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Erase and start over Xipe Totec May 2015 #1
No kidding, but maybe that's what's happening Warpy May 2015 #3
"if perfection were ever achieved, it would be too boring to tolerate." cbayer May 2015 #12
So, actually, maybe we're lucky for all the misery in the world. Jackpine Radical May 2015 #56
Oh, if there is a god, I don't think any of this is for it's entertainment. cbayer May 2015 #70
Can a God get bored and still be a god? LostOne4Ever May 2015 #67
I wouldn't think boredom had anything at all to do with perfection or omnipotence. cbayer May 2015 #71
Remake The World Without Religion cantbeserious May 2015 #2
I believe that has been tried by governments previously, Live and Learn May 2015 #5
The Question Was, If One Was God - Not, If One Was Government cantbeserious May 2015 #10
But his assumption is that a god exists. cbayer May 2015 #11
No Religion Does Not Preclude There Being A God - That Is A Human-Based Association cantbeserious May 2015 #13
So what would you call the god thing vis a vis people? cbayer May 2015 #14
Mother Nature - Universal Soul - Wisdom In The Mists - Be Creative cantbeserious May 2015 #15
I can see how all those words could be used to describe someone's god. cbayer May 2015 #17
One Can Acknowledge Existence That Is More Advanced Without Having To Pray To That Existence cantbeserious May 2015 #19
Oh, but religion is so much more than praying cbayer May 2015 #20
That Is Why This One - Acting As God - Would Eliminate It From The World cantbeserious May 2015 #21
Guess you didn't like my advice about eom cbayer May 2015 #22
No - I Choose To Do Things Differently - You Are Free To Proceed As You See Fit cantbeserious May 2015 #23
Ok. eom. cbayer May 2015 #25
I like praying - it's my 840high May 2015 #82
One Can Meditate Without A God cantbeserious May 2015 #92
And one can meditate with one. cbayer May 2015 #94
I like God. 840high May 2015 #96
I would prove I did not exist and vanish in a puff of logic. longship May 2015 #4
Lol, how are you going to prove you don't exist? cbayer May 2015 #18
all powerful gods are not constrained by logic. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #40
There are folks who could declare okasha May 2015 #41
Thanks, my friend. nt longship May 2015 #45
So you believe in an interventional god, at least in your fantasy. cbayer May 2015 #6
For a non believer you seem to be taking this Warren Stupidity May 2015 #9
Not to mention trying to pretend that's NOT the god the vast majority of theists believes in. trotsky May 2015 #16
Superior to which God? phil89 May 2015 #27
Whichever god you have concocted in your head. cbayer May 2015 #28
I'm a Giants fan Cartoonist May 2015 #7
I would erase all psychopaths, and all future ones DerekG May 2015 #8
Abolish death. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #24
Also, centipedes should stay completely out of sight. bvf May 2015 #33
So we all live forever? yeoman6987 May 2015 #37
If you so choose. Warren Stupidity May 2015 #38
I missed the upload feature yeoman6987 May 2015 #43
I'd keep some of the promises in the Bible. merrily May 2015 #26
Rename all the months randr May 2015 #29
Take all the days beyond 28 from existing months, bvf May 2015 #47
Which god? bvf May 2015 #30
My first thought was rock May 2015 #31
I'd increase the self-insight of every human. rug May 2015 #32
I'd make everyone just as smart as me Binkie The Clown May 2015 #34
You're due for a good talking-to. bvf May 2015 #36
I would make the Mets win. hrmjustin May 2015 #35
Then you are attributing the beliefs of their opponents bvf May 2015 #39
Tell him to get back to me. hrmjustin May 2015 #42
You win some, you lose some. bvf May 2015 #44
I don't pray for sports. hrmjustin May 2015 #46
Just the same. bvf May 2015 #48
Yes i would agree. hrmjustin May 2015 #49
Then you may as well call the prayer room bvf May 2015 #50
Call it what you will but i think the divine touches our souls but hrmjustin May 2015 #51
"..I don't think the divine decides what happens here." bvf May 2015 #52
Praising the divine, asking for mercy, and giving thanks for life. hrmjustin May 2015 #53
Asking for mercy?? bvf May 2015 #55
Mercy for our sins.. hrmjustin May 2015 #58
Now, or when we die? bvf May 2015 #60
All of this is a hope. hrmjustin May 2015 #62
And if they're not forgiven, then what? bvf May 2015 #63
That is up to God. hrmjustin May 2015 #64
I already acknowledged that. bvf May 2015 #65
Lovely talking to you and enjoy your day. hrmjustin May 2015 #66
Lovely. bvf May 2015 #69
"You're just pushing bullshit further back into your own brain" cleanhippie May 2015 #74
Please god, don't set me on fire after I die. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #76
Your opinion. hrmjustin May 2015 #77
Fanatics treat facts as if they were opinions, Binkie The Clown May 2015 #80
Are you calling me a fanatic? hrmjustin May 2015 #81
No, just making an observation about fanatics in general. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #89
i would call the police. hrmjustin May 2015 #93
But it's OK for "god" to abuse people that same way? n/t Binkie The Clown May 2015 #97
Lol abuse! hrmjustin May 2015 #98
Glorp is glorp. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #100
God's ways are higher than ours. hrmjustin May 2015 #101
The CIA's ways are always higher than ours. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #102
I never said such a thing and you know it. hrmjustin May 2015 #103
TTFN. Until next we meet. n/t Binkie The Clown May 2015 #104
I'm not mocking you, but you really believe this nonsense, don't you? mr blur May 2015 #110
I feel the same way about you. hrmjustin May 2015 #111
Everything is God WDIM May 2015 #54
We use words to draw distinctions. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #57
Nothing is meaningless. WDIM May 2015 #108
So everything loves us? Binkie The Clown May 2015 #112
"We create the world we live in through choice.' Warren Stupidity May 2015 #68
Well based on my own experiences WDIM May 2015 #109
Replace the "Golden Rule" with the "Golden Guarantee". "What you do unto others SHALL be done GoneFishin May 2015 #59
End Alzheimers Disease and Cancer AnnieBW May 2015 #61
I would make Ice Cream that didn't require freezing. cbayer May 2015 #72
Is that because you're homeless? bvf May 2015 #73
... trotsky May 2015 #118
If I were God... AtheistCrusader May 2015 #75
Get rid of destructive species and that would be us. Cleita May 2015 #78
I would quit creating republicans gopiscrap May 2015 #79
As long as Third Way/New Democrats are around, that won't do much. merrily May 2015 #88
How about time out chairs for world leaders? jwirr May 2015 #83
The Fletcher Memorial Home. bvf May 2015 #87
I'd give everybody Time-Machines. Now that would be REALLY entertaining. BlueJazz May 2015 #84
Pot in every chicken! immoderate May 2015 #85
I'm glad you don't have God's power. Omnith May 2015 #86
So your god likes killing people with tornadoes and earthquakes Binkie The Clown May 2015 #91
I would trust Binkie as a god over your god, your god is an amoral monster. n/t Humanist_Activist May 2015 #106
Um, the planet really is over-populated already. truebluegreen May 2015 #107
Joseph Heller wrote a paragraph or two about you in "Catch-22" Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #113
Do people have agency (free will) in heaven? n/t trotsky May 2015 #117
Curse the NY Yankees so they become a last place team bluestateguy May 2015 #90
Hamburger trees. sammythecat May 2015 #95
Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. Binkie The Clown May 2015 #99
A few things... Humanist_Activist May 2015 #105
Include all vermin in the Rapture Starboard Tack May 2015 #114
If I do not exist, how to improve the world? Yorktown May 2015 #115
Make it heaven. Iggo May 2015 #116
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