General Chat

G'nite Bendy I'm with Marjorie on this one. Perhaps God is the Programmer who designed our basic Gene structure. It would be very interesting to look at the genes of the first lifeform here. That could have been God's input to life as we know it and we at least claim to be the only strand of his creation to comprehend the possibility that He exists. And that genetic structure ciould have been seeded onto the Earth. jim

nite Wendy

CB You said "It is a symbolic way of describing something beyond human comprehension, but surely what matters is that the creative force was God - or whatever we choose to call it/him/her - and that mankind should respect the fact that there is a power far greater than that of arrogant humans who claim to know so much, but in fact know so little." What matters actually is personal choice. You choose to believe the above, I choose not to. I don't believe that there is a higher power. I also don't claim to understand everything - however, at least when confronted with something I don't understand, I don't just say "ah well, God made that, and that's all that matters" Paul :o)

It was a simple one line comment, which he clearly changed his mind about and removed, therefore I'll respect his choice and not repeat it. It was non offensive though, I just wondered exactly what he meant.

But surely?! As far as I recall it, the amoeba was the first form of life on Earth and everything else developed from that. Evolution merely caused the amoeba to adapt in different ways to produce different animal species. Along the way, many new species must have emerged and died out because they were unsuited to their surroundings. Man and the Ape developed along side each other, what is so strange about that? And several species of man have died out - Neanderthal Man etc, because they couldnt "compete" with another type of, superior in some way, man. And, did you know, we share more chromosomes with a banana than we do with the Apes? Me, I'm a "Life came from Outer Space" believer, but I do not see that this in any way a contradiction to the Religious belief that God created Man - someone after all, had to create the first amoeba and send it here!

Good night Ann XX

Sadly the term "religious fanatics" does inslude the word "religious", and it's no there accidentally. It is unfair to class all those with faith in the same category, and I would never wish to do so... however it is a FACT that many fanatical groups are driven by religion.

We agree on that Jim. And on that note I am off to bed. Probably wont sleep now, brain (what there is of it) too stimulated. Nite Ann glos

Seems he decided against posting Ann.

Yes Ann I am. It is the Fanatics who drive religions forward at all costs. Look at the Spanish Inquisition for example. Thank God we live in a country where we are allowed to believe what we will and are NOT allowed to condemn others' beliefs. Anyone up for a Pagan Festival?

Lens post seems to have disappeared Paul. Ann Glos

Paul :-)

Studied Len. Am unsure as to what point you're trying to make in this occasion - can you elaborate please ?

Jim Now you are talking about religious fanatics. Ann

well lightning strike me down, seems Jim and I agree for once :o)

Ann, The beauty of a Scientific Theory is that it is capable of amendment if found to be incorrect. Take the Flat Earth Theory, or the Earth as Centre of the Universe for example. Trouble with Religion is it will not allow that there is ever an error even when two religions take opposing stands. In fact it was the Religiously Intolerant who executed people for believing the Earth was NOT the Centre of the Universe. I am not aware of Scientists wiping out a population because they did not agree with their theories.

I'm sure some would and some wouldn't Ann. As some have argued long and hard about other matters ("the earths round !!", "no it's not, it's flat you fool !!") Bendy - as I said before, I'm not really fussed about Christmas

Paul, but would the scientists admit it if they did? Ann Glos

John - noone HAS to have faith, it's personal choice. You choose to believe in a higher power, I choose to believe in what has been scientifically proven - and yes, there are things that we don't understand yet - who knows, maybe one day we'll "prove" the existence of God.

I like bananas..so maybe...