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Offline Ralf Biermann

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The Sense Of Life
« on: March 02, 2012, 03:17:27 pm »
Hello All,

I just found this forum while searching for my name (this is really scary). In the meantime I got a little bit distance to the religious thing, however I don't see any resonable explanation for a universe without God. What Do You think?

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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2012, 03:55:48 pm »
Well, as an atheist, I can't really understand where belief in God comes from. I don't disrespect people who believe in him, so long as they're good people (and we have several at least on these boards). That's my perspective in a nutshell.
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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2012, 03:57:01 pm »
Right now, my main question is how you found this forum by googling your name.

I apologize if this comes off as cold, and if I turn out to be wrong, but everything about your post seems...off. Like it is meant to incite a reaction. From your randomly capitalizing words to...well...your mention of finding this place just because you googled your name.

This.  Seems like someone's trolling to me.
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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2012, 04:38:29 pm »
Right now, my main question is how you found this forum by googling your name.

I apologize if this comes off as cold, and if I turn out to be wrong, but everything about your post seems...off. Like it is meant to incite a reaction. From your randomly capitalizing words to...well...your mention of finding this place just because you googled your name.

This.  Seems like someone's trolling to me.

Yeah, could be.  The thing about finding us by googling his name is really odd.  But it might be interesting to see what direction this takes.

Anyway, just to explore this a bit and see what happens...

I see no reason for a creator being.  Although the exact mechanism is not known (nor may never be known,), science has come up with a fairly satisfactory and reasonable theory for the beginning of the current universe as well as the beginning of life on this planet based on the evidence obtained so far.  I am an amateur astronomer and as it states under my avatar, the heavens convince me there is no God.  If there were one, why the need to create so many objects that are visible only through high powered telescopes.  The majority of people will never see them and, quite frankly, they don't give a damn whether they are there or not.  And there are vastly more objects in the universe that can't be seen with the naked eye than there are ones that can be.  It just seems like an inefficient and unnecessary design if in fact it was "created." 

I know it can be argued that all those objects help to hold the universe together.  But I reject that argument for a created universe.  If a deity exists that is capable of creating the universe, it would certainly be capable of creating one that can stand alone with what we can see.  Sort of like, you know, what the Bible says happened.
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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2012, 04:43:28 pm »
Well, as an atheist, I can't really understand where belief in God comes from. I don't disrespect people who believe in him, so long as they're good people (and we have several at least on these boards). That's my perspective in a nutshell.

This. Pretty much.

Also wondering about googling ones name... But who would be fool enough to use their real name as a username?

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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2012, 04:47:12 pm »
What do I think? I think you have too much time on your hands.
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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2012, 05:07:50 pm »
Hello All,

I just found this forum while searching for my name (this is really scary). In the meantime I got a little bit distance to the religious thing, however I don't see any resonable explanation for a universe without God. What Do You think?

Best Regards
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As an agnostic, my take on it is that maybe there's a higher power behind existence and maybe there isn't. But even if we conclude that there must be something that created the universe as we know it, that doesn't tell us anything about that creator. In other words, we don't know which religion, if any, is the right one, or what the creator wants from us, if anything.

And for most practical purposes, that's no different than atheism.

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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2012, 05:09:10 pm »
Also wondering about googling ones name... But who would be fool enough to use their real name as a username?
An aspiring illustrator trying to gain name recognition, for one. I'm just sayin'.

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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2012, 05:10:13 pm »
Moving this thread to Preaching and Worshiping as it seems to be more appropriate there.
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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #9 on: March 02, 2012, 05:18:24 pm »
Also wondering about googling ones name... But who would be fool enough to use their real name as a username?
An aspiring illustrator trying to gain name recognition, for one. I'm just sayin'.

Point taken. I apologise.

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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #10 on: March 02, 2012, 06:01:13 pm »
Also wondering about googling ones name... But who would be fool enough to use their real name as a username?
An aspiring illustrator trying to gain name recognition, for one. I'm just sayin'.

Actually, if my first Google result is correct, he's a professor.
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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #11 on: March 02, 2012, 06:07:05 pm »
Also wondering about googling ones name... But who would be fool enough to use their real name as a username?
An aspiring illustrator trying to gain name recognition, for one. I'm just sayin'.

Actually, if my first Google result is correct, he's a professor.

Well, he said he was googling his name, he may have stumbled on this quote while doing so since it shares his name.

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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #12 on: March 02, 2012, 06:25:54 pm »
Right now, my main question is how you found this forum by googling your name.

I apologize if this comes off as cold, and if I turn out to be wrong, but everything about your post seems...off. Like it is meant to incite a reaction. From your randomly capitalizing words to...well...your mention of finding this place just because you googled your name.

This.  Seems like someone's trolling to me.

Yeah, could be.  The thing about finding us by googling his name is really odd.  But it might be interesting to see what direction this takes.

Anyway, just to explore this a bit and see what happens...

I see no reason for a creator being.  Although the exact mechanism is not known (nor may never be known,), science has come up with a fairly satisfactory and reasonable theory for the beginning of the current universe as well as the beginning of life on this planet based on the evidence obtained so far.  I am an amateur astronomer and as it states under my avatar, the heavens convince me there is no God.  If there were one, why the need to create so many objects that are visible only through high powered telescopes.  The majority of people will never see them and, quite frankly, they don't give a damn whether they are there or not.  And there are vastly more objects in the universe that can't be seen with the naked eye than there are ones that can be.  It just seems like an inefficient and unnecessary design if in fact it was "created." 

Basically, this. Occam's Razor. I'm an atheist but I don't hate religion and I don't think people are idiots just because of their religious beliefs. I care moreso about whether they're consistent with their own values and if they're good-hearted people than if I agree with them politically or religiously or not.
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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #13 on: March 02, 2012, 06:51:11 pm »
Also wondering about googling ones name... But who would be fool enough to use their real name as a username?
An aspiring illustrator trying to gain name recognition, for one. I'm just sayin'.

Actually, if my first Google result is correct, he's a professor.

Well, he said he was googling his name, he may have stumbled on this quote while doing so since it shares his name.

HOLY SHIT!

I just found that quote in Random Quotes. That's one hell of a coincidence. O_O Anyway... yeah... you were quoted for saying stupid shit. No personal info about you beyond your name was kept. Nothing to worry about, except you're a flaming moron.

EDIT: If I'm going to call somebody a moron, I'm going to do it with proper grammar. >_>
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Re: The Sense Of Life
« Reply #14 on: March 02, 2012, 06:54:03 pm »
What do I think? I think you have too much time on your hands.

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