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      musclejizz 0
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      I don't care for it. God is real. Whatever. God isn't real. Whatever. I live my life my way and my successess, my failures, that's all mine alone. God didn't do it. I did.

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        scramer
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        I'm nonreligious.

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          LEVI
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          @lockedbashed:

          Wanted to know how many people believe in  religion and what is their idea of homosexuality and religion?

          Very religious.

          I follow my faith. It might not be how others in my faith believe but as I tell them that is between my God and myself not between me and them.

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            lockedbashed
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            i want to be religious but i find it tough.. actually i think its the way one person relates to religion.. I was brought up with the perception tht religion has to be fullcircle.. that is being a good human.. knowing your religion..do good.. and so on.. Its very tough for me to ignore one aspect and consider myself religious.. most of the worl somehow manages to separate the 2.. but i find it difficult

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              @musclejizz:

              I don't care for it. God is real. Whatever. God isn't real. Whatever. I live my life my way and my successess, my failures, that's all mine alone. God didn't do it. I did.

              i guess Your right .. i guess that the best way.. You are your own moral compass

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                @LEVI:

                @lockedbashed:

                Wanted to know how many people believe in  religion and what is their idea of homosexuality and religion?

                Very religious.

                I follow my faith. It might not be how others in my faith believe but as I tell them that is between my God and myself not between me and them.

                'not judging' but sounds more like God here is your conscious

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                  pizcatote
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                  I am not religious. The idea of a God over us is unreal for me, it has no logic. We are not more than another animal creature on earth.

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                    LEVI
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                    @lockedbashed:

                    @LEVI:

                    @lockedbashed:

                    Wanted to know how many people believe in  religion and what is their idea of homosexuality and religion?

                    Very religious.

                    I follow my faith. It might not be how others in my faith believe but as I tell them that is between my God and myself not between me and them.

                    'not judging' but sounds more like God here is your conscious

                    Not really. I am just going to live my life the way I want to without anybody else telling me if something is wrong or not. That is up to me and my god to decide.

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                      @lockedbashed:

                      @LEVI:

                      @lockedbashed:

                      Wanted to know how many people believe in  religion and what is their idea of homosexuality and religion?

                      Very religious.

                      I follow my faith. It might not be how others in my faith believe but as I tell them that is between my God and myself not between me and them.

                      'not judging' but sounds more like God here is your conscious

                      Ur right i guess.. but everyone's conscious is not the same.. hence all the world problems arise

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                        nordicblue
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                        The possibilities defined by Pascal's Wager can be thought of as a decision under uncertainty with the values of the following decision matrix.

                        | | God exists (G) | God does not exist (¬G) |
                        | Belief (B) | +∞ (infinite gain) | −1 (finite loss) |
                        | Disbelief (¬B) | −∞ (infinite loss) | +1 (finite gain) |

                        The wager uses the following logic (excerpts from Pensées, part III, §233):

                        God is, or God is not. Reason cannot decide between the two alternatives.
                           A Game is being played… where heads or tails will turn up.
                           You must wager (it is not optional).
                           Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing.
                           Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. (...) There is here an infinity of an infinitely happy life to gain, a chance of gain against a finite number of chances of loss, and what you stake is finite. And so our proposition is of infinite force, when there is the finite to stake in a game where there are equal risks of gain and of loss, and the infinite to gain.
                           But some cannot believe. They should then 'at least learn your inability to believe...' and 'Endeavour then to convince' themselves.

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                        • raphjdR Offline
                          raphjd Forum Administrator
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                          Believing in god, just in case, is extremely dishonest.

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                            whoreduck
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                            I'm religious enough, believe in God and church, but not going every Sunday in church and not a big fan of priests.

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                              myrea
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                              I'm a kind of spiritual that hates the words "faith" "belief" and "dogma" so not really religeous, just a wanderer really 🙂

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                                uzuzjh
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                                i dont like to talk about my faith as i dont like people to do the same. anyone who's preachin n stuff's nutts in my eye. it only drags people away from "god" or whatever you want to call it.

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                                  nordicblue
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                                  @raphjd:

                                  Believing in god, just in case, is extremely dishonest.

                                  It is not "just in case".  It is choosing to believe based upon the reasons stated earlier.  Dishonest to whom?  Definitely not to God, because he would know anyway.

                                  @nordicblue:

                                  The possibilities defined by Pascal's Wager can be thought of as a decision under uncertainty with the values of the following decision matrix.

                                  | | God exists (G) | God does not exist (¬G) |
                                  | Belief (B) | +∞ (infinite gain) | −1 (finite loss) |
                                  | Disbelief (¬B) | −∞ (infinite loss) | +1 (finite gain) |

                                  The wager uses the following logic (excerpts from Pensées, part III, §233):

                                  God is, or God is not. Reason cannot decide between the two alternatives.
                                     A Game is being played… where heads or tails will turn up.
                                     You must wager (it is not optional).
                                     Let us weigh the gain and the loss in wagering that God is. Let us estimate these two chances. If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing.
                                     Wager, then, without hesitation that He is. (...) There is here an infinity of an infinitely happy life to gain, a chance of gain against a finite number of chances of loss, and what you stake is finite. And so our proposition is of infinite force, when there is the finite to stake in a game where there are equal risks of gain and of loss, and the infinite to gain.
                                     But some cannot believe. They should then 'at least learn your inability to believe...' and 'Endeavour then to convince' themselves.

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                                  • raphjdR Offline
                                    raphjd Forum Administrator
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                                    It is believing "just in case".

                                    If you gain, you gain all; if you lose, you lose nothing.

                                    Pascal's Wager is all about; all things being equal, you should believe just in case you are wrong.

                                    It's the same logic kids use for Santa and the Easter Bunny.

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                                      after
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                                      I am not religious and it is a big mystery for me why some people are religious. I just don't get it. For me everything makes much more sense without a god (gods, goddesses etc)

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                                        lockedbashed
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                                        @after:

                                        I am not religious and it is a big mystery for me why some people are religious. I just don't get it. For me everything makes much more sense without a god (gods, goddesses etc)

                                        well.. everyone wants to believe in something..

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                                          nordicblue
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                                            fistlover
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                                            Define "religious". Do I believe in a higher intelligence/power? yes!
                                            Do I follow any specific rites of worship? no!
                                            Does that make me religious or not religious?

                                            Also, I don't see ppl addressing the homosexuality question. Orthodox religions are, basically, dead set against
                                            homosexuality. I have come across ppl who read the bible to mean that only anal sex between men is forbidden
                                            and everything else is allowed.

                                            Personally, I think that anyone who bothers with who is sleeping with whom and via which orifice, is actually more of a gossip or pervert
                                            than a glorious all-father to whom we should all turn.

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