jackspade

i DO believe that religion is a fallacy in all its basis.

1.) I refuse to believe in a creature who has been spotted less than the Mongolian death worm, or the loveland frog people.

2.) I refuse to believe in god simply for fear of finding out that there is one when I die, because I know a lot of people would rather be 'safe than sorry'. I believe true faith can exist in absence of god, and true faith is standing by what you believe in no matter what, and no one, not even GOD can scare me out of my beliefs.

3.)  I refuse to accept the fact that while, its IMPOSSIBLE for life to simply 'exist' without a creator, Its INEVITABLE that god does. how can you use ones own power to justify its existence? I've heard the argument so many times.... "look how complicated we are, we MUST have been created"... If god can JUST exist without explanation than thats assuming that there are forces guiding the universe that ALLOW for that, in which case, WHY CANT WE!?

4.) Anthropic principle.

     4a.) The only reason we ask 'WHY ARE WE HERE?' is because we are here to ask it.
            Sure, its a million-trillion to 1 chance that life would evolve anywhere in the universe of its own                     accord, but theres a million-trillion places where it doesn't exist

    5a.) The only reason why the world seems so perfect, and "man made" is because if it didn't, we wouldn't be here to notice!

In my opinion god is ignorance. throughout history he has been nothing more than a method to explain the things that science had not yet been able to cover. As we slowly pull ourselves out of the dark, we begin to see god less and less in our every day lives, and accept the universe for what it really is.... Simply a functioning system with scientific basis. god no longer causes droughts, he doesn't move the stars. when you start coughing up blood you don't go to a church, you go to a doctor. God is ignorance because for as long as hes existed hes done so, only in the things that we can not explain. And as we learn more and more he slowly runs out of places to hide.

 The bible itself has, in many eyes, regressed from a book of proven fact to one of moral guidelines.
it was written in a time when it was OK to beat your wife, or to kill your daughter for having premarital sex. It was written by the SAME type of people, who we are now at war with.

I suppose the point im trying to make is

You don't NEED a god to have faith. i have faith in evolution, mainly the intangible form of idealogical evolution. if i want to survive after death, ill live a life worthy of emulation. Ill help to found the rules that others might live by, and learn from my mistakes so i can contribute to society and in a way, exist beyond the time i have been alloted. life isn't owed to anyone, look at the universe around you and notice its death and homogeny and realize that you will join it when you die. Its OK to not have an afterlife, because by all rights, you shouldn't have a life to begin with, and anything that says otherwise inside of you (in my opinion) is simply your instinct for self preservation screaming out at you against the inevitability of death. yes, I AM an atheist, and yes, I AM comfortable with the idea of death. when you abandon the idea of god you see what a miracle life really is.

recognize the fact that, in the absence of god, life itself is the most powerful force in the universe, and live in a way that reflects that.

And if all else fails, when i die I'll be proud to look him in the eye, and explain how I've lived a just live, without need for his influence, and that ive spent it standing up for what i believe in, and preaching what i believe to be true in order to better the world around me, out of the decency of my heart, rather than the will of an ancient scripture.

Another reason im not fond of religion.... part 100+, why the hell does it have to be the face of jesus? ive been seeing alot of the "faces of the lord" lately that are more confusing than the big ass "magic eye" posters i used to look at in third grade...

"now, focus your eyes on that brown spec of lint on the grilled cheese and take 10 steps back.."

"oh my god, its jesus!"

For once id like to hear of the awe and mystery of finding someone interesting in an odd place. show me a Mel Brooks oil spot, or hell, ill even settle for Jeff Goldblum  on the inside of a bathroom stall,  (JGIWYP) , for for the love of 'God' stop with the religious crap! it seems to me that so many people are becoming dissillusioned to the idea of god being a part of their lives that they feel compelled to seek him out. your burnt taco shell is NOT A SUBSTITUTE for common sense. Personally i think if you have to look that long and hard for something youll never find it. 

It seems to me that alot of people are still unaware of what a rom is!

well, heres the news....

a ROM is an image of a game, be it a cartridge, or a disk. usually found online. roms can be for any system. my personal favorites are sega, snes, game boy advance and nintendo ds.

what good are they? well.... if you have whats called an emulator, you can play these games on your pc! (i got myself a gamepad to play with)

check it out






well, anyway... in order to play it youll need 2 things, roms and an emulator, heres what i use...

sega (gamegear, 32x, genesis) = kega fusion
snes = snes9x or zsnes
nds = no$gba
gba, gb, gbc = visualboy advance
nes = rocknes
n64 = project64

there are more of course, one for every system including the latest generation, a good source of older roms is www.romhustler.net

for anything else youll have to google it ;]

Last Updated: Saturday, 8 December 2007, 01:39 GMT E-mail this to a friend Printable version

Critics of Scientology say its views are too "black and white" Germany's federal and state interior ministers have declared the Church of Scientology unconstitutional, clearing the way for a possible ban. The ministers have asked Germany's domestic intelligence agency to examine whether the Church's legal status as an association could be challenged. Scientology is not recognised as a religion in Germany. A Church of Scientology statement said the ministers were "completely out of step with the rest of the world". The attempted ban is "a blatant attempt at justifying the on-going and never-ending discrimination against the Church of Scientology and its members in Germany," said the Church in a statement. Critics accuse the organisation of cult-type practices and exploiting followers for financial gain. But Scientologists reject this and say that they promote a religion based on the understanding of the human spirit. Cult-type practices Since January, when the Church of Scientology opened a new centre in the German capital, Berlin, Scientologists have come under intense public scrutiny. Actor Tom Cruise is a high profile follower of Scientology People living near the centre complained that its members were actively trying to recruit and some politicians called for the organisation to be banned, accusing it of cult-type practices. For years, Scientology has been monitored by German intelligence agencies, who claim the movement's structures and methods could pose a threat to the rule of law and "democratic order". But the Church of Scientology insists that 10 years of surveillance "has uncovered absolutely no wrongdoing". Under the ministers' new plan, the intelligence services have been asked to draw up a report on Scientology, and ministers will then have to clarify whether there is a legal basis for a ban. But the BBC's Tristana Moore in Berlin says given the lobbying power of Germany's 6,000 Scientologists, who say they have a right to freedom of religion, it will be difficult to introduce a ban. Scientology was founded in the United States in the 1950s by science-fiction writer L Ron Hubbard. In October, a Spanish court ruled that the Church of Scientology of Spain should be re-entered into the country's register of officially recognised religions.

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my thoughts? Personally i think its about damn time something was done about this cult besides alittle lighthearted ribbing. it hardly qualifies as a religion, didnt we used to lock people like that up?