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I think that truth is the best and that to let one live in a fantasy that might make one give up an earthly pleasure for some imaginary pleasure later...
May 07, 2020 at 16:42
True, but if you are to quote something, you should opine on it and give your conclusions. Gnostic Christianity is all about speaking of what we know....
May 07, 2020 at 16:36
Whoever figures out the true meaning of these sayings won't taste death: “If you seek heaven,” Jesus said, “you shouldn't stop looking for it until yo...
May 07, 2020 at 15:41
I agree. Regards DL
May 07, 2020 at 15:34
I can relate quite easily to your issues here. Let me give you my Gnostic Christian view, that shows why heaven is right here and right now. The logic...
May 07, 2020 at 15:32
I am showing a way to think that all religions who put man above some supernatural god do. If you don't like that, too bad. Go complain to someone who...
May 04, 2020 at 17:44
Don't be sorry. Many cannot give up supernatural and foolish thinking. To a Gnostic Christian who recognizes his god within, loving ones self and god ...
May 04, 2020 at 17:42
Actually, the two command are actually one. The other is redundant or just a repetition, depending on how you define god.. To Jesus, man is the highes...
May 04, 2020 at 13:47
Just look at your own instincts that default to cooperation instead of competition. We are born with the Golden Rule as our guide to cooperate because...
May 04, 2020 at 13:42
Where in scriptures is this documented? Regards DL Jesus tested the savior prophesy and failed to return and that is why the Jews rejected him as thei...
May 04, 2020 at 13:37
No problem buddy. My research shows, ----Reciprocity dates as far back as the time of Hammurabi (c. 1792–1750 BC). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recip...
May 04, 2020 at 13:32
There is a difference and both are real. Here is the sequence. Selfishness is served by our altruism and empathy towards others. Altruism and empathy ...
May 03, 2020 at 22:45
Yet we are all born with that instinct. So you have no other suggestion as to our prime directive, and will ignore the perfect logic that our DNA give...
May 03, 2020 at 15:01
I agree. Who did such a stupid thing? As to DNA. They are what genes are made of so there was no changing goal posts. The information encoded in it, t...
May 02, 2020 at 21:19
I suggest you bite me. Regards DL
May 02, 2020 at 15:41
Reproducing is a part of selfishness, sure, but survival comes first and given that there are old around, the DNA lasts long enough. Regards DL
May 02, 2020 at 15:40
No it is not. Our selfish gene will do whatever it selfishly want to maintain life. Our selfish gene defaults to cooperation, as that is the best surv...
May 02, 2020 at 14:16
The apostles creed make the monotheistic Christian religion only having one head. Christians stupidly try to put 3 in one and that is what I am workin...
May 02, 2020 at 14:12
Pfffft. Life's first priority is to seek thet it's best end for itself. More life as life's first concern is a selfish situation, without which the fi...
April 26, 2020 at 17:05
Ok. I agree. Regards DL
April 23, 2020 at 17:12
I saw nothing to argue in your views. I see this quote as close but not quite getting to the root. I think we are pushed by our selfish gene which cre...
April 23, 2020 at 14:08
True, and that bolsters the Christian belief that he does no evil. You seem to use that to refute the does no evil meme. Indeed. That is why the quest...
April 23, 2020 at 14:03
Let me put a reply I put at my other thread. ------------- You guys have scared all the theists away. Know that I post this type of question here look...
April 22, 2020 at 19:45
Perhaps? How can you have the moral high ground while idol worshiping a genocidal god? Would you agree that I have the moral high ground if I idol wor...
April 19, 2020 at 18:10
What is the problem with knowing their weaknesses and seeing them as them as my enemy? Should I just ignore that, in the past, they used their inquisi...
April 19, 2020 at 18:04
I would not pull anything, because the more atheists know about how their religious interlocutors think, the more ammo is provided to use against them...
April 19, 2020 at 12:11
Not anything, given the parameters I put. Regards DL
April 19, 2020 at 12:08
Ok? No. I dislike any potential human being aborted. What I think is ok is to let others make their own decisions on important parts of their lives. A...
April 19, 2020 at 12:06
I said no such thing. On redefining. Stay flexible. Since following an ideology is a prerequisite of religion, atheism can be considered a religion, s...
April 18, 2020 at 19:56
If push came to shove, I doubt that we would differ much. If you want to go all over the place, issue wise, do it in P M. Better still, start on O.P. ...
April 18, 2020 at 19:52
1 Do you not fit the description of that word? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religio The Latin term religi?, origin of the modern lexeme religion (via...
April 18, 2020 at 19:47
An ideology is a thinking system. We all think and follow the thinking by actions. All people have some kind of ideology. Thinking people all think in...
April 18, 2020 at 13:07
Think of the numbers that religions have killed for the 4,500 years before that. Abortion? Wrong issue here, but lest you forget, most were done by Ch...
April 18, 2020 at 12:59
Yes. All allowed and encouraged by governments. Including Christian governments, that all encouraged inquisitions and jihads. Regards DL
April 18, 2020 at 12:55
I mentioned that it is one of many. Be your own bitch and provide another or --------------- I can believe that you do not follow an ideology. Since f...
April 17, 2020 at 21:20
Given the information just above, I agree. There as many combinations or variants in thought that are screwing up traditional labels like atheism and ...
April 17, 2020 at 21:14
Be it a religion or atheists as a group, I class them both as tribal groups. Each has an ideology that they cling to. I KIS that way because of what i...
April 17, 2020 at 21:10
So what would you have me add. A part of their theology, which I have included in their overall ideology? It is already there. IOW, there is nothing e...
April 17, 2020 at 20:43
Not being an atheist, I cannot. I can as a Gnostic Christian and Jesus, I can. First, you should consider all that is written of Gnostic Christianity ...
April 17, 2020 at 20:33
There are many. Here is one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRtJPSmI9pY What else do atheists follow if not their ideology? What would or could be ad...
April 17, 2020 at 20:10
I do not like Karma. It is victim blaming. No? Lets chat on your last Since following an ideology is a prerequisite of religion, atheism can be consid...
April 17, 2020 at 19:41
What had they done, even if guilty, to deserve death? When Christianity ran out of heretics to kill, they turned to killing witches. How many of those...
April 17, 2020 at 19:38
It partially is. What did you think it was going to be about and what were you going to say about it. I spoke of their good side, you seem to disagree...
April 16, 2020 at 01:57
christian2017 I've never heard someone say Gnostic Christians are the good christians. https://www.google.ca/search?q=john+lennon+the+only+good+christ...
April 16, 2020 at 01:53
True. Christians thing genocide is good, given that Yahweh used it so often. Gnostic Christians see any god who uses it as satanic. Not to insult Sata...
April 16, 2020 at 01:49
I do not know what part s you disagree with and to your last, it is not my fault that you have not gotten around enough to hear that. Why do you think...
April 16, 2020 at 01:46
Indeed. This is good, but then it turns to evil as we ket ourselves be subsumed by them and then let them rule over us. Gnostic Christians refuse to l...
April 12, 2020 at 12:55
What do stars say? Any media, good or evil, is good. You should like that we do you for pleasure. Regards DL
April 11, 2020 at 17:31
I adlib the bible. He will rule over you. Do not dare try to teach men. Need I say more. If so, do some googling before your reply. What suicide rates...
April 11, 2020 at 17:28
The only support available, I think, is the vast numbers of gods on our menu, and the fact that no god has ever popped up to correct any of us. I coul...
April 11, 2020 at 17:13