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Only God would realize that that was a Yes or No post, so...you must be God!

*sacrifices sheep*

Just to clarify, when I said I spent a lot of my life going to the gold standards on theology, science and philosophy on the God debate, I really mean that I mostly went to the best arguments FOR God. I haven't read any CS Lewis for quite a few years now and would still feel confident going into a Quote-Off on his apologetic writings (especially Screwtape Letters and Mere Christianity).

As for looking for God in scholarly stuff vs seeing him in life experience stuff (sorry if that's a bad paraphrasing), I don't really know what the standard is for looking for God in my life or in the lives of others, but I can say I probably grade decently at it? Lol, I'm wording this in such a ridiculous and sterile way, but I mean I feel that I do pay a lot of attention to my life, if that makes any sense. I'm a writer, so I try to look at the sense, the senseless, the hilarious, the unnoticed and all as much as I can. I also obviously read quite a bit which gives me a lot of other subjective perspectives on things. My very callused, atheistic response to a lot of it is something like "small sample size; i'm only giving my own experiences disproportionate consideration because it is my own life; confirmation bias; etc."

I still find tons of meaning (and meaninglessness) in my life, but I haven't found that within it there is the key to the cosmos. I think it's pretty possible that my life is meaningless, which I sometimes find depressing, other times find liberating, and the vast majority of the time barely acknowledge at all, and I think that my perceptions are pretty much honed by millions of generations of things eating and <fucking, so the further I get from the sexy and the delicious, the further I am likely to get away from understanding, so I don't much see why I should be so full of myself to think that I HAVE to come across the answer or that surely somewhere SOMETHING in my life is the key. I might just be a really smart ape.

I think you are MD. Maybe Tarrou or Ortiz. Possibly some others. But most likely MD.

"I just think it's interesting that people born in Kansas are going to be raised to believe in Jesus; people in India will be Hindu; Pakistan- Islam; Shikoku, Japan- Buddhist. Faith, to me, seems to be more based on where you were born than on the basis of any interpretation. Its kind of interesting/silly to me that people will kill/hate/pillage each other based on this."

Nailed it. It's wild to consider what some people will do for their religion. Some people from certain sects of Islam will blow themselves up in the name of their religion. Now I don't know if any of the 'right-winged' posters would do that for their beliefs, but maybe if they thought that's what their God wanted, they would.

I look at a guy like Tebow. Obviously he's devoutly religious. He knows he's getting made fun of by guys on his team, other teams, and millions around the world because of his beliefs. Doesn't seem to bother him at all. This is a man with conviction. What if Tebow had been born in a place like Qatar? Let's pretend he's basically the same guy, and able to develop the same religious passion. Only he develops it for a distorted brand of Islam, one that desperately seeks to prove it kicks the <shit out of any other branch of Islam, or any religion for that matter.

Obviously this happens all the time all over the world. Passionate people become passionate about the religion they grew up with. As sure as Tebow is that his religion is great, there are a million other Tebows who are just as sure as sure that they know what's up as it pertains to God. To me, it just doesn't seem likely that one religion has it right and all the others have it wrong. I don't think people from one part of the world are inherently smarter than people from another, so I think it's much more likely that they're all wrong.

This isn't to say that there is no God, because I think it's very possible there is one. I just don't think anyone:
A. Can know for sure
B. Can know how this God wants us to act

My best guess is either NufCed, BooRadley, or KingKidd. Either way, I've actually enjoyed this gimmick. The majority of the time, alternate accounts that are meant to be funny, usually aren't funny, but I do like this...as long as whoever's doing it it doesn't overdo it. So hopefully it'll be done in about a week. And then whoever's doing it will reveal themselves and we'll all have a hearty chuckle about it. I actually laughed really hard at "breatheinmyblowbag".

< I just don't think anyone:
A. Can know for sure
B. Can know how this God wants us to act>

Indeed.

If you want my answer, there are no standards for looking for God in your life. In fact, it would probably be a very stressful and frustrating if you just kept searching and searching, but couldn't find anything. Consider that maybe you just are not that type of person, one that can have faith in such a thing.

This third paragraph is the type of train of thought that I wish some people would just ignore. Life is life man! Don't ask why you are eating a donut, just sit down and enjoy it. I can tell you are definitely the type of person that enjoys finding answers. Well, if you want the real answer to the meaning of life, it's that you should shut the <fuck up and have some fun. If you want to figure out what fun is, go watch Spongebob.

By the way, good luck with your book. Give me some heads up on it's progress, if you ever get the chance.

I was going to comment something to this effect. The gimmick is pretty funny.

Ok, so it's you. Good to know. <3

I'd bet you it's not BooRads or Nufced. Maybe KingKidd...

If it is not you, I'd appreciate it if you made a spin-off gimmick and call it GrabBag. Conversations between that guy and BlowBag would be Euphemism City.

Hahahaha.

I think he should be The Big Dong from my "What you'll all be doing in five years" thread and cut filthy double entendre-laden wrestling promos against other posters.

It's cool man, I was just kidding anyways. Do as you wish. Plus, you're a busy guy, I'm sure maintaining one awesome account on this forum is hard enough. Having two would be something only a Hall of Famer could handle...

People have referenced that thread a lot, but I've never seen it.

However, this The Big Dong idea sounds awesome. With the success of BlowBag, maybe more posters will try out alternate gimmicks (hopefully not to the point that it gets annoying.)