Do you think God laughs at us?

Originally posted by Alliance
Do you judge a book by its cover? and the dragon is what...good or bad?

I actually often do judge a book by its cover. I typically consider the value of interacting with things based on their appearance before pursuing further. If I have the time, or leisure, I will look deeper and am often pleasantly rewarded. I have though often found that the cover does represent a portion of what is inside, and if it is something I dislike I typically will not pursue it if I do not have extra time.

I believe that most everything behaves in a manner it believes to be "good" from its perspective. Given this I would consider these things in a real life judgement call, if I was required to make such a call.

A good example of this is a marriage where the man has cheated on the woman. Who is at fault? Most people will say the man because he broke the contract entered into by the marriage. But let us say that he is against divorce. He has had issues with his wife's lack of libido and lack of desire to overcome it. He has talked with her about the problem and she has responded in such a way as to show disdain for his feelings on the matter. He is so strongly against divorce that it does not occur. Does she not then share some of the responsibility for the action that occurred?

I answered the question, if you caught it.

Originally posted by Alliance
Nice interpretation.

What I see, the reason I put "face your power" in is this:

I can't judge 👆 or 👇 good or bad because I know ntohing about these characters. But what I do know is this...they are connected. They achieve their power through one another. Its all about duality.

But...instead of thinking of the dragon and the soldier seperately...think of them together...as a system...a self-sustaining cecly of power that powers itself. It is both inherently good and bad, but above all...it is power. (Abraxas)

Many of my sigs have philisophical/religious meaning.

Now, we start getting closer to the heart of the issue.

I believe there is opposition in all things. Given this God is not "good" without the existence of "evil." Now, if an antithesis did not exist, God would be required to embody both "good" and "evil" or lose the embodiment of "good." Would "good" and "evil" exist if the God embodied both? I would say no. How would a definition be derived. Now, given that there is an antithesis (e.g. satan, devil, lucifer, whatever it is called) there is no need for God to embody both. Also, if God embodied both, there would still be required an antithesis. This antithesis would embody the absence of "good" and "evil." I do not believe that there could be a balance with a God embodying all aspects. For me, the system is a part of the laws governing all of existence.

That being said, the idea merely conflicts with my beliefs, the idea exists so who knows. It was an interesting read. If he was an Egyptian God, he was part of a group of Gods, and not alone.

The point is...(Abraxas is a monothiestic god)...is that duality does exist...but its only a perception of man. Chrsitianity is wrapped up in dualities becuase its trying to prove a point. What Abraxas does is divinely negate man's perception of what is inherently good and evil. There is no good or evil...there is only power. Power needs no antithesis...Abraxas only is. He is the giver and the taker.

I know what your beliefs are. Thats why I thought I'd introduce you to a religous philosophy that contradicts your beliefs. Hopefully you fouund it somewhat redeeming.

Originally posted by SlipknoT
Maybe when people trip or fall down

I can see God saying "Haha you fell, what a loser" 😆

Originally posted by Lord Urizen
I love how JustbyFaith ignores the Abraxas diety....

Just the name gives me a headache. Advil take me away... 🙄

Originally posted by Regret
I believe that all that is good comes from God.

Is laughing good? If so, it comes from God and is a part of him. Besides that, we humans are amazingly apt at making asses of ourselves.

Having sex is good as well, but its often deionised by the organised religions.

Originally posted by Celestialgirl
Do you think God laughs at us? I do. If you atheists wanna post here go ahead I'm saying if you did beleive he existed? I do because life is funny especially mine.

Hmm, if my guess of reality is true God does not laugh at us, since he doesn't exist.
If the Christian world view is right the supreme fascist doesn't laugh at us cause he/she/it/france likes us..and stuff.

But, if I were God, hell yes, I'd have a good laugh at all of us every day.

What if god isn't what we think it is, but part of what we are?.......Then of course..........WE ALL LAUGH..........It's part of our heaven or hell here and now......We create our own path to what we want to experience...If you throw out all the garbage you've been taught in the denominational setting, then yes..........Life could be a pleasure. But YOU have to make it one........It's You're creation and your views and how YOU react to it.........IT'S YOURS............Don't let anyone tell you it's not.....

Don't pass the buck.....

Originally posted by lil bitchiness
Having sex is good as well, but its often deionised by the organised religions.

In proper contexts yes, it is good.

I am stepping away from my beliefs for a second and moving into science to discuss this.

Sex releases chemicals in the brain that are interpreted as pleasurable and are addictive. It has no redeeming value in itself. Sex does have bi products in that the positive sensation is a unconditioned response that is paired with the partner in the act, and this pairing can increase the strength of the attraction of the partner. This attraction can be an issue if the strength of attraction is unequal, or if there is a threat to the reciprocation of this attraction. This can be avoided through frequent novel partners. This increase in attraction leads to a protective attitude of the partner. Is this a positive effect? It really does not equal a positive effect other than maintaining a sexual partner. The positive effect is reproduction, reproduction is positive because one of the few "drives" in human physiology. Given this, if sex increases the probability of offspring it is "good." Now, if sex leads to offspring that do not have the resources available for their care then the reproduction would not be considered "good" because the offspring would die. So, if the offspring are being cared for sex was good, if not, it was not.

I don't really see how, from a scientific view sex can be considered good. It seems that it drives to a situation that limits the activities of one or both of the partners. It seems that the negatives outweigh the positives, unless reproduction is the goal, there seems to be a lacking of good in sex.

Now I'm speculating based on what I know, so please don't jump down my throat. I am assuming that good and evil would have to be defined by science, from a stance that there is no supernatural force directing it. Point out where, from a scientific stance, I am wrong.

Originally posted by Celestialgirl
Do you think God laughs at us? I do. If you atheists wanna post here go ahead I'm saying if you did beleive he existed? I do because life is funny especially mine.

How is ur life funny?

God laughs at us, kind of when, as kids, we laughed at those poor little spiders we had captured in a jar and then shaked the jar a little to get it angry.

We all did it...right ?

Originally posted by SP90
God laughs at us, kind of when, as kids, we laughed at those poor little spiders we had captured in a jar and then shaked the jar a little to get it angry.

We all did it...right ?

Not me.I think the spider laughed at me when I screamed as it got on my pyjamas. Spiders! [shudders] AwWHHHH! They giv me the creeps! I HATE SPIDERS!!!

That's why you should capture a little baby spider and play with it, then feed it until it's big and never stop playing with it until you realize you're playing with a big disgusting ugly hairy spider...