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What the hell are you trying to say?
I have read the whole thing. It is a pile of rubbish like all religions!
My religion tells me that Asian people are sub-human and should be enslaved.
Wow! Well said Mark Knowles. What are you? Pharaoh? Hwahahaha...
LOL
My wife will kill me if she sees this.
She is half Japanese.......
Just not getting this demand for respect that people with ridiculous beliefs seem to want. Why should I respect some one's religious beliefs exactly? I respect their right to think whatever they like, but respect their beliefs? LOLO Not a hope in hell.
That cat has been dead for 2,000 years! He couldn't even save himself apparently.
As soon as someone says "you should [...] because it's this way" on religious topics, I start to wonder if what they meant was "according to a certain tradition/religion I believe in, Scriptures say this or that."
Same goes for if I read "YOU SHOULD [...] read the Bible because it is the ONLY authority that is right..." or whatever religious text...becomes "I find value in the Bible and would like to recommend it to you."
But it's okay...I always try to add the latter statements, anyway, when reading in the religious forums...seems less oppressive to me and like people are trying to make a point, not tell me that their belief is THE ONLY RIGHT WAY to believe in what the Bible says...
- philip carey 61posted 14 years ago
0Is there any reason why you can't believe in love without having to add a god on top of it?
I appreciate the value you place on life experiences and how they lead you to seek out your current set of beliefs, it does seem extraordinarily odd considering you were 'raised atheist' although, I'm not quite sure what you meant by that, either.
It also seems odd that you would think humanism, rationality and reason are an incomplete worldview. I feel as though I'm missing out on something if my worldview is indeed incomplete, as you say.
What is it that you might think is that extra step to a complete worldview I need to take?Thanks Philip, I appreciate your response.
The only thing I would disagree is that science can most certainly explore ultimate meanings and moral values. I don't think religion can do that as there are far too many varying belief systems with contradictions and flaws that make people subservient to invisible entities. If we leave all that stuff out, science can easily deal with that which you seek.
I deeply respect your belief that your god will send me to hell to burn for eternity in a lake of fire with all Satan's hellions nibbling at my nether regions. Yes, I also deeply respect you for loving and worshiping your god and his actions towards me.
Deeply.Chill dude...we r going to have all the pornstars & supermodels with us
An atheist is someone who does not believe in the sky fairy. Not a religion. Any sane person can not believe in a sky fairy without replacing it with a religion.
- Twenty One Daysposted 14 years ago0
- Twenty One Daysposted 14 years ago0
bless your heart! Wayne Newton. A relative of Isaac, perhaps? - Twenty One Daysposted 14 years ago0
sad really. you do not the Creator of all things.
even more is you worship a man or a god -none of which are Creator.
G/god = B/baal. look it up.
Mjane24. You are telling people they will go to hell. See anything wrong with that?
Just reading through what mjane32 has written.
SOCK PUPPET ALERT!
The name will come to me.That's a narrow path ya got there, or is that tunnel vision?
Hey mjane24, did jess call u last night? If he calls again say 'Hi' from me
Btw do u have his number? I need to talk to him about Evolution ... need to knw his views regarding this topic ...
You rang?
- bril...
Tolerance, it's the religious way!
Never. I don't mind others having different beliefs habee.
I don't share yours as you know, but I only respond negatively to flat statements of "truth" that I am supposed to accept because "god" said I have to, or zealots who want to foist their beliefs on others.
You don't fit the profile.Your god isn't tall enough to reach my kneecaps! Tiny little pathetic hate filled judgemental invisible no show entity that it is!
Then, he isn't a loving god, but instead is a vindictive psychopath.
Have you ever noticed how fast infection spreads throughout the whole body? If you don't wash a cut; (gods word) and then if the infection is not gone, it will need antibiotic; (gods chastisement, as a father chastises a son) Then if it does not go away; amputation! The mild infection, over time and without proper care has turned to gangarene! and so the offending limb must be terminated and cut off from the body to save the rest of the body (or you get blood poisoning and die horribly).
I feel i must explain more because you claim to have studied in one end and out the other so i better not have you misunderstanding this example also. If sin is not wiped out by whatever measure has to be taken it will spread throughout the whole neighborhood, town, city, state, province and will never stop. Furthermore and deeper, just to mess you up. Since the first dispensation by god was according to the flesh(ly ways of man) the second dispensation of god is according to the spirit of God(ly ways). This is actually why people are not dying in huge numbers in every town, city, state, because sin is in the camp, because God has changed the dispensation of killing to cleanse and has given mankind over to themselves to work out their own salvation or way back to god by themselves. This is the grace of god, and a little deeper, since you understand the bible so well The grace of god will end because of an old saying that god purported 2000 yrs ago and more. "my spirit will not always struggle with man.. ". Therefore God will once more, shift the dispensation to gods wrath and you will appreciate this way more better because you understand gods wrath and hatred of sin more than anybody.
God blessWhat sort of rambling is this, that ends in you making a judgement of me (through your sky fairy of course!)
No gods exist except in the minds of men, strange men. :
You can keep your ideas on sin too. Not believing in an invisible sky fairy does not qualify one to be worse than you!
god gets angry? What a pathetic god. Sounds almost human. Wait a minute.......
Can you show us some qualifications that allow you to be a representative of this invisible god?
IDK - maybe a certificate of worthiness or something signed by god?
And is "great damnation" worse than "normal damnation"? I guess I am damned because I believe this is utter, utter nonsense - but I suppose there is hope now I know that I could have been "greatly" damned instead....
Randy is very OK by me! I know you two are friends and sparring partners. I love his humour.
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