It's been a struggle but now it's official. I'm what you may call an Atheist.
Now, I grew up in the church. My mother forced my sister and I to go to Bible Study as well as morning service EVERY Sunday. And on Wednesdays we went to J.A.M a program for preteen and teens. Don't get me wrong. My mother never had to drag me to go..I wanted to!! Oh man..I Believed. I believed so much that when I got saved I thought Jesus stood me up and walked me to the front of the church....
I'm a man now. I'm a man that has gone to college and gotten an education. My beliefs have changed. Through the study of World Religions and developing my own Philosophy on life. Did you all know that Shakespeare wrote a large portion of the Bible?? I mean Shakespeare!!
I’m not going to go into every reason I don’t believe but I remember the LAST time prayed....
"God, I couldn't even exist on this planet without you creating it..."
Then it dawned on me...
"But if you’re the God that created me as well as the planets....Who created you?? How, can a God just *poof* out of nowhere?"
Who thought of the idea of "God" any way. In the Hindu, religion there are thousands of "Gods". All in which have a symbolic meaning. You know morality, monogamy, faith etc..All of the Gods help the Hindu's live their life and manage in their area. The same could be said for Christianity. The faith in God, develops morality in people which helps us from killing ourselves to extinct. It also gives us faith that things will work out eventually.
You know, I didn’t lose my faith. I just lost my belief in the idea of "god"...
We think having faith means being convinced God exists in the same way we are convinced a chair exists. People who cannot be completely convinced of God’s existence think faith is impossible for them. Not so. People who doubt can have great faith because faith is something you do, not something you think...In fact, the greater ones doubt the more heroic they can be...
first of all "We" did not create the devil...seond of all, bad actions are not caused by the devil...they are caused by the people who do them...only you have control over what you dont and do not do....the devil doesnt cause you to do anything
first of all "We" did not create the devil...seond of all, bad actions are not caused by the devil...they are caused by the people who do them...only you have control over what you dont and do not do....the devil doesnt cause you to do anything
we all disagree, i think we should disagree, yeah :?
you know i could repond intelligently to this topic because my strengths are religion and poplitics, but i think i'll just kindly click the "stop watching topic" button.... 8-) (nessa)
I never understood the whole argument that God is good. Nor that statement. If God is almighty and omnipotent he can be neither good, nor bad. Doing either in excess of the other would make it a hypocritical statement.
But that is why we created the Devil. God, therefore is not omnipotent if every bad action is caused by the Devil. If God is not omnipotent, then the theory of he has always been can no longer hold water seeing as how there is an equal and opposite reaction to hisself which in turn FOLLOWS THE RULES OF THE UNIVERSE.
God is neither good, nor bad; which the Old Testament solidified. Then all the sudden God becomes some loving gentle soul is the New Testament? And Satan has the the power the God does not posses?
Satan is a fallen angel that can only do what God allows him to do (Job 1 & 2) and in turn execution comes only by us allowing satan. Satan is no equal to God and will eventually burn in hell with all those that lived in sin.
Isaiah 55:8-11...
Wow... Some of you seem to be so knowledgeable about religion. Where are you (thunder and neckbone) doing your research?? Have you ever consulted with anyone of Christian faith(ministers etc.) about your doubts??? If not, then do so. Why?? because inorder for you to come to your final conclusion, you'll need to have heard both sides and NOT just the one that makes the most sense to you.
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
it seems like er'month or so....a post like this pops up, and quite frankly, I'm tired of always tryna defend my sprituality to some of yall goofy a$$ folks lolol
I kno he's with me...plan and simple...you can try to analyze him all ya want to, but theres no all that you're gonna wrap your mind FULLY around God...you jus gotta have faith.
Wow... Some of you seem to be so knowledgeable about religion. Where are you (thunder and neckbone) doing your research?? Have you ever consulted with anyone of Christian faith(ministers etc.) about your doubts??? If not, then do so. Why?? because inorder for you to come to your final conclusion, you'll need to have heard both sides and NOT just the one that makes the most sense to you.
"Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths."
i have heard both sides, but ask any catholic preist the origin of christmas and easter, and he will have to tell you paganism. If you wanna believe that theirs an invisible man in the sky that wants u to worship him and obey his commands or else your soul will be deemed to burn in hell for eternity, oh but he loves you, i can respect that, i just wish christians would respect that fact that i don't believe that. i never try to convince christians that what they believe is flawed, so dont try to convince me what i believe is flawed.
i can respect that, i just wish christians would respect that fact that i don't believe that. i never try to convince christians that what they believe is flawed, so dont try to convince me what i believe is flawed.
Exactly. I don't know why people feel it's their right to try to persuade others beliefs. Especially when they don't even know the person. Who's to say if we are even right as Christians. WE don't even know that until we die, so we could very well be wrong ourselves.
Little boy please, i'm not trying to persuade anyone to be anything!! I'm simply telling him, as well as others, to do serious research. Most people only do research to discredit Christianity, anyway.
Like someone else said:do you!
