Intelligent Chat: A Look at Maturity

For those who believe there is no proof needed. For those who do not believe there is no proof possible

How can they be so quick to judge
How can people be so naive
They didn't even take the time
To sit down and get to know me

That didnt really make much sense.

I mean, we can believe a lie for the sake of the emotions we get out of it, but at the end of the day, it's not real.

It's like telling a kid that Santa exists. Sure, they get excited about it until they are 6 years old, but ultimately you have to tell them that Santa doesnt exist and their bubble gets burst.

ashley that quote was in reference to angels

‘Didn’t we establish the fact that Zanthonie probably doesn’t exist, the probability of his none existence being 99%?’
It is more difficult to prove that someone or thing does not exist. I do not know of any established facts on any ones existence in this discussion. It is however an established fact that everyone does not mature at the same rate. There also could be many variables as to why there were few errors in his poems. It would not be wrong for someone more mature to help a young boy express his feelings. All that we have established is that someone who does not want to consider all the possibilities, thought of a possibility, and presented it as a fact

'A quote comes to mind; “When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things,” (Bible -- I Corinthians 13:11).'

I don't know what mature is but i get called it by most adults. Personally i think i'm one of the most immature people ever. (in a good way) Being childish rocks! BTW, i just read thru this entire thread? I have no idea what y'all talking about most of the time. Anybody care to elaborate? (Woo, big word, lol) Lotsa luv, Gem xx

I agree, anyone who would compare the Creator of the universe to Santa Clause is not mature

‘I thought the correlation between CCD and the hitler youth would have ruffled your feather's more. Not really I don’t know what your experiences in CCD were, because I was not there
Damn those existentialists were a bunch of immature bastards, especially that Camus fellow. . However, there are thinkers such as Camus who write rather simplistically and without artifice, and whose terms such as "Nothingness" are linguistically justified by a simple glance to the past or to the future But. You my friend think you are something
’maturity and religion are two separate discussions’ I view maturity as three types, mental, physical and spiritual , I figured that someone mature in their beliefs would understand that, or at least that the reference between God and santa claus was a pointedly simple example. I agree it is a simple minded example. A serious seeker of the truth would admit that mental maturity peaks at different points in an individual. Simple would have been a better choice of words. It seemed that you could not see the difference between telling a child about santa claus. and teaching about God

‘p.s. I don’t think i ever mentioned the creation of the universe in the original essay, only god. We created him roughly 12,999994000 years after the fact, or is that 6 days in your time.’
Now we are getting humorous with a statement, which has no basis in logic or faith. We could not have created the laws of the universe because we did not exist. If they taught you that we created God in CCD They were in error
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i don’t discourage any beliefs, but i do hate when some people wear it on their sleeves (excuse the somewhat callous reference). Yes that is true, as stated by my favorite poet, Khalill Gibran;
He who wears his morality but as his best garment were better naked.

Lol JHarrison I cannot resist the humor. Not that I doubt the sincerity of your conversion. Please do not think I am offended by the title mikey. Many of my friends and family affectionately call me mikey. If you don’t mind me borrowing a quote from your original essay ‘a majority of my Sundays soaking in the good word, waiting for the doughnuts handed out after the service to get the bitter taste of Christ out of my mouth ‘ I thought of the mikey in the Life cereal commercial, and the puns are infinite LMAO