Since we've gotten told to stop talking generally about religion twice in the Homosexuality and Religion thread and were told that, if we want to talk generally about religion, we need to make a new thread, I have made a new thread.
Full disclosure: I am an agnostic atheist and anti-theist, but I'm very interested in theology and religion.
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edited 9th Feb '14 1:01:31 PM by Madrugada
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Yay for transhumanism, or do you mean improbable.
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Unprovable is the word. Chrome's spellchecker doesn't like it, though. Anyway, all that the idea of theistic evolution does is move the goalposts a bit. "We can't find God in the physical world so we'll just put him in this other space that you scientists can't touch, nyah nyah."
edited 26th Nov '15 8:05:48 AM by Fighteer
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Non-falsifiable, I think he meant to say.
Transhumanism is quite spiritual when you think about it.
edited 26th Nov '15 8:05:50 AM by TerminusEst
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The word is now uninniprovable and it is now a real word because fuck you I just made it up, deal with it you goddamn nerds >:V
TBH I do like Fighteer's image of "We are moving it where you cannot touch it, neener neener"
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
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God in the gaps?
United Earth
God of the Gaps. His portfolio keeps shrinking.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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Would it not be ironic if the god of Abercrombie & Fitch was a hobo
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
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Except on the Stockholms tunnelbana? 
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
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As it is known on the London Underground; "Mind The Gap
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edited 26th Nov '15 9:09:43 AM by Greenmantle
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THAT MADDENING SOUND.
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... We don't have a gap here. At least, not enough of one that it needs warning. Blame Scandinavian design.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
To be honest after a while you barely notice it.
We actually talked about fixism in Biology class, this year even. The teacher was mostly talking about how evolution isn't a matter of religion, but of science. That was basically his introduction to the subject. Then, we went to talk about Lamarckism, Darwinism and the modern evolutionary synthesis.
I know we've already studied this more "deeply" a few years ago (I can't remember if it was in high school or not, so as deep as someone in that grade would study it). Still, even if the teacher himself didn't spend too much time in it (which is amusing because he managed to teach the curriculum almost a whole month before the schedule), our book and the slideshow presentations he used had a lot of interesting stuff. I still wish we could talk about stuff like, how your upbringing and the environment can have an effect on your children before they are born, or maybe even memetics. But just like quantum physics that's not high school level 
Now, ahem, back to the subject of the thread. I've never had Religious Studies class. Other than... catholic catechism(?).
My views basically amount to theistic evolution, albeit in a complicated Hindu way. In addition, I see most mainstream creation stories as metaphors for the Big Bang.
This is a signature.
*God prepares to pitch the Chicxulub impactor*
"Sorry dinos, I got some rat things I need to evolve sapience a few million years from now and they ain't gonna do that with you in the way."
"Don't worry, some of you guys will still be around as feathered balls of meat that will be cut up and ate once a year."
"I'll make one of your descendants the mascot for one third of me. Holy Spirit, you're up for that, right?"
Anybody have a idea, what kind of kami they'll turn into when the die yet? Plenty of things to add to your portfolio!
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I would walk to Kumbakharna, Morpheus and the hellish personification of Sloth itself to say "MOVE, BITCH. THE REAL SLEEP KING IS H..." and then I would fall asleep forever.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
That does raise the question how different gods see their roles. I mean do you think a god of poverty likes being itself?
I'd like to keep Izanami company. Even creepy corpse ladies need a tea time.
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Depends on if yo usee gods as basically humans with superpowers in which case I doubt they like their situation, or above those moral concepts. Instead of being humans with powers, they just are, and do not dwell or cannot dwell in their misery perceived or otherwise.
Depens basically on if they are capable of feeling.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Apparently, this is a thing. Its based on some legend about vagina dentata
Means Evolution happened exactly as scientists say but God set it in motion and planned it.
Which is sort of a dick move theorethically wise because it is something that is improvable.
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes