Re: having kids....

[SF1900]

Okay, you're just fucked in the head, fella.

If "you and I (me) know the truth", why don't you just expose the truth, whatever you feel it is (?), here, now?

You just spout what you do towards me because my original post destroys your believers-are-indwelt-by-the-spirit-of-God/God-who-has-revealed-himself-to-believers rantings.

 

Other former theists have had the same experience as you, such as Matt Dillahunty, from the Atheist Experience.

[Raymondo]

It is impossible to have a personal relationship with God, because:

1) The word personal denotes a relationship between two persons and God is not a person and
2) God does not exist in the first place.

This is an example of anthropomorphising God and the ramifications are terrible.

[Radical Plato]

I Think the question that never gets asked regarding GOD's existence is "Why does it even matter?".  It's observably obvious that if their was a creative force that it doesn't intervene in human affairs, this being does not prevent the inherent human suffering that is part of every human beings life.  You will still fall ill, still get old, still suffer persistently until you enter the unknowable after you leave this existence.  Even if there was a god it has no influence on humanity, it is irrelevant.  Saying you believe in god is as meaningful as saying you believe in some unnamed planet in some unknown galaxy in some unknown parallel universe, who gives a fuck, life goes on regardless.

[Primemuscle]

I just birthed a massive fart after a labor intensive straining.

Constipated?

[Primemuscle]

Yeah, and we are telling him not to abuse a child if he has one through religious indoctrination.  One couldn't receive better advice regarding the issue of child rearing.  How many lives are destroyed because parents force feed their religious irrationality down some poor childs throats, not to mention priests forcing something else down the child's throat.

The innuendo is not lost on me. Not all priests are guilty of being pedophiles. Furthermore, you have no way of knowing the nature of the sexual abuse some priests perpetuated on young people. 

[Parker]

Okay, you're just fucked in the head, fella.

If "you and I (me) know the truth", why don't you just expose the truth, whatever you feel it is (?), here, now?

You just spout what you do towards me because my original post destroys your believers-are-indwelt-by-the-spirit-of-God/God-who-has-revealed-himself-to-believers rantings.

 

How is he? I find it odd how people pound out the negativity on someone like MOS, yet he is the one with the problem?

[Rusty Trombone]

2b. Most women want to have kids basically to control another life. Sad but true.

Sad but this is true. Also they want to control the man like this.

[OB1]

Sad but this is true. Also they want to control the man like this.

Yes, but...
just don't let them.

[Yamcha]

Issac Newton, founder of modern physics was a devote man of faith and ordained Anglican (protestant) minister.
Newton said ( paraphrase) ; " I wanted to understand how GOD, the father, made the Universe work."

Thus, I see no ignorance in having faith.

FYI, in my humble opinion, it seems a lot more arrogant to be a total atheist.

Issac Newton died a virgin.

[Donny]

I hope he can appreciate my Getbig-jokes & opinions, should I ever meet him...

sound like you are scared. Funny how the cowards always hide behind stupid names

[Tapeworm]

Sir Issac crushed mad ass.  Wenches love titled gentry, yo.

[Radical Plato]

Issac Newton, founder of modern physics was a devote man of faith and ordained Anglican (protestant) minister.
Newton said ( paraphrase) ; " I wanted to understand how GOD, the father, made the Universe work."

Thus, I see no ignorance in having faith.

FYI, in my humble opinion, it seems a lot more arrogant to be a total atheist.

Issac Newton died a virgin.

Had he lost his virginity he would have understood how the universe worked. 

[Howard]

I know this is Getbig. Regardless of what seems okay to post here, your "obvious joke" demeans your wife. Some folks have limits. You apparently do not.

Wow 

For me, making goofy fart or butt sex jokes may be goofy and in poor taste .
BUT, c'mon, anyone who thinks it's a serious reflection on my wife takes this stuff way too serious.

Think about it, please:
99% here don't even post under their actual name.
How the hell can anyone take that posting format all that serious and honest.
FYI, it's meant t be goofy, tasteless and FUN!

[Mr Anabolic]

Funny how this thread regressed into a bible/god discussion.

Back on topic...

Kids are mostly annoying.  For every 1 cute thing a kid does, they do 1000 other things that drive you up a wall.

The average cost of raising a child today is around $400K-500K... a lot more than that if you intend on paying their college tuition.  That amount only increases as time goes by.

Having a child with a woman ties you to her for life.  60% of all marriages fail.  Divorce/child support is a very costly thing.

People are better off NOT having children.

[Donny]

well all i can say is my two sons are the best thing that happened to me. I was present at both Births. It´s funny now looking at them as Grown Men of 26/23. I am getting old, 50 in May

[Grape Ape]

Funny how this thread regressed into a bible/god discussion.

Back on topic...

Kids are mostly annoying.  For every 1 cute thing a kid does, they do 1000 other things that drive you up a wall.

The average cost of raising a child today is around $400K-500K... a lot more than that if you intend on paying their college tuition.  That amount only increases as time goes by.

Having a child with a woman ties you to her for life.  60% of all marriages fail.  Divorce/child support is a very costly thing.

People are better off NOT having children.

"Better off" is only true if you apply your own personal subjectivity to what that means.  To each his own on that definition.

60% of marriages?  Do you have a link to that?  Quick googles have a variety of articles that say the 50% is a myth, and it's dropping due to people now waiting until older to marry.  I could easily be wrong as I haven't done any deep research though...

[Man of Steel]

Funny how this thread regressed into a bible/god discussion.

Back on topic...

Kids are mostly annoying.  For every 1 cute thing a kid does, they do 1000 other things that drive you up a wall.

The average cost of raising a child today is around $400K-500K... a lot more than that if you intend on paying their college tuition.  That amount only increases as time goes by.

Having a child with a woman ties you to her for life.  60% of all marriages fail.  Divorce/child support is a very costly thing.

People are better off NOT having children.

I posted in the original thread about kids, said nothing about God, my faith was then randomly questioned, and religion attacked, and my faith attacked until I finally addressed the comments.  

It was at the point that I finally mentioned God that the thread was split LOL.  It's fine, the mods are managing stuff best they can.

[Grape Ape]

that the thread was split LOL.  

Where's the rest of it?

[Howard]

"Better off" is only true if you apply your own personal subjectivity to what that means.  To each his own on that definition.

60% of marriages?  Do you have a link to that?  Quick googles have a variety of articles that say the 50% is a myth, and it's dropping due to people now waiting until older to marry.  I could easily be wrong as I haven't done any deep research though...

NOBODY gets married with the "intention" of it ending in divorce.
But, (trust me on this  , they often do.

The infamous 50% divorce rate is complied by dividing   divorces filed / new marriages  per county in the US.
In other words of  50 divorce decrees were issued in a county that performed 100 new marriages, the rate is figured as 50/100 or 50% divorce.

This is basic statistics, and may not apply to all individual situations.

[Man of Steel]

Where's the rest of it?

middle of page 2 of the G&O:

http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=596467.0

[BBSSchlemiel]

Usually those who say to stay out of relationships, not get married, and not have kids, are those who picked the wrong woman or suck themselves.

Right, if you are dysfunctional in maintain a relationship with women or are so self-absorbed that you suck at raising kids, then don't have them! The rest just bitch because they got unlucky with a basket case woman or thought they would get their precious beauty sleep and not have their individual joys not infringed upon--kind of like still living single--when they had kids. So they tell everyone else not to.

Then if one to profess that they actually love their wife, in-laws, and kids and enjoy being married there are the old and tired cliches for them, "You'll see: you're kids are gonna hate you and your wife is gonna cheat on you. How ya gonna save money? They're so expensive."

[Howard]

Issac Newton died a virgin.

He may have been gay. 100% serious on this.
He had one close, friend , based on actual letters written and received.
This one younger French math genius named Fatio , was advisied by Newton at Cambridge Univ, where Newton was the Lucasian Prof. of Math.

Newton had almost no social life and didn't like most people. BUT, from the letters and other accounts, it's obvious that Newton and Fatio were close.
When Fatio left England , Newton had a meltdown.
He even wrote a reply letter to the newspaper when a rival published a story that Newton was running around with various woman. Newton wrote he wished the guy dead after he "embroilied" him for being with woman.
Hmmmm>?

[SuperTed]

I'm quite surprised by the amount of people here who don't want kids. I'm 27 now but I know I'd feel pretty empty if I still don't have a family by the time I'm in my mid 40's.

[Tapeworm]

Usually those who say to stay out of relationships, not get married, and not have kids, are those who picked the wrong woman or suck themselves.

If I could suck myself I wouldn't need the woman.

[OB1]

If I could suck myself I wouldn't need the woman.

LOL nice one.