Do you believe in God?

[Dofuss3000]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So
No to all.

There are a lot of people who beilieve in crap because it is really easy to convince yourself of things. None of it is actually real though.

We really need to find that pesky series of base-pairs that makes murder, rape and turture ok, among other things.

What does that even mean?

The group of genes that forms the God Spot.... that gives rise to religion. Gross oversimplification, but you get the point.



God Spot:

A tiny locus of nerve cells in the frontal lobe of the brain that appears to be activated during religious experiences. Neuroscientists from the University of California discovered the God Spot while studying epileptic patients who have intense mystical experiences during seizures.

I'm highly suspicious of such things.

Are you a Neurologist (M.D.) or intellectual? (Ph.D.).

I am neither, nor am I a fan of religion, but I am suspicious of unverified studies, and I find it hard to believe that we would have evolved such a center.

The person who conducted the experiment is one of the most respected neuroscientists in the world. Genetics has formed the basis for everything else up until now, why not God too?

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So
No to all.

There are a lot of people who beilieve in crap because it is really easy to convince yourself of things. None of it is actually real though.

We really need to find that pesky series of base-pairs that makes murder, rape and turture ok, among other things.

What does that even mean?

The group of genes that forms the God Spot.... that gives rise to religion. Gross oversimplification, but you get the point.



God Spot:

A tiny locus of nerve cells in the frontal lobe of the brain that appears to be activated during religious experiences. Neuroscientists from the University of California discovered the God Spot while studying epileptic patients who have intense mystical experiences during seizures.

I'm highly suspicious of such things.

Are you a Neurologist (M.D.) or intellectual? (Ph.D.).

I am neither, nor am I a fan of religion, but I am suspicious of unverified studies, and I find it hard to believe that we would have evolved such a center.

The person who conducted the experiment is one of the most respected neuroscientists in the world. Genetics has formed the basis for everything else up until now, why not God too?

Just saying I'd like to hear some independant confirmation. It seems like it could easily be tied to the pleasure centers of the brain, as well as whatever it is that causes people to look for social acceptance.

 

[Dofuss3000]

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So
No to all.

There are a lot of people who beilieve in crap because it is really easy to convince yourself of things. None of it is actually real though.

We really need to find that pesky series of base-pairs that makes murder, rape and turture ok, among other things.

What does that even mean?

The group of genes that forms the God Spot.... that gives rise to religion. Gross oversimplification, but you get the point. Again, another gross oversimplication, but I hope you get the point.



God Spot:

A tiny locus of nerve cells in the frontal lobe of the brain that appears to be activated during religious experiences. Neuroscientists from the University of California discovered the God Spot while studying epileptic patients who have intense mystical experiences during seizures.

I'm highly suspicious of such things.

Are you a Neurologist (M.D.) or intellectual? (Ph.D.).

I am neither, nor am I a fan of religion, but I am suspicious of unverified studies, and I find it hard to believe that we would have evolved such a center.

The person who conducted the experiment is one of the most respected neuroscientists in the world. Genetics has formed the basis for everything else up until now, why not God too?

Just saying I'd like to hear some independant confirmation. It seems like it could easily be tied to the pleasure centers of the brain, as well as whatever it is that causes people to look for social acceptance.

A religious experiance is completely different from any other sort of pleasurable experiance. Experiments done with the Galvanic Skin Response have shown that sexual people (most people) "turn off" to religious words and vice versa. Another gross oversimplication.....

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: aidanjm
remote viewing?

Yeah, like with VNC or Windows Remote Desktop.

/me snickers

 

[Acanthus]

no to all

 

[Forsythe]

No to everything except Intekigent non sapien life, which you'd have to be a moron not to acknowledge. I don't understand the social equality question though.

 

[Siddhartha]

No to all but social justice.

Social equality is a political decision.

 

[Dofuss3000]

Originally posted by: Siddhartha
No to all but social justice.

Social equality is a political decision.

It was a joke.

 

[bret]

holly shit... you forgot the lock ness monster...

 

[Dofuss3000]

Originally posted by: bret
holly shit... you forgot the lock ness monster...

Meh, who cares....

 

[conjur]

Where's the "No to all" option?

 

[SUISIDE]

I saw GOD once.

He appeared on South Park. From what I gathered he looks like a duck billed platypus!

 

[Dofuss3000]

Bump.

 

[Dofuss3000]

Um, WTF..... Bump.

 

[piasabird]

Homeopathy I hope means treating the body with traditional folk remedies or herbs and supplements. God gave us herbs, fruits, and spices, and food for the nourishment of the body and the treatment of animals. Medicine is just another form of homeopathic treatment like vitamins.

Some of these things I am a little weary of. For instance I dont beleive in what some people would call ghosts as in hauntings. However I do beleive that angels and devils can appear in a spirit form or as what some would call a ghost or in visions. A better term might be a spirit, or a being that had died and was sent from heaven or hell to give us some message or to coerce us to do good or evil.

Some people believe those ideas that pop into our head are just dreamed up. I beleive they can be inspired from the good or evil spirits. According to the bible the devils or the angels that followed satan, "The son of the Morning," lost their first estate so they did not get the right to be born and their only hope is to take over our bodies for their evil purposes.

Aliens is an interesting subject. I cant see that God is limited only to the earth. If he created the Heavens He may have some other world he is working on as well. So I try to have an open mind.

Telepathy or mind reading might be an interesting subject as well. The bible clearly states that the Holy Ghost is capable of revealing the truth. Some of the gifts of the Holy Ghost are the gift of Discernment of the Truth, the ability to speak in tongues and the ability to understand different tongues. The devil can also use some of these gifts to confuse people. The biblical purpose of the gift of tongues is spiritual enlightenment and the teaching of the Gospel, not confusion. Confusion is the work of the Devil. How can God know all things if he can not percieve our thoughts?

 

[MAME]

No to all

 

[piasabird]

The Term Ghost can have many meanings to different people. i.e. Tobins Spirit Guide??

That is what Eon in the Ghost busters always referred to. Dont know if this book actually exists.

Demon may be some sort of ghost/devil but you didnt mention demons.

There are many references to those who have passed over, or the dead. Then there are those people who get dreams about the dead where their dead relatives give them some message about something that is going to happen. My wife use to have what she called Preagnancy Dreams which she claims are symbolic of what the baby is going to be. Koreans beleive they can interpret these kind of dreams.

There are many things science just does not have a clear cut answer for when it comes to the mind.

 

[chrisms]

I believe there is a God. There have been just too many coincidences in my life that I think he is a humorous God, messing with us every once and awhile and keeping us in check. For example, I was buying condoms one day and feeling a bit paranoid because I hate running into people to begin with, let alone when I'm buying condoms. I ran into the #1 worst person in the world I could have ran into, with box in hand.

 

[classy]

Originally posted by: moshquerade
pretty much everybody believes in God on their deathbed

Yea, ain't that the truth. I call it just in case

 

[trmiv]

Side note, I hate how these large polls work in FuseTalk. There needs to be a "submit all" button on the bottom so you can just pick your answers and press that. This pressing vote for every one is stupid.

 

[AMDZen]

Yes or no? So someone should have already decided if there was a God or not? And be 100% sure either way?? See thats whats so flawed about everyone's logic when considering this.

There is no way we can be sure that there is a god. Or that there isn't. For all we know there are millions of gods, perhaps a seperate civilization that created this universe. So are they then our gods, or perhaps that civilization was created by one god, when he/she/it is merely another being, on another plain of existance - but that has countless other "beings" that also are able to create such things. It just goes on and on like that.

As far as I'm concerned, you might be sure that there is a god, somewhere deap inside you or whatever it is that faith uses as a vessel to the mind. But that doesn't mean jack IMO. Those people are simply naive and wish for solace in that thought. The same goes for anyone who is "Sure" there isn't a god, that person is naive and could never understand what or who god is, much less if this being exists - or even that this being isn't one of thousands of other such beings.

As for the rest of the questions. All of them are also not "YES OR NO" questions. Is there an afterlife?? How the hell can you know that, until you die. And guess what, your mind produces so many opiates and endorphines to make death easier, that anyone who says they've seen heaven only to come back and account their tale to anyone bored enough to listen, can't be sure either way either.

I realize the question was simply "Do you believe." But there should still be a third option, as "I don't know." And thats what set off this rant.

 

[QuitBanningMe]

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So
No to all.

There are a lot of people who beilieve in crap because it is really easy to convince yourself of things. None of it is actually real though.

We really need to find that pesky series of base-pairs that makes murder, rape and turture ok, among other things.

What does that even mean?

The group of genes that forms the God Spot.... that gives rise to religion. Gross oversimplification, but you get the point.



God Spot:

A tiny locus of nerve cells in the frontal lobe of the brain that appears to be activated during religious experiences. Neuroscientists from the University of California discovered the God Spot while studying epileptic patients who have intense mystical experiences during seizures.

I've read about this. My question is was this written into DNA after evolving with thousands of years of religion?

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So
No to all.

There are a lot of people who beilieve in crap because it is really easy to convince yourself of things. None of it is actually real though.

We really need to find that pesky series of base-pairs that makes murder, rape and turture ok, among other things.

What does that even mean?

The group of genes that forms the God Spot.... that gives rise to religion. Gross oversimplification, but you get the point.



God Spot:

A tiny locus of nerve cells in the frontal lobe of the brain that appears to be activated during religious experiences. Neuroscientists from the University of California discovered the God Spot while studying epileptic patients who have intense mystical experiences during seizures.

I've read about this. My question is was this written into DNA after evolving with thousands of years of religion?

Religion doesn't have that strong of a natural selection process, especially since the concept of religion is hard to define and what constitutes a "religious experience" is even harder. You probably have it backward. Its because this was in our DNA long ago , it was allowed the proliferation of religion of thousands of years. This of course, is assuming this God spot can truly be tied to influencing religion in a major way.

 

[Landroval]

Originally posted by: bunnyfubbles

Originally posted by: notfred
add "possibly" to each poll, please.

afraid to be wrong? I don't see how any of these questions you could honostly be indifferent on unless you don't understand it to begin with, of which that could be an option...

Some would need major qualifications, as one's interpretation of a term might be vastly different from the way others interpret it.

 

[Dofuss3000]

Originally posted by: QuitBanningMe

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So

Originally posted by: Dofuss3000

Originally posted by: So
No to all.

There are a lot of people who beilieve in crap because it is really easy to convince yourself of things. None of it is actually real though.

We really need to find that pesky series of base-pairs that makes murder, rape and turture ok, among other things.

What does that even mean?

The group of genes that forms the God Spot.... that gives rise to religion. Gross oversimplification, but you get the point.



God Spot:

A tiny locus of nerve cells in the frontal lobe of the brain that appears to be activated during religious experiences. Neuroscientists from the University of California discovered the God Spot while studying epileptic patients who have intense mystical experiences during seizures.

I've read about this. My question is was this written into DNA after evolving with thousands of years of religion?

No offense..... you have no idea how evolution works....... it takes several thousand years to create a noticable difference in skin color between two populations that shared a common ancestral region. Obviously the brain takes much, much longer to adapt (evolve) then skin color.