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[Helgoland]

Or the insides of your mouth. Have you ever visited Gotham, perhaps?

[LeoLeonardoIII]

"I successfully used this shaver to remove all the hair from my dog, though now he's hiding in the closet. Smooth as a cue-ball. Of course, it's the hair under his skin that really bothers me."

-paraphrased from memory, SA Dog Classifieds

[Graknorke]

Ireland you're fucking scary.
Don't watch that if you don't like (fake) care accidents.

It is quite clear you were driving too fast.

[Facekillz058]

I'm beginning to think perhaps telling a very religious friend that God is no better than Hitler was a questionable decision.

[Eric Blank]

That is indeed a very dickish thing to say to a friend.

[Facekillz058]

I don't like to be dickish, but I get a little excited when Religion is brought into conversations, and well.
Blah blah blah excuses.
And it was more of an analogy, then it was flat out Hitler to God comparison...
Meh. Beliefs should never clash like this.
I'm going to die sad and alone.
;.;

[Bauglir]

Nah. I would suggest saying this to the friend in question, by email perhaps. Apologies often help with this sort of thing, especially when you are able to articulate why you think it really was your fault (which it sounds like you do).

[Helgoland]

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Turnaround: Claim Hitler is God, become neo-nazi! Or just reconcile with your friend or something...

[MaximumZero]

I'm beginning to think perhaps telling a very religious friend that God is no better than Hitler was a questionable decision.

Seriously. If you believe everything in the bible, god killed way more people.

[SalmonGod]

Well... if you believe that god intentionally designed every aspect of the universe with perfect knowledge of how it would all play out in his grand design, then god is ultimately responsible for all death.  Can't beat that.

[MonkeyHead]

Therefore, god made Hitler.

[Squill]

I'm beginning to think perhaps telling a very religious friend that God is no better than Hitler was a questionable decision.

Seriously. If you believe everything in the bible, god killed way more people.

So even though I'm an atheist, I was went to a catholic middle school, mostly because the public schools in the area were pretty bad.
Anyways, according to the religion teacher there, most of the Old Testament is supposed to be metaphorical. According to her, the only part of the bible that was actually supposed to have taken place was the New Testament. I have no idea if that's actually true about Catholicism or whether that's just her personal beliefs, but when I hear some of the more rational thinking I'm a bit less anti-religion.

On topic to both this discussion and this thread, earlier this year I had a bit of a revelation that we really don't know what anything is. We hear far fetched theories and scoff at them, but we really have no way of knowing if they're actually true. We know the structure of matter, from molecules to atoms to subatomic particles, which are made up of quarks, which are regulated by bosons, but we don't know what quarks or bosons are. We really have no idea how far the structure goes. We simply cannot disprove these strange theories, since we don't know how the universe was created. We know there was a big bang, but we don't know why.

[10ebbor10]

I'm beginning to think perhaps telling a very religious friend that God is no better than Hitler was a questionable decision.

Seriously. If you believe everything in the bible, god killed way more people.

So even though I'm an atheist, I was went to a catholic middle school, mostly because the public schools in the area were pretty bad.
Anyways, according to the religion teacher there, most of the Old Testament is supposed to be metaphorical. According to her, the only part of the bible that was actually supposed to have taken place was the New Testament. I have no idea if that's actually true about Catholicism or whether that's just her personal beliefs, but when I hear some of the more rational thinking I'm a bit less anti-religion.

While it wouldn't assert that everyone believes it as a Catholical Dogma, it's rather widespread and accepted. The OT generally matches up with the Jewish beliefs of the time, and serves as background information/ metaphorical stuff.

[FearfulJesuit]

Well... if you believe that god intentionally designed every aspect of the universe with perfect knowledge of how it would all play out in his grand design, then god is ultimately responsible for all death.  Can't beat that.

Not everyone's a Calvinist, you know...

[Slayerhero90]

Hey, if my brother on the same network as me got himself banned from these forums, would I get banned too?