Religion
Related: About this forumI'm coming up empty today for topics
with which to start a new thread in the Religion Group. So, I'm asking my fellow Religion Groupies what I should do to end this drought of ideas. I'll use responses to this poll as my guide:
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Pray for an idea to be delivered unto me. | |
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Open the Bible (KJV) at random and point at a verse with my eyes closed. | |
1 (20%) |
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Consult with my spiritual adviser for guidance. | |
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Think about it some more. | |
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Just start typing and hope for the best. | |
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Create a poll and post it in the Group. | |
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Post about Donald Trump's button in GD. | |
0 (0%) |
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Take the day off and go back to bed. | |
1 (20%) |
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Other (suggest a topic in your reply) | |
2 (40%) |
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Punt and hope for good field position. | |
1 (20%) |
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0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided. | |
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NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)..."Why a Book?"
Why are all the, so called, revealed truths presented in book form, or some physical derivative (i.e. scroll, clay tablet, wall carving)?
Torah, koran, bible, mormon bible, dianetics etc.
Why weren't the "truths" presented in a more durable (or in a mode where durability isn't even a concern), more easily distributed, universally understandable (i.e. no translation(s) required) and non-miss-transcribable (sorry for making up the word: it's almost German) mode or format?
The proffered god is capable of anything, correct? So why limit the most important message to such a limited technology?
Good enough suggestion?
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)the "Voice of God" to speak? I like that.
NeoGreen
(4,031 posts)...that anyone may access, as they please, which conveys the message in a language they understand?
Bretton Garcia
(970 posts)Surprisingly easy to do. And it gets the attention of Christians.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)One suggestion.
Post your thoughts with no attempts at sarcasm regarding simplistic believers, and no attempts at a dismissive attitude toward those simplistic believers, and no attempts to frame what simplistic believers must accept.
Alternatively, continue on your present course.
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)I advise that.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Agreed?
But we can never see ourselves as others see us. And we can never read our own replies in the same way as others do.
guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Much, much better.
Voltaire2
(13,121 posts)Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)Seriously, fuck this religion banter. Let's get shit-faced instead.
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)The original stuff is always better than some imitation from Scotland.
Act_of_Reparation
(9,116 posts)I will take my glass of Grandma's-ashtray-flavored liquid elsewhere.
PragmaticDem
(320 posts)MineralMan
(146,325 posts)But, I'm sure it has been tried regularly.