Views about Chris Hitchens, please!

[Carol]

Hello you all!

How about John Lennon's view:

"...God is a concept
By which we measure our pain..."

All the best
Jukka

Hello Jukka,

Could you explain the quote for me? I don't understand it.

Thanks.

Carol

[DVV]

Hello Carol

means God is long like a French baguette.

[Limehouse]

For me it's simple. You either accept God is the creator or you don't. If you have simple faith, you do not need proof. Faith brings with it complete acceptance.

[j.r-ahde]

Hello Carol!

The best one to answer would probably be John Lennon himself, I guess!

But for me personally this means; God is a reflection of our feelings.

My personal belief is, that if God exists, He's something not connected to any mankind's religions.

All the best
Jukka

[ChainzCooper]

An atheist who died an early and painful death from throat cancer. You fill in the blanks
Jordan

[c.d.]

An atheist who died an early and painful death from throat cancer. You fill in the blanks
Jordan

Hello Jordan,

Surely you aren't attributing his cancer to his atheism?

c.d.

[DVV]

Hi Jordan
Now it's time to quit Drambruie.

[Steven Russell]

It would be interesting to see statistics relating to cancer and religious beliefs and any correlations between the two. I would expect devout muslims to come out well but only since they neither smoke nor drink. If God has struck Hitchens down then that makes him an insecure, sadistic tosser in my book.

Wait a minute, though. Since writing on this thread, I have developed a boil on my bum. Oh, bollocks! The old git's at it again! Help me!

Best wishes,
Steve.

[Carol]

Hello Carol

means God is long like a French baguette.

Thanks for that, David. I'm even more at sea now.
Carol

[Carol]

Hello Carol!

The best one to answer would probably be John Lennon himself, I guess!

But for me personally this means; God is a reflection of our feelings.

My personal belief is, that if God exists, He's something not connected to any mankind's religions.

All the best
Jukka

Hi Jukka,

Interesting thoughts of yours. Thanks for your reply!

Carol

[Carol]

I like the Tooth Fairy and Father Christmas as much as the next man but these are stories and not to be taken seriously.

Best wishes,
Steve.

You've gone too far now, Steve. How can you say such an awful thing?

You've really upset me.

Carol

[Steven Russell]

Hello, Carol.
I'm sorry you were upset by my post. I do not enjoy upsetting people - far from it - but I have as much right to express my views as you have to be upset by them. Perhaps I should have been more specific. I do believe that Jesus, for example, was probably a real person with many good and, especially for the time, progressive ideas.

I suppose I was thinking more of the Old Testament stuff like Adam and Eve, Noah's Ark etc., both of which are demonstrably untrue and impossible. But of course, the believers have an unbeatable get-out clause as usual: God is magic so he can make anything happen.

It's God I was equating to Father Christmas, not Jesus. Although I also believe that much of the New Testament is invented, exaggerated, or adapted from other sources. Assuming Jesus existed, I would imagine him as being a charismatic preacher type in the Martin Luther King mould (only not so popular during his own lifetime).

Actually, what am I saying? God is nothing like Father Christmas! Especially in the OT he's a total psycho!

Best wishes,
Steve.

PS Does your smiley denote that you would like to hit me over the head with a hammer?

[The Good Michael]

An atheist who died an early and painful death from throat cancer. You fill in the blanks
Jordan

I'll fill in the blanks ______Jordan is a redneck idiot who makes me embarrassed to be American______. Are those the blanks you meant?

Mike

[DVV]

Heretic !

Especially in the OT he's a total psycho!

Badly expressed but not false...
I do not think that the OT and the NT are talking of the same God (with the exception of the Psalms).
I may deserve to be burnt.

[Ally]

I'll fill in the blanks ______Jordan is a redneck idiot who makes me embarrassed to be American______. Are those the blanks you meant?

Mike

Amen.