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Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2007 9:11 pm
by [Syl]
Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God. The argument goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. Q.E.D."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 9:08 pm
by aliantha
Squarely in the New Agey camp. But now I'm calling myself undifferentiated Pagan (and leaning toward Druidism lately).
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:42 am
by Gil galad
I'm definitely an atheist. I'll assert that there are no gods or any supernatural beings/phenomena whatsoever.
Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2008 5:36 pm
by The Laughing Man
Syl wrote:Now it is such a bizarrely improbable coincidence that anything so mind-bogglingly useful could have evolved purely by chance that some thinkers have chosen to see it as a final and clinching proof of the non-existence of God. The argument goes something like this:
"I refuse to prove that I exist," says God, "for proof denies faith, and without faith I am nothing."
"But," says Man, "the Babel fish is a dead giveaway isn't it? It could not have evolved by chance. It proves that you exist, and so therefore, by your own arguments, you don't. Q.E.D."
"Oh dear," says God, "I hadn't thought of that," and promptly vanishes in a puff of logic.
my God has Paradox-Absorbing Crumple Zones.
Posted: Fri Feb 29, 2008 3:57 pm
by lord.trax
I'm Serbian Orthodox.
Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 9:54 am
by rusmeister
lord.trax wrote:I'm Serbian Orthodox.
Which, if canonical, is no different from Russian, Greek, Ukranian, Antiochian or other canonical Churches ('cepting languages used in the Liturgies and minor variance in local practices).
I'm an American in Russia in the Moscow Patriarchate of the Russian Orthodox Church, myself. (That'll probably only make sense to Orthodox posters)
I know pretty much the whole general Liturgy of St John Chrysostom in Old Church Slavonic by now, and can safely sing "Our Father", the Symbol of Faith and most other regular hymns in OCS. It's actually kind of wierd hearing that stuff in English, because I was chrismated right before moving to Russia, so never got to really know services in English. But if you want to hear English, Greek and Russian music (Byzantine chant et al), you can do it here:
ancientfaith.com/
A mega-cool radio station with lots of podcasts as well.
Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 10:21 am
by Auleliel
Catholic, but still trying to figure out exactly what it is that I believe. I have many non-Christian tendencies as well.