A Discussion/Debate on Religion & Other Closely Related Topics

[SoulReaver]

the notion of "let there be light"

= the big bang

[Gatefan1976]

= the big bang

Nope, the big bang requires no agency, let there be light does.

[Annoyed]

I don't care which religion you're talking about, all of them have aspects which defy logic and depend upon faith among the believers.

Considering we as a species have absolutely no evidence or hard, provable information about the entire topic, I don't see how anyone can even have an opinion on the matter.

[Coco Pops]

Yes, though scientology is quite special in how bat**** insane it is.

Oh boy I totally agree with you on this. It's not only bat**** crazy it's loony too.

How did Hubbard create this? Is there any history as to how he managed to pull this off?

[SoulReaver]

Nope, the big bang requires no agency, let there be light does.

for the big bang the agency was the multiverse

[Gatefan1976]

for the big bang the agency was the multiverse

Conscious, directed, AWARE agency SR, you know they are different things.

[SoulReaver]

Conscious, directed, AWARE agency SR, you know they are different things.

but you're also aware that we don't really know what awareness is so who's to say the omniverse itself isn't aware

[Gatefan1976]

but you're also aware that we don't really know what awareness is so who's to say the omniverse itself isn't aware

take it up with the god you just created.

[jelgate]

take it up with the god you just created.

I've always been here

[Falcon Horus]

Of course, you were...

[SoulReaver]

take it up with the god you just created.

he said it folks: I'm a metacreator

[Gatefan1976]

he said it folks: I'm a metacreator

Yep, you are just like Hubbard

[aretood2]

Conscious, directed, AWARE agency SR, you know they are different things.

How is one crazier than the other?

[Gatefan1976]

How is one crazier than the other?

Speaking with no religion in mind here, one can be proven within scientific parameters, the other cannot.

[Annoyed]

Speaking with no religion in mind here, one can be proven within scientific parameters, the other cannot.

What?? What religion can be proven (or disproven) by science?