friendindeed
The question is fine just like what ever your answer, opinion is.
Why vote down this question? friendindeed here is my thumbs up for your question.
My God and your God may not be the same. The God I conger up is deals with truth, forgiveness, mercy, comforter and much more. I do believe in God. All over the world God is the entity on a higher level than man. We are a weak society if we don't have a God to look to for strength. My God loves praise from me and thanksgiving and gratitude for all that I have. I love my neighbor just as I love myself. We are in the same flesh state. We are not that different.
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ole hipster
papa peg
bluedeath
wrincles
sammy66
commonman
all religion comes down to faith !!!!!!think about it -----the key word is faith!!!
| 13 years ago. Rating: 3 | |
Faith is a confidence or trust in the achievement of God's will, even though unseen and unexpected by non-believers. I have that Faith and with that a personal relationship with Jesus.
why? does people fear of god get to the poinnte of a vote ?live your life , be good do whats right treat those as you would be treated, and god will worry about the rest,your life is but an instant on this earth try not to worry about god , if there is a god a he will do the worrying for us all
| 13 years ago. Rating: 3 | |
Durk Simmons
I believe in the Goddess and the God, in that they are precepts of the duality of nature. The Mother (Earth)Goddess representing the bounty that sustains us, the water we drink, and the air we all breathe. The God represents the sun and the energy needed to sustain the Goddess. To believe that a sentient being consciously constructed all that is? In six days? Please, that's a fairy tale. To take it further and write down his rules in a book? So to answer the question as intended, nope. Anymore, I find it repugnant, especially in light of what writing that stuff down has gotten us. Nothing more than unneeded bloodshed over who's right, when in the end no one is. If we all concentrated as much effort into our own backyards/neighborhoods (your part of the Earth) as we did on our "faith," everyone will be better off for it.
Durk Simmons author Strings of Connection
| 13 years ago. Rating: 3 | |
Colleen
I believe in God the creator, the IT, the energy force devoid of gender. I do not believe Jesus is God. There's God and there's Jesus but no combining of the two. You either follow God or you follow Jesus. Like Paula I believe we are Soul and Soul is a particle of the IT sent to earth to be cleansed of impurities. Even the IT needs to be cleansed of the negative force it encounters. We are the marred bits that need to be cleansed. I know, sounds pretty sci-fi doesn't it? Imagine them trying to convince people of this 2000 years ago when modern man has trouble accepting or comprehending it. That's why Christianity was created. Lesser minded people (the ignorant people of the early era for clarification) needed something they could touch, see and hear in order to believe. "God" Itself has no voice or form. Kinda hard to believe in something you can not see or feel or hear. Christianity has been brilliantly marketed over the centuries so that people simply accept it because well, it's the popular religion. I mean if millions of others call themselves Christian, then they can't all be wrong, right?
| 13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
And it's quite fantastic how your religion managed to combine two gods to make it one God so they could adhere to the commandment of worshiping only one God. I bet someone got a bonus in his pay for figuring out how to work that.
"If you dont believe why dont you ignore what we say. " Because you use your faiths reasoning to stand against homosexuals, something that I am. You use what you believe as truth against my life. I will not ignore the Christian condemnation of what I am. Especially when they use it in the court of law to try and keep my rights from me. How am I to ignore what it constantly thrown in my face?
@ Randy I do understand the recipe to make 2 Gods into one and why such a recipe was needed to give the Christian religion validity, it does not mean I have to ingest the kool aid that recipe creates.
Actually I was speaking of lesser minded people during Jesus's time. I tried to refrain for using the word ignorant as most of them were. They were uneducated and rarely did they think for themselves as they were so use to being led by their government and religion.
Colleen, you say lesser minded people are Christians because they have faith in the Holy Trinity. Some of the smartest people who have ever lived were Christians. Some of the smartest people who ever lived have been Athiests as well, or of some other faith. You represent yourself as a bigot because of the way you label people. Believe what you want and I will not judge you. God will judge you but I regress. People say religions make people kill each other. That is a lie. People make people kill people, People corrupt people, People corrupt whats good in life and cling to the bad. You?
The STEAM, ICE and WATER is a nice way to explain the trinity to non believers. GOD in three-forms, is that so hard to understand.
<a href="/users/975/colleen/">@Colleen</a>, true you don't. Good luck in life hope you have a great one.
I dont think us Christians are 'lesser minded people' because we believe in God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Ghost. I am sure you believe in STEAM, ICE and WATER. They are all the same thing in differant forms
Colleen. I dont understand why you are and sound angry. If you dont believe why dont you ignore what we say. You will meet God some day and it wont matter then what we have said. It will be you and God. What will you say then
Bob/PKB
Headless Man
All I can say Colleen is happy Soul Travel:
| 12 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
Acts 19:11
God did extraordinary miracles through Paul.
Give me a verse and chapter to back up your claim that Paul did soul travel.
Paul’s Vision and His Thorn
1 I must go on boasting. Although there is nothing to be gained, I will go on to visions and revelations from the Lord. 2 I know a man in Christ who fourteen years ago was caught up to the third heaven. Whether it was in the body or out of the body I do not know—God knows. 3 And I know that this man—whether in the body or apart from the body I do not know, but God knows— 4 was caught up to paradise and heard inexpressible things, things that no one is permitted to tell. 5 I will boast about a man like that, but I will not boast about myself, except about my weaknesses.
It's clear that Paul acknowledges that Soul can leave the body and return to the body. He states he does not know if this man Soul traveled or had a vision. Yet ends the passage with, he will boast of this man's experience but will not boast of his own. He either fears admitting that he could Soul travel or he is the man in the story and he knows he Soul traveled as the only way to be "caught up to the third heaven" is to travel there out of body. This is not a vision or a dream. The third heaven exists and he saw and was there. Now I know you will hop all over the words "vision" and "do not know" and "God knows" but back then Soul travel was not widely accepted. How could he admit to it really?
Yes, Yes and yes, more everyday, thanks to Colleen who makes me study more than I would.
| 12 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
Shouldn't you be studying your bible daily anyway and not only when you're trying to prove a person's beliefs wrong? Seems rather shallow to only study your religion for the point of arguing.
Then you make me look up different verses and study more and ask questions of people more educated than myself.
Then I read other online sites.
Can you refer me to another link to read?
friendindeed
Please keep answering this and other questians. This is not a Christian site but there are many Christians on here. Also many non Christian. Open to all
| 12 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
Are you saying its only the top people with lots of TU get to complain.
This is NOT a Christian site,there are plenty out there.
GO DO YOUR PREACHING THERE.
Grit Savage
No, not in any way whatsoever! its time people grew up and stopped believing these old fairy tales!
anyone who basis their entire way of living based on a 2000 year old social control system definitely has issues!
if the USA had allowed pure science and evolution to be taught in schools from the early 1920s (it was banned by the federal court system as they didn't understand, even though the rest of the world understood perfectly) and only started creeping back into the curriculum in the late 60s early 70s) maybe the states would be in a far better place right now.
you cannot reason or discuss anything with people who's only answer is "goddidit"! blind faith is just that. Blind!!
:-)
| 13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
you call that an example of evolution? oh deary me!!
I would suggest doing some intensive studying on evolution and general science before you make a fool of yourself again.
blind faith really does make you blind to everything else doesn't it!
poor little you :-)
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2006/gruber_award.html
http://astrobiology.nasa.gov/nai/seminars/detail/24
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1468-4004.2000.00210.x/full
http://www.newscientist.com/topic/human-evolution
your problem friend, is that you want it simple! well it aint simple so you will have to study to understand.
I have read the bible and found it as good as an L Ron Hubbard sci fi book (very bad)!
More like your soul after death will be like a sci fi book,like a cloud of fire.It will be to late then.
So you think we came from a spec of dust which became life. Hit your watch with a hammer, put in a bag and shake, open the bag and throw all the bits up in the air. Perhaps it will all come together and start ticking again. SOME CHANCE. You think we are stupid
Come on now. If I am so stupid then tell me in simple terms. Go to the very start and explain how this all came about. You all say I need to study. So show us what you know. I have been on this site for a while now and not one of you unbelivers have explained how and what all this started with. Lets see if you can do it
Gabalis
Ashligh16
username
cogito ergo sum
I DO NOT BELIEVE IN FAIRY TALES.
| 13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
Neither do I,however I do believe his word his truth, in Jesus Christ,and I can assure you it's no fairy tale.
jayaywhy
Did you know that the Christian story is one of the oldest on the planet. Contrary to popular belief, if one does his/her research you would learn that the three kings following the star in the east, the virgin birth on December 25 and all of the other attributes that make up the Jesus story are all pulled out of an ancient Egyptian pagan religion that dates back over 3000 years b.c. The Egyptians used to worship their sun god Horus, who was born on December 25 by the Virgin Davaki and so on. This story has all of the same attributes as the Jesus story only written 3000 years earlier, and it’s not the only one. At the same time developing societies everywhere were using this story, the only thing changing was the name of their God and the virgin who gave birth. I urge you to look into this. You'll find a whole world of truth about religion and you should conclude that all religions derive from astrotheology and most of the stories you read in a bible are stories about our solar cycles anthropomorphized and personified into what we know today as the constellations.
So my answer is no.
| 13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
Shadow
No. I have an education.
| 13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
blind faith is simple! science is not! go and read up on stuff before dismissing a non believer! we know your book! try reading some of ours.
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Moodcop
Christians, Buddhists, Hare Krishnas, Muslims, even Pagans believe in "a God!" We, all of us, are spiritual creatures. We feel the presence of the spiritual realm in one way or the other. Why are there so many billions of people in the world who believe in "a God?" Because God exists. Even the Athiests feel the tug. They are spiritual in their disbelief. Do I believe in God? YES!! Which God is the right one. Who knows? I believe in the God of Christianity. You may believe in the Pagan Gods,Buddha,etc. I'm committed to my belief because God is everywhere and in everyone. He provides for everyone everywhere. Millions of people have seen some kind of the spiritual realm. Many have a 6th sense that allows them access to it. Miracles have occured that can only be defined as spiritual in nature. Yea, God exists. Believe, dont believe. Life is all about choice. Choose to or choose not to. But choose. Then hope, or for most, pray that you've made the right choice.
| 13 years ago. Rating: 2 | |
eggplant
Sure do...otherwise how do I get a chance to burn holy rollers in hell?
No I don't. What kind of God would allow children to suffer. What kind of God would allow all the pain that is happening in the world right NOW....No I do not believe in God. I believe in evolution. I was brought up a Mormon and I lost it around 14 when the President had a great revelation, I won't say what it was...but after that, I just think that God is not up in the sky watching all the suffering down here. Not possible!