The answer to your question: I guess Im super religious.
Im glad to read the responses in the thread and happy someone made this thread!
Here is my response to stuff that people said in the thread! I know a response to
people's comments arent required but I want to do so : }
Even though I consider myself religious, I wasnt always that way. There was a period
when I tried pushing that thought away and live ignoring the existence of a god but
that kind of resolve did not last too long and quite normal to do.
To the few who dont believe or stopped believing that God exisit:
Interestingly, I never really stopped believing in a higher being, in a god.
I always had hope in a supreme being.
When I get scared or want to cry, I go to the strongest person to hold me and console me.
However, one day I realize that the strongest person will die someday. That same day
was when I realized I wanted an omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent, and immortal being
to lean unto. In my darkest time, I always managed to say "if there is god out there,
come out." Even though I love my family and friends, there were just some things that I knew
they couldnt understand even if they wanted to. Finally, when I got into a relationship,
I wished for a forever with him and thats just with a person Ive never met until
I attended college ^^ Something that could promise a forever is an immortal
being! So that is when I finally begin to really study the Bible.
matt: If God existed , he wouldn't have made scientists prove he doesn't exist
I also found that there are many things in this world that I cannot control,
do not know or understand. However, the purpose of science and
the very act of discovering shows that everything in this world already is.
We only live to find out and learn about but never actually create.
Of course in my life, I see that if I were to be a scientist my purpose
would be learn about God and what he has already created.
Why wouldnt God want to create scientists that want to disprove his exsistence?
These kind of scientists contribute to a process. It is much like how there would
be no debates or arguments if there were no opposing it. Every good science
should have a opposing group to check things out from another angle.
However, the area of God is an area of absolute truth, which is not, and
hence not a part of modern science. Plus, scientists they are only human,
and opinions often help to guide their research. Thus, science cannot
directly address such issues as whether God exists or whether people are
good or bad. But Id say there's no harm in trying.
To Bowie & DarkDesertFox:
In my personal journey, I found that God doesn't just come to you. You
have to want it and seek it. Even though my friends went to church,
my family took me to church, preachers on the streets said to
believe in God or else there's eternal hell that didnt make me
want to worship, follow, and trust God. So this why I know
God gave free will to humans (like
DarkDesertFox mentioned).
Yes it says so in the Bible too but yeah thats how I know. I also
wanted to confirm everything the pastor and sunday school teachers
were saying/teaching by reading it for myself.
I agree with
Bowie, since I know believing God is going on
a spiritual journey and its important to go on spiritual journey!
Esphas: I dont think God wants humans to blindly believe him
without getting to know him, questioning, and experiencing.
Thats why God left a "book! to study and know him." It's a
good thing He did because I like reading and study : ]
Christians like me do believe everything in the Bible
but that is only because the Bible and God has proven
to be true. Whether you believe it or not
My point is,
I dont just believe everything without really studying it
and experiencing it. That should go for everyone: people
should be responsible, not take knowledge or anything
for granted.
TheBigJC7777777: "My problem with the religions mostly lies on what
happens if I happen to commit a sin according to said religion. Would
I die by everything suddenly trying to murder me? Or rather the
practitioners of that religion simply rejecting me for my misbehaving?
In Christianity, if you commit sin you simply ask for forgiveness from
God. The church people wont reject you because God's command
is to love others, even "enemies." It is not their's or anyone else's
place to judge. They will pray that God gives you grace by giving you
a heart of repentance, for your heart to accept that he has truly forgiven
you, strength to sin less, and finally give you peace in your mind.
But for Christians, we know sinning is just part of being human and
living on this earth. We cannot ever stop sinning, not until
we go to heaven and get a new body.
Also, sinning is not really what you think it is. A lot of people think
sinning is lying, stealing, committing adultery, cheating, jealousy
(these are worldly sins, in the Bible, the sin they are talking about
is more spiritual) etc but the sin that Adam and Eve committed long ago
is a sin of disobeying God and not believing/trusting in him. In the
New testament, sin is not believing that Jesus Christ (God's son) really came to
earth, crucified him (
killed his own son who never sinned) to pay
the price of all the sins human have (past), is committing at the present, and
will commit (future). Jesus Christ died for us and in return for believing that,
we are promised an eternity with Him in heaven.
God cares about the intent an action was executed, whats in the heart.
Certainly if you dont trust or believe in God, you will lie cheat steal kill
commit adultery etc. All of those worldly sins we should not commit
because it means we are not loving others when God commanded to
love everyone.
azure: "I was baptized Catholic when I was like 5 though. I wish my parents
would have waited until I was older so I could of had an say on whether or not
I was baptized into that religion."
Yeah in my church, (Im not catholic but yeah), you dont get baptized
or participate in communion (eating bread and grape juice) until
you are old enough to decide if you want to live a life of a Christian
and devote yourself in living it!
Titi: "close minded and judgmental aholes, which is a trait more
closely related to their humanity than to their faith, I'm sure."
I quite agree!!
KoalaKitty: "I'd probably be shunned for being gay. I don't believe in any god,
although I guess I kind of believe in some sort of heaven/hell. Like, some sort
of afterlife or rebirth. I don't know what exactly the afterlife would be, but
I imagine there's something."
Im Chrisitan and in my church, that is not true. We dont shun people for
being gay. We encourage everyone to come inside to the church!
It is not our place to judge nor do we judge.
Trundle: An afterlife would even come about if someone didn't make it to begin with?
Im not sure what you exactly mean by that but if you are thinking of
still born baby deaths, toddler death then I can tell you the answer
from the Bible. Babies get an exception. They certainly dont go to
hell. There are also angels for children that are being protected.
I was going to ask this to my bible study group and pastor tomorrow!
We are studying the bible step by step, not going out of order but
yeah once I get the answer, Ill edit the post!
Ive also noticed, in the world people avoid talking about religion and politics
but I dont see why people should or why I should. It's not scary
to talk about these things and they influence our daily lives. Some more than
others. Our personal beliefs, even if its not a specific type of religion,
show how we live and why we do.
I could be generalizing but yeah Ive been told to avoid talking about
religion and politics because it makes people uncomfortable or
its too controversial. Even if that is the case, I still think its
important to discuss politics and religion.
