[Flipside]

An0n isn't fanatical, he just spends a good few minutes thining up the answer that's going to offend the most people.

He's good at it too

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by ShadowWolf_IH
actually, i find both to be amusing.  I believe in God, i also think that he has one hell of a sense of humor.

He'd have to, if you credit him for the Platypus.

[NGTM-1R]

"God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."

[Flipside]

LOL Or who can't see the joke

[Ford Prefect]

God is just us, which is why people are so afraid of him.

[karajorma]

God does not play dice with the universe. He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of any other players*, to being involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you the rules, and who smiles all the time.

*ie., everybody

-From Good Omens by Terry Prachett and Neil Gaiman

I just figured it was appropriate

[Flipside]

'Thunder Rolled..... It rolled a 6.'

Terry Pratchett... Small Gods

.....

'That was the time of the Third coming' said Brutha to Om, you appeared to the Prophet in a Pillar of Flame and recited the 300 Rules of the 2nd Age!'

'Really?' said the God Om, 'All I can remember saying was "look what I can do!"'




I could keep the Pratchett quotes about religion going all night

[Deepblue]

Hehe, Pratchett is funny.

[Charismatic]

Well dudes, i happen to be a christian. Your comments arnt that.. nice. Try to clean it up?
Most of you have already offended me. But i wont whine about it.

[Ford Prefect]

Well, Charismatic, if your faith is truly that important to you, I wouldn't imagine that the theological opinions of others would have such a shattering effect. Besides, it's healthy to be comfortable enough with something to be able to laugh at it.

[Flipside]

To be honest, Pratchett is only really offensive in a Monty Python kind of way, he's as happy to go for scientists, politicians, royalty, or even just stupid people, he not discriminate

Edit : Any Australian members that have read 'The Last Continent' will know what I mean

[Grey Wolf]

For a nice, fun look at religion, go read American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Basically, what happens to gods when people stop worshipping them?

And for the mandatory Star Trek reference, Q was the one who invented the platypus (Q-Squared).

[Flipside]

Originally posted by Grey Wolf
For a nice, fun look at religion, go read American Gods by Neil Gaiman. Basically, what happens to gods when people stop worshipping them?

LOL Spookily enough, that's exactly the subject of Small Gods as well, it's basically the story of a God who's people worship, but don't actually believe in him, and the effect it has.

[Solatar]

Originally posted by Charismatic
Well dudes, i happen to be a christian. Your comments arnt that.. nice. Try to clean it up?
Most of you have already offended me. But i wont whine about it.

I'm Roman Catholic and laughing my ass off...

[Taristin]

I was raised Roman Catholic, too. However, I believe in evolution, and the like, and have had a steadily dwindling faith..... Not necessarily in God. I can't say if or not there is one, but I doubt half the BS the church spews. Like they can actually talk to God.

They're as much in the dark as anyone else, but they seem to enjoy making rules. And stupid ones at that.




also, woot. 9999th post.

What to do for number 10,000.....

[Charismatic]

Heh. Yes we can talk to God. I do. I dont really find it hard to beleive, but i guess im use to this stuff..

[Taristin]

Does God respond to you? And I don't want to hear 'yes, in the birds and the bees, and the rays of sunshine'

[Ace]

Yes. The Many Sings to Us. Yessss......

[Solatar]

Originally posted by Raa
I was raised Roman Catholic, too. However, I believe in evolution, and the like, and have had a steadily dwindling faith..... Not necessarily in God. I can't say if or not there is one, but I doubt half the BS the church spews. Like they can actually talk to God.

They're as much in the dark as anyone else, but they seem to enjoy making rules. And stupid ones at that.




also, woot. 9999th post.

What to do for number 10,000.....

Not trying to contradict you, just worth mentioning. I got shoved into Catholic Highschool, and we did an entire unit in Biology on Darwin and Evolution (nice chunk of my grade too). The Church supposedly teaches evolution is true (provided it was put into place by God), etc.

Still...I question things enough to almost piss off my Theology teacher (if I was in one of the classes taught by a priest, I'd be well...screwed...but my current teacher actually has her head in the clear). She was nice enough to inform me that Vatican II admits there are other ways to get to heaven than by following Catholic beliefs.