Do you believe in God?

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Do you believe in god?

  • Of course, without him nothing would exist!

    Votes: 624 30.6%

  • Maybe.

    Votes: 368 18.0%

  • No way!

    Votes: 1,050 51.4%
  • Total voters
    2,041
Pupik
Annoying? yes.

Better than someone ritualistically burning a sacrificial item in the aisle of the aircraft? also, yes.
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That's a pretty wide category of acceptability.

At least this airborne evangeliser finished her sermon in a few sentences. Though it doesn't explain what she and her fellow believer seated next to her were doing in the City of Sin themselves.
 
UKMikey
At least this airborne evangeliser finished her sermon in a few sentences. Though it doesn't explain what she and her fellow believer seated next to her were doing in the City of Sin themselves.
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Hey, they're flying Spirit Airlines. Whenever I catch up to some "fight breaks out on airline" or "unruly people told to disembark" story, you can bet that at least 50% of the time, Spirit Airlines is mentioned. You really think the best-behaved individuals fly in/out of LAS at 11:47pm?

(It's like EasyJet and Ryanair, but with a few more frills compared to...prisoner transport.)

Seriously, at least once a year a passenger tries to tell me all about their favorite Sunday past time which doesn't involve a ball, and that's why headphones and laptops exist.
 
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Pupik
Hey, they're flying Spirit Airlines. Whenever I catch up to some "fight breaks out on airline" or "unruly people told to disembark" story, you can bet that at least 50% of the time, Spirit Airlines is mentioned. You really think the best-behaved individuals fly in/out of LAS at 11:47pm?

(It's like EasyJet and Ryanair, but with a few more frills compared to...prisoner transport.)

Seriously, at least once a year a passenger tries to tell me all about their favorite Sunday past time which doesn't involve a ball, and that's why headphones and laptops exist.
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I'll take your word for it. I couldn't tell which airline it was or the time of day from those few seconds of video. They do sound very much like RyanAir over here.
 
UKMikey
That's a pretty wide category of acceptability.

At least this airborne evangeliser finished her sermon in a few sentences. Though it doesn't explain what she and her fellow believer seated next to her were doing in the City of Sin themselves.
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Visiting family is an easy answer. I know that not everyone goes to Vegas to go to the casinos, etc.
 
UKMikey
Though it doesn't explain what she and her fellow believer seated next to her were doing in the City of Sin themselves.
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Living among the Mormons has taught me many things. One of those things is the more religious you are, the more you like to gamble. Seriously, Mormons are supposedly against gambling, but the number of people I work with who go to Vegas multiple times per year is staggering. During every sporting event there are multiple pools going around the office too, and every single week someone would make an Idaho run to buy lotto tickets for a group of people. Most of them drink too even though every single one will say they don't. They also have a real problem with adultery, drugs, theft, and lying too. You know all "sins" in the eyes of pretty much every religion.

I was raised Catholic, and they're all about seeing how much they can gamble and drink. The church we used to attend had "casino night" fundraisers at least four times per year.

I think many ultra-religious people just like to project a holier-than-thou attitude while participating in as much debauchery as they can.
 
I am a member of the LDS Church. However, I grew up in the south. Note my name. I love Western NC.

I have found that ANY time you have people that don't truly understand (or believe) their religion, they will be hypocrites. I have seen it with "Christians" in the south who scream obscenities and hateful whatever, then go and do the same.

I have also seen relatives (and others) in Utah say that they do SO well, yet they easily are proven wrong.

It's not the religion that makes a person. It's the intent and personal conviction.

And it's truly sad that there are all levels of all of it everywhere.

Even with those who DON'T believe in God. Yelling at others that they are wrong is a poor way to live whether you believe in God or deny the possibility.
 
In 1 Corinthians 6 verse 12 St. Paul says everything is permissible if not necessarily beneficial. Those members of religious orders who believe the opposite and attempt to impose that belief forcibly upon others via terrorist acts or repressive legislation are to me worse than any atheist blowhard who doesn't represent the majority of unbelievers.

It's better to live and let live and standing up for one's own rights isn't the same as persecuting others for their faith or lack thereof.
 
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I'm the athiest of atheists.

More than anything else pertaining to religion, I'm for the freedom to exercise. Providing religious exercise doesn't violate the rights of others, no individual or body, including government, has any business depriving the right to exercise, regardless of belief. But freedom of religion necessarily includes freedom from religion, and no individual or body has any business depriving the right to abstain.
 
Former spokesman for God and protector of paedophiles Benedictus the 16th has gone to meet his maker.
 
Hun200kmh
If you want to go past the soundbyte and easy giggle on the subject, here's what I think is a balanced, and thorough, overview. I still think the author missed the point on the Regensburg speech, but then again apparently the while world missed it too, hence the "sorry" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/31/pope-benedict-obituary
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If His Holiness's point was that the Qu'ran is contradictory, then perhaps it should be pointed out that there were countless conversions at swordpoint throughout Europe and South America and if the Bible condemns this, than how legitimate were they?
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Interview — Converting By the Sword | Christian History Magazine

Christian History Institute (CHI) provides church history resources and self-study material and publishes the quarterly Christian History Magazine. Our aim is to make Christian history enjoyable and applicable to the widest possible audience.
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TRLWNC7396
Interesting. I wonder what this interview with God will be like.
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They didn't interview God. They interviewed a history professor who said that, in the middle ages, a very large number of conversions to Christianity were forced. If God disagrees with the method of those conversions, does that mean that they're invalid because they contradict Jesus's teachings?

If not, then how can supporters of His Holiness claim that Islam is at fault without similarly implicating their own faith?

The reason I'm asking is that it was pointed out above that the whole world missed the point of the Regensburg lecture. If the point was to expose the contradictions in someone else's faith, then it'd seem valid to point out that those contradictions may also apply to the lecturer's own faith if the above is correct, given that the lecturer is claimed to be God's representative on Earth.
 
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UKMikey
They didn't interview God. They interviewed a history professor who said that, in the middle ages, a very large number of conversions to Christianity were forced. If God disagrees with the method of those conversions, does that mean that they're invalid because they contradict Jesus's teachings?

If not, then how can supporters of His Holiness claim that Islam is at fault without similarly implicating their own faith?

The reason I'm asking is that it was pointed out above that the whole world missed the point of the Regensburg lecture. If the point was to expose the contradictions in someone else's faith, then it'd seem valid to point out that those contradictions may also apply to the lecturer's own faith if the above is correct, given that the lecturer is claimed to be God's representative on Earth.
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I wasn't meaning an earthly interview. I mean when these people stand before God for the FINAL interview. I wonder what that will be like.

Interesting thought about the forced conversions, though. because that could be an indicator of why some don't hold very tight to the beliefs they are supposedly part of.

We shall see.
 
TRLWNC7396
I mean when these people stand before God for the FINAL interview. I wonder what that will be like.
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In the final interview with God, do we get to do the role-playing bit after a few questions about prior experience and why we want this position? Ok, now you be me and I'll be you...and then you'll definitely get that job.
 
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TRLWNC7396
I wasn't meaning an earthly interview. I mean when these people stand before God for the FINAL interview. I wonder what that will be like.
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Mighty presumptive to assume that's going to happen.

How do you know it's not going to be Minos, Rhadamanthus, and Aeacus, or any of the other faiths' judges of the dead? Or for that matter how do you know it's not just going to be bugger all?
 
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TRLWNC7396
I wasn't meaning an earthly interview. I mean when these people stand before God for the FINAL interview.
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Do I still have to do the interview if there is a special place in hell reserved for me (I've laughed at a lot of inappropriate jokes)? I mean it would be cool to meet God and all, but I'm sure he's busy and I don't see a reason to put off my eternal suffering for a silly formality.
 

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