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Do you believe In God....; yes or no...WHY?
Topic Started: Aug 7 2006, 05:21 PM (3,790 Views)
GreatWhiteHorse
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Bone Shard
Aug 26 2006, 05:48 PM
But if God is good why would he have us kill in his name and give us the commandment thou shall not kill?  It that not a double standard?

Im not sure where you're going here.

I never said God was good, nor did I say I even believed in God.

I said that 'God' is a concept that I believe represents what is all around us. 'God' is different things to different people.

I myself am an atheist. As far as God goes, I dont know, nor would I presume to say I had all the answers.

And God having people kill in his name? That is every major religion's 'God'. Read the Bible, the Qoran, the Rig Vedas. All gods order genocide...and none of them are 'good'.

If you want to seriously talk about inconsistancies and double standards in the Judeo-Christian Bible just pm me and I will talk with you about it for hours on end.
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Silentom
Aug 26 2006, 12:20 AM
Bone Shard
Aug 26 2006, 12:09 AM
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Bone Shard
Aug 24 2006, 08:31 PM
I do believe in a higher being but not a devil because for me it is logical to create a world with a balance of good and bad in it otherwise what kind of world would it be with just one side in it?

If you believe in both sides.......then how could you not believe in the devil?

I get asked that a lot and for me why does there have to be a Devil in order for us to have good and bad in the world? Great Spirit created us as a balanced human being meaning he placed the bad within through free will. Why then should there be a Devil just because we have the free will to choose whether we take a human life or not.

Simply put there is a god for your good and a god Devil/Satin for your bad side!
You have a choice to be a good person and follow the bible!
Or you can be like me in the Christians eyes and be very bad/evil and realize there is more to this life than just a bible of words which are very incomplete.

Silentom :thumbup:

I can't speak for all Christians, but I don't try and judge people based on their beliefs. I do know one thing for sure, we (that being my whole family and I) sure don't believe you're bad or evil or I wouldn't have married you. We don't think people are bad because they believe differently. To me, that's just not the way Christianity works. But every person is different. Can't group everyone together and say we all do this or we all do that. I love you baby! :wub:
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Its really sad that we can't respet the way other's feel....I know i believe in God, But i don't feel the need to make other's believe, Does that mean i'm a bad christain..I don't think so...I just think it means i have respect for what other's believe and feel..... :whistle:
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Thats the ideal, Isey.

When people use the way they feel to try and influence matters that affect everyone else, things go downhill.
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Isis
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Yes they do sweetie....But it's more then that...If you try to make a person feel what you feel then it's not real for them....relgion is something that come's from the heart and no person can preach that into another.....

Plus there is the problem with nut's who kill in the name of God,..Tell me has it ever made another person believe the way they want...NO all it does is make thing's worse for that relgion.... :grumble:
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so true Isis!
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I do and I can't say there was ever a time when I haven't believed in God even way back to my toddler years when I was watching Rocky Horror! LOL No, really, I watched that and Breakdance like everyday (my parents are very liberal) had no idea what it was about though, now I see it as an alternate alien Eden! LOL
Does a fallen angel deserve a second chance? You decide
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After watching the pain my father went through for my entire life i have never really believed in the possibility of a god who is anything other then apathetic to us.

As such i have a hard time understanding people who talk about a "loving" god etc.

Is there a god, I don't know but if ever i do meet him i will want to know why he allows such pain to visit one who has done nothing to earn it. I will ask why he tortures and torments the weak and many other things.

Who knows, perhaps he will even explain these things well enough that i can respect him... but i will never worship him
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To me the whole story of God and everything in the bible completely reminds me of the of the wizard of Oz.
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i do not beleive in god or satan...none of it has ever been proven to exist,ive never seen it and it has all come about from a book written by humans.
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I hope it's OK to resurrect a topic because this issue is important to me.

I truly believe in God as the Creator of all we see and all we can't see,and in Jesus as my Savior. I know non-Christians often-too often-see an angry,hateful Evangelical Christianity. I only wish I had the ability to share with you the peace,the strength,the joy and love I experience though my faith in God,Jesus,and the Holy Spirit. When I pray-I feel His presence in me,and I feel a great love. My prayers are answered,I've seen loved ones recover fully from conditions that medical professionals had given up hope on.

I also want you to know-I don't have all the answers. I don't understand why there is pain and evil. I don't know how
someone that thinks they worship the Prince of Peace can then hate gays or anyone else. I'm not sure about Heaven or what it means. Day-to-day, I go with what live gives me and rely on God to make it work.

And He does.
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There is no problem with resurrecting a topic and I can totally understand by your words how you have your faith.

We don't judge on TPB if we believe ...we believe..if we don't that's ok to..

I'm very happy you've found what makes your life complete..
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There is no problem with resurrecting a topic and I can totally understand by your words how you have your faith.

We don't judge on TPB if we believe ...we believe..if we don't that's ok to..

I'm very happy you've found what makes your life complete..
Thanks,Mystical. "Happy"

I do think if everyone would "share" their beliefs,instead of "forcing my way down your throat", we might discover we have more things in common then we have differences.
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i completely agree Max. and if i don't agree with people or what they do, it's not for me to judge, even if i believe it is wrong.
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Isis
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I happen to feel alot as you do Max and i do believe in God also, That is something i'm very open about all the time... I also don't have all the answer's i just trust that what i feel is real and Gods going to help me figure out the rest..... :church:
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