Religion

[Galatia]

This thread belongs to AS

 

[concrete_sox]

the as sucks dik tho

 

[Magikarp]

That alien god king dude from Scientology.

 

[Arkillo]

Xemu?

 

[Emperor Pan I]

you mean Xenu*

 

[CelestialBadger]

First Church of Appliantology

 

[concrete_sox]

wondering if its possible to get a money from a cult god

 

[Galatia]

That's better, guys. It looks more like CC now

 

[Andarthiel]

I don't beleive in God nor do I beleive in the Devil or Satan.
I don't think you really need religion to be happy as long as you find some purpose in life.I don't really like Monotheism like Christianity/Judaism and Islam because of the preaching and the violence that it sometimes causes.
I respect the pagan gods and if I was to ever take up a religious belief then that would be it. Unforotunately it's a cult not a religion so to answer the last bit of the question properly I'd have to say Japan and Bhuddhism because it's mostly a peaceful religion and it has health benefits as well.
Now you can argue with me all you want

 

[Renzokuken]

Buddhism... lol. Most of you fags would never ever become a Buddhist. Health benefits? Ok sure, now give up all your possessions and money.

K.

 

[Vadriel]

Ever wonder why they are rumors? Sightings such as those can be proven to be some occurrence in nature or just a messed up camera. If you think they are actually an act of supernatural forces, then more power to you. It just sounds like a bunch fake stuff.:croc:

Supernatural, no. Paranormal, yes. I don't think anything is technically supernatural, just not quite enmeshed within our spectra of observation, except for those few isolated cases.

And as for things being explained away by ambiguous "camera malfunctions" or "natural defects..." That's more of a load of crap than anything else. Humanity rejects anything it isn't comfortable with by just "irrationalizing" it away.

Just think, if you heard something late at night, when you're alone...say a "bump" in your house...and your first inclination was fear..would you allow yourself to think "omg, what if it's a such-and-such?" No, you'd say to yourself "calm down, just a figment of your imagination, or maybe it was a cat on the roof, or maybe wind in the trees...it could be anything."

If you happened to look outside and investigate the noise...and you caught a little blur of something out of the corner of your eye...wouldn't you try to quell the fear by rationalizing it away, rather than thinking about the very intimidating and frightening possibility that there may be things out there that you don't know about?

The signs of these things are all around us, people just have a habit of attributing them to things that are much more comfortably normal, so that they can sleep at night.

I see things with a bit more open of a mind, and it's sorta made me think, and really do some analysis of things...I've become aware of some things that are around, at least in general presence...some make me uncomfortable and some are comforting in themselves. There's more to things than most people allow themselves to see. How much more is anyone's guess...it could be a few wandering "spirits" or it could be an entire population of paranormal oddities that lurk just outside of our general perception.

My only advice is this: don't discount anything as being "impossible."

 

[CelestialBadger]

Buddhism... lol. Most of you fags would never ever become a Buddhist. Health benefits? Ok sure, now give up all your possessions and money.

I could totally see myself joining a monestary at some point in life. Probably in the years after college when I'm too burnt out to feel like getting a real job. I feel guilty all the time about owning anything cause I'm a hippy like that.

 

[Vadriel]

I don't own anything, not even the stuff I bought with my own money. =(

 

[Andrew]

Supernatural, no. Paranormal, yes. I don't think anything is technically supernatural, just not quite enmeshed within our spectra of observation, except for those few isolated cases.

Aren't they pretty much the same thing?

And as for things being explained away by ambiguous "camera malfunctions" or "natural defects..." That's more of a load of crap than anything else. Humanity rejects anything it isn't comfortable with by just "irrationalizing" it away.

Or you can prove it by zooming in, reflections, mirrors, tricks, etc.

Just think, if you heard something late at night, when you're alone...say a "bump" in your house...and your first inclination was fear..would you allow yourself to think "omg, what if it's a such-and-such?" No, you'd say to yourself "calm down, just a figment of your imagination, or maybe it was a cat on the roof, or maybe wind in the trees...it could be anything."

Things fall over all the time. The house settles, the wind can blow, pets knocking stuff over, etc. Easily explainable.

If you happened to look outside and investigate the noise...and you caught a little blur of something out of the corner of your eye...wouldn't you try to quell the fear by rationalizing it away, rather than thinking about the very intimidating and frightening possibility that there may be things out there that you don't know about?

No. Eyes actually have little floaters in them that you can actually see, and you may confuse them with actually seeing something out there. If you see a flash of light, it can easily be a reflection of light from anywhere. Hell, fireflies!

I see things with a bit more open of a mind, and it's sorta made me think, and really do some analysis of things...I've become aware of some things that are around, at least in general presence...some make me uncomfortable and some are comforting in themselves. There's more to things than most people allow themselves to see. How much more is anyone's guess...it could be a few wandering "spirits" or it could be an entire population of paranormal oddities that lurk just outside of our general perception.

Everything can be explained scientifically. You don't even have to see it. There hasn't been any proof of anything paranormal being real.

My only advice is this: don't discount anything as being"impossible."

I'm not saying they are impossible. I'm saying that it never happens, and it is made up. They are in your imagination. It's all in your head. Anything is 'possible' in your head.

 

[Vadriel]

Those are the exact "comfortable" answers I defined.

Paranormal =/= supernatural. Supernatural is like magic and gods and your basic fantasy sorts of things...paranormal are events or entities that EXIST, just in outside planes of existance or just outside the spectrum of our perception. Think poltergeists, hauntings...Supernatural is fantasy, whereas paranormal is what some would call "science fiction."

And I would really like you to explain away with science the undeniable sense of another presence in the vicinity. Explain with science the things that fly off the walls when a domicile is under poltergeist occupation. Explain with science the overwhelming set of coincidences that govern my life.

Of course, some of it could eventually be explained...that's what paranormal phenomona ARE...things that are very real, but are just outside our realm of knowledge. There are rules and such that they obey, but they tend to do a little shirking of our basic known rules, and the things to explain them are outside of our current knowledge pool.

Several hundred years ago, electromagnetism would have been considered magic or supernatural, when in fact it was merely paranormal. Now it's completely commonplace and well-known. Did that make it any less real, that humans didn't understand how it worked?

This stuff is real, we just know very little about it. The falsehood of the paranormal or supernatural is nothing more than another mistaken conviction of humanity...no different than "the world is flat" or "the Earth is the center of the universe."

Humans believe whatever they can guess at and grab ahold of...naturally they reject with tremendous force anything fluid enough to elude their grasp. You're a prime example of that. There's no fault in it, it's just your paradigm. I personally believe that your "reality-concept-view" is a bit shallow and limited, and that's completely OK. You don't have to believe in stuff for it to be real, and with some of the things I've experienced you're probably better off staying a skeptic and being blissfully unaware.

But seriously, don't try to convince me of the untruth of things I've experienced firsthand. And don't ask me to tell you all about my experiences either...they're not your place to know. I realize that sounds like a cop-out to you, but again I don't need you to believe me. Your conventional way of thinking would dismiss me as delusional or insane anyway, and the matters are personal, so I don't feel the need to inform you of the precise details concerning my experiences with the paranormal.

 

[Jenny]

 

[Hitsua]

If you don't start worshiping Jesus, you're going to hell. No questions asked.

 

[Vadriel]

Lol. You know, I have actually never seen those movies? Not once.

 

[Jenny]

They are hilarious. Some of Bill Murray's finest.

 

[Vadriel]

I loled. The holes in his hands just kill me.