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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:28 PM Original message |
Religion a figment of human imagination |
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asthmaticeog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:31 PM Response to Original message |
1. I sure do like that analysis. |
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Jed Dilligan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. But what about praying mantises? |
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theoldman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:38 PM Response to Original message |
3. Well imagine that. |
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Beregond2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
4. Every aspect |
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ShaneGR (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 07:46 PM Response to Original message |
5. Religion isn't just imagination, look up at the sky and you find the origins |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Nope, Jesus was NOT born on December 25. |
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Mr Rabble (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 05:50 AM Response to Reply #40 |
47. I think that was his/her point. nt |
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zeemike (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
6. Perhaps he is just imagining it |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Chuang Tsu |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:11 PM Response to Original message |
7. man created god(s) in his own image. |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Thank you so much |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:45 PM Response to Reply #14 |
22. yeah they are |
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SammyWinstonJack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:35 AM Response to Reply #7 |
32. ... |
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QueenOfCalifornia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #7 |
37. BINGO! DING! DING! DING! |
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stevedeshazer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Man created God |
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dflprincess (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
34. I prefer this image of past presidents |
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Old Codger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
9. as for me |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. Chimps have been know to run around making loud noises and |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:51 PM Response to Reply #11 |
24. and that demonstrates imagination how? |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 06:09 PM Response to Reply #24 |
42. Our arrogance blinds us to so much. |
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Djinn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 01:36 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. and once again |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 06:47 AM Response to Reply #44 |
49. Tell KoKo that. |
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tuvor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
12. Where's the proof that only humans have imagination? |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:29 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. AFAIK, there isn't any |
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Prophet 451 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:24 PM Response to Original message |
13. Disagree |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #13 |
25. delete. wrong place. hate it when that happens. n/t |
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Postman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:33 PM Response to Original message |
16. transcendental social - fancy way of saying "playing make believe" |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, but it's the invisible figments that stir the most action in the visible physical world |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:41 PM Response to Original message |
18. Ugh. Semi-intelligent people are worse than out-and-out idiots. Just go read... |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Just give it to us in a nutshell. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #30 |
31. You're a good American. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 12:04 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. Is that like a "good German"? |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 12:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. No idea - dunno what good Germans are like. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 12:54 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Acutally that's sort of an insult. |
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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Ah. Fascinating. |
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crimsonblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:43 PM Response to Original message |
19. My take |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 09:45 PM Response to Original message |
20. We imagine, then we create what we imagine |
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tkmorris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 02:05 AM Response to Reply #20 |
45. Incorrect |
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Skittles (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:13 PM Response to Original message |
21. some of us have ever known that is true |
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mopinko (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
23. i think they just miss the big monkey who made the rules. |
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Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Apr-28-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
26. Religion is what makes me want God |
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Festivito (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
27. An inevitable figment? Well, anyway, I think my cat thinks me a god. |
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L. Coyote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 09:05 AM Response to Original message |
28. And, a product of institutionalized slavery? Is religion the world-view of slaves? |
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Thothmes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 06:43 PM Response to Reply #28 |
43. What of the religion of the enslavers |
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P0pEye (24 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 11:00 AM Response to Original message |
29. Reminds me of John Mellencamp's old album with the Nilistic name ... |
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FreepFryer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
38. “Religion can never reform mankind because religion is slavery.” -- Robert Ingersoll, 1833-1899 |
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LanternWaste (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Apr-29-08 01:10 PM Response to Original message |
41. So's politics and money... |
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NuttyFluffers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 05:18 AM Response to Original message |
46. the figments of human imagination covers just about everything |
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Perry Logan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Apr-30-08 05:54 AM Response to Original message |
48. People are a figment of God's imagination. |
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