Exactly.
Exactly.
So why talk of God then, silly?
Well, you did, silly.
This was a personal thread not a religious thread.
Trump wants to ban all immigration.
To quote FLRW.
All except Slovenian sex workers.
Kim obviously made a lasting impression upon Donald.
Sure thing Batwoman.
Billions being led by a handful of dictators is appropriate behaviour, is it?
Maybe it is.
As I see it, that just brings us back to the necessity of material evolution, and the expendability of the individual.
Jewish chaos...Not sure that Jews are any less chaotic.
And "The Bible" is just an Anglicised version of older stuff, which will survive on billions of dusty shelves until such times when it get's recycled.
If you will sit around all day not doing anything particularly constructive or tiring then, a trillion religions will not satisfy the brain of a 13 year old.
It takes many forms.
@Malcharaz
Which was exactly my initial response.
So this is a "personal" thread, seemingly unpopular, that unravelled thus.
And I notice that you failed to mention Lucy.
And in my "personal" opinion, everything that you stated, is a latter day fanciful anglicized adaptation of who knows what really. As is most of the Modern westernised bible.
And sadly, and also in my "personal" opinion, divisive adaptations of 4000 year old folk tales are demonstrably more likely to shelter hate rather than provide a love shelter for "Y'all".
Ignorant humans are easily enthralled.
The Sun is and a Magic Man is unlikely.
Until such times when the Magic Man shows his face.
Mention evolution and people have a tendency to get hung up on Charles Darwin.
Whereas evolution as a Universal process is much bigger than species existence upon this tiny speck of cosmic dust.
Which isn't to suggest that species development is not a vital component of something bigger.
Nor to suggest that ongoing material development upon this tiny speck of cosmic dust is not similarly significant.
The development of intellect, associated knowledge and technological development doesn't seem to make much, if any difference to ongoing levels of general human stupidity.
"Rarely or never justified".
Hmmmmmmm.
Which is it, rarely or never?
If you are clever, you should be able to differentiate between cynicism, satire, derision and sincerity.
So you should recognise what does and does not constitute seriousness.
Nope, "material evolution" is a combination of two words that means what it says relative to common definition.
Yep.
People developed varying hypotheses in response to the fear and uncertainty of death and a need for an afterlife.
It's a common religious thing.
Data in, data assimilation and assessment, data storage, data output and sharing.
Metaphorically speaking.
And then there is all the accumulated grime and food debris.
A tasty treat when kissing after a night out.
Not to mention all the other similar tasty treats that might be indulged in too.
I said don't mention them.
Quite so.
And Sikhism.
The fear and uncertainty of death and the need for an afterlife is a common religious thing.
Genii forward material evolution.
They invented the social media that you play with.
They will create AI.
I think that we need a Load of Bollocks forum.
Sometimes religious ideas are analogically sound.
But sometimes religious banter is undeniably a load of bollocks.
Such is the viability of lukewarm anu's in an eternal hell of multi-person possession....Might even suggest a Porn Forum.
The Law or Laws, are a relative concept concurrent with social evolution, and by association also concurrent with material evolution relative to human intervention, and fundamentally laws are that which dictate everything from beginning to end.
Spiritual needs are also a relative concept, as is a ham sandwich.
Some might say that vanity is a weakness.
If the whole of society was programmed to be "Muslim", then it would be.
Though they would still be clever/ stupid, rely upon genii to move things forwards and rely upon other people to do other stuff.
And when they died, they would be rendered down to their component parts by one means or another.
And when the Sun eventually engulfed the planet, they may or may not have escaped.
NB. I have not attempted to factor A.I. into this brief hypothesis.
Blobs of goo doing stuff forms cultures.
And hair is, and beards are currently trendy.
Which is good for the "products" industry.
Just as shaving is also good for the products industry.
I seem to remember GG that pre-conversion, you extolled the benefits of personal grooming and pubic exfoliation, so are you still of the same opinion...I would also be interested to get Debby's views on this subject.
Oh, I'm fully conversant with the BestKorea/SatanLucy stories.
One takes them with a pinch of salt, but plays along just out of interest.
And mass hysteria.
Though lack of any conclusive explanation sort of always sums up such events.
And not sure what difference being an "official" makes.
Hmmmmm.
Not a good guess.
A wild one perhaps.
Sikhs might think differently.
In fact, I'm pretty certain that Sikhism is heavily into reincarnation.
You sort of hopped from Sikhism to Christianity there.