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While I agree with the sentiment, doesn't this belong in some kind of sceptics forum? I'd love to chat about how silly the notion of God is, but I fear here is not the place.

Its a joke Tom. And Craig was sharing it with us.
there is no point to be made, or discussion to be had.. Its just a joke.

Its about how all religions are the same in principle, they just give a different name to their figuehead.

I am totally that last guy. Love me some wine (or other drinks with kick =P).

Ahhh, I didn't realise the last one was a type of wine

bacchus, was the roman god of wine.

iFail

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He forgives us all. Now drink up !

He looks like Shaggy off Scoobydoo.

I think all of those religions have got it wrong. On the other hand the atheists might have it wrong too. Notice I only said "might" because they could be correct. However there is a possibility that God exists inside of us rather than outside of us. In other words WE are God! And there is only one God but then perhaps we are all one. We seem to be individuals but we aren't really.

Of course some of us are more godly than others. Perhaps we should go back to talking about card tricks now.

mark lewis wrote:I think all of those religions have got it wrong. On the other hand the atheists might have it wrong too. Notice I only said "might" because they could be correct. However there is a possibility that God exists inside of us rather than outside of us. In other words WE are God! And there is only one God but then perhaps we are all one. We seem to be individuals but we aren't really.

Of course some of us are more godly than others. Perhaps we should go back to talking about card tricks now.

I didn't put you down as the type Mr Lewis .
I was thinking this morning- (And I should point out before those irritating skeptics start crying and being irronically beligerent and dogmatic , that I am a through and through rationalist, but seemingly paradoxiacally a relativist which one would expect to negate my rationalism but it doesn't... it is very very very very very difficult to explain ) I cannot explain how I perceive colours... I don't mean scientiffically, but I cannot put it into verbiage. It is just an wave intensity that I experience visually, and the only way anybody else could derive any meaning from the 'surface structure' of the name of a colour is by relating it to their experience. However, my friend is colour blind. I have often been mid conversation and laugh at him for wearing pink socks and he had no idea that they were pink- he is lacking a muttually understood concept of colour and therefore 'pink' means nothing to him.
Well, when someone says they 'experience' a deity- could it not be something which as someone who does not experience a deity cannot relate to and therefore understand? Just a thought...
Still though, organised religion and the hypocritical religious zealots still annoy me and I don't believe at all in a God, I just like to be fair and remind people that 'truth' does not exist. And to those who disagree, I ask you- prove it. Here is a wonderful time to turn that 'burdon of proof' nonsense on its head

daleshrimpton wrote:bacchus, was the roman god of wine.

Actually it was wine, sex and eventually theater. (Although that was the Greek god Dionysus who the romans ripped off) In fact theater as we know it stems from the bacchae worship rituals. Which is ironic seeing as how men weren't allowed to take part. So I think the whole 'Women can't be in the theater' notion was revenge for them not allowing us to take part in their drug fulled, goat killing orgies.

Jean Eugene Roberts wrote:wine, sex and eventually theater

Now that's what I call a good night out...... with any luck, the first two in the third...

Young Samuel should remember that I am a man of the cloth after all. A psychic reverend no less. It does help to be a tiny bit spiritual in this line of work.

I would like some kind of definition of God that makes sense. The nearest I have found is that espoused by author Donald Walsh.

So what IS God? Unless we can come up with a satisfactory definition the sceptics have the best argument I am afraid.

God is whatever you want him\her\it to be, whatever gives you comfort. It could be a spiritual man with a beard on a cloud or it can be a nice spot by a river or in the woods or even just a memory or a thought. God is different things to different people.