h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Wonderful advice I read - pray for what you already have - that way God will be sure to grant your request, and you get a nice happy feeling inside...

*Prays that Col. Sellers will be atheistic and vaguelly mocking*

LOL! Amazing... request granted!

*Raises eyebrow*

hmmm, and since by praying for that which one already has, one is ensured gratification and hence the spectrum of "God" is that much more applicable in definition...

Grrrrrrrrr
Lamp post, marvelous creatures really!

Much like masturbation, no?

Masturbation???
Are you drawing a comparrison to God or lamp posts or merely the concept of gratification..
In the light of clarity:

Lamp posts - Never tried mounting one myself, but now the seed is planted, Should I ever attempt such fetes I'll give you a full report.

God - Not entirely sorted on my opinion about "it" yet, I'm generally quite cautious as to what i shag...

Gratification - Ah I see a dot to dot pattern forming...
And hence this is the age of instant gratification!!!

It's not just fear of immortality, it is also blind incomprehension of the fact that although they exist now, they will not exist at some time in the future.

Most people have no problem with the idea that long ago, they did not exist anywhere, and yet they can't grasp the idea that a long time from now, they will not exist any more. Because of this belief in immortality, there must be somewhere for them to go after they die, and there must be someone supervising it all.

Talking of mastubation I saw a really good quote from Woody Allan:
"Don't knock masturbation, it's sex with someone I love."
I know that is completely off the subject but I just thought I'd contribute that.
Do you really go blind?

I am looking forward to the report!
Actually I was referring to the praying for what you already have, and getting a warm fuzzy feeling inside, when you realize your prayer was immediatly answered.
Not that "warm fuzzy inside feelings" is what usually comes of sex, but the general idea of solitary action (prayer) , a bit of fantasy (praying to an outside force vs. fantasizing of other partner(s)), and instant selfgratification (request granted)...

I didn't know that prayer could give you a warm fuzzy feeling...really? I'll have to try it sometime.
On a totally different subject have any of you ever heard Baz Lurman's 'Sunscreen'? That is what I'm talking about when I say: "lets' all get along nicely now."

What do you all think of Hell?
Does it exist?
Am I going there?
Are we all going ther?
Or is it just Hades (the grave of humankind) ?

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*prays that all fora on h2g2 will eventually degenerate into talking about sex*

Oh, they will. That's how we're built.

But doesn't that enter into the realm of infinately predictable...
To pray that that which one has is a reasonably safe assumption.
To pray for that which is predetermined is sublimely slimely..
i love it..

Hi y'all I have already shed some light on the subjects of Heaven and Hell, how to make prayer work for YOU, and the creation of the universe, if you're interested. Masturbation....well, we're working on that...hehehe

One of the joyous wonders of masturbation is it requires little work and less prayer...
Self gratification, but if you feel better performing such rituals under the shadow of religous celebration.
~shrugs~
I pray for happy fornication..

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Rolling a dice to decide when you don't know what to choose is easy - it's rolling dice to decide when you *do* that's hard...

My next question is, of course, how? And if you don't know how you know, how can you be so sure you do know, and aren't just fooling yourself into thinking you know?

I know that I know nothing.

God is alive and well and she is doing what she does best.