At the LA Times Book Festival. Sharpton gets intellectually pwned.
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At the LA Times Book Festival. Sharpton gets intellectually pwned.
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Age nine? What the hell? This is crazy.
@safeguardinvestThis 2ndquestion is slightly confusing to me. If our perception of god is of an entity that is flawless then we imagine him as perfect & pure. I think what you’re getting at is that god is too great for our limited human minds to comprehend. If he does exist I would agree; god is unknowable, but many claim to know his EXACT will; down to what to eat, when to rest, etc.which is ludicrous. god is too big for just one religion, he isn’t up there trying to figure out if he is christi
@safeguardinvest : wrong & evil, good/bad, wickedness varies per culture and religion, there are a few moral absolutes anthropologist have identified. I believe Hitchens derives his morals from his inner self and reading of past philosophers who have tackled the subject (such as Hume, Kant, etc…) plus his desire for human solidarity. A moral value system doesn’t need a supernatural celestial beings endorsement. His lack in a belief in a god does not make him more inclined to act wickedly.
@jacob8088 — So my question is this. How does an imperfect man evaluate and make an understanding of a perfect God. Would he automatically do so perfectly or would there be a high chance of fallibility. Take for example (if you have children), When we tell our children “yes beer and wine are a good thing in right proportions, but you cant have any right now.” Do you think that child is inherently going to understand why? Not a chance, without many explanations and practical application.
Wow he mentions things being wicked, or wrong or evil. My question is this, where does he get the definitions for those values? My definition might be different than his so if i believe wicked is a cool and fun thing then when it comes to murder is it ok for me but not him? Obviously that wouldn’t fly in court. So where does this “value” system come from?
@elea1885 because religion is adults willingly believing in kiddy shit
Sharpton’s as sharp as a watermelon
I cant take good old al seriously. He just doesnt know what he’s talking about
@jacob8088 I have a better idea of where you’re coming from now, I think. Good talking with you.
@47FireKeeper
people who don’t believe in the judea-
christian god do not go to hell, of-course.
It would be wicked/immoral of a supposedely
moral perfect god to do such a horrendous
thing. It is inconsistent with morality as much
of the bible is. morality shouldn’t come from
religion. Good people do good thing, bad people
are bad, if you want a good person to do bad
things, that takes religion.
@jacob8088
I suppose I may have confused your meaning and went off on an almost completely different train of thought.
What I was saying was that for the idea of a loving God that sends people to hell to be consistent with morality (I think, at least) that’s what he’d have to do. And, clearly, he doesn’t. And, yes, I did mean in hell.
@47FireKeeper :
I am a little perplexed, god hasn’t done A,B, or C you mentioned above. Are you agreeing with my statement? Can you expand more… plus what do you mean by “for God to represent love he would have to give it a finite period in time”?, time in hell?
@jacob8088
So? We kind of are. That may be a more difficult proposition than that we are the chosen people of some great creator, but it’s the one that’s probably true.
I think for a God to represent love in the presence of hell, it would have to: A) Reveal itself to bad people who are going to hell and give them a chance to change. B) Send people to hell based upon their actions, not their club membership. C) Give it a finite period of time.
Thumbs up for Atheists!
MopDMTBARTL: I agree with your statement, except that God is not here for love, don’t romanticize it. If god does exist it; we(humans) are just another small part of existence.
Sharpton is not exactly an ‘intellectual’
“God isnt here 4 an explanation of things, thats 4 science.”
Go fuck yourself.
Read a book while you’re busy doing that.
hes an equality racist
Good Morals were established long b4 religion or the bible. Man created that, just like the bible & religion. They took good morals we already had & put them in our religion & bible, etc. we dont need religion. God isnt here 4 an explanation of things, thats 4 science. God is here 4 LOVE. Jesus may have lived, may just a story. Its the MESSAGE thats the most imp. Always put out Love-positive energy. I hate religion btw. Beliefs should always be changing, evolve!
go here:
truthknowledge. com
morons?
Really, spankula123?
Because I could think of a 1000.
I thought the same thing. But if you consider the kinds of things that church-goers take seriously, it kind of makes sense.
Al’s a racist. He’s also an idiot for trying to censor rap music. A bunch of parents tried to do the same thing with rock music (all music really) in the 80′s and failed, because it’s a stupid fucking idea.
sharpton didnt defend the bible and says religion and god are not same …lol xD
I’m pretty sure he stole my car