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What's your opinion on free will?

I am religious and believe in free will
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I am religious and do not believe in free will
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I am not religious and believe in free will
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I am not religious and do not believe in free will
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Author Topic: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion  (Read 681577 times)

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Re: Religion and Spirituality Discussion: Conversion by Kirpan
« Reply #5655 on: July 08, 2016, 12:34:45 am »

First Church of Misaka, huh. That probably actually exists somewhere. One of those small ones, hosted more in individual residences than dedicated buildings.
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Re: Religion and Spirituality Discussion: Conversion by Kirpan
« Reply #5656 on: July 08, 2016, 12:36:36 am »

PTW. 
Edit: oh shit, I thought this was the railgun and spirituality thread, my bad.
It is now!
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion: Conversion by Railgun
« Reply #5657 on: July 08, 2016, 12:41:58 am »

So, there's no way to describe the trinity that's not a heresy in some way? Or is "It's a paradox lol" pretty much canon?
Where did the idea of the trinity come from, anyway?
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5658 on: July 08, 2016, 12:43:50 am »

The need to explain the relationship between the Father, Jesus, and the Spooky Ghost. Many explanations were raised, and after a few centuries of spirited genocide the Chalcedonians emerged victorious by virtue of making the least sense.
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5659 on: July 08, 2016, 12:44:44 am »

So, there's no way to describe the trinity that's not a heresy in some way? Or is "It's a paradox lol" pretty much canon?
A Divine Mystery™ is the official canon, which basically means "fuck if I know"

Where did the idea of the trinity come from, anyway?
St Augustine coined the term AFAIK, although the idea behind the doctrine has been floating around since the Arian heresy started to be a thing.
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5660 on: July 08, 2016, 06:03:39 am »

Where did the idea of the trinity come from, anyway?
St Augustine coined the term AFAIK, although the idea behind the doctrine has been floating around since the Arian heresy started to be a thing.
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5661 on: July 08, 2016, 06:06:07 am »

All catholics secretly arians. Heil Mary.
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5662 on: July 08, 2016, 07:25:35 am »

The holy trinity is the Capacitor, the Rail and the holy projectile, and that is cannon.
The council of gauss was heresy and followers of coilgun will be expunged.
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But seriously this is as bad as heli-kin taking over the sexuality thead.
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5663 on: July 08, 2016, 07:29:09 am »

The holy trinity is the Capacitor, the Rail and the holy projectile, and that is cannon.
The council of gauss was heresy and followers of coilgun will be expunged.
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But seriously this is as bad as heli-kin taking over the sexuality thead.
That was just an #eggmode heli-kin thread.
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5664 on: July 08, 2016, 07:34:44 am »

All catholics secretly arians. Heil Mary.
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5665 on: July 09, 2016, 07:48:11 pm »

Again, even if I had some reason to believe... I don't think I could accept that.

A deity who demands perfection but creates imperfection but then offers unconditional forgiveness, but only if said imperfect creations believe in a certain thing with no evidence?
That just seems so bizarre to me.

The fickle whims of the fey at least admit their non-rationality.  Playing a fey game might offer some boon.  Probably a tricky one, but that's a boon in itself right?  A spice to life.

Maybe I'd feel differently if I had dependents.  I'd bet with the ""sure"" religion which offered safety.  But since I don't, so I'd rather have an interesting life.

And more importantly than what I'd want, fey-trickery makes infinitely more sense than some absent father-analogue creator offering forgiveness for the despicable way it made me.
Read into that all you want, but under a fair reading of judeo-christian texts I'm not actually responsible for what I am.  I had no choice, and I'm suffering the quote-unquote "sin" of some ancient greatX-grandfather.
And my only chance is to circumstancially adopt a redemption belief system from the most recent 0.5% of human history?

I don't believe I *deserve* absolute salvation.  I sinned against my morals, and I regret that.  And if I still get infinite perfection as a reward despite my unresolved shame, if I say sorry, I guess God is someone who values apology over reasonable morality.

If there's any justice, I belong in some analogue of purgatory (at least for some finite time).  But that's not how common US Christianity works.  The apologetic are saved, the confused burn eternally.

If I do join any Abrahamic denomination, it will certainly be Catholicism.  It resonates with me.  I need some punishment for what I've done, or I cannot feel clean.  Like karma.

But looking at reality, I'm more likely to keep believing in fickle, blue-green-morality aliens who play with us.

Edit:  Or the Cathars, actually.  In fact Catharism over Catholicism. 
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5666 on: July 10, 2016, 01:45:19 am »

I agree to some extent. Not about belief in the fey (though I'd certainly choose it over Christianity by a large margin) but in their fickleness. For instance, the Greek gods. They're often cruel, even human, and that this fickleness be reflected in nature, including the human nature which they made.
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5667 on: July 10, 2016, 02:11:38 am »

I need some punishment for what I've done, or I cannot feel clean.
Kinky, but we have places for that now other than churches.
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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5668 on: July 10, 2016, 01:28:26 pm »

Can't you just punish yourself?

Unrelated to previous sentence: I've discussed religion with my formerly-agnostic father and Catholic mother. It was quite interesting.

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Re: Railgun and Spirituality Discussion
« Reply #5669 on: July 10, 2016, 06:27:38 pm »

I wonder what a survey of self-professed Catholics would turn up as compared to official church position.  Especially, whether they knew it was or not.
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