Are you doing God's Work?

[arabianights]

Ok so Blankfein comes out with an unbelivably silly comment yesterday, I can only assume he made it for lulz.

But when trading, do you think you are doing god's work?

 

[Martinghoul]

Hell, yeah!

 

[foredog]

No, I'm sure he trades his own account

 

[N Rothschild]

i am god, and i am doing my own work..so yes. i am doing gods work

 

[oildaytrader]

God told me to rob pension funds and A I G and treasury indirectly.

 

[Paul71]

Ok so Blankfein comes out with an unbelivably silly comment yesterday, I can only assume he made it for lulz.

But when trading, do you think you are doing god's work?

I think it is the work of Satan, but i compensate for this by wearing a vest made from barbed wire whilst trading.

 

[oiltanker]

blair thought he was doing god's work. as did Bush.

depending upon your image of the divine then its perfectly possible for anyone to say they are doing god's work.

if the image is one a cheating greedy letch then anyone who IS a cheating greedy letch is doing their God's work.

So if goldman is in the image of their God makes you wonder what holy book they have?

 

[oildaytrader]

God said take a commission from every pension trade and give fills to pension funds at highest price of the day,put the rest in your pocket

 

[HawkTrader]

Are you doing God's Work?

Aye.

 

[Trader333]

There are not that many things that I am certain of in this life but one of them is, for those who believe in God, that God does not in any way communicate with any human on a one to one or personal level. The evidence for this is absolutely everywhere and in every religion possible.


Paul

 

[donaldduke]

 

[GammaJammer]

There are not that many things that I am certain of in this life but one of them is, for those who believe in God, that God does not in any way communicate with any human on a one to one or personal level. The evidence for this is absolutely everywhere and in every religion possible.


Paul

Heretic. Burn him. Then stone him. Then burn him AND stone him.

 

[maxima]

when trading, do you think you are doing god's work?

when I trade I dont think. if I think I lose.

 

[tomorton]

I think you'll find its Gods' work, not God's work.

 

[tomorton]

And I say that as an atheist.

 

[white_goodman]

I think you'll find its Gods' work, not God's work.

+1

 

[Shakone]

There are not that many things that I am certain of in this life but one of them is, for those who believe in God, that God does not in any way communicate with any human on a one to one or personal level. The evidence for this is absolutely everywhere and in every religion possible.


Paul

Normally agree with most of your posts Paul, but can't really see where you're coming from with this one. In many major religions, it is clear that God DOES communicate directly with humans on a one to one basis, and has always done. Christianity, Judaism, Islam all being prime examples.

 

[Mr. Charts]

Normally agree with most of your posts Paul, but can't really see where you're coming from with this one. In many major religions, it is clear that God DOES communicate directly with humans on a one to one basis, and has always done. Christianity, Judaism, Islam all being prime examples.

It is clear many religious people BELIEVE that, but then BELIEF = FAITH = RELIGION, none of which are evidentially or scientifically based; they merely exist in the minds of BELIEVERS.

 

[GladiatorX]

Normally agree with most of your posts Paul, but can't really see where you're coming from with this one. In many major religions, it is clear that God DOES communicate directly with humans on a one to one basis, and has always done. Christianity, Judaism, Islam all being prime examples.

How come then Shakone; God has never contacted non-religious people? Research it.
I'm a disbeliever, God has never contacted me ... He has 'contacted' my mum who IS a believer...

Let me describe a similar instance; I'm scared of spiders. When i go into a dark room, i'm very anxious and 'SEE' and 'FEEL' lots of spiders and jump and run out the room, while my mum cannot see or feel such things.

Paranoia and heightend emotions = Illusion that corresponds with beliefs.

This to the person RE-INFORCES that belief, but doesn't provide evidence.

I won't believe until i'm contacted, and saying that you 'have to belief' in order for him to contact you is just an excuse, because if you belief then OFCOURSE he'll visit you in your illusions; just like if i believe there is a spider under the wardrobe, i'm going to see suspicious shadows and movements... Similarily, if i believe that people in my neighbourhood are regularly burguled, then i hear noises that sound like a breaking of entry. Simiariliy, if i believe that someone fancies me, i will notice them looking at me and i'll BELIEVE thats because they fancy me (re-inforcing the belief) ... Assumptions, Assumptions, Assumptions based on BELIEFS during times of HEIGHTENED emotions, which the body naturally uses to re-inforce the belief so that you avoid or seek to find such instances in the future...
If i believe i'm being attacked, i might hide, my senses will be very sensitive and i'll hear small noises and feel SCARED, the feeling of being scared will re-inforce that i DON'T WANT TO BE IN THIS SITUATION and my body remembers that; Now furthermore, when i feel i'm being attacked, i will feel more scared and more certain that i'm being attacked and that i need to act.

I'll give a perfect example; I've got a young brother who believes in Santa...
He heard his jingles at christmas and raindears outside his door... Upon questioning, in my opinion he seemed to genuinely believe this to be true.

I didn't hear them.

Now you could say 'Thats because you didn't believe' and true, had i believed, i may have been under the illusion due to my paranoia/beliefs that Santa was outside my door... However in reality, the reason i didn't hear him wasn't because i don't believe in Santa, its because he doesn't exist.

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Read that and tell me in a logical way how its not true ?

 

[zupcon]

Years ago, in my youth I was involved in a "business" that was little more than a thinly disguised Ponzi scheme. I once recieved a FAX from the minister of a church in the USA who had pursuaded several hundred of his congregation to "invest" their time and money in this particular "business opportunity", and which of course resulted in him personally earning a very substantial fee, and the FAX actually contained the words

"Bless you, you are doing the Lords work".

I dont particularly feel as if I was "doing the lords work", but then again, when a minister of the church tells you that you are, who am I to argue ?