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Hmm... I don't think its something that we'll ever be able to imagine. Humanity has its limits, and we really should take note of that. If we tried to extend ourselves beyond our limits, well, we'd really screw ourselves over. Don't hurt your mind thinking about it. There are much better things...

Its a difficult concept to grasp, and I honestly can't imagine a time=0 point either. But at the same time, it seems like a logical explanation to say that time has to have some sort of starting point (like everything else does). This is all starting to sound like doublethink from Nineteen...

Heh. I'm well known at school for (over)using the phrase "happy little world". I've been studying logic and reason for a while now. It's a fascinating topic, and since I want to work in research and development, its one of those skills that you really need to do well. Yeah, personal insults and...

But you see, in a lot of religions, logic and reason do not apply to their beliefs. It's all based on faith. This is why I think that this debate won't ever have a conclusive end. Fundies are always going to be proclaiming their beliefs no matter what, and people are always going to be arguing...

And not only that, I'd feel bad about it, too. Ah well, questions like these never have straight answers to them.

Sometimes I think "Am I really doing them a favour by ignoring their seemingly insane beliefs?" If I told a fundie to snap out of it, I might justify it by saying that I'm just trying to help them, but at the same time, I don't want to appear patronizing to them. I really value my indpendence...

And I always thought my posts were just the ramblings of a high school kid still looking for her place in the world... Thanks a lot!

You know, whenever a fundie starts talking to me, I think to myself "Should I tell them to snap out of it, or should I just let them be?" Usually, I'd just let them live in their little happy world. In year 10, I did IT, and half the time, my teacher probably had no idea what he was talking...

Yeah, I guess everyone could do with a bit of self improvement. I for one, am apparently "too nice". I say yes to people too easily. And then I told someone the other day that nice guys finish last. I really should take my own advice...

I want to go see it sometime... I have the soundtrack though. I once started singing Everyone's A Little Bit Racist in Studies of Religion... Oh the fun I had.

Ah, well I was just being the cynic that I am there. I don't know. I've had a lot of crappy teachers (like, year 10 commerce - I went from having the best teacher to the worst, because my timetable got screwed up), and often, I've wanted to snap at them. But of course, I'm just too nice, as you...

I think a good justification for religion is that it gives you a sense of hope, especially in the world of uncertainty we live in, I suppose it would give a lot of reassurance that there's some kind of higher power watching over you, and that it will give you life after death/salvation and...

Sarah, you worry me sometimes, you really do... Now go back to studying, or I will have to hit you with my textbook!

Ah, Sezza... Well normally, I'd lecture you and say that the fact that we've had 5 chem teachers has nothing to do with your marks, but I won't this time... I'm sure you've heard enough of it from me at school. But really, what's so bad about doing your own study? I've pretty much taught myself...

This isn't the place for personal attacks and insults, you know. Anyways, back to what everyone was discussing before this idiot came in, Yeah, but don't you Christians say that we have free will, so then doesn't that mean you're also free to sin? I've been meaning to mention this for a...

Okay, I'm not talking about you here, or anyone in particular. There are some fundies that I know who believe that the Earth is only 6000 years old, the theory of evolution is absolute crap, every non-Christian needs to be 'saved' or they'll go to hell, and that their mission is to populate the...

I didn't read the creative writing question properly, so I didn't see the journeys in time part. Thankfully, when I went back over it, my story fit. I think the short answer questions were pretty good, but I kinda bombed out on the essay...

So wait... Humans are exempt from evolution, but other animals are not? If we were placed in a completely different environment than what we are used to, how would we be able to adapt, if we are exempt from evolution?

But why? What have we, humanity, flawed as we are, done that is so bad that we deserve eternal damnation for it? Is having faith the only way to salvation? It seems that religion raises more questions than answers...

I agree, but try telling that to our resident fundies. "They can't be bought, bullied, reasoned or negotiated with. Some people just want to watch the world burn" is what a wise friend once told me.