Comparing GMOs to homegrown tomatoes is like comparing apples to oranges—it’s a total false equivalency. People have been "creating" new plant varieties through selective breeding and hybridization since forever, often pairing the process with all sorts of strange little rituals.
Honestly... if Mark Vjedrogonja from Pancip ever decided to publish his own rituals, spiritual techniques, or meditation guides, I’d probably be the first one to try them out just to protect my tomato patch from a hailstorm. Provided, of course, they aren't overly complicated or dangerous to my health. If I noticed they actually worked—like, say, if the hail miraculously skipped over my garden entirely—I’d keep doing them. But don't get it twisted; that wouldn't make me a believer.
Haha! Honestly, once Shaban’s hair starts turning gray, I know he’s telling the truth. We’re all just regular people at the end of the day. After all, being human is what defines us. 😬
But seriously, what if there are two guys named Mark in Chicago? It's unlikely they're twins. Or maybe someone there even named their canary Mark. Who am I really arguing with if I'm just disputing some guy from Chicago? It's getting way too complicated for my brain.
Besides, why would I even deny him? It would be a different story if you told me Mark could time travel or manifest a cheeseburger out of thin air. Then I’d tell you you're talking nonsense and wouldn't bother asking whether Mark is a man or a bird.
Anyway, I don't deny beings that possess powers attributed to God, and I certainly don't lose sleep over what they look like.
Now, I might actually believe in a Vjedrogonja if I saw one in action, like someone casually moving clouds around without using any high-tech gadgets.
Gerald Hill said:It would be much more productive if you actually had a clear concept of what God is and what the term represents. Instead, you seem to jump to the conclusion that we are talking about some human-like entity. But, let's not dwell on it.
Honestly, why would I care if God looks like a person or a disco ball if I don't believe He exists in the first place?🤔
There are plenty of different ways a Man can learn to get a handle on his thoughts and emotions. Some of them are even standard practice in clinical medicine. It honestly feels like we’ve already evolved past all this struggle, but for some reason, nobody bothered to send out the memo. 😬
So, there you have it. Even as an atheist who prides herself on thinking for herself, I can decide for myself which chemical reactions are worth celebrating and which ones just don't matter. I don't believe in God, but I’m still going to go ahead and meditate for a bit—without worrying about what kind of reaction that might trigger.
Gerald Hill said:Love is simply a material phenomenon triggered by chemical reactions within the brain. As for spirituality, you find it lacking because an atheist does not subscribe to ghosts or the supernatural, but rather adheres to naturalism.
Believers always say that God is love. So, following that logic, is God just a chemical reaction in the brain? Some kind of Endorphin rush? 🍿
That’s great—so I can have love and spaghetti all at once. And the Spaghetti Monster, too. If I really want to, I could even be my own goddess. So, what exactly is left for me to find in the realm of spirituality as an atheist?
Alright, look at it this way. Spaghetti is physical matter, but love? Love is intangible. So, if you’re prioritizing love over the pasta, you’re essentially being spiritual. Even if you don't believe in anything beyond the physical world. 😬
How do you actually define "spiritual"? Personally, I get along just fine without any gods, but I don't consider myself a materialist either—nor am I a hypocrite. Either we’re talking about two completely different things here, or you're just talking nonsense.
wearyowl29 said:Creativity doesn't really have much to do with searching for God. Honestly, at a certain level of consciousness, pure creativity actually replaces all that digging and soul-searching for the divine. You basically become your own god, and honestly, that's more than enough for me!😒
🤔 I think I’m going to let it all out today—maybe I’ve finally lost my marbles.
It looks like I might not be as creative as I thought, since I haven't quite managed to become my own god. Maybe I'm just a little devil sometimes. Does that count?
Michael Diaz6 said:Look, I’m not a believer... But honestly? Believers are closer to the "truth" than atheists are. Though, truth itself can be weird—multiple contradictory things could both be true at once... It's all relative... But atheism? There isn't a single ounce of logic in it, no matter how you slice it. It's just... They lack the big picture. They're missing that extra dimension of perspective... They can't see past the box they're stuck in... They don't have the capacity to reach an epiphany without reading it in a book or seeing it somewhere else... They lack creativity and a sense of imagination... The very stuff that sets humans apart from animals... That ability to look further than what's right in front of your eyes... They're completely lacking in that department. And man, I can't decide who's worse... The believers who get handed a tiny scrap of truth wrapped in a mountain of lies... making them impossible to reason with... Or the ones who act all proud of being atheists... Acting like it's just wonderful that this massive universe—which somehow managed to create this mathematically perfect setup of life, plants, planets, galaxies, and ratios from atoms to stars—just happened by pure accident without any intelligence behind it. Like, everything is just randomly placed.
You need intelligence to build a basic stool... but apparently, they think you don't need a single brain cell to build their heads.
Why doesn't nature just accidentally stumble into building a car or a watch? If it's so easy to make complex stuff by accident, why not those? It's a billion times harder to build something like that without design.
Still... I really can't tell which group is more blind...
Where on earth are you getting the idea that atheists lack creativity? 🤔
Religion is built on faith, whereas spirituality is about direct experience. Because of that, I actually think it’s much easier to be a spiritual atheist than a spiritual believer.
Sophia Bishop2 said:I see you decided to at least scrub the inappropriate posts. If this thread served any purpose at all, it wasn't in vain. Thanks for that. 🙂
And again—it’s not my place to say, but I hope you haven't been handing out bans like candy. It can start to feel like that's the primary goal of moderation.
I hope you'll at least give Moor a heads-up to be polite enough to fix his typos. He needs to change *German to German. ☕
It reminds me of my former neighbor's son. When she realized he was writing Greek and Roman with lowercase letters, he just shrugged and said, "It's just history!" 😍
But seriously, if neither you nor Daniel have the time or expertise—and clearly you don't, otherwise Social Science wouldn't look the way it does—why not put Joseph Bailey41 in charge of fashion? Here is Daniel's statement, and here is her offer. Unless she did something majorly wrong against the Forum, which I don't know, but I assume you guys do.
I honestly have no idea, but they probably do. If I actually am wrong, just appoint me as a mod and I promise I'll stop making mistakes. 🙂
Look, Michelle Evans, maybe I'm just being overly sensitive, but this constant wave of deletions is really getting under my skin. I’ve already shared my thoughts on why this practice is fundamentally flawed.
In this specific instance, it isn't even just about my own topic; it’s about the thread another user started regarding their own situation (I can't recall the exact title or who it was—basically, a guy was venting about a "friend" who owed him money and was now giving him a hard time). Just when he was starting to find some clarity—you know, when the pieces were finally starting to fall into place—his entire thread was wiped out.
It wasn't locked, it wasn't banned, and it wasn't merged with anything else. It was simply deleted without any warning whatsoever.
If you, as a psychologist (whether professional or just hobbyist), don't see why that feels so disrespectful, then you probably shouldn't be moderating a subforum that attracts such a sensitive group of people.
Mmm, yeah. Honestly, feels more like something out of the Supreme Court. No worries, take your time. I’m genuinely curious about what the reason was for deleting it.
So, I’m noticing that the moderators over at Psychology are way quicker at hitting the delete button than they are at actually replying to us. And honestly, this isn't the first time I've seen this happen. Good posts just vanish, and some of our most thoughtful contributors end up getting banned or partially restricted. Is that really fair?
I don't think I was being rude or disrespectful at all; if anything, I felt it fit perfectly within the subforum. I made a real effort to stay away from criticizing the moderators, and I even tried to encourage other users to keep things civil—respecting one another while still being able to express how they feel.
Alright, I’m a little slow on the uptake, so it took me a minute to realize that Magic and Mysticism is basically the center of attention here. If I show up there again after today and someone decides to give me a hard time, I'll know why. 🙈