This. :joker:

Then you need to broaden your religious research.

In all the years I've stepped foot in a church or sat in RE classes in school, not once have I been told that if I believe hard enough I will have my wishes/prayers granted. :joker:

He's not here to help you with your retrospective planning permission Mr Fiddler. :nono:

Also, asking for dream homes and money is so materialistic. :hmph:

I Don't believe in anykind of god. Believers do like to say that God created everything then cherry pick it to death. Cos if in fact this so called God DID create EVERYTHING then he's to blame for the terrorists,all diseases and all the other bad things going on in the world.
But Santa is REAL.:joker:

I am agnostic about santa

No presents for you then.:nono::joker::joker::joker:

:nono: No Johnny you cant blame God for the evils men do, WE are to blame for the evils of the world no one else.

Then do a little research about something called "free will".

Speak for yourself kazanne, I did **** all :idc:

You banned me more than once young lady. :nono: Don't think I don't know. :hmph:

and who made men in his own image?



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..one thing that I will say is that in my world, as in my home and work life, I'm very much surrounded by people of faith/many types of faith so I wouldn't feel at all as though I couldn't be open about my beliefs and wouldn't be deemed ignorant in any way at all or perceived negatively...and on the forum..?...well, my beliefs are not relevant at all to who I am so not necessary to speak about unless I choose to...

...oh sorry Marsh, that was kind of meant to be to Alex as well....

I would never :smug:

..I guess that he's like the company founder but then left people to oversee and work it for him..that's not meant to be glib but more how to look at it as well, for those who believe in him and like Kaz has said...it's how the belief of him is interpreted by some who choose to interpret it negatively and only negatively...

..I would..:laugh:.../probably daily just for the LOLs...

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They are very mutually exclusive.

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You did seem to be blaming the Guardian though I thought for simplifying belief...
I didn't really find that a fair point considering they didn't conduct the study, to condemn the guardian based on one report seem a little extreme.

It's not unusual for faith to be tested, when there are natural disasters and such many ask how did god allow this to happen. It's not negative to question belief it's quite healthy as you are able then to rationalise and reaffirm it once the shock of the disaster has passed.

Read the Book of Job.

Or maybe he's matured since then? :shrug:

I think you're misunderstanding what I was saying. :laugh:

I haven't mentioned anything about testing faith or questioning belief in general.

I was talking about the notion the article puts forward that "If you say ______ out loud you are an atheist, if you don't you are a believer". Silly simplification they are putting forward based on this 'study'.

I'm not even the slightest bit religious, but I have the utmost respect for those who do follow religion and I hate when people think its okay to make fun of them for that.

I believe in Walt Disney.:laugh:
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