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bemildred

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37. Pretty much.

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri Mar 15, 2013, 11:38 AM

Mar 2013

I don't believe that there is no deity, it's hard to prove a negative in the best of cases, however it's pretty clear that any such deities do not meddle with our affairs in this world much, so yes, we are on our own, and supposed to be that way too.

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DU Poll, Hawking [View all] snooper2 Mar 2013 OP

Huge K&R!!...nt SidDithers Mar 2013 #1

Yes. I do. "We are each free to believe what we want." . . . Journeyman Mar 2013 #2

Probably true. nt ZombieHorde Mar 2013 #3

Kick..... & R defacto7 Mar 2013 #4

Kicked again.... defacto7 Mar 2013 #5

That's it right there. Be extremely grateful for this one life because ChisolmTrailDem Mar 2013 #6

2 things Flying Squirrel Mar 2013 #27

Agreed 100%, this is my philosophy of life. No offence to believers but if god exists he is cruel... Locut0s Mar 2013 #7

+++ 1,000,000 +++ RKP5637 Mar 2013 #29

I guess this destroys the maxim "no athiests in foxholes" Demonaut Mar 2013 #8

Yes Solly Mack Mar 2013 #9

But.. but.. but!!! opiate69 Mar 2013 #10

Certainly. Ron Obvious Mar 2013 #11

no one knows. Anyone who claims to know there is a God or that there isn't a God is full of crap. liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #12

Truth. cherokeeprogressive Mar 2013 #13

Does that go for Leprechauns? And if not, why not? cthulu2016 Mar 2013 #18

don't look now, but your superiority complex is showing! awkward. liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #20

why? Warren DeMontague Mar 2013 #24

Exactly... SidDithers Mar 2013 #41

It's not awkward at all MattBaggins Mar 2013 #25

But..but..beilieving that there is a God looking after me, makes ME feel important. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #14

but..but being condescending and superior to believers makes me feel important. liberal_at_heart Mar 2013 #15

"Man is the only animal to have discovered the one true God....several of them." Mark Twain Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2013 #16

I highly recommend you spend some time reviewing the material snooper2 Mar 2013 #32

And, coincidentally, God looks like a human! A giant, nebulous human! Arugula Latte Mar 2013 #36

Remindes me of that line from the Principia Discordia... Scootaloo Mar 2013 #17

Is this an excerpt from something, and if so, what? snot Mar 2013 #19

I believe that's from Stephen Hawking's Into the Universe Fearless Mar 2013 #23

There is a show called Curiosity hootinholler Mar 2013 #30

Here you go, commercial free :) snooper2 Mar 2013 #31

who here can prove they are alive ? olddots Mar 2013 #21

got a MRI machine handy? snooper2 Mar 2013 #40

I had the pleasure RudynJack Mar 2013 #22

I saw him give a presentation where I work Skittles Mar 2013 #26

So, nothing could have existed before time? Live and Learn Mar 2013 #28

time itself began at the instant of the big bang snooper2 Mar 2013 #33

"Before time" is something of a contradiction-in-terms. (nt) Lizzie Poppet Mar 2013 #34

Lifelong atheist here Dpm12 Mar 2013 #35

Pretty much. bemildred Mar 2013 #37

Good stuff! HuckleB Mar 2013 #38

"probably no God"? "Probably no afterlife?" Mostly agree, I guess. lumberjack_jeff Mar 2013 #39