FYI

[Okami Ameras]

Not everyone puts their main focus on God.

Some tend to, oh, iono, make their main focus living instead.

I know I do. You tend to miss things when you're constantly thinking about one subject.

 

[Mama Ame]

Also God says to NOT JUDGE OTHERS. Constantly throwing bible quotes and telling people they are wrong is not the way to convert people. Be compassionate and loving and accept people regardless of their religion.  

[Okami Ameras]

I love you Ame heart heart

Personally, I think the bible itself is warped. It was written by mortal men with prejudices, like everyone else.

 

[Mama Ame]

Exactly. I do believe in God. I don't really consider God to be male though, or female. I usually refer to God as he though, because I tend to refer to a lot of things as he for some reason. Anyhoo I think "He" is too big for gender.

Also agreed about the bible. Bible is flawed because it was written by man.  

[Okami Ameras]

The only thing, technically, written by god was the Ten commandments, right?

 

[Zphal]

Mama Ame

Exactly. I do believe in God. I don't really consider God to be male though, or female. I usually refer to God as he though, because I tend to refer to a lot of things as he for some reason. Anyhoo I think "He" is too big for gender.

Also agreed about the bible. Bible is flawed because it was written by man.

Except cars. And boats. And other mechanical doohickers.  

[Mama Ame]

Zphal

Mama Ame

Exactly. I do believe in God. I don't really consider God to be male though, or female. I usually refer to God as he though, because I tend to refer to a lot of things as he for some reason. Anyhoo I think "He" is too big for gender.

Also agreed about the bible. Bible is flawed because it was written by man.

Except cars. And boats. And other mechanical doohickers.

those have vaginas.  

[Zphal]

Mama Ame

Zphal

Mama Ame

Exactly. I do believe in God. I don't really consider God to be male though, or female. I usually refer to God as he though, because I tend to refer to a lot of things as he for some reason. Anyhoo I think "He" is too big for gender.

Also agreed about the bible. Bible is flawed because it was written by man.

Except cars. And boats. And other mechanical doohickers.

those have vaginas.

Vajayjay  

[Princess Zelda21]

Mama Ame

Exactly. I do believe in God. I don't really consider God to be male though, or female. I usually refer to God as he though, because I tend to refer to a lot of things as he for some reason. Anyhoo I think "He" is too big for gender.

Also agreed about the bible. Bible is flawed because it was written by man.

There's NOTHING "flawed" about the Bible! God told those men what to write in the Bible, thus it is God's Word. Tell me, how is it so-called "flawed"?  

[Gyzvx]

How about the contradictions between the new and old testament? (God: don’t eat cloven animals. Jesus: its ok just watch what comes out of your mouth.) Or the excluded sections? Or the time discrepancies? Does god really hate shrimp? He made them. And although god showed the writer’s visions mortals cannot hold full divinity within. That is a biblical truth to know gods face or voice would surely bring death for example. However this isn’t the place for that all. Simply put there is a god to me personally there can be absolutely no doubt. However the nature of good an evil has always been a human obsession as has been the need to corner our fellow human beings into acceptable practices of social interaction. Seems to me the central message was love. True open total love. Somewhere the rest mucked it up.  

[Okami Ameras]

Gyzvx

How about the contradictions between the new and old testament? (God: don’t eat cloven animals. Jesus: its ok just watch what comes out of your mouth.) Or the excluded sections? Or the time discrepancies? Does god really hate shrimp? He made them. And although god showed the writer’s visions mortals cannot hold full divinity within. That is a biblical truth to know gods face or voice would surely bring death for example. However this isn’t the place for that all. Simply put there is a god to me personally there can be absolutely no doubt. However the nature of good an evil has always been a human obsession as has been the need to corner our fellow human beings into acceptable practices of social interaction. Seems to me the central message was love. True open total love. Somewhere the rest mucked it up.

I love you so very much. You just summed it all up. heart heart

 

[Eruresto]

Word. I'm religious...I guess. It's weird. Damn this science. <3  

[Mama Ame]

You know the Bible was written a REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY LONG TIME AGOand translations could have been misinterpreted, lost or changed.  

[Eruresto]

Mama Ame

You know the Bible was written a REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY LONG TIME AGOand translations could have been misinterpreted, lost or changed.

Not too mention that, at least in the case of the Old Testament, much of the translation is guesswork at best. Dat Biblical Hebrew.  

[Jackalope2]

Eruresto

Mama Ame

You know the Bible was written a REALLY REALLY REALLY REALLY LONG TIME AGOand translations could have been misinterpreted, lost or changed.

Not too mention that, at least in the case of the Old Testament, much of the translation is guesswork at best. Dat Biblical Hebrew.

And of course no one nowadays would dare try to retranslate it for fear of something being changed!