Is God mute?

Discussion in 'Politics' started by nitro, Jul 2, 2015.

  1. JTrades

    JTrades

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    During a space pirate attack, Bender—trying to find some peace and quiet in a torpedo tube—is fired into space. Because Bender was launched when the ship was at its top speed, it is impossible to catch up with him. After an asteroid crashes into Bender, a civilization of tiny humanoids ("Shrimpkins") grows on him and worships him as a god. Bender enjoys his new-found status, picking a prophet named Malachi and having Malachi bring "The One Commandment" ("God Needs Booze") to the Shrimpkins, who brew what for them are vast quantities of "Lordweiser" beer (as a robot, Bender requires alcohol to remain functional). The Shrimpkins begin praying for rain, sun and wealth, and Bender attempts to heed their prayers—failing and unintentionally harming the Shrimpkins in the process. Malachi tells him that the Shrimpkins who migrated to his buttocks feel their prayers are unheeded and have become atheists. The atheists threaten war with Bender's worshippers. Bender, horrified that his previous attempts to help the Shrimpkins only harmed them, refuses to intervene. The micro-civilization is destroyed when the Shrimpkin factions launch atomic weapons out of Bender's nuclear piles.

    Futurama - Godfellas (2002)
     
    #111     Sep 6, 2015
  2. Yes Pantheism

    No God made the galaxies but still they are magnificent.

    As are we.
     
    #112     Sep 6, 2015
  3. stu

    stu

    Whether making a cake or a God, first, above all, you need a universe.
     
    #113     Sep 7, 2015
  4. loyek590

    loyek590

    I'll call God energy if you will call energy God.
     
    #114     Sep 7, 2015
  5. stu

    stu

    As tempting as it may be to accept friendly compromise, to put it mildly, that's way too much of a stretch.
    I'll call God a failure of human reasoning. Is that any good?
     
    #115     Sep 7, 2015
  6. loyek590

    loyek590

    yes, that's pretty good. God is the name we give to that which we don't understand.
     
    #116     Sep 7, 2015
  7. nitro

    nitro

    This is what awaits Jem in the after-life for not following his Lider Maximo on HUMAN FORCED Global Warming: gem_in_hell.jpg
     
    #117     Sep 7, 2015
  8. loyek590

    loyek590

    or, God is the name we give to that which gives us understanding, your choice
     
    #118     Sep 8, 2015
  9. loyek590

    loyek590

    Now that I am older and no longer have sex before I go to sleep each night, I really enjoy meditating on God, and sometimes if it's going bad I even resort to praying. He's kind of like my old dog (may he RIP), doesn't say much, but one helluva good listener.
     
    #119     Sep 8, 2015
  10. Some thoughts, not my own, for you to ponder.
    "God is a morally evolving personality"
    Does religion simply dehumanize evil?
    "If the Creator were conscious of Himself, He would not need conscious creatures; nor is it probable that the extremely indirect methods of creation, which squander millions of years upon the development of countless species and creatures, are the outcome of purposeful intention."
    God (sic) "found as if by chance, unintended and unforeseen, and yet somehow sensed, felt and groped for out of some dark urge."
    Question. From the above one can conclude, righty or wrongly, that man created God. If this is so, does it necessarily mean that God is not real?
    The thoughts listed are taken from the writings of Carl Jung.
     
    #120     Sep 8, 2015
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