-
IMPORTANT // Please look after your loved ones, yourself and be kind to others. If you are feeling that the world is too hard to handle there is always help - I implore you not to hesitate in contacting one of these wonderful organisations Lifeline and Beyond Blue ... and I'm sure reaching out to our PRE community we will find a way to help. T.
Christianity
- Thread starter Jools
- Start date
rosy23 said:
Sorry Rosy, I won't name names as I don't think that would be showing complete respect for those people by naming them publicly. They know who they are and that's all that matters. Hopefully one day their search will end and they will know the fulfillment of knowing God like Tigerbob has.
jayfox said:
I think Cass is just searching for a Nick handle that lasts a fortnight.
He hasn't any spare time to find God!
Well I for one am not searching for anything, I just find it a fascinating exercise that probably well over 90% of the worlds population believes in a god of some sort and I don't. I honestly don't understand the whole religious phenomenon but have nothing against those who do as it obviously serves a purpose in their lives, whether that is to bring peace of mind or with most religions bolster the bank accounts of those leading the flock.
But I think you have gotta love an idea where you can be the worst human being on earth for your whole life and then right at the end repent your "sins" and all is forgiven. What a get out clause that is.
But thanks Jayfox for answering as many questions as you have its no mean feat.
But I think you have gotta love an idea where you can be the worst human being on earth for your whole life and then right at the end repent your "sins" and all is forgiven. What a get out clause that is.
But thanks Jayfox for answering as many questions as you have its no mean feat.
Some of those evangelists are scary buggers. See that 40% of Bush's vote comes from the Christian Right.
No wonder he's keeping the troops in Iraq.
Who would Jesus bomb, Jay?
No wonder he's keeping the troops in Iraq.
Who would Jesus bomb, Jay?
Nah, I don't believe in hell. They are gonna die, expecting to go to paradise, then they are gonna rot in the ground like the rest of us!
Disco08 said:
Sorry buddy, I knew what you meant!
Some time back Jay asked us if we knew what the wind looked like and compared this to God. It was pointed out that we could see the results or impact of the wind, if not the wind itself. Likewise, Jay said even further back that we should not confuse God with the people who act in God's name.
So he has been a bit contradictory when comparing God with the wind. He was trying to say that we can see God's work, even tho we can't see God.
But he doesn't want to accept that God's work can be both good and bad. He wants us to see only the good stuff and ignore the bad.
But if a president of a country says that he is doing god's bidding and 40% of this man's vote is from evangelical christians and most of the rest of his vote is from christians of other denominations, then surely we are seeing a man do evil for God?
I agree, and the USA is only the modern version of the destructive christian state. There have been plenty of others.
You'd think God, if he really is a peaceful and loving god that only wants the best for his children, knowing the future and how much damage people would do in his name might have gone about his creation a little differently.
You'd think God, if he really is a peaceful and loving god that only wants the best for his children, knowing the future and how much damage people would do in his name might have gone about his creation a little differently.
Disco08 said:
And likewise, the men and women who organised and carried out the 9-11 atrocities were also acting in god's name.
And all their supporters and barrackers!
Funny old gods we have!
Now what happens at the end of the world again? Those who believe go to heaven those who don't, well don't.
Now does that mean that there is a mass euthanasia of the believers so they can be taken to heaven? All that is said is that they are taken up to heaven nothing about killing them first. Don't you have to die first to go to heaven?
Now does that mean that there is a mass euthanasia of the believers so they can be taken to heaven? All that is said is that they are taken up to heaven nothing about killing them first. Don't you have to die first to go to heaven?
Royal Tiger said:
Nope, as I see it, and logically thinking, we die and that's it. Our hearts stop beating and we are dead. Our relatives then dispose of our bodies by cremation or burial and that's it.