Everytime religious people post something about God or something out of their belief, there comes the Atheists storming it with their typical (hateful, profane, disrespectful but in - fairness articulate, itellect, scientific and logical) replies and name callings such as; «2000 years religious numbnuts», «oxymorons who keep asking of sky daddy's help», «idiots who was fooled
by a magical being in the sky» and so on and so forth.
So, what you are saying is, if I see a new building that wasn't there before, unstead of trying to figure out how it got there, I can assume it got there
by some magical being?
Christianity, for example, teaches that the world was made in seven days
by a magical being that can conjure up planets at will.
Not exact matches
Matt Green, Zcash founding scientist and Johns Hopkins professor: Zero knowledge proofs
are this kind of foggy, beautiful,
magical thing invented in the 1980s
by cryptographers at MIT.
Sir Richard Branson's Kasbah Tamadot snuggled into the heart of Morocco's snow - capped Atlas Mountains,
is a
magical retreat surrounded
by an ancient wall.
You don't need to believe in miracles or
magical healing powers of faith or
be bound
by established tenets.
«We believe virtual reality will
be heavily defined
by social experiences that connect people in
magical, new ways.
This leads to «meeting hangover» — the later realization that everything discussed will not
be completed
by a
magical task fairy.
Speaking as a cartoonish version of himself, Zuckerberg showed viewers some of the damage caused
by the recent powerful storms, mentioning, «One of the things that
's really
magical about virtual reality
is you can get the feeling that you
're really in a place.»
Also, consider this: If the magic of San Francisco
is simply driven
by the natural result of having so many of the same sort of people pile up in one place, then this means that as technology continues to inexorably lower the communication barriers between us, we will see more of these
magical places pop up, as we
are seeing with Boulder and Austin.
There
is something
magical about setting such a slow pace and not worrying a whiff about vehicles of all kinds, including semitrucks, passing us
by.
There
is a
magical place in Wales where the UK's Royal Air Force (RAF) pilots conduct low - level flight training - and you can grab your camera and watch them fly on
by.
I'd just a) had this
magical moment but b) I also had a very real reminder that if you do too much it
's not going to work
by having the motorcycle specifically not work compared to the cars that
were a lot of work.
I
was enchanted
by the stories, the music, and the
magical effect they had on the audience.
«There
is a
magical, secret ingredient, a secret sauce, inside an annuity that can't
be replicated in any conventional financial product or synthesized
by traditional money managers,» Milevsky said.
By LEWIS JOHNSON — Co-Chief Investment Officer July 27, 2016 There
's something
magical about old friends, a shared and knowing history that warms our hearts in its comforting glow.
It
is more than a little bewildering how a trade deal negotiated
by the Stephen Harper regime — widely recognized as one of the most reactionary governments in Canadian history — can
by some
magical process become a truly progressive agreement because the government — not the agreement — changed.
At least now these options
are counted as compensation (although most companies try to avoid this
by using
magical terms like «adjusted EBITDA» which essentially does what GAAP accounting allowed in the 90's — not counting this form of compensation expense as an expense).
Google
is perceived as an essentially philanthropic enterprise — a
magical engine presided over
by otherworldly visionaries — for creating a utopian future.
God: A
magical being believed
by some to exist, who knows when you've
been bad or good, and will reward you or punish you accordingly, but there
's no hard evidence whatsoever that he exists.
Atheists: I know many there
are many people that practice religion just
by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems
by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there
are others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to
be opposites, I believe in God, I
'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they
are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them
by ourselves that
's were God
is, also I think that God created everything but not as a
Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics and Quimics etc. he
's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything
was on balance, he
's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?
Santa Claus: A
magical being believed
by some to exist, who knows when you've
been bad or good, and will reward you or punish you accordingly, but there
's no hard evidence whatsoever that he exists.
One of them
is muti — making
magical charms
by cutting the limbs from living creatures — especially albinos and children.
The vignettes of anonymous people whose lives
are changed
by the
magical doors of migration
are often touching.
Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie can make you live forever if you accept a blood sacrifice and symbolically eat his flesh and drink his blood, and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that
is present in humanity because a woman made from a rib
was convinced
by a talking snake to eat from a
magical tree: makes perfect sense
Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who
was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that
is present in humanity because a rib - woman
was convinced
by a talking snake to eat from a
magical tree... yeah, makes perfect sense.
The proprietor of the shop obviously has the right to offer this type of discount, but it
's sad that in this backwards, demon - haunted country we
're still treating a work of fiction supposedly handed down
by an
magical, omnipotent
being as a framework for a moral life, rather than embracing an objective, secular view of morality.
All I know
is you believe in myths based on no facts with
magical stories told
by sheep herders from 2000 years ago.
By your brilliant logic, one could also go into the grocery store produce aisle and claim it
's proof that zeus created the universe... or a
magical bunny.
AND it would require that
magical particles always existed in order to create the big bang... so basically, you come to us saying, we're stupid for Believing in God, an omnipotent being that Created the Universe and do so by saying the true answer is you should believe in Magical (Always existing) particles that randomly created everything by... exploding
magical particles always existed in order to create the big bang... so basically, you come to us saying, we
're stupid for Believing in God, an omnipotent
being that Created the Universe and do so
by saying the true answer
is you should believe in
Magical (Always existing) particles that randomly created everything by... exploding
Magical (Always existing) particles that randomly created everything
by... exploding.......
Hmm... Someone translating a record written on gold or brass plates
by a seer stone that
was given from God, whether in a hat or
by some other means doesn't seem that
magical when you look at all the miracles God has performed on the earth.
Mormonism
was started as a money - making scheme
by the charlatan Joseph Smith after he failed at
being a dowser (
magical treasure finder).
Remember, Christianity
is the belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who
was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that
is present in humanity because a woman made from a rib
was convinced
by a talking snake to eat from a
magical tree.
• Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas: Speaking of books in Portuguese, one might as well add one
by the towering genius of Brazilian letters, who did everything that would
be attempted
by «surrealist» or «
magical realist» or absurdist writers a century later, and did it all much better; The Posthumous Memoirs
is as fantastic and exuberant and hilarious as any of his works, and
is also surely the best novel written in the voice of a deceased narrator.
You understand that the bible
was written
by scholars and not a
magical man, right?
The term «
magical underwear»
is a term that has
been used
by those who
are uninformed and rather pejorative.
If I
was a woman in a culture where unwed mothers
were stoned to death
by their neighbours, I'd claim that my baby
was magical too.
When we do this, we
are treating the words «in Jesus» name» like they
are some sort of
magical incantation
by which we will get whatever we ask for in prayer.
in my opinion, falling in love
is 2 +2 = a gazillion... its all encompassing... its beyond logic but
by no means
is it pointless... if it
was logical, then it could
be decoded, it wouldn't
be magical or pure or beautiful.
He
is surrounded
by an entire society of
magical beings — his son Merlin, the Holy Leprechaun Spirit, the good fairy Mary, thousands of other fairies, pixies and the souls of many millions of dead people.
«Catholics don't take the traditional nativity scene literaly, nor do we believe that icons
are magical, nor
are statues in churches inhabited
by sprites or other
beings.»
And they have the audacity to get offended when an agnostic or atheist says, «Um, hello, I
'm here, too, and I don't care to have my life dictated
by your
magical beliefs.
Sorry but MORMONS
are nothing even cose to christians.They believe in polygamy, molestation, and the worship of Joesoph Smith the molester, murderer.The Mormons will deny this becauser they do not want to
be arrested or persecuted
by the public.This
is why they
are super secret because if people really knew what they
were about they would
be run out of town and rightfully so.Why on earth would anyone want a president in office who believes his underwear
is magical... he belongs locked up in a padded room for
being a weirdo cultist... Romney you can take you
magical skidmarked underwear some where else but not the whitehouse you weirdo sicko....
Christianity: The belief that a cosmic Jewish zombie who
was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that
is present in humanity because a rib - woman
was convinced
by a talking snake to eat from a
magical tree.
religious people
are some of the smartest people in the world but they still believe in a
magical sky fairy and in the wors of a bronze age story book written
by goat herders with no concept of science.
By all means, there
is room for «
magical» things in life.
The tradition of using a tiny bit of bread and wine (or juice) has continued to
be practiced, even though it does not even come close to what
was practiced
by Jesus and His apostles on the night He
was betrayed, and reflects instead some sort of
magical ceremony where some people believe that God
is giving them special grace and power through the ritual elements of bread and wine.
The result
is that America
is a nation deeply divided between people who
are concerned about real - life issues — war and peace, social justice, the health and welfare of people — on one hand, and other people who
are concerned, instead, about «values,»
by which they mean adherence to ancient taboos, dependence on a
magical God, enforcing acceptance of ancient creeds, requiring everyone to believe as they do, and finding safety in raw (though often hidden) social and economic power.
The belief that a cosmic Jewish Zombie who
was his own father can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that
is present in humanity because a rib - woman
was convinced
by a talking snake to eat from a
magical tree... yeah, makes perfect sense.
When it comes to following Jesus
by loving others, there
is nothing
magical about salt water.