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 Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 9:41 am
Artto Why is everyone talking like everybody must have a religion? Everyone is saying you should find a religion that suits you the most. Why? Your beliefs are what they are, you don't need some sort of religion to make it more legit. Actually, I said plenty of non-Christians do live fulfilling lives. I assumed people would include atheism, agnosticism, and "etc" to that list. Still, quote because it's worth repeating.
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 12:25 am
Artto ntm22 Gaia isn't necessarily a place to get answers, merely opinions. That said, if you're looking for a good reason, I'll provide the most obvious. The basis for searching and finding the right religion boils down to: Whether or not you want to risk living in peace or suffering in darkness, forevermore. Wow, Pascal's Wager, never heard that one before ... You're risking hell if Islam is right. What if some other religion, which doesn't preach some sort of hell is right? Should we just believe the scariest one? And if there is no god, you're wasting your only, finite life dedicating it to something not real. What I meant to say is there is generally some form of pro and some form of con when faced with the decision to beleive. Usually, it's everlasting life vrs. death. You shouldn't beleive the scariest religion because it sounds threatening, but you also shouldn't go with the one that has the most perks because it's easy to follow, either way you might be sorely disapointed in the end. I, personally, do not feel I'm wasting my life away by having loyalties and obediance to God. He understands we're not perfect. I recommend reading the Bible (King James version, since it is the first English interpretation from the original Bible written in Hebrew). It's essentially the core of Chritianity and many other religions.
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Posted: Fri Feb 12, 2010 2:15 pm
The KJV is decended from the Bishop's Bible and the Geneva Bible, which are both younger than the Tyndale Bible, which is younger than the Wycliffe Bible, which is the youngest English Bible, produced around 1380. Wycliffe may have relied most heavily on the Vulgate, but there are older versions than the KJV, and in regards to how English has changed, there are better ones that have been translated from the origional languages.
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Posted: Sat Feb 13, 2010 5:01 pm
Just go with what makes more sense to you.
If you go with what seems to be lies, you only will be hurt more in the end.
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:36 pm
If it's not near and dear to your heart, then DON'T be a Christian.
Hell, i'm not one.
I was reading a Christian book though, just to educate myself. The way Christianity explains those sorts of events is that they believe (or evangelists believe) that this life is a test from god. Basically, they believe he throws a bunch of punches at you to make your stronger.
I don't necessarily believe with this, but this is purely informational.
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 8:30 pm
God gives you only what you can handle. He may have wanted them with Him right now. He could be making you stronger as stated above. God doesn't protect people and prevent death. He gave us our lives and this planet. He loves us all. He gave us love which you have to your parents and for that, He has to give us freedom. Though, think of it this way if you're really this sad. We'll have to face Judgment Day. It's coming in our lifetime. The trials are sever and we'll suffer a lot. It's like us paying for our sins. He'll test our love for Him. Your parents won't have to go through that.
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 8:43 pm
Kami No Kotoba God gives you only what you can handle. He may have wanted them with Him right now. He could be making you stronger as stated above. God doesn't protect people and prevent death. He gave us our lives and this planet. He loves us all. He gave us love which you have to your parents and for that, He has to give us freedom. Though, think of it this way if you're really this sad. We'll have to face Judgment Day. It's coming in our lifetime. The trials are sever and we'll suffer a lot. It's like us paying for our sins. He'll test our love for Him. Your parents won't have to go through that.
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 8:58 pm
Captain_Shinzo Kami No Kotoba God gives you only what you can handle. He may have wanted them with Him right now. He could be making you stronger as stated above. God doesn't protect people and prevent death. He gave us our lives and this planet. He loves us all. He gave us love which you have to your parents and for that, He has to give us freedom. Though, think of it this way if you're really this sad. We'll have to face Judgment Day. It's coming in our lifetime. The trials are sever and we'll suffer a lot. It's like us paying for our sins. He'll test our love for Him. Your parents won't have to go through that. Just saying.
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 9:13 pm
Kami No Kotoba Captain_Shinzo Kami No Kotoba God gives you only what you can handle. He may have wanted them with Him right now. He could be making you stronger as stated above. God doesn't protect people and prevent death. He gave us our lives and this planet. He loves us all. He gave us love which you have to your parents and for that, He has to give us freedom. Though, think of it this way if you're really this sad. We'll have to face Judgment Day. It's coming in our lifetime. The trials are sever and we'll suffer a lot. It's like us paying for our sins. He'll test our love for Him. Your parents won't have to go through that. Just saying.
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 9:15 pm
You dont have to believe in the Christian God if you dont want to.
There is a large assortment of other beliefs sets you can adapt to.
OR you could just follow your own.
Anyways, I see no point in believing in a cookie cutter shaped religion where everyone believes the same. Its better if you take the pieces you agree with and go with them. Since every human life has a different thought process, we all shouldnt have the same belief system.
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Posted: Sat May 22, 2010 10:13 pm
MingLeChat You dont have to believe in the Christian God if you dont want to. There is a large assortment of other beliefs sets you can adapt to. OR you could just follow your own. Anyways, I see no point in believing in a cookie cutter shaped religion where everyone believes the same. Its better if you take the pieces you agree with and go with them. Since every human life has a different thought process, we all shouldnt have the same belief system. Religions shouldn't be exactly the same for everyone, but at the same time if someone forms a religion based only on what they like, then all that religion comes down to is that person. It's not about anything important, personalized religion is only about the person who created it, so you end up with nothing more then you started with. It doesn't work./
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:29 am
Without shoving my belief down anyone's throat I'm going to give my little old view.
I recently returned to Christianity after a talk with some Modern-Era priests and parishes. I'm now again with God. There are things I have issue with in the Bible but I personally believe it's open to interpretation; you look at it through your opinion and live as best you can to how it says. Everyone sins now and again; human nature. It's how we are. But for every sin, it can be made up with confessing and doing your best to do something much better. That's how I live.
If the religion's not for you, then it's not for you. I'm still open-minded, and if something appeals to me and my morals and views, I'm welcome to take a look.
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:46 am
I know there have been a few comments about the Christian god being malevolent and sadistic. I'm not sure what I believe of that god, but I have chosen to not be Christian. I was confirmed and went to church until I was about 16. When my mom didn't make me go anymore I decided to finally change my point of view. I was pretty much a closet pagan, becuase my mom dragged me to church. I swayed from Christianity probably around the time my grandfather died. I thought about the same as you. but he was not killed in an accident, he had cancer that the doctors misdiagnosed for years. But my beliefs always contradicted with Christianity, so that was one of my major changing points.
You do not have to be Christian. Choose your own path. Some people may think that their way is best for you, but do you know who knows what is truely best for you? Yourself.
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 8:51 am
xxEternallyBluexx MingLeChat You dont have to believe in the Christian God if you dont want to. There is a large assortment of other beliefs sets you can adapt to. OR you could just follow your own. Anyways, I see no point in believing in a cookie cutter shaped religion where everyone believes the same. Its better if you take the pieces you agree with and go with them. Since every human life has a different thought process, we all shouldnt have the same belief system. Religions shouldn't be exactly the same for everyone, but at the same time if someone forms a religion based only on what they like, then all that religion comes down to is that person. It's not about anything important, personalized religion is only about the person who created it, so you end up with nothing more then you started with. It doesn't work./ It worked for me. neutral I just did a lot of time introspecting and reading up on other religious beliefs to figure out my own personalized religion. I had grown too. I started off with little belief and ended up feeling more sane.
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Posted: Sun May 23, 2010 5:45 pm
MingLeChat xxEternallyBluexx MingLeChat You dont have to believe in the Christian God if you dont want to. There is a large assortment of other beliefs sets you can adapt to. OR you could just follow your own. Anyways, I see no point in believing in a cookie cutter shaped religion where everyone believes the same. Its better if you take the pieces you agree with and go with them. Since every human life has a different thought process, we all shouldnt have the same belief system. Religions shouldn't be exactly the same for everyone, but at the same time if someone forms a religion based only on what they like, then all that religion comes down to is that person. It's not about anything important, personalized religion is only about the person who created it, so you end up with nothing more then you started with. It doesn't work./ It worked for me. neutral I just did a lot of time introspecting and reading up on other religious beliefs to figure out my own personalized religion. I had grown too. I started off with little belief and ended up feeling more sane. Not to be offensive at all but...It's still based all around you, and you're a temporal being. I'm glad it helped you, but it just seems to me it's a little shallow for a religion to revolve around a single person's worldview. Religion shouldn't be like designing your room, or making a great profile. It should be about Truth and something deeper then the person practicing it. You have you at the beginning, so shouldn't you try to end up with that and something more important too?
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