Do you believe in God?

tyler.durden said:

It's great to see you enjoying some recreation. Heis wasting time, who woulda thunk it? Glad to hear the message is going strong out there, I never could get into FB.

All is great by me - the music is going better than ever, both the gigs and my personal evolution as a musician. I started playing classical guitar on top of my violin playing, I fell in love with it and it is eating away at my violin time.

The grow op is doing very well. I finally found a nice indica to round out my stable of beauties, DJ Short's Blueberry (a reco from Stinkbud). I've smoked nothing but BB for the last few months. I'm still growing Trainwreck, OG Kush and Heavy Duty Fruity, but there's nothing like a great indica to unwind at the end of a long day. I'm starting to get into producing solventless dabs, I have pounds of frosty trim on hand and dabs seem more popular and profitable than edibles these days.

I hope to see you around more often. Love that video you posted, I just watched that dude's vids again last week. So entertaining. Is that sexy FB partner of yours still running the site, and still doing her music?


Here's an old fav that is back on YT. Still cracks me up...

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Haha, can't believe I actually forgot about that one. I rarely get to argue on the topic of atheism these days. I'm stuck arguing about things like homeopathy, flat Earth, vaccines, acupuncture, and GMOs. The problem with atheism is that the arguments never change. Nothing new has been added to the mix in centuries. It's always, always the same old tired arguments which have been refuted a thousand times and which there already exists literately hundreds of pages on the net debunking them. At least when you argue about pseudoscience you occasionally get new information. Of course, you do hear the same old tired arguments used there as well, but there is also often a new study or findings that shed some light on the issues, and new angles which haven't been covered.

For example, as the term "cognitive bias" enters the public lexicon more and more, so do the misconceptions and lack of nuance surrounding them. People tend to view them as more ammunition that they can use to attack people they don't agree with, rather than see them a source that can be used to check one's own arguments. Here's something I wrote recently on the subject, in case anyone is interested. (https://hatepseudoscience.com/2016/07/12/logical-fallacies-vs-cognitive-biases/)

My "sexy" FB partner bowed out of the page years ago. She had to get her masters at Oxford and that's one school that does not tolerate distractions. She's currently working on her PHD. She came to stay with me last Thanksgiving and I took her on a tour of the Amish country. Having grown up in London, it was a real culture shock for her. We both decided that the food made by the Amish is so good it actually justifies the indoctrination of an entire group of people. We ate at an Amish buffet where everything on the menu comes within 20 miles of the restaurant.

I'd love to hear you play guitar sometime. Ever consider uploading something to youtube? Funny what you say about dabs. Around here no one cares. I made tons of bubble hash a few years ago and people couldn't have been less interested. These days my trim gets dumped into the woods with the rest of the trash leaf.

Here's another one for old time's sake.

Heisenberg said:

Haha, can't believe I actually forgot about that one. I rarely get to argue on the topic of atheism these days. I'm stuck arguing about things like homeopathy, flat Earth, vaccines, acupuncture, and GMOs. The problem with atheism is that the arguments never change. Nothing new has been added to the mix in centuries. It's always, always the same old tired arguments which have been refuted a thousand times and which there already exists literately hundreds of pages on the net debunking them. At least when you argue about pseudoscience you occasionally get new information. Of course, you do hear the same old tired arguments used there as well, but there is also often a new study or findings that shed some light on the issues, and new angles which haven't been covered.

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I rarely argue atheism anymore, either, mainly for the same reasons you mentioned. It seems that the trend is toward atheism, or at least away from the dogma of religion. That gives me hope.

For example, as the term "cognitive bias" enters the public lexicon more and more, so do the misconceptions and lack of nuance surrounding them. People tend to view them as more ammunition that they can use to attack people they don't agree with, rather than see them a source that can be used to check one's own arguments. Here's something I wrote recently on the subject, in case anyone is interested. (https://hatepseudoscience.com/2016/07/12/logical-fallacies-vs-cognitive-biases/)

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Excellent article, replete with that Heisenberg clarity and conciseness. It is so valuable to have friends that can recognize one's biases and point them out. How else would we know?

My "sexy" FB partner bowed out of the page years ago. She had to get her masters at Oxford and that's one school that does not tolerate distractions. She's currently working on her PHD. She came to stay with me last Thanksgiving and I took her on a tour of the Amish country. Having grown up in London, it was a real culture shock for her. We both decided that the food made by the Amish is so good it actually justifies the indoctrination of an entire group of people. We ate at an Amish buffet where everything on the menu comes within 20 miles of the restaurant.

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Interesting. At least it seems that you two are still close.

I'd love to hear you play guitar sometime. Ever consider uploading something to youtube? Funny what you say about dabs. Around here no one cares. I made tons of bubble hash a few years ago and people couldn't have been less interested. These days my trim gets dumped into the woods with the rest of the trash leaf.

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It's funny that you say that about hash. I bought a dry sift tumbler and made many ounces of hash from kief, but very few really cared about it so I kept dropping its price to get rid of it. I started making edibles with it, and I plan to make dabs with the rest and with new trim, as everyone is clamoring for it. We'll see.

My guitar playing is not yet impressive, I've only been playing since March of this year. I plan to make a YT channel to share some of my music, mostly violin. But I will also post my guitar playing when it's worth it

Here's another one for old time's sake.

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Ha! Never saw that one before. Good stuff. I remember you planning to return to university, is that still in the works?

Of course there is a God...but I don't think we have any idea of what He/She/It is. Just like the afterlife...no one as been there and returned, so how can those christians tell you about heaven, let alone hell...it's funny. But that jesus guy, he was only a man, nothing more.

My take on God?

God is - according to English speaking standards - a proper noun. Most likely a name. Do I believe in God? Well be specific. Which God? You know there would be plenty at this point.

God as described in the Bible? Well, which Bible?

Just some questions to get you guys thinking.

I can share. There is an astral space located within Vatican City where a comprehensive collection of books could effectively prove the existence of one singular being joined through all time, space, and matter. Would elaborate if asked a sincere question. But happy to play the game if that's what these discussions on this somewhat reputable forum consistently like to fizzle out...........and out.

Gafoogle said:

There is an astral space located within Vatican City

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Why do you believe that?

Gafoogle said:

My take on God?

God is - according to English speaking standards - a proper noun. Most likely a name. Do I believe in God? Well be specific. Which God? You know there would be plenty at this point.

God as described in the Bible? Well, which Bible?

Just some questions to get you guys thinking.

I can share. There is an astral space located within Vatican City where a comprehensive collection of books could effectively prove the existence of one singular being joined through all time, space, and matter. Would elaborate if asked a sincere question. But happy to play the game if that's what these discussions on this somewhat reputable forum consistently like to fizzle out...........and out.

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how can more books prove what one can't? people write books, and people edit books.
that's not me trying to be a troll, that's a sincere question.
and i have to ask...an astral space? like a mystical pocket for them to store things in that they don't trust to normal storage?
i must admit to curiosity about how you acquired this information.

I Believe a breakaway civilization came to earth from mars white man, and coexisted with the native beings here Monkey Homosapien's, created new Races through Sex and Gene Splicing, so god to me means multiple things and beings, But i like to keep it Interesting,

ScoobyDoo90 said:

I Believe a breakaway civilization came to earth from mars white man, and coexisted with the native beings here Monkey Homosapien's, created new Races through Sex and Gene Splicing, so god to me means multiple things and beings, But i like to keep it Interesting,

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i'm not sure you actually need any drugs.

Roger A. Shrubber said:

i'm not sure you actually need any drugs.

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Jesus was The breakaway Civilizations guy they sent to earth to see how things were going and then they hung him with nails to a cross, so the People on mars they didn't know what to do so they just stayed out of it, and to this day their just chilln at Mars waiting for us to go their and try and build a civilization, so the greates Irony in the universe can occur, Also Marijuana came from Mars, they used it for Medicine and to clean their Nuclear Reactor Meltdowns,

ok, maybe you do need drugs

Gafoogle said:

My take on God?

God is - according to English speaking standards - a proper noun. Most likely a name. Do I believe in God? Well be specific. Which God? You know there would be plenty at this point.

God as described in the Bible? Well, which Bible?

Just some questions to get you guys thinking.

I can share. There is an astral space located within Vatican City where a comprehensive collection of books could effectively prove the existence of one singular being joined through all time, space, and matter. Would elaborate if asked a sincere question. But happy to play the game if that's what these discussions on this somewhat reputable forum consistently like to fizzle out...........and out.

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This year I witnessed a miracle so profound that I believe in God with all my heart, what I saw and because I lived through it has changed me ,

Tim Fox said:

This year I witnessed a miracle so profound that I believe in God with all my heart, what I saw and because I lived through it has changed me ,

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Do you care to share your experience?

ScoobyDoo90 said:

I Believe a breakaway civilization came to earth from mars white man, and coexisted with the native beings here Monkey Homosapien's, created new Races through Sex and Gene Splicing, so god to me means multiple things and beings, But i like to keep it Interesting,

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Lol I'm so glad I read this, this shit cracked me up haha

New Age United said:

Do you care to share your experience?

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my wife was horribly sick,, for 2.5 years i watched her suffer,, and suffer and fight thoughts of suicide because she was constantly sick,, worst part,, Kaiser could find NOTHING wrong with her,,, we thought she had lyme desiese because thats what people think when they cant find anything wrong,, i prayed daily nightly, worried about losing our house, being homeless , i prayed for GOD to either heal her or show me whats wrong with her, show me how to help her,,,
one morning i was lost, we had just been taken for a ride from a natropath for 2000 bucks in one month,, believe me we have spent probably over 100,000 in the past 2.5 years,,
that morning i am sitting in front of my laptop and i lean over and bang my head on the granite counter,, and say aloud,,, God i am lost,, i am so lost i dont know what to do, i dont know where to go, I am nothing without you, help me,
at that moment a new idea flooded over , I followed that impulse and it lead us down a 3 month road that got my wife well,
I was shown something pretty profound, and the funny part is nobody believes me,, sure people close to us are happy she is well, but when i tell then how she got well,, the sorrta wag thier head,, and go on as if nothing happened,, but for me,, to be shown how to get her well ,,
I used to tell people that i believed in God, i used to tell people I had never seen a miracle, the bible said At this, Jesus said, "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who believe without seeing." ... Verse 31 says, "But these [scriptures] are written so that you may believe Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and bybelieving, you may have life in His Name.
Sure, but i did not get to SEE like those jesus was speaking too,, and my faith wobbled,,, allot
funny thing is,, now i have seen a true miracle ,,, and I beleive solid, ,,,, a few people i have told this story too i clap my hands at the end,, and say " Well played God" I got to see a miracle that nobody else believes in!!!!!!, but it was a miracle for me,, only me and my wife got to see it,,

Tim Fox said:

I followed that impulse and it lead us down a 3 month road that got my wife well

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Was this the miracle, the surprise idea and impulse that motivated you to try something new which lead to your wife's recovery?
(i.e. Rather than the recovery itself)

Tim Fox said:

for 2.5 years i watched her suffer,, and suffer and fight thoughts of suicide

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Tim Fox said:

we have spent probably over 100,000 in the past 2.5 years

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If the idea came from divine inspiration, from a loving God who cares about our well-being, don't you think it would have come about 2.5 years earlier?

if it gives him something to hold onto in a tough time, i got no problem with what he believes. i never have any problems with what people believe, as long as they keep it to themselves and don't try to smear it on anyone else

GreenLogician said:

Was this the miracle, the surprise idea and impulse that motivated you to try something new which lead to your wife's recovery?
(i.e. Rather than the recovery itself)

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the miracle is what i was shown that got her well,, i have not revealed what that was to you, and I may not, because you like others probably would not believe it, I wouldnt had i not seen her get well from it, from an illness that didnt show up on any on any tests, because there is no test for it, and for her to get sick from something that we all put in our bodies daily , and this is deemed as safe,,, ya, i would have never found this on my own,,,
and i am sorry that God doesnt behave in a manner that "you think he should",,, besides the place you describe is heaven,,, not earth

why wasnt any of the hindu gods responsible for the miracle?