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Old 03-22-2004, 01:42 AM   #41
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So, from the fact that I ask for evidence that your god exists, you somehow know I am a greedy prostitute-using warmongering demon businessman? You're not speaking enlightenment, you're speaking slander. I am not greedy. I do not use prostitutes. I am not a warmongerer. I demand a retraction.

Some actual evidence of anything you say would also be nice. Saying so doesn't make it so; the universe does as it damn well pleases, no matter what we believe.
Hello!

Sorry,I did not know you're so pure living! Hope you're vegetarian,as this is also war against millions of other entities for the pleasure of your tongue! You don't have to make war youself,only by paying tax,you are participating in all the government's killings.

I think I have explained enough before that all spirittual matters are not visible to the naked eye,but we have the symptoms of life.As soon as life (or soul ) goes from the body,it decomposes.But you don't seem to want to understand.
Let's compare like a driver in a car. As soon as the driver leaves the car,it will stay there rotting!You are the driver of your machine,as the body is just a machine. The eyes,perfect camera,the heart: a perfect pump etc,the brains a perfect computer.,but who is looking through these eyes? Who's using the computer? This is the question!!!

Is that not evidence? You may think the universe is going on by itself,you're free to think this way. Our small brains cannot grasp the greatness of so huge a creation,and pride makes you reject of a superior intelligence overlooking the whole matter.

The problem is for most westerners, is that they have been cheated so much by christianity or islam that they are allergic to seking God. So much literature is available now from the East,but still ,you won't study. It's a pity! Just to come to this planet,live like an animal and leave without knowing your destiny.

If you just want to discuss for discussion's sake,then I'm wasting my time, and so let me take leave in the hope that you'll make further studies at:




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I think I have explained enough before that all spirittual matters are not visible to the naked eye,but we have the symptoms of life.As soon as life (or soul ) goes from the body,it decomposes.But you don't seem to want to understand.
I do understand what you're saying, I simply don't agree with it. I don't see how the fact that people can die implies that we have a soul.
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Let's compare like a driver in a car. As soon as the driver leaves the car,it will stay there rotting!
False analogy, I am not a vehicle.

It seems more like a painting; a canvas, while not the painting itself, serves as the foundation for a painting. As the canvas decays, the painting decays with it. The brain is the "canvas" for thought, so to speak.

This explains a great many things that a seperate soul/body dichtomy cannot. If the soul is seperate, why can physically damaging the brain impair one's mental ability? An eternal nonphysical soul obviously wouldn't be damaged.

If the soul is seperate, why do drugs that affect neurotransmitters alter our thought processes? An eternal nonphysical soul obviously wouldn't be affected.

You see what I mean? It's not that I am rejecting the idea out of hand, I have given it considerable thought. It simply does not fit the facts.
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the brains a perfect computer.
The brain is not a computer, it doesn't even resemble one, and a computer is not a brain. They do vastly different things and behave in vastly different ways.
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Is that not evidence?
No. You need to learn more about computers and brains and the differences betwixt them.
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You may think the universe is going on by itself,you're free to think this way. Our small brains cannot grasp the greatness of so huge a creation
You are seriously contradicting yourself here. Our small brains cannot grasp the greatness of so huge a creation? You would have us believe the brain doesn't do anything but house a soul. We cannot grasp it? Then what makes you so sure that you know what you think you do?
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pride makes you reject of a superior intelligence overlooking the whole matter.
I haven't rejected the idea. I simply see no evidence for it at this time. You seem to think there are only two answers, 'yes' or 'no', but there is a third: "I Don't Know". At this point in time, I don't know if there is a god, or a soul, or anything supernatural, and having never seen any evidence for them, it would be arrogant of me to presume they exist. I don't consider this "prideful", I consider it "honest".
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The problem is for most westerners, is that they have been cheated so much by christianity or islam that they are allergic to seeking God.
What about those in the West that never believed in the first place, and hence were never cheated?
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So much literature is available now from the East, but still, you won't study. It's a pity!
So far all you have asked me to do is take your word that everything you say is true. Even if YOU think what you say is true, there's the old adage "Saying so won't make it so". That website just wants to sell me a lot of books of someone else's opinions on what he believes to be true.

I don't want someone else's predigested opinions.
I don't want pretty corrolary and metaphor alluding to nothing and building on nothing.
I want to see things myself, test things myself, and think things through myself. That means needing facts.

So. What would you have me read? Honestly, what?
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Old 03-24-2004, 03:59 AM   #43
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I do understand what you're saying, I simply don't agree with it. I don't see how the fact that people can die implies that we have a soul. False analogy, I am not a vehicle.

As I said before,your whole body DIES every 7 yrs.All the cells renew themselves continuously,including the brain cells.So what is staying alive?

It seems more like a painting; a canvas, while not the painting itself, serves as the foundation for a painting. As the canvas decays, the painting decays with it. The brain is the "canvas" for thought, so to speak.

This explains a great many things that a seperate soul/body dichtomy cannot. If the soul is seperate, why can physically damaging the brain impair one's mental ability? An eternal nonphysical soul obviously wouldn't be damaged.

The soul is not affected by any material means.The mind,yes.It can be repaired,like a broken computer.

If the soul is seperate, why do drugs that affect neurotransmitters alter our thought processes? An eternal nonphysical soul obviously wouldn't be affected.

There again,you are confusing soul and mind. You are not your mind. Ideas of your mind changes continuously. People go from one belief to another or they can also be forced,like when Muslims or christians,after conquering territories,forced the Hindus to believe in islam. You were probably a christian before,but now scientists aremaking you believe the big bang,or that your ancestors were monkeys,and your mind accepts it But the soul knows its real relationship with the Supreme and it is suffering in this material world having to bear so much of life's problems...


You see what I mean? It's not that I am rejecting the idea out of hand, I have given it considerable thought. It simply does not fit the facts. The brain is not a computer, it doesn't even resemble one, and a computer is not a brain. They do vastly different things and behave in vastly different ways. No. You need to learn more about computers and brains and the differences betwixt them. You are seriously contradicting yourself here. Our small brains cannot grasp the greatness of so huge a creation? You would have us believe the brain doesn't do anything but house a soul. We cannot grasp it? Then what makes you so sure that you know what you think you do? I haven't rejected the idea. I simply see no evidence for it at this time. You seem to think there are only two answers, 'yes' or 'no', but there is a third: "I Don't Know". At this point in time, I don't know if there is a god, or a soul, or anything supernatural, and having never seen any evidence for them, it would be arrogant of me to presume they exist. I don't consider this "prideful", I consider it "honest". What about those in the West that never believed in the first place, and hence were never cheated? So far all you have asked me to do is take your word that everything you say is true. Even if YOU think what you say is true, there's the old adage "Saying so won't make it so". That website just wants to sell me a lot of books of someone else's opinions on what he believes to be true.

T hose whose never look for metaphysical answers to life are just like animals:take birth,eating ,sleeping ,mating and defending. You see any differnce?


I don't want someone else's predigested opinions.
I don't want pretty corrolary and metaphor alluding to nothing and building on nothing.
I want to see things myself, test things myself, and think things through myself. That means needing facts.

When you want to learn anything in the material world,don't you have to have a master?Books? So,Study of the soul require a master,who himself has studied,and this goes back to the first being,Lord Brahma,and it goes back to Krishna. The Bhagavad Gita is the words of Krishna,unaltered,due to strict disciplic succession. It is now available anywhere.

So why do you want to know all by yourself?This great pride is the greatest obstacle for your spiritual life. Once you bow down,and serve a spiritual master,many truths will be revealed in your heart.

Millions of years of thinking will lead you nowhere!
Think how tiny you are in this universe!And there are millions of universes and much more intelligent beings on other planets,but still they don't know the Supreme unless they bow down to Him and serve Him.




So. What would you have me read? Honestly, what?
As I said,the Vedas is not written by these terrorists,who were the christians and muslims. When someone create,say a computer,or a software,he must give the methods of using it.
So the vedas is "how to use this material world as intelligently as posible,how to use this body,so as to make it an instrument pleasing to God.

Those,in the name of freedom,who are putting alcool in their blood,eating meat for food,creating hellish factories for work,putting poison on crops,enginering plants to make more and more profit,creating unemployment for the mass of people,polluting rivers and sea,creating new diseases,prostitute houses,killing babies in the womb,inventing crazy "scientific" theories,creating wars for profit etc,do not know how to be in harmony with nature,but the sages who have studied the vedas,know the laws of God, and can direct society for the pleasure of God and also of the whole population.This has been proved in the past when pious kings ruled the earth with justice. The stories of such kings are found in the vedas,as well as the numerous incarnations of God on earth.Modern history is full of lies,concealing the existence of great civilisations millions of years ago.A devotee is currently working on this subject,Drutakarma ,at mcremo.com.Have a look!

Hare Krishna!
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the sages who have studied the vedas,know the laws of God, and can direct society for the pleasure of God and also of the whole population.This has been proved in the past when pious kings ruled the earth with justice. The stories of such kings are found in the vedas,as well as the numerous incarnations of God on earth
The evidence for the Vedas is in the Vedas. Well, isn't that convenient. I trust you're aware that people of other religions say that the evidence for the Qur'an is in the Qur'an, the evidence for the New Testament is in the New Testament, etc.

Lots of holy books have stories of "pious kings" who "ruled the earth with justice." Give me one good reason why I should believe yours and not the others.

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If your holy faith has timeless answers, why does your answer on this issue change completely every single time you raise the subject?
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Modern history is full of lies,concealing the existence of great civilisations millions of years ago.
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Hear that? That's your credibility.
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Like the ones that allowed people to design the computer that you're using? Or did the pious kings who ruled the earth with justice in Vedic times have computers and the Internet, too?
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Like the ones that allowed people to design the computer that you're using? Or did the pious kings who ruled the earth with justice in Vedic times have computers and the Internet, too?
Hello!

I can see that you haven't read much!
Civilisation is not what these archeologists say.
Much greater civilisations have existed in the past,and if you know anything about yoga,which allows people to get mystic powers,like to know exactly when you will die or what body(of animal)you will get!Right now you can go to India and get such revelations!But you tend to think The West is so advanced. It's actually a complete chaos!Ready to explode in nuclear warfare at any time....

RE internet such yogis can read you minds and send messages to other planets....

They can also travel without any motor car to thousands of miles away and even to other planets....

How about that?
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I'm still a little confused here. Was David Koresh the last prophet or was it L Ron Hubbard?
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I'm still a little confused here. Was David Koresh the last prophet or was it L Ron Hubbard?
don't know these people!
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don't know these people!
Then I can see that you haven't read much.
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