News Stephan Hawking Declares There is No God

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  1. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    Wood sprites, mermaids, god, what's the difference?
     
    LaSalleAve, Oct 18, 2014
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  2. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Its a matter of perspective. Billions of people believe in God. I may be wrong but I don't think anybody believes in wood sprites or mermaids. I don't know that Sprite exists but I prefer 7 Up.
     
    Bengal B, Oct 18, 2014
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  3. LaSalleAve

    LaSalleAve when in doubt, mumble

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    So what about Zeus?
     
    LaSalleAve, Oct 18, 2014
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  4. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    Zeus is how the Hispanics came to pronounce Jesus as Hey Zeus
     
    Bengal B, Oct 18, 2014
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  5. MLUTiger

    MLUTiger Secular Humanist

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    The question people should as is why did God make Stephen Hawking atheist?
     
    MLUTiger, Oct 18, 2014
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  6. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Indeed, they believe in about 275 very different Gods. And there has scarcely ever been a tribe of humans who did not consider themselves The Chosen People. How does that work? Logical deduction concludes that they cannot all be right, but they can all be wrong.

    You are wrong. There are people who believe in almost anything. But that is just as irrelevant as billions of believers in god.

    I agree that something as long-lasting and pervasive as human belief in a diety is significant. It does not prove the existence of a diety, but it does demonstrate that paranormal concepts are part of the human psyche. Perhaps an important part.
     
    red55, Oct 19, 2014
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  7. Bengal B

    Bengal B Founding Member

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    The major monotheistic religions all believe in the same God even if they call Him by different names and have different interpretations of what He expects and commands them to do. Nothing can ever prove or disprove the existence of any deity. The fact that almost every culture in the history of humanity has some kind of belief system does seem to indicate if not prove that the want to believe in something bigger than the individual is universal.

    If anybody does really believe in wood sprites its probably @LaSalleAve :)
     
    Bengal B, Oct 19, 2014
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  8. mancha

    mancha Alabama morghulis

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    That is the devils doing.
     
    mancha, Oct 19, 2014
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  9. mancha

    mancha Alabama morghulis

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    Wood Sprites are only visible if you eat the magic mushroom.
     
    mancha, Oct 19, 2014
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  10. LSUpride123

    LSUpride123 PureBlood

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    I did that once. Got dumped the next day, but I swear the trees where talking!
     
    LSUpride123, Oct 19, 2014
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