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I've been raised in both the Christian and Jewish religions since my parents are different religions, but I'm personally agnostic.
Do you follow any religions?
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@Danielkang2: You're absolutely killing me, bro. Way to try to start **** in a religion thread. Seriously, whether an explosion or a magic man created us, you've clearly never taken a physics class before so I don't really think you're qualified to tell us all how "silly" the idea of the Big Bang is.
I'm atheist, but can I just say: I love all you religious people who are willing to accept scientific fact and be tolerant of other's religions/lack thereof. I envy your faith, and as long as people are tolerant I think it's a great thing to have. I love the idea of the church as a safe place and a meeting-ground for the community to worship and help others. On behalf of non-religious people, thank you for being cool about it.
I'm atheist, but can I just say: I love all you religious people who are willing to accept scientific fact and be tolerant of other's religions/lack thereof. I envy your faith, and as long as people are tolerant I think it's a great thing to have. I love the idea of the church as a safe place and a meeting-ground for the community to worship and help others. On behalf of non-religious people, thank you for being cool about it.
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I was raised as a Christian because my parents are Christian but I have abandoned the religion. I don't like to put a label on myself, but I guess "agnostic" would be the most accurate.
I really can't stand atheists who think they're better than religious people, and that tends to be a high percentage of atheists so I don't want to consider myself a part of that group :/
I really can't stand atheists who think they're better than religious people, and that tends to be a high percentage of atheists so I don't want to consider myself a part of that group :/
Punchy-kun
Be happy <3
It is clear to me that everyone has a religion in a way. Choosing not to believe is a religion on it's own.
To me it seems obvious that only one of these can be the correct one. So I don't go picking a religion because I like it, or because it's easy or fun, but because I honestly think it's the truth. Here's where Christianity comes in. I see no lie in the Bible, and it honestly just makes sense to me. Other religions tell you "try to be good, do this and that and you will be saved", but Christianity says "Stop trying. You're not good and if you've broken one rule you have broken them all and deserve the punishment for lawlessness."
YOU cannot save yourself. Only God Himself can save you, and so He did the only way possible by taking our sin upon Himself(for Jesus is God) after living a human life without sin, and then dying on a cross as a sacrifice. And that's how Jesus loved us. He died for us so that if we believed on Him we could be forgiven of our sins and by our faith, which justifies a person, we can be saved. And so I believe this and believe that Jesus is the only way into Heaven.
Many people call God cruel and unloving for sending people to Hell. But it's not a love issue, it's a justice issue. A judge, who is in no means as perfect as God, so also less tolerable, won't tell a murder he mustn't go to prison because he loves him. That's just absurd and unjust. And God, being perfect cannot allow anything imperfect into Heaven.
But out of love He can wipe out all your sins and you can become perfect by faith in Jesus, which justifies you.
That's what I believe, and this is just me sharing my view, not trying to provoke people to start an argument. Love y'all.
To me it seems obvious that only one of these can be the correct one. So I don't go picking a religion because I like it, or because it's easy or fun, but because I honestly think it's the truth. Here's where Christianity comes in. I see no lie in the Bible, and it honestly just makes sense to me. Other religions tell you "try to be good, do this and that and you will be saved", but Christianity says "Stop trying. You're not good and if you've broken one rule you have broken them all and deserve the punishment for lawlessness."
YOU cannot save yourself. Only God Himself can save you, and so He did the only way possible by taking our sin upon Himself(for Jesus is God) after living a human life without sin, and then dying on a cross as a sacrifice. And that's how Jesus loved us. He died for us so that if we believed on Him we could be forgiven of our sins and by our faith, which justifies a person, we can be saved. And so I believe this and believe that Jesus is the only way into Heaven.
Many people call God cruel and unloving for sending people to Hell. But it's not a love issue, it's a justice issue. A judge, who is in no means as perfect as God, so also less tolerable, won't tell a murder he mustn't go to prison because he loves him. That's just absurd and unjust. And God, being perfect cannot allow anything imperfect into Heaven.
But out of love He can wipe out all your sins and you can become perfect by faith in Jesus, which justifies you.
That's what I believe, and this is just me sharing my view, not trying to provoke people to start an argument. Love y'all.
in-a-pickle
likes apples
I guess I'm a christian. Haven't gone to church in forever, but I believe in god and what Jesus taught.
But....I also believe in evolution and science and fact and the big bang.
I like to think you can believe both.
But....I also believe in evolution and science and fact and the big bang.
I like to think you can believe both.
TheBluRaichu
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I mean, I am kinda Christian. There's just so much in the Bible that conflicts with my views, and I live in the Bible Belt. Most of the Christians here are really rude and it makes me wonder >.>
I'm a full on Christian and don't mind saying that. Would love to strike up conversation about it or why I believe what I believe but using a forum isn't the best way to do that sometimes.
But, when reading this I completely understand a lot of the "I left my faith" or "I see other Christians and it makes me wonder". Can't say that I can do much about them but only how I live and how that effects others. I only live to serve others, brighten peoples day and to be all that I am, while also living in the belief that I hold to be true.
^ Just a little of my thoughts, sorry if this is not the place for that. .-.
But, when reading this I completely understand a lot of the "I left my faith" or "I see other Christians and it makes me wonder". Can't say that I can do much about them but only how I live and how that effects others. I only live to serve others, brighten peoples day and to be all that I am, while also living in the belief that I hold to be true.
^ Just a little of my thoughts, sorry if this is not the place for that. .-.
Hear, hear. I also believe we were put here on this earth to help other people.
I am not religious.
I was put into a Catholic school in like 5th grade without being an actual Catholic, as in baptized etc. and I learned a lot about it, my family was always kind of religious but I guess they left me unbaptized so I could decide on what to follow.
I was put into a Catholic school in like 5th grade without being an actual Catholic, as in baptized etc. and I learned a lot about it, my family was always kind of religious but I guess they left me unbaptized so I could decide on what to follow.
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Danielkang2
Collectibles are for Sale
It is clear to me that everyone has a religion in a way. Choosing not to believe is a religion on it's own.
To me it seems obvious that only one of these can be the correct one. So I don't go picking a religion because I like it, or because it's easy or fun, but because I honestly think it's the truth. Here's where Christianity comes in. I see no lie in the Bible, and it honestly just makes sense to me. Other religions tell you "try to be good, do this and that and you will be saved", but Christianity says "Stop trying. You're not good and if you've broken one rule you have broken them all and deserve the punishment for lawlessness."
YOU cannot save yourself. Only God Himself can save you, and so He did the only way possible by taking our sin upon Himself(for Jesus is God) after living a human life without sin, and then dying on a cross as a sacrifice. And that's how Jesus loved us. He died for us so that if we believed on Him we could be forgiven of our sins and by our faith, which justifies a person, we can be saved. And so I believe this and believe that Jesus is the only way into Heaven.
Many people call God cruel and unloving for sending people to Hell. But it's not a love issue, it's a justice issue. A judge, who is in no means as perfect as God, so also less tolerable, won't tell a murder he mustn't go to prison because he loves him. That's just absurd and unjust. And God, being perfect cannot allow anything imperfect into Heaven.
But out of love He can wipe out all your sins and you can become perfect by faith in Jesus, which justifies you.
That's what I believe, and this is just me sharing my view, not trying to provoke people to start an argument. Love y'all.
The reason that god sends people to hell is because of this. Sin is an extremely bad offense. People take it lightly but it can kill you and do ill doing to others around you. Sinning is like slapping god in the face. If you slap a normal person you'll be in trouble, if you slap a police officer you'll get in more trouble and if you slap the president, well let's just say your life is ruined. God is higher than any of these people. But the good news is god knowing we'll fall short of salvation and him loving us so much, he sent his son to die on the cross with everyone's sin on him. He paid for all sins past present and future. You go to heaven only by the grace of god.
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These are not my words but this person explained flaws in the big bang theory better than I could. http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/big-bang.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx32JqqNN98
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every logical person should be agnostic, doesnt say anything about your religion though
debinoresu
you foolish fool
i used to be christian bc my fam raised me to be (moreso my mom, my dad doesnt really give a ****) but i started asking questions and eventually christianity crumbled in my mind
idk just. how can any one religion be right when theres so many, so many made before the current most widespread religions that died out, what came of those?? it doesnt make sense to me. i still question how everything came to be tho, like how anything exists?? were we just here by default?? what created "here?" what created what created "here?" i just cant accept something came out of nothing, even if life is meaningless, id like to know whats behind it all, whether its science or god majykks
ofc ik about the big bang but you guys know what i mean by what created everything, it really perplexes me, whats at the very beginning of the chain?? and what made whats at the beginning of the chain?? and what made what made whats at the beginning of the chain, etc. even if i did have a religion id wonder what made the gods, and what made what made the gods, and that sort of questioning is what took me to my current beliefs so
i guess im more of an agnostic atheist. ofc i wont bug anyone about their beliefs as long as they dont bug me about my beliefs. if they do theyre gettin throat punched
idk just. how can any one religion be right when theres so many, so many made before the current most widespread religions that died out, what came of those?? it doesnt make sense to me. i still question how everything came to be tho, like how anything exists?? were we just here by default?? what created "here?" what created what created "here?" i just cant accept something came out of nothing, even if life is meaningless, id like to know whats behind it all, whether its science or god majykks
ofc ik about the big bang but you guys know what i mean by what created everything, it really perplexes me, whats at the very beginning of the chain?? and what made whats at the beginning of the chain?? and what made what made whats at the beginning of the chain, etc. even if i did have a religion id wonder what made the gods, and what made what made the gods, and that sort of questioning is what took me to my current beliefs so
i guess im more of an agnostic atheist. ofc i wont bug anyone about their beliefs as long as they dont bug me about my beliefs. if they do theyre gettin throat punched
Oh jeez, I'd love to challenge this but don't have the time. But logically, there is a lot of evidence for actual truth that's for sure.
Do you even know what agnosticism is? Let me tell you - it's the concept that we can never know if there is a god or not. It has nothing to do with atheism or theism. I can still believe that there is no god, while at the same time accepting that I cannot know for certain.
And any rational logical person should accept this, because it's arrogant and delusional to insist that you can prove the unprovable.
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Robert Flint (1903) summed this up perfectly
If a man has failed to find any good reason for believing that there is a God, it is perfectly natural and rational that he should not believe that there is a God; and if so, he is an atheist... if he goes farther, and, after an investigation into the nature and reach of human knowledge, ending in the conclusion that the existence of God is incapable of proof, cease to believe in it on the ground that he cannot know it to be true, he is an agnostic and also an atheist – an agnostic-atheist – an atheist because an agnostic... while, then, it is erroneous to identify agnosticism and atheism, it is equally erroneous so to separate them as if the one were exclusive of the other...
I do agree with you that logical reasoning will align with truth and nothing but the truth. If there was overwhelming evidence that there was no God, then of course, I would not stand on something that has no evidence, that's foolishness. (And this is how many people live, even in Christianity, blind faith. Which I feel is a waste of time and an excuse to not dig for evidence). But, there is enough evidence out there to prove there is at least, at the bare minimum some sort of higher power.
