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BANANA · Post by **BANANA** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:41 pm

If they made a Bible movie, it'd be 20 hours long.

Crawfish · Post by **Crawfish** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:42 pm

I think I'd want to watch it though. Like, over the course of five days maybe?

BANANA · Post by **BANANA** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:44 pm

I'd watch it just for Moses. He's awesome.

Tall-Hatted Yanimae · Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:44 pm

I feel the same way Leoj.

I feel religious beliefs are like opinionated beliefs on the purpose of the universe so I usually hold a dislike for religious debates since it seems like wasted breath.

I dunno. I guess it's like when people argue over each others opinions on if they thought a movie or a book was good or bad.

BANANA wrote:I'd watch it just for Moses. He's awesome.

Speaking of bible movies, I really really love the Prince of Egypt.

Mr. Mander · Post by **Mr. Mander** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:52 pm

I dunno. Discussion of a books quality can actually be constructive. It's a discussion which (in some cases) can alter the view of one or both sides.

However in Religious debates neither side is willing to yield to the other side so it just turns into a competition of who can preach louder.

Tall-Hatted Yanimae · Tue Oct 06, 2009 11:58 pm

It's like what a user said earlier in this thread, Atheists and Religious people know just about as much as the other when it comes to why we were created so who's to say who's wrong on what created us and why?

It's people's choice to believe what they wish to believe and I feel religious debates are just talking about how one belief is wrong and how their belief makes more sense.

Like what Mander said, who can preach the loudest.
So maybe we can debate on something more constructive?

Plasma · Post by **Plasma** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:00 am

Yeah, in regular philosophical debates, the debated points, while often informative of a person's opinions, very rarely actually affect the opinions of the other people. I only come in when either someone just made some very flawed reasoning (eg: saying "there can't be a god since evil exists" is not acknowledging that a god may be evil, or that evil is somehow necessary for life, or that their own moral values are wrong) or when something isn't actually a philosphy debate but a debate about the teachings of a specific religion!

Crawfish · Post by **Crawfish** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:03 am

So I actually went to a GSA meeting today.

Tall-Hatted Yanimae · Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:04 am

I can understand that, Plasma. I don't have a problem with that at all.
You handle yourself quite well in these religious topics. :]

What's a GSA Meeting?

Miss Starseed · Post by **Miss Starseed** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:19 am

Tall-Hatted Yanimae wrote:
BANANA wrote:I'd watch it just for Moses. He's awesome.
Speaking of bible movies, I really really love the Prince of Egypt.

I love that movie. The songs always get stuck in my head when I watch it, and I loved the animations when Moses was dreaming as though he was also in the paintings.

GSA = Gay Straight Alliance meeting, maybe? But since it we're on the topic of religion right now, I might be wrong.

Crawfish · Post by **Crawfish** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:21 am

No yeah that's it. Gay-Straight Alliance. They were talking about hate crimes which was kind of boring. Am I a skank for thinking it was basically a glorified singles club?

Miss Starseed · Post by **Miss Starseed** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:23 am

No, a lot of Gay-Straight(-and sometimes bi and tran) Alliances miss the point and just become glorified singles clubs, or places to "hook up". It can really depend on who's running it though, but if you feel like it's just a place to check out your prospects, it's probably not a good sign you'll open up and talk about your feelings there or anything.

Defenestrator2.0 · Post by **Defenestrator2.0** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:24 am

Plasma wrote:
Defenestrator2.0 wrote:
Plasma wrote: And they don't condemn any of those people! They discourage those things, but that's all!
That's only in their official doctrine. In practice, however, you'll see an entirely different picture painted. Take this story for instance
You're generalising again! It's quite clearly in their official doctrine that actually undergoing a procured abortion can result in excommunication if necessary. Condemning someone for being simply pro-choice, or advocating protection or masturbation, is and can not be done in practice at all!

You.... You don't hang around many Catholics, do you?

Post by **corsica** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:17 am

Defenestrator2.0 wrote:
Plasma wrote:
Defenestrator2.0 wrote: That's only in their official doctrine. In practice, however, you'll see an entirely different picture painted. Take this story for instance
You're generalising again! It's quite clearly in their official doctrine that actually undergoing a procured abortion can result in excommunication if necessary. Condemning someone for being simply pro-choice, or advocating protection or masturbation, is and can not be done in practice at all!
You.... You don't hang around many Catholics, do you?

plasma, he goes to a catholic school.

he's stated that

pretty sure he understands most of the stuff.

Mr. Mander · Post by **Mr. Mander** » Wed Oct 07, 2009 1:22 am

I also went to catholic school. That education is what caused me to become an Atheist.

But in other news, I read a Newsweek from 3 months ago that said the economic recession was pretty much over.

The ineptitude of our financial prediction people is pathetic.