thaibeachlovers

I may not have to believe in organised religion these days, but without it I doubt humanity would have emerged from the cave. IMO no other organisation could have united warring tribes or provided a safe space for learning.

You sure got that right.

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I spent many an interesting evening in there. It was enough just looking and I never had a takeaway from that place.

No.

To all those that claim there is no God, explain how the universe came to exist. There is a lot of matter in the universe, so where did it come from? How did atoms occur? How did the laws of nature by which all things abide come to exist? Are you claiming that they just happened out of nothing?

Still digging then!

Given he served in WW1, I would be surprised if he believed in religion after. No need to die to experience hell after being in that.

IMO you are confusing religious values with religion. Religious values are moral values and religion is something some people use to control the masses. Many of us have moral values, but are not religious.

LOL. I guess one can live one's entire life without seeing that God is all around us. Seems more than a few have a plank in their eye.

If it needed evidence it wouldn't be faith.

Agree. IMO had it mot been for Muslim scholars keeping learning alive during the dark ages, we'd still be in them.

I'm agog to know which secular government you consider to be "not bad". I will only agree that IMO some governments are less bad than others.

Should be careful what you write. That was explained on the Do you believe in God thread on this subforum ( and probably more than once ), but you can go look for yourself. Only 595 pages to look through.

Religions of any shade are man made constructs. Faith is in a higher power, and is not dependent on men with funny hats to tell them what to do.

Do you think that God cares about humans on an insignificant planet? If I were to ascribe human emotions to God, I'd say that God has better things to do that care if we believe in a deity or not. I'm sure many on the Titanic were praying to God to save them, as the ship sank, but how did that work out for them? IMO we are on our own till we cark it.

Would you like your name written by others without capitals?

One can believe in God without being in any religion.

Sadly, stockings were not to be seen on BGs during my bar hopping days. I quite like them on a nice female leg. Curse the person who invented pantyhose.

555555555555555555 Anyone that thinks the average Thai bar girl working in the farang scene has sex with farangs thousands of times IMO has no clue about it whatsoever. Far as I'm concerned, any person having sex for monetary or asset gain is a prostitute- that includes gold diggers.

I think it's ludicrous that adults let a child lecture them about anything. Just because she regurgitates whatever adults tell her doesn't make her any sort of expert. If you have actual evidence that she is a genius and a member of mensa, please provide such.

Given that this universe may only be one among an infinite number of universes created by one God, I would not be surprised if among their number a planet similar to this one has both Santa and a tooth fairy. Children will believe whatever their parents tell them, till they become individuals capable of understanding that lemming beliefs are not necessarily real. I can think of more than a few fairy tales that supposedly rational people believe in nowadays, so I guess some people never really grow up. Eg, windmills and electric cars are going to change climate.

Indeed that is correct. IMO, Thai women are not into sex with ladyboys, and I doubt a genuine ladyboy would have sex with a female. They don't identify themselves as lesbians.

While I know no names, far as I know Muslims kept learning alive during Europe's Dark Ages, and some were scientists.

Atoms, of which everything is made.