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On January 15 2011 16:15 0mgVitaminE wrote:I don't know what to think about religion. I was Christian my entire life, up until about 2 years ago. Since then I've been agnostic as well as atheist. Pretty much full atheist at this point, but it's difficult to think about sometimes. On one hand, I am completely fine with being atheist. It's my decision, and religion as a whole just makes no sense to me when I think about it. It was made to answer questions humans didn't have answers to, and at this point it's unnecessary. Even with everything I've thought, read and seen, it's difficult to drop something like religion when you're surrounded by people who wholeheartedly believe in some religion or another. The thought of "what if" is still in my mind, no matter how hard I try to get rid of it. When you're talking about the afterlife, I get absolutely nothing out of being an atheist. When I die and nothing happens, woohoo I was right, I still have nothing to look forward to. If I'm religious, at least if I die and there is nothing, I didn't lose anything. All this does is raise more questions. If I'm following a religion like it's an insurance policy for after death, does it even count? A supreme being would surely be able to see through what I'm thinking, and I doubt following just so I don't go to "hell" wouldn't really do the trick. If this same supreme being knows what I'm thinking, would he be ok with me being skeptical? All in all, how I think about religion renders all of them useless, and if there is a supreme being I hope he lets me plead my case for not following him all this time.
I actually sincerely recommend the burning of a bible. I'm sure you still have one lying around, just go find a quiet place and burn it up. I did, and felt a lot better when I didn't immediately die on the spot. You could say it was cathartic. If i'm literally going to burn in hell for not believing, then at least I struck one good blow. And if not, hey - one less bible!
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I'm skipping a kegger at my own place tonight to play rts and sleep. I do think it'd be fun... I just don't want to be that kind of person. I feel so bad doing it too.
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I didn't get any sleep a few months ago...or the next night.
I loved that once a year LAN party...^^.
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Once when I was drunk -
*Ended up butt-naked on my friend's bathroom surrounded by my own fecal excrement and vomit.
*Ended up on the pavement outside a club I'd been booted out of after I sprayed vomit over the dancefloor - projectile style.
*Ended up on the banlist of a restaurant in the city after throwing up over 3 tables and most of the food we had ordered (though to be fair, we were mostly full already). This I do not remember, but I have been informed and believe it to be true.
*Kissed a guy (or a guy kissed me and i didn't pull away as fast as I should have) and had it slandered all over facebook. Also, I later found out he was bi. *shudder*
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I have a picture of courage wolf taped to the ceiling above my bed so every morning I remember to be AWESOME
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WL SPOILER
I'm serious
+ Show Spoiler +I wanted to dance in the living room when Stork got reverse all-kill and just sing and dance. But I didn't because my suitemates would look at me weirdly.
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+ Show Spoiler +On January 16 2011 07:41 Kleinmuuhg wrote:Show nested quote +On January 15 2011 16:15 0mgVitaminE wrote:On January 15 2011 11:26 SaYyId wrote:
I want to see God. I don't know what to think about religion. I was Christian my entire life, up until about 2 years ago. Since then I've been agnostic as well as atheist. Pretty much full atheist at this point, but it's difficult to think about sometimes. On one hand, I am completely fine with being atheist. It's my decision, and religion as a whole just makes no sense to me when I think about it. It was made to answer questions humans didn't have answers to, and at this point it's unnecessary. Even with everything I've thought, read and seen, it's difficult to drop something like religion when you're surrounded by people who wholeheartedly believe in some religion or another. The thought of "what if" is still in my mind, no matter how hard I try to get rid of it. When you're talking about the afterlife, I get absolutely nothing out of being an atheist. When I die and nothing happens, woohoo I was right, I still have nothing to look forward to. If I'm religious, at least if I die and there is nothing, I didn't lose anything. All this does is raise more questions. If I'm following a religion like it's an insurance policy for after death, does it even count? A supreme being would surely be able to see through what I'm thinking, and I doubt following just so I don't go to "hell" wouldn't really do the trick. If this same supreme being knows what I'm thinking, would he be ok with me being skeptical? All in all, how I think about religion renders all of them useless, and if there is a supreme being I hope he lets me plead my case for not following him all this time. On of the main reasons I am believing in God is because the thought of living 70 years or so and then dying would be so depressing that for myself i wouldnt have any reason to live at all. all those years fly by so fast, that life here on earth means absolutely nothing and all the money and fake happyness you get lasts so short. Logic cant be the reason why you believe, because God doesnt allow himself to be completely proven with logic. Because that would take the decision and sort of "risk" we have in believing away from us and thats not what he wants because he wants us to chose to believe in him on our own and without him pressuring us. Saying that religion only exists as an answer to questions we didnt already answer is not true ( imo ) . Do you know how small the chances are that human life on earth came to be just by accident? Isnt it somewhat of a hint that God exists that even if everything can be explained with science we still cant get rid of the feeling that there is more? Did you read the bible, do you really think that all of this was made up by humans( which doesnt mean that it is true word for word )? I wish you all the best in your decision I am certainly happy with mine 
I totally get what you're saying, but it sucks that I can't stop myself from just coming up with arguments. These aren't aimed at you or anyone else, it's just what comes to mind when people bring up those points.
"Logic can't be...": I understand that one just has to "believe". You have to just know in your gut that God is there. Problem is, I can't just make myself feel that way without it being totally fake, and I'm not sure if it will ever just "happen". Why would God let me think this way, it doesn't seem fair to make me so skeptical while some are so easy to accept him.
The small chances part: This is usually a tough one for me to argue with people, but here it goes. Many physicists believe that if the Big Bang created the universe, a "Big Crunch" (essentially the opposite) will destroy it, and the process repeats. Assuming this or something similar to this is true, the probability of everything happening correctly doesn't matter because there is an infinite amount of chances to take. Billions of worlds could be created, none of which support life (or they could have, we would have no way of knowing about them :p) and then they are destroyed. The process happens again and again until viola, here we are.
Your first point is what really gets me. I want to believe that there is something after we die, I really do, but it just doesn't make sense. It's impossible to comprehend what was happening before I was born, and it doesn't seem like much of a stretch to think that the same will happen after I die.
You know what I really want? Rebirth, with memories and knowledge acquired in this life still with me. Hell ya
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I didn't learn nearly as good as I should've had for my exams tomorrow. Even tough this batch of exams decides whether or not I can stay on my University course. It sucks...
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I tend to get mad at my teammates when they only have 24 supply 9 minutes into the game after fast expanding and not being attacked at all.
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On January 16 2011 18:48 FishFuzz99 wrote:
I tend to get mad at my teammates when they only have 24 supply 9 minutes into the game after fast expanding and not being attacked at all.
That's not really a confession. I'm pretty sure everyone does that. I'll be playing a 3v3 just for fun, but then it turns into a 1v3 because each of my teammates made 15 cannons, and I'm the only one with any units. Then I ragequit.
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At an 18th birthday party last night I was over-the-top flirting with the birthday girls' mum, who is 45 years old and married. Best fun I've had in a while.
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On January 15 2011 08:49 donut boi wrote:
I like listening to trance/techno/electro/club music etc etc, but am too much of a pussy to admit it to my fellow peers who listen to mainstream hip hop and other crap... like half my itunes library is music I don't listen to at all but its just there so people don't think i'm weird lol...
You sound like a friend of me. He got the most amazing taste in music, in my eyes, at least. All this beautiful vocal trance, but among most people he always pretends to prefer hard rap and metal.
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I........love puns.
And qwhips.
*My one-line confession is more quixotic than yours.
*And arrogance.
And you guys.
And sarcasm.
And formatting for replete amusement.
Forgive me for my multitude of sins, if you can.
+ Show Spoiler +I however, regret nothing.
Ok, forget whatever the fuck i was talking about, that guy below me is awesome.
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I try and videotape all the bedroom action i have for the past 5 years.
i have 6 full vhs tape's and i never looked at them one's.
+ Show Spoiler +And yes this is my first post here off to a great start.
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I rather be alone than with my girlfriend
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On June 13 2009 17:20 Lemonwalrus wrote:
I'm not actually a walrus.
im not actually a bear
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On January 17 2011 06:09 SareBear wrote:im not actually a bear
I'm not Crazy, nor am I a "F1r3f0x".
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On January 17 2011 06:18 CrazyF1r3f0x wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2011 06:09 SareBear wrote:On June 13 2009 17:20 Lemonwalrus wrote:
I'm not actually a walrus. im not actually a bear I'm not Crazy, nor am I a "F1r3f0x".
i'm not actually a monkey
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On January 17 2011 07:43 SockMonkey wrote:Show nested quote +On January 17 2011 06:18 CrazyF1r3f0x wrote:On January 17 2011 06:09 SareBear wrote:On June 13 2009 17:20 Lemonwalrus wrote:
I'm not actually a walrus. im not actually a bear I'm not Crazy, nor am I a "F1r3f0x". i'm not actually a monkey
I am actually a dominator.
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I can't remember how to do a lot of relatively simple things for a programming dossier I need to finish before Tuesday. Having to use google to help me feels disgraceful, I wish my programming teacher had taught me this material instead of how to print ASCII art using arrays.
Also, feeling guilty about complaining about time restraints while posting on TL.
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