RICKAMAVEN
Friday, January 2, 2004 10:14:00 AM
Cigarick
Friday, January 2, 2004 10:39:00 AM
The Bushmaster won't need God's help to win.

SteveS
Friday, January 2, 2004 11:35:00 AM
There is seemingly no end of "religious" fakes who seem to involve themselves in politics ... from Pat Robertson on the right to Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton on the left ... shams, phonies, and crooks every one, IMO
JonR
Friday, January 2, 2004 12:26:00 PM
There is a GOD you heathen, becareful your not the one struck by a lightning bolt. JonR
RICKAMAVEN
Friday, January 2, 2004 3:45:00 PM
JonR

a heathen?

heathen. One who adheres to the religion of a people or nation that does not acknowledge the God of Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.

i may be a buddist, or a Zoroastrian, or the only member of a secret society of one that believes cell phones are the devil's work.

may budda bless you.

or as the hindus say "one only essence the mighty declare in many ways."

RICKAMAVEN
Friday, January 2, 2004 3:45:00 PM
JonR

you are a lot of fun for me.

JonR
Friday, January 2, 2004 6:04:00 PM
Yo Rick: Heathen; noun.. an uncivilized or irreligious person. Rick you don't have to believe in God to go to heaven but if you don't when the dinner bell rings up there you have to sit at the little non-believers table. LOL JonR
eleltea
Friday, January 2, 2004 10:39:00 PM
Rick, is it that you do not believe in God, or do you truly believe there is no God? The belief that there is no God requires a lot of faith, since it is impossible to prove. If you have that kind of faith, you are a religious man.
JonR
Friday, January 2, 2004 10:43:00 PM
Yo LT: Good point. I never really thought of it that way, well stated. JonR
RICKAMAVEN
Saturday, January 3, 2004 12:12:00 AM
eleltea

when i was twelve years old and searching for a meaning, a god if you will, i had an epiphany, "A comprehension or perception of reality by means of a sudden intuitive realization" i realized the existance or non existance of a god didn't matter to me one way or the other so i stopped thinking about

the idea of a god.

i have never found any reason to rethink about it, except in debate with others and then only for the fun of it.

before you ask me where we go when we die, i ask you, where were you before you were born.

i had had some other epiphanies at that age, but they were mostly wet dreams.

eleltea
Saturday, January 3, 2004 5:33:00 AM
Rick, I wish I could remember then name of the philosopher, but in your epiphany you hit on his response to someone who was fretting about eternity. He said "You came out of one unscathed."

Look how long it took us to get one Rickamaven. That much time will surely pass again.

Cigarick
Saturday, January 3, 2004 7:12:00 AM
Since it is impossible to prove something doesn't exist, then it must be possible to prove that it does exist.

Go for it.

Robby
Saturday, January 3, 2004 7:21:00 AM
"when i was twelve years old and searching for a meaning, a god if you will"

When I was a child I spoke as a child I understood as a child I thought as a child; but when I became a man I put away childish things." I Cor. xiii. 11.

0patience
Saturday, January 3, 2004 11:17:00 AM
JonR,

"Heathen" was a word used for my ancestors, as they were thought to be not religious, while in fact, the indians were quite religious.

So it is not an appropriate word to use, as it has been used out of context for so long, its true meaning has been marred by sarcasm.

RICKAMAVEN
Saturday, January 3, 2004 11:23:00 AM
Robby

out of the mouths of children come truths, unencumbered by political correctness and a need to belong to a herd.

rick 1

Cigarick
Saturday, January 3, 2004 3:41:00 PM
I love it when they try to recruit you by threatening you with hellfire and damnation.
eleltea
Sunday, January 4, 2004 7:14:00 AM
Cigarick, you'll burn for that.
pabloescabar
Tuesday, January 6, 2004 10:00:00 PM
the problem is he likes to burn,but i know he knows GOD

still loves him none the less.Jesus is LORD and GOD still has a sence of humor.

Sonny_LSU
Wednesday, January 7, 2004 3:46:00 AM
pablo, smokin' the wacky weed is not a religious experience, so, again, step away from the bong!

Rick, I respect your beliefs. The challenge I'll present atheists when a discussion is brought up is simple: Prove he DOESN'T exist.....

Alas, we are all complex individuals with independant thoughts, wills, feelings, etc. and it is exactly that which makes life wonderful.

RICKAMAVEN
Wednesday, January 7, 2004 4:09:00 AM
Sonny_LSU

atheists say there is no god. that is not what i said.

i said the existence or non existence is of no interest to me. the idea of heaven or hell based on your test scores when you were alive, that is supposed to follow death is also of no interest to me.