. 

http://www.huffingtonpost...-emnotem-d_b_611148.html

Why Religion is Not Delusion

Second, an important finding that has emerged over the past 20 years or so from the cognitive science of religion is that religious thinking builds quite seamlessly on our natural modes of cognition. By evolutionary design, we tend to see the world in terms of intentional, meaningful patterns. Religious thinking simply takes this mode of thought to its very logical conclusion: we're inclined to think the world is an intentionally created, meaningful place because it is. Since religious thinking comes naturally to us, it is actually the skeptical mindset that requires greater effort to consistently maintain. Which leads to an interesting hypothesis: given the relatively greater mental effort required to maintain skeptical beliefs, it should be atheistic thinking, more so than religious thinking, that is prone to slide into pathology.

I'm assuming these threads are part of this maintenance of skepticism.



   In other words, not thinking about things logically and giving the simplest possible explanation for everything gives people peace of mind?


I'll pass. If being a skeptic means I get to use a little more of my brain power than most I'm willing to sacrifice a little peace/ "rest" of mind.


It doesn't take a genius to make the revelation that saying "magic man done it" is easier.

 

[antonlavey]

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

It's interesting that Anton continues to post threads like this. 

http://www.huffingtonpost...-emnotem-d_b_611148.html

Why Religion is Not Delusion

Second, an important finding that has emerged over the past 20 years or so from the cognitive science of religion is that religious thinking builds quite seamlessly on our natural modes of cognition. By evolutionary design, we tend to see the world in terms of intentional, meaningful patterns. Religious thinking simply takes this mode of thought to its very logical conclusion: we're inclined to think the world is an intentionally created, meaningful place because it is. Since religious thinking comes naturally to us, it is actually the skeptical mindset that requires greater effort to consistently maintain. Which leads to an interesting hypothesis: given the relatively greater mental effort required to maintain skeptical beliefs, it should be atheistic thinking, more so than religious thinking, that is prone to slide into pathology.

I'm assuming these threads are part of this maintenance of skepticism.



   In other words, not thinking about things logically and giving the simplest possible explanation for everything gives people peace of mind?


I'll pass. If being a skeptic means I get to use a little more of my brain power than most I'm willing to sacrifice a little peace/ "rest" of mind.


It doesn't take a genius to make the revelation that saying "magic man done it" is easier.

 

[mo matik]

Refusal to acknowledge a logical position would cause more harm to the person. That's more in line with delusion, the topic of the article.

But of course, if you think religion reduces to "magic man done it" then religious folk will and should appear as delusional.

 

[mo matik]

Refusal to acknowledge a logical position would cause more harm to the person. That's more in line with delusion, the topic of the article.

But of course, if you think religion reduces to "magic man done it" then religious folk will and should appear as delusional.

 

[antonlavey]

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

Refusal to acknowledge a logical position would cause more harm to the person. That's more in line with delusion, the topic of the article.

But of course, if you think religion reduces to "magic man done it" then religious folk will and should appear as delusional.

You know what fam you right, Noah did fit all those animals in the ark. I'm a look for the simplest answer to all of life's mysteries from now on. Carry on.
  

Anyhow this thread is getting derailed, still taking customized prayer requests.

 

[antonlavey]

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

Refusal to acknowledge a logical position would cause more harm to the person. That's more in line with delusion, the topic of the article.

But of course, if you think religion reduces to "magic man done it" then religious folk will and should appear as delusional.

You know what fam you right, Noah did fit all those animals in the ark. I'm a look for the simplest answer to all of life's mysteries from now on. Carry on.
  

Anyhow this thread is getting derailed, still taking customized prayer requests.

 

[mo matik]

You know what fam you right, Noah did fit all those animals in the ark. I'm a look for the simplest answer to all of life's mysteries from now on. Carry on.


If you understand the Abrahamic faiths for what they claim to be, you would know that Muslims believe that all Abrahamic faiths are 1, and Islam is the last and final testament.

If one were to examine the story of Noah in the Qur'an, it would make more sense because there are no scientific impossibilities mentioned. And if one were to examine where the Qur'an says where the ark is, and where they found the ark in '94, I would imagine it would cause one to think.

http://www.fatwa-online.com/aboutislaam/0020101.htm

Consider for a moment that you don't know as much as you think you do. Consider for a moment that not all religious people are making a constant effort to illogically make sense of the world. Hopefully it will give you reason to examine the very institutions you love to criticize a little more closely.

 

[mo matik]

You know what fam you right, Noah did fit all those animals in the ark. I'm a look for the simplest answer to all of life's mysteries from now on. Carry on.


If you understand the Abrahamic faiths for what they claim to be, you would know that Muslims believe that all Abrahamic faiths are 1, and Islam is the last and final testament.

If one were to examine the story of Noah in the Qur'an, it would make more sense because there are no scientific impossibilities mentioned. And if one were to examine where the Qur'an says where the ark is, and where they found the ark in '94, I would imagine it would cause one to think.

http://www.fatwa-online.com/aboutislaam/0020101.htm

Consider for a moment that you don't know as much as you think you do. Consider for a moment that not all religious people are making a constant effort to illogically make sense of the world. Hopefully it will give you reason to examine the very institutions you love to criticize a little more closely.

 

[antonlavey]

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

You know what fam you right, Noah did fit all those animals in the ark. I'm a look for the simplest answer to all of life's mysteries from now on. Carry on.

If you understand the Abrahamic faiths for what they claim to be, you would know that Muslims believe that all Abrahamic faiths are 1, and Islam is the last and final testament.

If one were to examine the story of Noah in the Qur'an, it would make more sense because there are no scientific impossibilities mentioned. And if one were to examine where the Qur'an says where the ark is, and where they found the ark in '94, I would imagine it would cause one to think.

http://www.fatwa-online.com/aboutislaam/0020101.htm

Consider for a moment that you don't know as much as you think you do. Consider for a moment that not all religious people are making a constant effort to illogically make sense of the world. Hopefully it will give you reason to examine the very institutions you love to criticize a little more closely.
You know what you right.....I'm converting to Islam tomorrow. I just shuffled a bunch of religions  and pulled yours out of a hat. You win.

  

 

[antonlavey]

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

You know what fam you right, Noah did fit all those animals in the ark. I'm a look for the simplest answer to all of life's mysteries from now on. Carry on.

If you understand the Abrahamic faiths for what they claim to be, you would know that Muslims believe that all Abrahamic faiths are 1, and Islam is the last and final testament.

If one were to examine the story of Noah in the Qur'an, it would make more sense because there are no scientific impossibilities mentioned. And if one were to examine where the Qur'an says where the ark is, and where they found the ark in '94, I would imagine it would cause one to think.

http://www.fatwa-online.com/aboutislaam/0020101.htm

Consider for a moment that you don't know as much as you think you do. Consider for a moment that not all religious people are making a constant effort to illogically make sense of the world. Hopefully it will give you reason to examine the very institutions you love to criticize a little more closely.
You know what you right.....I'm converting to Islam tomorrow. I just shuffled a bunch of religions  and pulled yours out of a hat. You win.

  

 

[antonlavey]

How to make a prophet?

-Charismatic man smokes some hallucinagens or possibly suffers from a mental illness that gives him illusions of granduer.

-Man claims he's spoken to God and ventures out to find followers.

-Desperate/ possibly crazy group of people listen to man and consider him a prophet.


It still happens in this day and age, but we know better....see Jim Jones.

Is it at all possible that Noah was a little crazy, and built that ark to "fit two of every animal" and there was no flood. Crazy people do %%# like that all the time.

 

[antonlavey]

How to make a prophet?

-Charismatic man smokes some hallucinagens or possibly suffers from a mental illness that gives him illusions of granduer.

-Man claims he's spoken to God and ventures out to find followers.

-Desperate/ possibly crazy group of people listen to man and consider him a prophet.


It still happens in this day and age, but we know better....see Jim Jones.

Is it at all possible that Noah was a little crazy, and built that ark to "fit two of every animal" and there was no flood. Crazy people do %%# like that all the time.

 

[wooly willy]

Originally Posted by AntonLaVey

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

You know what fam you right, Noah did fit all those animals in the ark. I'm a look for the simplest answer to all of life's mysteries from now on. Carry on.

If you understand the Abrahamic faiths for what they claim to be, you would know that Muslims believe that all Abrahamic faiths are 1, and Islam is the last and final testament.

If one were to examine the story of Noah in the Qur'an, it would make more sense because there are no scientific impossibilities mentioned. And if one were to examine where the Qur'an says where the ark is, and where they found the ark in '94, I would imagine it would cause one to think.

http://www.fatwa-online.com/aboutislaam/0020101.htm

Consider for a moment that you don't know as much as you think you do. Consider for a moment that not all religious people are making a constant effort to illogically make sense of the world. Hopefully it will give you reason to examine the very institutions you love to criticize a little more closely.

You know what you right.....I'm converting to Islam tomorrow. I just shuffled a bunch of religions  and pulled yours out of a hat. You win.

  
Honestly Anton, you really seem like a nice dude even though you get a lot of hate on here for making threads like this but I noticed that whenever you and lobotomybeats are confronted by a logical argument from a religious person (*GASP*) both of you always break down into fits of sarcasm (and meaningless insults in the case of lobotomybeats

). Defense mechanism perhaps? I mean it's clear that you want to spark debate through your threads which is a beautiful thing but why always avoid the serious answers?

 

[wooly willy]

Originally Posted by AntonLaVey

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

You know what fam you right, Noah did fit all those animals in the ark. I'm a look for the simplest answer to all of life's mysteries from now on. Carry on.

If you understand the Abrahamic faiths for what they claim to be, you would know that Muslims believe that all Abrahamic faiths are 1, and Islam is the last and final testament.

If one were to examine the story of Noah in the Qur'an, it would make more sense because there are no scientific impossibilities mentioned. And if one were to examine where the Qur'an says where the ark is, and where they found the ark in '94, I would imagine it would cause one to think.

http://www.fatwa-online.com/aboutislaam/0020101.htm

Consider for a moment that you don't know as much as you think you do. Consider for a moment that not all religious people are making a constant effort to illogically make sense of the world. Hopefully it will give you reason to examine the very institutions you love to criticize a little more closely.

You know what you right.....I'm converting to Islam tomorrow. I just shuffled a bunch of religions  and pulled yours out of a hat. You win.

  
Honestly Anton, you really seem like a nice dude even though you get a lot of hate on here for making threads like this but I noticed that whenever you and lobotomybeats are confronted by a logical argument from a religious person (*GASP*) both of you always break down into fits of sarcasm (and meaningless insults in the case of lobotomybeats

). Defense mechanism perhaps? I mean it's clear that you want to spark debate through your threads which is a beautiful thing but why always avoid the serious answers?

 

[Master Zik]

Originally Posted by lobotomybeats

Dear god, Anton I come to you on my knees (you aren't a catholic priest are you?). Is there any way you can please pray to a better god for me. Evidently another god gave one of my best friends cancer. In addition to that, some other gods have been doing a lot of ##+%%# things for a long time. Can you by chance go like one god above him on the god chain and reverse this?

Also, I'd love if Tyler Perry would crash his car into a lake of AIDS.


Amen

Quote of the night

 

[Master Zik]

Originally Posted by lobotomybeats

Dear god, Anton I come to you on my knees (you aren't a catholic priest are you?). Is there any way you can please pray to a better god for me. Evidently another god gave one of my best friends cancer. In addition to that, some other gods have been doing a lot of ##+%%# things for a long time. Can you by chance go like one god above him on the god chain and reverse this?

Also, I'd love if Tyler Perry would crash his car into a lake of AIDS.


Amen

Quote of the night

 

[antonlavey]

Originally Posted by Wooly Willy

Originally Posted by AntonLaVey

Originally Posted by Mo Matik

You know what fam you right, Noah did fit all those animals in the ark. I'm a look for the simplest answer to all of life's mysteries from now on. Carry on.

If you understand the Abrahamic faiths for what they claim to be, you would know that Muslims believe that all Abrahamic faiths are 1, and Islam is the last and final testament.

If one were to examine the story of Noah in the Qur'an, it would make more sense because there are no scientific impossibilities mentioned. And if one were to examine where the Qur'an says where the ark is, and where they found the ark in '94, I would imagine it would cause one to think.

http://www.fatwa-online.com/aboutislaam/0020101.htm

Consider for a moment that you don't know as much as you think you do. Consider for a moment that not all religious people are making a constant effort to illogically make sense of the world. Hopefully it will give you reason to examine the very institutions you love to criticize a little more closely.

You know what you right.....I'm converting to Islam tomorrow. I just shuffled a bunch of religions  and pulled yours out of a hat. You win.

  

Honestly Anton, you really seem like a nice dude even though you get a lot of hate on here for making threads like this but I noticed that whenever you and lobotomybeats are confronted by a logical argument from a religious person (*GASP*) both of you always break down into fits of sarcasm (and meaningless insults in the case of lobotomybeats

). Defense mechanism perhaps? I mean it's clear that you want to spark debate through your threads which is a beautiful thing but why always avoid the serious answers?




Even tho I think dude linking me to a picture of the ark is an insult to my intelligence. I've answered the question already with my "Crazy charismatic prophet scenario". Noah could have existed, Noah may have built an ark....it is unlikely he fit two of every species into said ark. I feel stupid as hell talking about this.

BDW I believe Jesus existed......these so-called prophets emerge all the time with cults. We're sensible enough in present time to dismiss them because the "correct" religions have already been established.


Sry about the sarcasm, I'll try to watch that. Bad habit.