to all you nonbelievers in religion

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: everman

Originally posted by: yllus

Originally posted by: Babbles

Originally posted by: yllus
I didn't read the entire thread, but I'd like to point out that confused1234's reasoning is logically faulty.

He's essentially making Pascal's Wager:

This is how Alec Fisher puts The Wager in his book The Logic of Real Arguments (2004):

Either there is a Christian God or there isn't. Suppose you believe in His existence and lead a Christian life. Then, if he does exist you will enjoy eternal bliss and if He doesn't exist you will lose very little. But suppose you don't believe in His existence and don't lead a Christian life. If He doesn't exist you will lose nothing, but if He does exist, you will suffer eternal damnation! So it is rational and prudent to believe in [a Christian] God's existence and to live a Christian life.

There are eight very strong criticisms of the Wager, which can be read in this Wikipedia article. I highly recommend it to those who take this line of thinking seriously.

If you bothered to read the thread you would have known two things:

1) This points was already made and reiterated

2) The real topic at hand is about the wonderful world of Stargate

If you had read the first line of my reply, you would have known that I didn't read that thread and have no intention to do so.

Stargate sucks, movie aside. Never liked it. Firefly on the other hand, woot!

wtf Stargate is part of the great triad known as SciFi Friday The triad is currently incomeplete with BSG missing, but soon it will be restored to full power.

Firefly unfortunately fell victim to the wrath of "the network"

Dude, totally. SciFi Friday just won't be the same without Stargate. What are they going to do, add in another craptastic made-for-TV movie? Oooh, maybe another lame - I mean exciting - horrible dragon-esque sort of flick. Yeah, those work real well for ratings . . .

Firefly was a good show, but I can see why it would be cancelled on a network. It really should have been produced on SciFi (or another cable channel) from the get-go.

 

[EGGO]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Congratulations. Your thread just deprived me of the will to live. Now where did I leave that bottle of pills????

Can I have the Star Wars DVDs?

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: PottedMeat
decent thread hijack - 7/10

 

[Babbles]

Originally posted by: EGGO

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Congratulations. Your thread just deprived me of the will to live. Now where did I leave that bottle of pills????

Can I have the Star Wars DVDs?

Speaking of which I think I may pick up the yet-another-release of Star Wars in hopes I can see the original flicks without all of the added 'special effects' that weren't so special.

 

[Cattlegod]

Originally posted by: Compton
I'm wondering if (or how) SG1 on a new network will affect guest appearances on Atlantis. Do you think there will still be a lot of crossover between the shows?

And what will happen when the Ori find out about the Pegasus galaxy?

from what i've read, there can still be overlap. MGM still owns both shows, but sci fi was paying them to cast seasons.

 

[yllus]

Originally posted by: everman
wtf Stargate is part of the great triad known as SciFi Friday The triad is currently incomeplete with BSG missing, but soon it will be restored to full power.

Firefly unfortunately fell victim to the wrath of "the network"

fsck man, I really tried to like Stargate, there's just something about it I could never get into. It's just...boring. I'm sure I just watched the wrong episodes or something, but it's too late now.

Firefly was killer. I still adore Babylon 5 and own 4 of 5 DVD sets for it. Star Trek: TNG of course. Haven't seen any BSG yet, hopefully soon!

By the way guys, Ezri Dax or Jadzia Dax?

 

[Compton]

Originally posted by: Cattlegod

Originally posted by: Compton
I'm wondering if (or how) SG1 on a new network will affect guest appearances on Atlantis. Do you think there will still be a lot of crossover between the shows?

And what will happen when the Ori find out about the Pegasus galaxy?

from what i've read, there can still be overlap. MGM still owns both shows, but sci fi was paying them to cast seasons.

Good, I'm glad to hear that. I think the overlap helps both shows.

 

[confused1234]

Originally posted by: LoKe
So you believe in God out of fear? Interesting.

none of this was about how/why i believe in god.....

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: confused1234

Originally posted by: LoKe
So you believe in God out of fear? Interesting.

none of this was about how/why i believe in god.....

So you're telling all non-believers to believe in Him out of fear? What kind of bullsh!t false-faith is that?

 

[KingGheedora]

Originally posted by: MrBlahh

Originally posted by: confused1234
why dont you believe in the bible. what would happen if you keep convincing yourself that god doesnt exist only to find out when you die he does and you go to hell. so i say believe in god because if religion is wrong NO BAD can come form it and if religion is right so much good can come from it

How can you just believe in something? I seriously doubt you'd be able to fake your way into your perfered afterlife

Edit: Do religious or political discussions ever end well if everyone doesnt hold the same opinion?

LET THIS BE THE ONE.

 

[confused1234]

Originally posted by: LoKe

Originally posted by: confused1234

Originally posted by: LoKe
So you believe in God out of fear? Interesting.

none of this was about how/why i believe in god.....

So you're telling all non-believers to believe in Him out of fear? What kind of bullsh!t false-faith is that?

no i said this question was brought up in class, and then asked it hear. what kind of bullsh!t reading do you do?

 

[Baked]

Because God's a cold blooded serial killer.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: confused1234
no i said this question was brought up in class, and then asked it hear. what kind of bullsh!t reading do you do?

You said that halfway down the page, you think I'm going to read a few dozen replies in an already flawed thread? I'll pass on that one.

 

[Ronstang]

Originally posted by: LoKe
So you're telling all non-believers to believe in Him out of fear? What kind of bullsh!t false-faith is that?

It has been working for most religions for eons.

 

[imported_LoKe]

Originally posted by: Ronstang

Originally posted by: LoKe
So you're telling all non-believers to believe in Him out of fear? What kind of bullsh!t false-faith is that?

It has been working for most religions for eons.

Another reason to not believe in a religion. Believing in a God is one thing, but believing in someone elses' is just stupid.

 

[CTho9305]

why dont you believe in the bible. what would happen if you keep convincing yourself that god doesnt exist only to find out when you die he does and you go to hell. so i say believe in god because if religion is wrong NO BAD can come form it and if religion is right so much good can come from it

So basically, your god is going to send me to hell because I'm skeptical of people claiming that this one particular book happens to be from the one true "god", but no other ones are? A book, which, by the way, doesn't have much physical evidence backing its claims? Do I really want to spend eternity with that kind of "god" anyway?

 

[preslove]

The central core to my christian belief system is that all star gate content, no matter if it be movie, television or straight to video, SUCKS!!!!!!!!!

 

[SlitheryDee]

Reducing faith to a cost/benefit analysis just doesn't seem like the christian thing to do.

 

[Howard]

My pride.

 

[BurnItDwn]

I don't believe in god because it doesn't seem believable to me. The entire concept of an omnipotent being seems rather unrealistic. Also, there is no supporting evidence.

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: Dedpuhl
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:laugh:

 

[engineereeyore]

Originally posted by: confused1234

Originally posted by: LoKe
So you believe in God out of fear? Interesting.

none of this was about how/why i believe in god.....

Well, if you want people to tell you why they don't believe in something, you've got to expect to be asked why you do. It just kind of goes with the territory.

 

[chuckywang]

Originally posted by: confused1234
why dont you believe in the bible. what would happen if you keep convincing yourself that god doesnt exist only to find out when you die he does and you go to hell. so i say believe in god because if religion is wrong NO BAD can come form it and if religion is right so much good can come from it

Wow, did you think of that all by yourself?

 

[pineapples10]

FACT: Jesus had gay ****** aids

 

[JM Aggie08]

you're my hero confused!