Originally posted by §P0oONY
I don't think that, I just think we're too scared to use them.... But it only takes one psycho with a big red button.Humanity is unlikely to end in our lifetime though, so who cares?
That's why you gotta have faith. Humanity will never die until nature or god says it's time. the only thing more adaptable than humans is SCO
Blaind faith arguably caused 9/11.
'Cause science promises no virgins in any afterlife.
And lets not confuse Humanity with continued existance of mankind.
There are plenty of people walking round with little or no humanity to them at all.
And all it takes to kill or hate for those people, is a few words in an old book, voices in their head or even if they just dont like the other guy's face..
Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
Blaind faith arguably caused 9/11.'Cause science promises no virgins in any afterlife.
And lets not confuse Humanity with continued existance of mankind.
There are plenty of people walking round with little or no humanity to them at all.
And all it takes to kill or hate for those people, is a few words in an old book, voices in their head or even if they just dont like the other guy's face..
Science built the towers. Science built the planes. Science built the weapons they use to highjack the planes.
Just sayin'.
Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
Blaind faith arguably caused 9/11.'Cause science promises no virgins in any afterlife.
And lets not confuse Humanity with continued existance of mankind.
There are plenty of people walking round with little or no humanity to them at all.
And all it takes to kill or hate for those people, is a few words in an old book, voices in their head or even if they just dont like the other guy's face..
There is a good for every evil, my friend. 😉
Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
As far as the Earth actually ceasing to exist as a planet, the Bible says in Revelation, after Christ's Millennial reign on Earth....God will destroy the heavens and the Earth..and in turn create a new heaven and a new Earth.
Sounds ripped off from the Norse.
Or maybe the other way round.
Originally posted by Symmetric Chaos
Science built the towers. Science built the planes. Science built the weapons they use to highjack the planes.Just sayin'.
Correct.
Now if religion hadn't gotten involved, they wouldnt have been exploited/destroyed. 🙂
I know that smacks a little of "Guns dont kill people, but people kill people", but it stands.
Originally posted by jinXed by JaNx
There is a good for every evil, my friend. 😉
So cause Hitler might have had a good singing voice or been a painter/artist, should we forgive him for the rest of his his actions?
I personally wouldn't.
A bad man can do terrible things.
A bad man can do some good things.
But to make an good man do terrible things, you need religion.
Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
So cause Hitler might have had a good singing voice or been a painter/artist, should we forgive him for the rest of his his actions?I personally wouldn't.
A bad man can do terrible things.
A bad man can do some good things.But to make an good man do terrible things, you need religion.
😂 I didn't say that Hitler should be forgiven. I didn't even say he should be judged. I was insinuating that there is definitely a balance...,for every hitler there is a Harrison Ford.
Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
Correct.Now if religion hadn't gotten involved, they wouldnt have been exploited/destroyed. 🙂
I know that smacks a little of "Guns dont kill people, but people kill people", but it stands.
😆
Too damn true, dude. That's how it works. Science can do wonderful things but all it takes is a theist dumb ass to RUIN it for everyone! 😠
Originally posted by Sadako of Girth
But to make an good man do terrible things, you need religion.
Wow, this is awesome. Profiling this b*tch.
Originally posted by Robtard
Plagiarist rarely go around stating that they plagiarized.
That is true. However, that isn't proof that he did plagiarize.
Like most cultures, pre-Columbian Native Americans had stories of a Great Deluge. It wouldn't be likely that they got these stories from reading Gilgamesh or reading Noah's account in Genesis. So, stories and events can be similar without being ripped off from another culture.
Originally posted by Tattoos N Scars
Like most cultures, pre-Columbian Native Americans had stories of a Great Deluge. It wouldn't be likely that they got these stories from reading Gilgamesh or reading Noah's account in Genesis. So, stories and events can be similar without being ripped off from another culture.
This is true.
In regards to the Old Testament, there is good reason to believe the Jews borrowed from older surrounding cultures like the Egyptians and Assyrians. But that has nothing to do with this thread.
Originally posted by Robtard
This is true.In regards to the Old Testament, there is good reason to believe the Jews borrowed from older surrounding cultures like the Egyptians and Assyrians. But that has nothing to do with this thread.
Indeed, I've read many books and articles comparing the Bible's events with other similar events in Egypt and Mesopotamia. Was Noah's story taken from Gilgamesh, or other similar stories which preceded it? I can see the argument. Obviously, I believe Noah's story is original and I believe a worldwide flood did occur in the past. However, I can't prove that with real world evidence, so I will not attempt to do so. However, it is a fact that the Genesis account and Gilgamesh are rooted in the same geographical region. I will also state that there is evidence for vast local flooding in that area, from the Euphrates overflooding its banks.
The Hebrew people trace their origins to Ur, in modern day Iraq. The Hebrew people would experience the same localized flooding as the individual who wrote the epic of Gilgamesh. With that said, was Noah a ripoff of Gilgamesh? I wouldn't think so. It could be an account of the same story, not an attempt at plagiarism.
However, the problem with these Flood stories is that they occur in every culture around the world. Many of these cultures were isolated from other cultures with similar stories. So, how do you harmonize these occurences? It could be argued that these stories occured randomly, by chance. That is plausible, but not very likely. It could be argued that the flood events were all localized to that culture's area. That is even more plausible. However, most of those accounts were too devastating to be only "localized" events. Most of these stories imply a much larger area of devastation, than just a local river exceeding its banks. Also, like most cultures, these flood events were said to occur in an ancient time...and nothing like it has never been witnessed again. How do you harmonize that with every Deluge story, unless there was a worldwide flood? Not an easy question to answer. That is my only "proof" of a worldwide flood...however, it can not be proved by science.
Getting back to Noah vs Gilgamesh, I believe Noah's account was not plagiarized, but a witness to the same account as Gilgamesh. If that argument doesn't hold water, then I would argue that all cultures have a unique Deluge story. Why should the Hebrew account be any different?
And stories get amplified as they were passed on/stolen/copied..
It was probably originally a raft with a sheep and a couple of chickens, saved during a local flood.
Then it ends up with 2 or every species of animals from all corners of the earth completing their journey to noah in like a day/week, or vice versa, and somehow all the animals never ate and ****ed each other to death. 😖hifty:
The fact that utter bollocks is copied around different cultures over time is not a guarantee that their is any truth there. 🙂