All Else Failed

Faulty logic. You can't disprove Santa Claus either, do you believe in him too?

Dana

My point was just because you can't prove or disprove something doesn't mean its not real to someone. These figures give hope to mankind.

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All Else Failed

No, I really did believe, and to say that an atheist never "truly" believed just because he is an atheist isn't reasonable. Fuck, even Mother Theresa in her personal writings doubted that god was even there. I was pretty strong in my beliefs too, until I actually started to examine them.


No, you are controlled by religion or you aren't very religious. Thats the point of religion, to control a certain aspect of your life you deem "sinful". If you didn't let it control those certain aspects you wouldn't believe.

All Else Failed

So do other things. Religion isn't the only source for hope.

NicAuf

However you also can't prove God exists...therefore that is why I don't care if God exists or does not exist...I have more important things to worry about that God's existence...like life

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NicAuf

Very true, when I actually fully believed in God, I got more hope out my friends than God .

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SRC

I believe .. but I also believe that the world itself and the people in it has changed since the Bible was written. Some of the things it tells us not to do .. just aren't all that "doable" this day and time (like no sex or living together before marriage).

Although I don't over do it and just fuck everything that walks either tho LOL.

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All Else Failed

A lot of people do that.

Peter Parka

Kind of seems pointless doing or not doing something just because the Bible says so if you're going to pick and chose about it.

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SRC

I believe in God .. that's my point in it. I'm not perfect, and I also have my own brain to tell me what choices to make.

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SRC

oh I know .. but it's kinda a "big deal" in the religious community yanno lol

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Peter Parka

So in fact, it's not that you agree with the Bible as you clearly disagree with some of it, it just so happens that some of your views are the same as some of the Bibles. I'm pretty sure most people share at least some of the Bibles views. They dont do what they do though because it says so in the Bible or else the'd agree with the lot of it.

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SRC

um .. yes .. that's what most christians are like.

You really should try to look at things from another angle .. except the Jehovah Witness one .. those people are freaks and are UNLIKE most of the other christian religions.

I'm Southern Baptist .. and they are different from Mormans and they are different from Presbyterians .. each religion has their own "take" on the Bible and what it means to them.

The Bible translates to what YOU need in your life .. and what relationship YOU form with God yourself .. so long as a basic set of principles is followed.

I mean, I'm prolly not the best Christian in the world (by any means) .. I am probably a very loose interpreation of what it means to be a christian .. but that doesn't mean I don't know and understand what I "should" be doing or how I should be acting, in regards to what I've been taught.

But the fact that I believe in God, according to the Bible, is enough for God to love me. He doens't say I have to do everything thats written in the Bible for him to love and accept me.

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Peter Parka

So how do you decide when God is right and when God is wrong then?

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SRC

I don't .. I decide if I think I am wrong or right, based on how I was raised and what I've been taught and learned/believe from all the information i have avaliable.

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