Someone's gotta fight for God on this forum....

[Doomed Lucid]

God doesn't exist and the only reason people think he does is because they have hope that they don't just stop existing after death well guess what, the sad truth is that the truth is sad.

[Watagashi]

dedenjoe

Watagashi

AsuraSyn

dedenjoe

AsuraSyn

dedenjoe

We will never be sure of it. No one can be. You may think (or a better word Believe) that this happened or something else happened, but humanity will never be truely, absolutly, with all their heart, sure that what they say is true. Simply because we don't know.

Yeah. But it's not the guys in the white coats saying they have the one and only answer and anyone who disagrees must be killed.

That's a slightly diffrent story. The people who kill you because you think something else just don't like being told they are wrong. And that is what's going on people continue to say "You're wrong! God Doesn't exsist!"
"He does too!"
"Nuh uh!"
"Yeah Huh!"
"Nuh uh!"
"Yeah Huh!" (See what I did there? I made everybody sound like a child ^_^)
Moving on, the people who kill for what they think happened are just crazy murderers trying to justify their killing.

Indeed, however, religion does have a certain appeal for such psychotics.
And not all of them were dangerous before they got right with the Lord. I've met my share of people whom simply got sucked into the mythology too deep and could no longer function around people who contradicted that ideology and were driven to... let's say, very bad acts.

Ironically, the people that do this - the ones that get so far into their faith they begin doing bad things in the name of it - end up doing the exact opposite of what their faith teaches in the first place. >.>

True, Religion does have a tendency to get out of line. Oh well.

No, I think you've gotten that wrong. It's not the religion itself that gets out of line, it's particular people in or claiming to be in that religion that get out of line. Most religions are fine, as most teach about love, acceptance, and peace. It's the people that get too fanatical, then restort to terrible acts such as violence that become out of hand.

[Neferet -House of Night-]

I'm gone for almost an hour and the page number jumps to 11. Wtf? o.o

wait..Dion's a Christian? surprised

[PhantomWalrus]

-xXLady RaiXx-

I'm gone for almost an hour and the page number jumps to 11. Wtf?

Terrifying.

[Neferet -House of Night-]

BekahBear218

Jesus is awesome!!!

mrgreen mrgreen mrgreen


and thats probably one of the worst things that pisses me off about gaia is the fierce atheism that alot of people have.
idc what religion you are
idc if you dont have one
but i can not tell you how many religious arguments ive seen in threads that say "this is not up to argue religions" or "please dont argue about religion on here"...
its kind of irritating

You obviously do care if we believe differently or not or else you wouldn't have written this post.

[Riviera de la Mancha]

I agree. Its a huge reason why I stay on this site.

Someone needs to question the youth and make them seriously look at their lives to see if they are being protagonists. Not aggressively, but we all benefit when we have friends or people whom we know who view matters differently, as they demand of us, if we are serious to our lives and our hearts, to ask and question why we view matters the way we do and if they are consistent with reality. If people like this do not demand their own existence, then we see some of the worst dangers man can suffer from; sloth and group think. This growing culture of nihilism and distance, however good some might think it, demands and ought to be questioned as a safe guard against the ills we are capable of.

[Neferet -House of Night-]

Riviera de la Mancha

I agree. Its a huge reason why I stay on this site.

Someone needs to question the youth and make them seriously look at their lives to see if they are being protagonists. Not aggressively, but we all benefit when we have friends or people whom we know who view matters differently, as they demand of us, if we are serious to our lives and our hearts, to ask and question why we view matters the way we do and if they are consistent with reality. If people like this do not demand their own existence, then we see some of the worst dangers man can suffer from; sloth and group think. This growing culture of nihilism and distance, however good some might think it, demands and ought to be questioned as a safe guard against the ills we are capable of.

You know there is a thing called the anti-hero right? ~__^

[Massive Hemorrhage]

We're the world's largest religion and we have a spiritual stranglehold over the United States! We're so oppressed!

[Neferet -House of Night-]

Massive Hemorrhage

We're the world's largest religion and we have a spiritual stranglehold over the United States! We're so oppressed!

Lmao. This reminds me of a Monty Python skit. xD

[Phanari]

ratrapid

Phanari

-xXLady RaiXx-

Watagashi

-xXLady RaiXx-

It matters not. When I was Christian, I saw people bash God many times however I didn't act rudely to him and claim to defend him. I also saw fellow Christians use God as a tool. That's why I don't like it when other people act like they are God's mouthpiece.

As Christians, we do have the responsibility to be representatives of God and His works. And how are Christians to teach and spread the word without voicing from what God has already said?

If I recall, in Mark 11:15-17 notes how Jesus came into one of the temples to find men selling offerings. This was against God's teachings and an insult unto Him and the faith, so Jesus marched in there and corrected them. It's the one time in the Bible where you actually see Jesus angry. He defended God, His word, and His temple in doing so:

Mark 11:15-17 King James Version

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the
tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold
doves, And said unto them, "It is written, My house shall be
called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of
thieves!"

He just wants us to give it to others. Doesn't mean they have to accept it.


Defending God, His word, His temple, and the way of His teachings... I don't see anything wrong with that. As with any action, there's a proper and improper way of doing this. But the intent of defending that which is sacred onto you itself is not wrong in the least.

It's between God and the person in question. Spirituality and believing in God or many Gods is a personal battle. Outside forces need not get involved. There should not be a third person involved in the conversion of another person. It isn't a 3 way conversation.

Also, KJV isn't a good version to use. Since the KJV actually adds onto the Bible whereas NIV takes away the added stuff. And NIV is better to understand.

Again, show where Jesus ever forced the idea of God on someone. Last I checked, he merely talked to people and let the decision be up to them instead of saying "Convert or burn in hell".

That last part is true. He did only talk to others, but that's Jesus. Not us. He told US to go out and give His Word to others.

Ah me, that explains all of America's wars in the East/Middle East.

[Riviera de la Mancha]

-xXLady RaiXx-

Riviera de la Mancha

I agree. Its a huge reason why I stay on this site.

Someone needs to question the youth and make them seriously look at their lives to see if they are being protagonists. Not aggressively, but we all benefit when we have friends or people whom we know who view matters differently, as they demand of us, if we are serious to our lives and our hearts, to ask and question why we view matters the way we do and if they are consistent with reality. If people like this do not demand their own existence, then we see some of the worst dangers man can suffer from; sloth and group think. This growing culture of nihilism and distance, however good some might think it, demands and ought to be questioned as a safe guard against the ills we are capable of.

You know there is a thing called the anti-hero right? ~__^

Yeah, so?

I am not professing to be an anti-hero, but just a person who likes to see people reach their potential. We never are moved far, on a personal or societal level, when we have any sort of status quo exist. Man is dynamic, alive, and his worst enemy is stagnation of his head and his heart.

[Phanari]

Doomed Lucid

God doesn't exist and the only reason people think he does is because they have hope that they don't just stop existing after death well guess what, the sad truth is that the truth is sad.

How can that be true? It makes no sense.

[Riviera de la Mancha]

Massive Hemorrhage

We're the world's largest religion and we have a spiritual stranglehold over the United States! We're so oppressed!

Eh, as they say in my neck of the woods, 'U juz playa hatin'.

[Phanari]

And there's this thing called faith? Ever hear of it?

[Neferet -House of Night-]

Riviera de la Mancha

-xXLady RaiXx-

Riviera de la Mancha

I agree. Its a huge reason why I stay on this site.

Someone needs to question the youth and make them seriously look at their lives to see if they are being protagonists. Not aggressively, but we all benefit when we have friends or people whom we know who view matters differently, as they demand of us, if we are serious to our lives and our hearts, to ask and question why we view matters the way we do and if they are consistent with reality. If people like this do not demand their own existence, then we see some of the worst dangers man can suffer from; sloth and group think. This growing culture of nihilism and distance, however good some might think it, demands and ought to be questioned as a safe guard against the ills we are capable of.

You know there is a thing called the anti-hero right? ~__^

Yeah, so?

I am not professing to be an anti-hero, but just a person who likes to see people reach their potential. We never are moved far, on a personal or societal level, when we have any sort of status quo exist. Man is dynamic, alive, and his worst enemy is stagnation of his head and his heart.

I'm saying that there isn't just protagonists and antagonists.