Does finding life on another planet disprove religion?

Pete.Dakota said:
Would the discovery of one more Religion vs. Science thread disprove my faith in GD?

;)
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This is exactly why we need a philosophy/spirituality section of the board. The whole science v religion debate is, as has been said ad nauseum, ridiculous. There are plenty enough threads to populate such a sub-forum; indeed probably rather more than relate to boating and water activities (hint, hint)...

At least that way those so inclined could debate philosophical and spiritual issues without getting dogged down in 10 pages of 'lolreligion' and 'science pwns'. At least, if it were treated as a forum in the same vein as SC (as opposed to GD).

Maybe I should pray really hard about it (to Spie). :D
 
Rainmaker said:
Which God? Or did you mean any God? Did you mean the personal ones, or the impersonal ones? If you have any evidence we've forgotten about or were unaware of, please do share with the class! ;)
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im sorry i just mean any god that has relevance to me...obviously anyone else's personal god still exists and will do until they decided otherwise. :)
 
Sayso said:
But god doesn't exist trying to make sense of a book of fiction doesn't achieve anything.
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:rolleyes:

Pay attention. You can't say for certain that God doesn't exist and that the Bible is a book of fiction any more than I can say the opposite for certain. You can believe it, sure, but that makes your statements opinions rather than facts.
 
Our Godfather, who art on the Costa del Sol,
Feared be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
else we will sleep with the fishes.
Give us this day our new forum, and forgive us for interrupting,
GD with our lofty ideas as we forgive those who say 'lolreligion'.
And lead us not into litigation, for thine is the racket,
the drugs and the money,
forever and ever,
Amen.


I can has forum now? :(
 
AcidHell2 said:
People wanting series debate post the thread in SC.
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True, but that's only the same as saying cooking threads fit in fine in GD, because it's for general stuff. With the prevalence of religious/spiritual/philosophical threads (and oftentimes the derailment thereof) a sub-forum would be nice. Just a little one at the top of SC would be fine. :p
 
Rainmaker said:
Our Godfather, who art on the Costa del Sol,
Feared be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done,
else we will sleep with the fishes.
Give us this day our new forum, and forgive us for interrupting,
GD with our lofty ideas as we forgive those who say 'lolreligion'.
And lead us not into litigation, for thine is the racket,
the drugs and the money,
forever and ever,
Amen.


I can has forum now? :(
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Haha,

I agree a Philosophy/Spirituality/Religion sub forum with some rules would be beneficial to the Forum as a whole.

Maybe we should start a thread and SPIE or whoever makes these decisions will take note.....
 
Castiel said:
Maybe we should start a thread and SPIE or whoever makes these decisions will take note.....
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He wont. We've had our yearly forum update, have you not seen the hugely popular 'On the Water' forum that popped up randomly one evening?

Its so useful for the 3-4 people on this forum who have boats :p
 
vonhelmet said:
:rolleyes:

Pay attention. You can't say for certain that God doesn't exist and that the Bible is a book of fiction any more than I can say the opposite for certain. You can believe it, sure, but that makes your statements opinions rather than facts.
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Very true im sorry if this statement came across as if i was trying to persuade you otherwise, everyone in my opinion is able to believe what they want without being mocked.
 
If there really is a god, as all true believers would have us accept, then there must be more than one god, that is if every religion is to be believed and given equal validity!
 
lttlejoe said:
If there really is a god, as all true believers would have us accept, then there must be more than one god, that is if every religion is to be believed and given equal validity!
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This has been raised (and discussed) innumerable times. As Castiel said earlier, a quick read of the last couple of big threads would stand you in good stead.

What's to say that all religions aren't describing the One True God™ in their own way?
 
Rainmaker said:
This is exactly why we need a philosophy/spirituality section of the board. The whole science v religion debate is, as has been said ad nauseum, ridiculous. There are plenty enough threads to populate such a sub-forum; indeed probably rather more than relate to boating and water activities (hint, hint)...

At least that way those so inclined could debate philosophical and spiritual issues without getting dogged down in 10 pages of 'lolreligion' and 'science pwns'. At least, if it were treated as a forum in the same vein as SC (as opposed to GD).

Maybe I should pray really hard about it (to Spie). :D
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If the idea about having an entrance requirement of sorts was serious then that's probably the biggest issue with it - who determines if a poster is worthy and on what basis e.g. qualifications, life experience or something else? SC is about as close as you're likely to get I'd suspect as it tends to be more closely controlled in regards to "worthwhile" responses than GD but even it has no real requirements beyond the subject being intelligent debate of newsworthy issues.
 
semi-pro waster said:
If the idea about having an entrance requirement of sorts was serious then that's probably the biggest issue with it - who determines if a poster is worthy and on what basis e.g. qualifications, life experience or something else? SC is about as close as you're likely to get I'd suspect as it tends to be more closely controlled in regards to "worthwhile" responses than GD but even it has no real requirements beyond the subject being intelligent debate of newsworthy issues.
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I think we're agreeing from different ends of the stick here. :) I agree that we can't (and shouldn't) control entry to such a forum. I simply meant it should be regulated for responses the same way SC is, so it doesn't just turn into an extension of GD's "lolreligion". Or, as I mentioned earlier, just make it a sub-section of SC and have done with it. That kills two birds with one stone.

As you say, SC is for intelligent debate of newsworthy issues. The age-old debates of philosophy, spirituality and religion are hardly topical and newsworthy (or at least, rarely are). It'd tidy things away nicely, as well as provide those interested (and there are rather a lot of us) interested in such things.
 
semi-pro waster said:
If the idea about having an entrance requirement of sorts was serious then that's probably the biggest issue with it - who determines if a poster is worthy and on what basis e.g. qualifications, life experience or something else? SC is about as close as you're likely to get I'd suspect as it tends to be more closely controlled in regards to "worthwhile" responses than GD but even it has no real requirements beyond the subject being intelligent debate of newsworthy issues.
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Some people believe that that because they have had more time to study that there view on the subject is correct, when it comes to religion its a personal thing, so intelligence (or lack of) hasn't got much to do with it..if you have belief good on you, i will be enjoying my 4 days off next week.
 
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