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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2018 10:39:00 GMT -5
The God of thunder is my God. Hail Thor.
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Post by @.@ Hempsterdance @.@ on Jan 26, 2018 13:36:41 GMT -5
I grew up in a religious family as I got,older I really didn't find any tangible proof of a god existing. I don't knock anyone who believes however until Jesus shows up at my door I refuse to believe.
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Post by Darkhawk on Jan 26, 2018 17:19:38 GMT -5
I was born and raised as a Catholic, went to Church every Sunday and did school every Wednesday and I hated it. I thought going to Church was boring especially since it was in Spanish and I wasn't fluent in Spanish. I do believe a bit in God though but I also believe there is life outside of Earth.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jan 26, 2018 17:28:08 GMT -5
Yes and no.
I have my days when I am. I think when we go through something traumatic we will catch ourselves playing to God. I know I have said, "Thank God" numerous times in my life.
Though I have my days when I don't know if He or She is real. I see homeless people suffer on the streets, I see people dying from disease, it makes it tough to believe in a higher power.
I would like to think that there is something greater out there. That when we do die, we do see a Heaven, and we can see those loved ones who passed away before us.
Maybe when we die, we still stay on earth. Just in ghost form.
Either way, nobody really knows. Everyone is going to believe what they are going to believe - and that's pretty cool to me.
As long as you don't put your beliefs on another person, then by all means believe in what you want!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2018 17:28:38 GMT -5
I love studying the Semitic Iron Age, much respect for a lot of religion and religious folks, but I'm a science guy as far as what I actually believe in.
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Jan 26, 2018 21:39:04 GMT -5
I am also atheist.
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Post by TurboEddie on Jan 27, 2018 3:45:01 GMT -5
I’m atheist and despise religion.
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Post by enigmafigs on Jan 27, 2018 7:03:45 GMT -5
No, and I'll give you a few reasons why. Anyone remember the Sandy Hook Shooting? A bunch of innocent children got murdered. Their brothers and sisters didn't have their best friends anymore. Their parents didn't have their children anymore. Some loving God right? I had an uncle who was my best friend. He had cancer and passed away. I prayed to God every night to make him better, but he didn't. He was a huge Cubs fan. I always wanted him to witness a World Series win, but unfortunately he couldn't. Why do kids get cancer? Is it all part of his "plan"? That's not right. There is no God in my opinion. I am my own God. I have total control over my life. The lord is not my sheppard because I am not a sheep. I don't bash people for believing. If they have something they focus on, then good for them. I personally think he was created to explain the things that science just can't explain. Some Christians combat that with the thought of humans being given freewill from God. But then how do they explain the fact that in the Bible it clearly states that God decides he's going to wipe out an entire planet with a flood? I'm not trying to start an argument with that, if anyone disagrees we can have a formal and civil debate.
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Post by Halloween King on Jan 27, 2018 14:01:35 GMT -5
To an extent
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Post by Back to the Codyverse on Jan 27, 2018 16:02:50 GMT -5
I believe in God. I’m far from perfect but I’m a believer.
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Post by jayrod2009 on Jan 27, 2018 16:49:45 GMT -5
No, and I'll give you a few reasons why. Anyone remember the Sandy Hook Shooting? A bunch of innocent children got murdered. Their brothers and sisters didn't have their best friends anymore. Their parents didn't have their children anymore. Some loving God right? I had an uncle who was my best friend. He had cancer and passed away. I prayed to God every night to make him better, but he didn't. He was a huge Cubs fan. I always wanted him to witness a World Series win, but unfortunately he couldn't. Why do kids get cancer? Is it all part of his "plan"? That's not right. There is no God in my opinion. I am my own God. I have total control over my life. The lord is not my sheppard because I am not a sheep. I don't bash people for believing. If they have something they focus on, then good for them. I personally think he was created to explain the things that science just can't explain. Some Christians combat that with the thought of humans being given freewill from God. But then how do they explain the fact that in the Bible it clearly states that God decides he's going to wipe out an entire planet with a flood? I'm not trying to start an argument with that, if anyone disagrees we can have a formal and civil debate. I like the ideology that we are all God, cause we are his flesh and blood. Of course this is of the Christian belief, which trickles down through many religions. This is what supposedly gives us free will. But free will in itself is what also leads us towards God or away. In that moment is when you can no longer be forgiven. But, when he died for All humanity’s sin, we were forgiven. In that, could we not essentially break every rule in the book? Are we not forgiven endlessly? That is where a true debate starts. Where does forgiveness end? When are we too far gone from being forsaken?
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Post by snatch on Jan 27, 2018 18:24:57 GMT -5
Raised Catholic, still claim that as religion. I’ve probably been to church a handful of times. I see no need to go to church. I think as long as you believe that’s all that matters. I think there’s such thing as reincarnation. I believe in evolution. Also I don’t think we’re the only ones that exist, I believe other planets have life.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jan 27, 2018 19:44:45 GMT -5
No, and I'll give you a few reasons why. Anyone remember the Sandy Hook Shooting? A bunch of innocent children got murdered. Their brothers and sisters didn't have their best friends anymore. Their parents didn't have their children anymore. Some loving God right? I had an uncle who was my best friend. He had cancer and passed away. I prayed to God every night to make him better, but he didn't. He was a huge Cubs fan. I always wanted him to witness a World Series win, but unfortunately he couldn't. Why do kids get cancer? Is it all part of his "plan"? That's not right. There is no God in my opinion. I am my own God. I have total control over my life. The lord is not my sheppard because I am not a sheep. I don't bash people for believing. If they have something they focus on, then good for them. I personally think he was created to explain the things that science just can't explain. Yeah, these kinds of things (Sandy Hook, the Rwandan Genocide, and 9/11 as the main examples that I have seen in my lifetime) are the things that make me question. I know that many people either believe that God is vengeful, or kindhearted. Very little room for in between. If God is vengeful enough to have those people killed, then I simply wouldn't want to believe in him. If he's kindhearted, then how could he allow something like that to happen, even with us all supposedly having free will? If God exists, whatever the name, I would like to think that they are omnipotent and kindhearted but not perfect thus making us perfectly in his image as beings capable of being kind and generous, but not perfect just like him and making mistakes or terrible acts, as that's the only thing that could make me get through the day remotely positively. I said earlier that I was raised Catholic but stand in the agnostic field. But yet, I carry around a pendant of St. Dymphana. I suffer from mental illness, and she is the patron saint of those ill in the mind. I dunno. It's a weird thing for me I suppose.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 27, 2018 21:17:10 GMT -5
While I respect the Judeo-Christian ethic, as well as Eastern philosophies and the teachings of Muhammad...I find that organized religion has been used to justify countless atrocities throughout history. If I were to attend church, I would be a hypocrite.
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Post by Majere on Jan 27, 2018 22:11:10 GMT -5
I love religions. But I’m not religious myself. I’ve always been into researching religion and history since I was quite young. I took a religion class in high school. It was basically just bare bones "how it was founded" without going into any real scripture for any of them. Explained that the first human signs of religion came about 10k years ago when there's evidence of humans burying the dead instead of burning. Explained the earthly origins of the Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism and Islam and where they branched while still acknowledging important figures...like Muhammad is a prophet in all three but only meaningful in two, Jesus was an acknowledged prophet in Judaism and Islam but the central figure of Christianity etc) without getting into the parables like the parting of the Red Sea/900 year old earthly angel etc. Explained the ties of the Eastern religions and how they got their starts, how the Romans ripped off the Greeks among other things. It was a fascinating class. Unfortunately, not all of the discussions remained open minded. It was supposed to be open ended to learn about them, not discuss which was right and wrong...which didn't really work. My hope for humanity is an Australian TV commercial. If I find it I'll link it. It was a woman at the head of the table and surrounding her were all the major Godly figures, even hit Scientology. They handled them all with respect and a bit of comedy (Muhammad texting Jesus telling him he was picking up his children at daycare so he couldn't make dinner, referencing the Islamic belief that we are supposedly all his descends, and respecting that Muhammad's face is to never be seen). Zeus says the elephant in the room needs addressed (poking fun at the Indian God who was at the table telling him that joke was older than Buddha) and asks why the woman was Atheist. She said that's the fastest growing religious choice in Australia, but there was no reason they couldn't all come together for dinner. Because the one thing no major religion book prohibits? Eating lamb. It was a freaking commercial for a lamb meat company. And it was phenomenal. Muhammad is not nor was he ever a prophet in Judaism or Christianity. Judaism was an ancient religion before Muhammad was born. Christianity was centuries old. Muhammad is not mentioned anywhere in the Torah nor the Holy Bible. You are right about Jesus being mentioned as a prophet in the Koran. Judaism and Christianity were well established by the time Muhammad was born, and he certainly knew much about them, but it is innaccurate to say that Muhammad was a prophet in either of those religions. He wasn't.
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Post by TheSystem 1.5 on Jan 28, 2018 12:47:01 GMT -5
I'm not super hardcore about but I'm Catholic, so to some degree yes
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Post by IRS on Jan 28, 2018 14:45:06 GMT -5
While I respect the Judeo-Christian ethic, as well as Eastern philosophies and the teachings of Muhammad...I find that organized religion has been used to justify countless atrocities throughout history. If I were to attend church, I would be a hypocrite. Is... is this a quote from That '70s Show?
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Post by SE4NY on Jan 28, 2018 16:14:30 GMT -5
Raised Catholic but I wouldn't know how to answer this question honestly, was never a fan of going to church or anything and as I got older got more skeptic of everything.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 28, 2018 17:01:11 GMT -5
While I respect the Judeo-Christian ethic, as well as Eastern philosophies and the teachings of Muhammad...I find that organized religion has been used to justify countless atrocities throughout history. If I were to attend church, I would be a hypocrite. Is... is this a quote from That '70s Show? Praise the word of Reverend Steven J Hyde III.
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Post by IRS on Jan 28, 2018 17:20:16 GMT -5
Is... is this a quote from That '70s Show? Praise the word of Reverend Steven J Hyde III. The car runs on water, man!
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