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Posted by bass drive on Feb-09-2004 19:46:

torontotrance
is it ok in the bible if you call your parents idiots?


Posted by Boomer187 on Feb-09-2004 19:52:

quote:
Originally posted by Pheobius
One thing i would also like to add:

Christianity is not a religion in the normal sense. If you look at all other religions they have set rules, pray at certain times of the day, confession, clothing, diet rules etc. Religion is a set of rules to live by in the hope you will please god. Christianity is the beleif at we, imperfect beings as we are with no chance of coming close to pleasing a being that in itself is perfect, accept the truth that Jesus Christ, as a perfect being also, took our punishment onto himself so that we might be saved. This means that Christianity is not a set of rules but the knowledge that whatever we do, as long as when wee do wrong we realise and repent, we are safe in the hope of heaven. To summarize it very cheesily other religions are DO religion, as set of rules of things you must do, Christianity realises that the things that secure our immortality have already been DONE.

It is also worth noting that in Christianity sexual sin is not its own category, it goes along with things like theft, greed, selfishness etc. It is never to late to ask for repentance.




I thought religion was a belief in a higher power. The details of those beliefs are subject to the specific religion you subscribe to.


and I think the topic has strayed quite a bit. started with sex and psychology, now its religion.....

but I forget what we are talking about in regards to religion..


Posted by tranceaholic on Feb-09-2004 20:16:

quote:
Originally posted by bass drive
torontotrance
is it ok in the bible if you call your parents idiots?


i dont think he reallu meant it, prolly just frustrated a lil


Posted by Slylee on Feb-09-2004 21:27:

Coming from a spiritual/somewhat religious (I try) point of view, I think when God created man and woman, and a penis and vagina, he created them so that there would be a harmonious union between the two people who would produce offspring�.not so we can screw everyone we date until we find the �right one� and then cheat on them and then think we are saved because we show up at church every Sunday (or once or twice a year for holidays). That�s why I don�t go to church when my mom asks me to go, because I would feel like a big hypocrite. And plus I�m at a stage in my life right now, where I am questioning my faith and religion in general.

I think somewhere along the road, there was a bad seed planted and society just went to shit. I mean, since when did 5 year old children become fair game for grown men (or even priests for that matter)?? People just do what they want, and when they want these days with no regard for anything/anyone but themselves. And another thing that bothers me is people who stretch the laws like Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, etc. I don�t think our forefathers wrote that stuff so we can have disgusting and morbid pornographic websites for our pleasure. It�s all just very wrong.


Posted by ralf_c on Feb-10-2004 02:10:

quote:
Originally posted by sExY pErSiAn
I totally agree with u... but according to the bible... even if i am safe and not hurting anyone... I'm still going to hell.


jul, what's you religion? christianity or muslim or hindu or Buddhist? who's wrong who's right? there are no simple answers.

according to the bible everyone else who's religion isn't christian based is going to hell too. i don't believe that at all. nobility doesn't necessarily come with religion you know, as a matter of fact i've met far too many hardcore christian folks who are quite frankly hypocrites to christianity and by the same token i've seen many examples of people who are not so religious but rather SPIRITUAL, some of this same folks are just as sound if not more solid as a real christian, but who am i to say that the christ believer who is merely spiritual will go to hell because he is not religious? i firmly believe that the bible's reference to sexuality where placed there to protect our selves (humanity) from our own stupidity, as are many other types of mandates found in the bible.

be at peace with what is good about your persona and try your hardest to separate your self from what hinders your soul.


Posted by Floorfiller on Feb-10-2004 02:25:

i don't want to get into a whole debate like what has happened in other threads, but i'm just really curious as to what believers think about the foundations of christianity and why you read something like the bible and believe what is says? please lets not argue about who's right, but seriously, i'm really curious as to how you justify your belief in certain things.

i know that religion is based on faith and that you shouldn't question, but how can you believe a book that was written by a bunch of preists and consider it the word of God? isn't it the congolmerate of the intellectuals of the time who happen to impose the teachings of a man, just a philosopher not unlike any other man, jesus. What makes what Jesus taught the truth? what distinguishes him from someone else in the Jewish sect at the time. Jesus was the self proclaimed son of God, so really at what point do we come to believe that and accept him as such?

like i said...i'm not trying to belittle or change your belief, but i'm curious as to the believers thoughts on some of these things. it just seems that more often or not, religious people shirk the issues others pose with the answer or "faith is not having to question", but how can one truly believe without first questioning and coming to a conclusion on one's own?


Posted by Boomer187 on Feb-10-2004 02:51:

quote:
Originally posted by Floorfiller
i don't want to get into a whole debate like what has happened in other threads, but i'm just really curious as to what believers think about the foundations of christianity and why you read something like the bible and believe what is says? please lets not argue about who's right, but seriously, i'm really curious as to how you justify your belief in certain things.

i know that religion is based on faith and that you shouldn't question, but how can you believe a book that was written by a bunch of preists and consider it the word of God? isn't it the congolmerate of the intellectuals of the time who happen to impose the teachings of a man, just a philosopher not unlike any other man, jesus. What makes what Jesus taught the truth? what distinguishes him from someone else in the Jewish sect at the time. Jesus was the self proclaimed son of God, so really at what point do we come to believe that and accept him as such?

like i said...i'm not trying to belittle or change your belief, but i'm curious as to the believers thoughts on some of these things. it just seems that more often or not, religious people shirk the issues others pose with the answer or "faith is not having to question", but how can one truly believe without first questioning and coming to a conclusion on one's own?



eh, it is all based on faith man. If you truely believe what you feel and the bible does it for you, you will not question it and lead a life to it.

You do not need proof with faith. I think that is where your question is. You need to understand faith. Its a feeling that appeals to millions.

however it is getting tougher to truely have faith when science has its grasp on us all day everyday. Science tells us we need proof, while religion tells us we just need faith.

so I guess your only gonna get the answer your not looking for, faith and feelings lead people to follow religion. However there are some that are drawn to god from a "miracle" experience, which I am guessing is what your looking for, but those are few and far between.



for me I, I just try to learn about all the religions out there. I am hugely drawn to science so my faith in anything is really weak. However being raised up christian I do have tendencies to follow that.


Posted by Floorfiller on Feb-10-2004 03:05:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
eh, it is all based on faith man. If you truely believe what you feel and the bible does it for you, you will not question it and lead a life to it.

You do not need proof with faith. I think that is where your question is. You need to understand faith. Its a feeling that appeals to millions.

however it is getting tougher to truely have faith when science has its grasp on us all day everyday. Science tells us we need proof, while religion tells us we just need faith.

so I guess your only gonna get the answer your not looking for, faith and feelings lead people to follow religion. However there are some that are drawn to god from a "miracle" experience, which I am guessing is what your looking for, but those are few and far between.



for me I, I just try to learn about all the religions out there. I am hugely drawn to science so my faith in anything is really weak. However being raised up christian I do have tendencies to follow that.


ok...i understand the whole faith thing, but at what point did people start to accept that faith without first saying...hey...who is this jesus guy...and why is his teachings correct. i know what you're saying, but hopefully what i'm saying is coming across somewhat. i think we probably are very similar in our approach to religions. i just think that people need to stop being sheep and read to understand and not just accept things because that is what their parents said. you're a scientist so how would it look if you said that the world is round, but you didn't have any scientific proof or reasoning to back it up? that wouldn't fly. now, i'm not saying people have to prove that god exists, i'm just saying that they should be able to rationally explain why they feel a certain way about things.

i truly believe that christianity is really only as big as it is because lets face it, back in the day, people were iliterate and ignorant to the world around them. so if you're parents tell you something you have no reason to believe different especially when you could be possibly killed for any kind of challenge to that. we look at such times and people in history such as the greeks and the renaissance as times of great intellectual advancement because of their challenge of social norms and ability to apply the human understanding to things, but then when we think about religion, for some reason that reasoning no longer applies.

i'm sure that the majority of people out there that would call themselves christians or catholic or any other religion believe so because they do not want to go to hell. well, if that is the only reason for believing something, is it really worth the blind exceptance?

lets say for a second that god does exist...since he would want only the devote, wouldn't it only seem logical that one that asks questions only to come to the conclusion that yes, god exists to me would be the most wanted and devote of all those who believe. i think that people's ability to prove why they believe is crucial to the true nature of religion. if you have no reason for believing then, how can you say that you truly believe. faith only is not enough, their must be logic behind that faith or else you are not as devote as you may think you are.

sorry i know that was a book hehehe...but hey i type fast and sometimes it just takes over hehehe...


Posted by tranceaholic on Feb-10-2004 03:19:

quote:
Originally posted by Floorfiller
ok...i understand the whole faith thing, but at what point did people start to accept that faith without first saying...hey...who is this jesus guy...and why is his teachings correct. i know what you're saying, but hopefully what i'm saying is coming across somewhat. i think we probably are very similar in our approach to religions. i just think that people need to stop being sheep and read to understand and not just accept things because that is what their parents said. you're a scientist so how would it look if you said that the world is round, but you didn't have any scientific proof or reasoning to back it up? that wouldn't fly. now, i'm not saying people have to prove that god exists, i'm just saying that they should be able to rationally explain why they feel a certain way about things.

i truly believe that christianity is really only as big as it is because lets face it, back in the day, people were iliterate and ignorant to the world around them. so if you're parents tell you something you have no reason to believe different especially when you could be possibly killed for any kind of challenge to that. we look at such times and people in history such as the greeks and the renaissance as times of great intellectual advancement because of their challenge of social norms and ability to apply the human understanding to things, but then when we think about religion, for some reason that reasoning no longer applies.

i'm sure that the majority of people out there that would call themselves christians or catholic or any other religion believe so because they do not want to go to hell. well, if that is the only reason for believing something, is it really worth the blind exceptance?

lets say for a second that god does exist...since he would want only the devote, wouldn't it only seem logical that one that asks questions only to come to the conclusion that yes, god exists to me would be the most wanted and devote of all those who believe. i think that people's ability to prove why they believe is crucial to the true nature of religion. if you have no reason for believing then, how can you say that you truly believe. faith only is not enough, their must be logic behind that faith or else you are not as devote as you may think you are.

sorry i know that was a book hehehe...but hey i type fast and sometimes it just takes over hehehe...


well if u r trulllllllly believe in god..then u will feel him around u..he is in u and all around u call on him and he will be there..in good times n bad...thats wht true belivers dont need physical or scientific evidence..


Posted by Boomer187 on Feb-10-2004 03:20:

I do see what your asking.

For me I think I was only truely faithful once. That was for a year culminating in my confirmation. I was goin to confirmation class for 4 years yet it was only the last one that made a difference. Then I just lost interest, it seemed like more of a hassle waking up and going to church.

well a lot of my friends just carried the belief form their childhood into adolescence and for some the "feeling" tok over so their parents belief passed onto them. However those kids never went ot college. Seems like most of my college buddies ended up questioning religion and usually stopped believing.


sounds like your describing Pascal's wager. He said you have nothing to lose in being religious. If there isn't a god you only missed out on a few hours a week tops. But if there is a god your all good. ALthough if you do not believe and there is a god, you lost a lot.

but that kinda goes against all beliefs and is more of a fake belief.

I think I almost touched upon your question somewhere in there.


Posted by tranceaholic on Feb-10-2004 03:28:

i think his question was what makes us believe in god..what reason do we have..i sorta touched that in my previous post..check it out


Posted by Boomer187 on Feb-10-2004 03:32:

quote:
Originally posted by tranceaholic
i think his question was what makes us believe in god..what reason do we have..i sorta touched that in my previous post..check it out


I know, I started replying before you replied...

I am a slow typer.


Posted by caddyshack on Feb-10-2004 04:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
atheist?

Religion is based on faith, not evidence.


what a cop-out


Posted by arctic on Feb-10-2004 09:06:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
sounds like your describing Pascal's wager. He said you have nothing to lose in being religious.


Just touching on that, Pascal's wager is possibly the weakest argument I've ever heard for converting to a particular religion. Firstly, an atheist has lost something; their integrity (and possibly ethical standards). They've wasted their life living a lie. If I was to believe in the inerrancy of the bible, and to use it as a basis for my ethical standards, then I would have to condone/accept as moral the abuse of women, mass killing, cruelty to animals, the slaughter of innocent children, warmongering and so forth. Unfortunately, I can't do that.

Secondly, there is more than more than one major world religion. Christianity has over 1.5 billion followers, I've seen a figure of 1.3 billion thrown around for Islam, and up to a billion for Hinduism as well. I've seen anything from around 200 million to six hundred million for Buddhism, and even then you're faced with Wicca, Taoism, pagan religions, and a multitude of ancient religions (Such as a belief in Zeus and so forth). Many of these religions assert that you're going to hell if you don't follow their beliefs. Therefore, which religion do you choose? Pascal's wager simply doesn't cut it.


Posted by Boomer187 on Feb-10-2004 10:03:

quote:
Originally posted by caddyshack
what a cop-out


no really, it is.


quote:
Originally posted by arctic
Just touching on that, Pascal's wager is possibly the weakest argument I've ever heard for converting to a particular religion. Firstly, an atheist has lost something; their integrity (and possibly ethical standards). They've wasted their life living a lie. If I was to believe in the inerrancy of the bible, and to use it as a basis for my ethical standards, then I would have to condone/accept as moral the abuse of women, mass killing, cruelty to animals, the slaughter of innocent children, warmongering and so forth. Unfortunately, I can't do that.

Secondly, there is more than more than one major world religion. Christianity has over 1.5 billion followers, I've seen a figure of 1.3 billion thrown around for Islam, and up to a billion for Hinduism as well. I've seen anything from around 200 million to six hundred million for Buddhism, and even then you're faced with Wicca, Taoism, pagan religions, and a multitude of ancient religions (Such as a belief in Zeus and so forth). Many of these religions assert that you're going to hell if you don't follow their beliefs. Therefore, which religion do you choose? Pascal's wager simply doesn't cut it.



I know, I would never say this wager is a good one. Nor does anyone have any answers for which god to believe in...again, you must understand faith. You must feel it inside and believe in it.

I don't have that feeling so I know no religion to turn to.


Posted by arctic on Feb-10-2004 10:34:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
no really, it is.





I know, I would never say this wager is a good one. Nor does anyone have any answers for which god to believe in...again, you must understand faith. You must feel it inside and believe in it.

I don't have that feeling so I know no religion to turn to.


It wasn't necessarily directed at you, but I just see it being used with disturbing regularity, when it has in fact been debunked countless times.

If you don't mind, can I ask you (Or anyone else who is willing to answer) about faith?

Most people describe their faith as a 'warm feeling in their stomach/heart'. It's generally described as an uplifting feeling, almost euphoric love. I experienced that in a brief stint as a theist. I truly believed that the Christian god was up there looking down on me, despite there being absolutely no evidence to verify it. I experience something like that with atheism, I wonder at the natural world and of how it all functions.

Dictionary.com defines it as:
# Confident belief in the truth, value, or trustworthiness of a person, idea, or thing.
# Belief that does not rest on logical proof or material evidence. See Synonyms at belief. See Synonyms at trust.

I could easily have faith that Elvis is actually Satan, and just happens to be sitting behind my chair ready to implant a knife in my back. I do tend to utilize this quote too much, but extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence. When someone says they have 'faith', it usually means that they have no evidence/rational basis for believing what they do, so they're going to have to fall back on the classic 'it just is, ok?' position.

Once again, I'm not attacking you (Or even specifically speaking to you even, most Christians/Muslims & Hindus tend to eventually fall back on the 'faith' argument), I'd just like to get inside the mind of someone who uses it I suppose. Ah yes, one more thing, none of this applies to Deists, I see their belief as perfectly understandable, and since I have not yet explored the physics/astronomy area, I won't presume to judge them.


Posted by Illusion on Feb-10-2004 11:09:

quote:
Originally posted by Boomer187
I am more on the scientific side of things.



pft.. what has science done for us lately?

I'm gonna go microwave some food and play xbox games with people around the globe now.


Posted by Zombie0915 on Feb-10-2004 11:15:

The reason I still believe in it is because the idea that everything has happened by chance just doesnt make sense to me. When I look at the world and everything that happens every day I just can't believe that all this stuff happened gradually over time. When I see things happen every day I just can't convince myself that there is no reason for them to happen. To me, there must be some intelligent force that created us and somehow governs everything that happens, but still allows us free will. Some people might call that faith, I believe it is a pretty logical idea.

Many many people have tried to explain life and the grand scheme of things with lots of different religions, but its impossible that every one of them is correct. Taking the approach that beleif in any religion at all will get you to heaven just sounds retarted to me. There has to be one correct explanation, and the rest are all wrong. Nobody likes being told that they are wrong so that idea has gained popularity as of late, but I think its a bunch of BS.

To me, the explanations that make the most sense are the ones found in the Bible, the book was written gradually over many years, there are prophecies in the beggining of it that predict things that happened thousands of years later and are mentioned in the later parts, archaeologists have found out that some things really did happen by actually digging stuff up. Miracles happened that seem like something which could only be done by God. At church ive met people who have had amazing things happen to them, since I accepted God my life has been transformed ever since, After reading the Bible several times I feel as if I have a better understanding of the world and my place in it.

Thats how I justify my beleifs, I tried to keep it short but I could easily say more.



Religous TA threads are so much fun


Posted by arctic on Feb-10-2004 11:49:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0915
The reason I still believe in it is because the idea that everything has happened by chance just doesnt make sense to me. When I look at the world and everything that happens every day I just can't believe that all this stuff happened gradually over time.


Are you referring to life itself when you say 'all this stuff'. If so, are you a creationist of an evolutionist? (Or do you subscribe to an alternate theory?)

quote:
When I see things happen every day I just can't convince myself that there is no reason for them to happen. To me, there must be some intelligent force that created us and somehow governs everything that happens, but still allows us free will. Some people might call that faith, I believe it is a pretty logical idea.


Fair enough, I disagree, and I hold to the belief that Intelligent Design has been throughly disproven/debunked, but i'm more interested about your faith in Christianity (specifically the bible).

quote:
Many many people have tried to explain life and the grand scheme of things with lots of different religions, but its impossible that every one of them is correct. Taking the approach that beleif in any religion at all will get you to heaven just sounds retarted to me. There has to be one correct explanation, and the rest are all wrong. Nobody likes being told that they are wrong so that idea has gained popularity as of late, but I think its a bunch of BS.


I agree with you when you state that not every religion can be correct, I hold the view that either one is correct, or they're all (Theistic religions this is) a load of bollocks (Which is what i believe at the moment). I'm pretty much in full agreement with you here, although I turn to science & philosophy to explain life rather than religion (Yes, I realize that philosophy deals with religion).

quote:
To me, the explanations that make the most sense are the ones found in the Bible, the book was written gradually over many years, there are prophecies in the beggining of it that predict things that happened thousands of years later and are mentioned in the later parts, archaeologists have found out that some things really did happen by actually digging stuff up. Miracles happened that seem like something which could only be done by God. At church ive met people who have had amazing things happen to them, since I accepted God my life has been transformed ever since, After reading the Bible several times I feel as if I have a better understanding of the world and my place in it.


This is the part I'm most interested in/primarily disagree with.

Let's examine some of the explanations in the bible. First off we have two conflicting creation accounts at the beginning of Genesis . These affirm that the world was created in 6 days, 6000 years ago. Since this has been proven false by science, let's move on shall we. What prophecies in particular are you referring to? This is a pretty shady area, as it does come down to interpretation in a way. For every prophecy that has been 'fulfilled', there'll be another that has not occurred. I'm really going to need specific examples here, as for me to judge a prophecy to be genuine, it would need to be something that violates the laws of logic/reason, in essence something that god and god alone could have performed. Simply saying that 'some people will reject Christianity' doesn't cut it for me, it has to be something more substantial than that. With the archaeology point, if you're referring to the Noah's arc finding, then I believe it was actually a hoax. Once again, evidence please. Miracles, once again, evidence. If you are referring to the miracles that the catholic church uses to justify ordaining people as saints, then your argument doesn't hold, they have been shown to be a load of rubbish time and time again. Apparently recovery from a disease must be divine intervention if someone has prayed to god. They don't seem to take into account the fact that the person could have easily just recovered from the illness, and that praying may have had nothing to do with their recovery (Hell, I'm an atheist and I've recovered from illness).

As for the bible, what is your response to some of some of the Biblical contradictions listed on http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com/? What about how it condones beating your wife, outlaws wearing clothes with two different fabrics, claims the earth is flat, claims the world is 6000 years old. How about god killing everyone on earth, then deciding that it wasn't such a smart thing to do after all. How about god killing 40 innocent toddlers because they laughed at a bald man.
Reading the bible is what made me reject Christianity. I simply can't endorse the ethical standards & morals that the bible portrays and endorses (Even excluding the fact that I've seen no evidence for the existence of the Xian god)

Once again, I'm not trying to attack you here, I'm just honestly fascinated by your beliefs. If I come across the wrong way, then I apologise, my intention is not to offend.


Posted by Zombie0915 on Feb-10-2004 12:25:

quote:
Originally posted by arctic
Are you referring to life itself when you say 'all this stuff'. If so, are you a creationist of an evolutionist? (Or do you subscribe to an alternate theory?)

I believe evolution does exist and that everything has adapted in certain ways, but I don't think it all started with some dust on an asteroid, I think at some point something had to be created. I use what I call my "mouse trap theory". Think of a mouse trap and the components that make it work, there is cheese, a platform, a hook a spring some metal stuff, but if you put all those parts in a pile together they dont neccesarily make a working mouse trap, things have to be put together by something in the right way in order for them to work. I see life in the same way, that something had to put us together, and it had to be more than a gradual mutation from a single celled organism that made that happen.

by all this stuff I mean both the origin of life and the things that happen every day. I suppose an example would be good to use here, but my computing time is over so that will come later

I'm, gonna reply to your other stuff later, I'm out of time and It seems like you need titles of books and such that I can't name of the top of my head at the moment.


Posted by Bondor on Feb-10-2004 16:47:

quote:
Originally posted by sExY pErSiAn
I totally agree with u... but according to the bible... even if i am safe and not hurting anyone... I'm still going to hell.


YEAH! you read the bible!


Posted by tranceaholic on Feb-10-2004 18:22:

lets just remember here that the bible is written by four different people..i bet if i tell a long story to 4 of u each will interpit it differently..it will be hard for 4 to see it from the same exact point..so there might be some diffrences which is understndable..and ever thought that thier might be events that werent in the bible at all..missing scriptures.lets remember here that it is not written by jesus himslef and it is the only account we have..did anyone see the movie stigmata? good movie..also shows that there could be other scriptures that we dont know about...i totally believe in the bible but i see how it could be incomplete..if u see the movie stigmata it tells u about a scripture that was missing and it says..god is in u and all around u ask for him and he shall be there with some other quotes that i truly belive...that is what faith is about..if u try to be a religious person n truly truly believe...u will feel that..when a miracle happen to u,when turn to him for the tough times and come out on top when u feel his presence around u..that is how u become a believer..not by seein some stars and goin someone must of made them..


Posted by Floorfiller on Feb-10-2004 18:23:

quote:
Originally posted by Zombie0915
The reason I still believe in it is because the idea that everything has happened by chance just doesnt make sense to me. When I look at the world and everything that happens every day I just can't believe that all this stuff happened gradually over time. When I see things happen every day I just can't convince myself that there is no reason for them to happen. To me, there must be some intelligent force that created us and somehow governs everything that happens, but still allows us free will. Some people might call that faith, I believe it is a pretty logical idea.

Many many people have tried to explain life and the grand scheme of things with lots of different religions, but its impossible that every one of them is correct. Taking the approach that beleif in any religion at all will get you to heaven just sounds retarted to me. There has to be one correct explanation, and the rest are all wrong. Nobody likes being told that they are wrong so that idea has gained popularity as of late, but I think its a bunch of BS.

To me, the explanations that make the most sense are the ones found in the Bible, the book was written gradually over many years, there are prophecies in the beggining of it that predict things that happened thousands of years later and are mentioned in the later parts, archaeologists have found out that some things really did happen by actually digging stuff up. Miracles happened that seem like something which could only be done by God. At church ive met people who have had amazing things happen to them, since I accepted God my life has been transformed ever since, After reading the Bible several times I feel as if I have a better understanding of the world and my place in it.

Thats how I justify my beleifs, I tried to keep it short but I could easily say more.



Religous TA threads are so much fun


i think that is actually the biggest reason for believing for people. they want answers as to the origins of the world and utimately end up relying on the explaination of god must have started it. ok, so i understand that, but what about the bible leads you to believe that THIS is the god that did all of that. at this argument i could definitely see someone who has come to that conclusion believing in a higher power, but why does it have to be the God of the christian church or any other religion.

you said that you think that the bible has to most appealing way of explaining the beginings, but really think what it is. the bible is nothing more that a historical text that was created by bishops over a number of years. what gives them the "divine" understanding that would lead to them being able to accurately relate the ideas of god to the people. now of course, you might say that they are connected to god through their position or something like that, god speaks to them. of course there have been points in history when people have claimed to have a religious experience. it would seem natural that these people would be the proper ones to instruct others in the teachings of religion, but with the power associated with that position it can and has been abused through out history to gain power. how else can you explain the actions of the church collecting huge amounts of wealth and accepting bribes for indulgences and the like?

lets say that someone did in fact recieve some sort of message from god...would that person then desire the utmost position of authority? doesn't the bible teach one to be humble?

of course we can keep this going on forever because i have a lot to say on the issue hehehe..


Posted by {b.s.e.} on Feb-10-2004 18:25:

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Originally posted by tranceaholic
lets just remember here that the bible is written by four different people..i bet if i tell a long story to 4 of u each will interpit it differently..it will be hard for 4 to see it from the same exact point..so there might be some diffrences which is understndable..and ever thought that thier might be events that werent in the bible at all..missing scriptures.lets remember here that it is not written by jesus himslef and it is the only account we have..did anyone see the movie stigmata? good movie..also shows that there could be other scriptures that we dont know about...i totally believe in the bible but i see how it could be incomplete..if u see the movie stigmata it tells u about a scripture that was missing and it says..god is in u and all around u ask for him and he shall be there with some other quotes that i truly belive...that is what faith is about..if u try to be a religious person n truly truly believe...u will feel that..when a miracle happen to u,when turn to him for the tough times and come out on top when u feel his presence around u..that is how u become a believer..not by seein some stars and goin someone must of made them..



You gotta wonder, why doesn't Jehovah just step down off his fuckin' cloud and speak to the world, guaranteed he would convert 75% of the world's population..


of course, he would have to exist in the first place.. oops.. I mean..


Posted by tranceaholic on Feb-10-2004 18:26:

floorfiller..i think i covered ur questions uptop in my post..though i dont get the humble question


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