The Bible

[knuckleboner]

Originally posted by Mezro
Something bigger than us had to have started it but I'm not ready to believe the organized religion version of a supreme being (God).

Mezro...what created us? I don't know...the questions is will they/it ever come back and determine that the human race is a failed experiment...

oh, i hear you, bro. i'm not saying that logic tells you which religion to follow. could be budda, could be allah, could be something completely new and different.

but there's a supreme being somewhere. because if whatever created us ISN'T an omnipotent being, then who/what created our creator? eventually, i think logic has a supreme being in there somewhere.

while i have my opinions on the intentions and nature of THAT supreme being, the only thing i can say about "him" with any certainty is that "he's" definitely not a hagar fan...

[pete]

The Coran is written for the .......... Intellectually challenged.

Religion for dummies.

[Ally_Kat]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
their 16 year brainwashing program was...

10 years. The Lutherans around here are confirmed at age 16. The Catholics do it at age 13. I started pre-K when I was 3, so 10 years for me. Well, 8 if you want to count when they started giving us theology lessons in 1st grade

[Seshmeister]

Originally posted by knuckleboner
oh, i hear you, bro. i'm not saying that logic tells you which religion to follow. could be budda, could be allah, could be something completely new and different.

It's just an accident of birth.

The most devout Christians in the US would be devout Muslims if they had been born in a Muslim country.

Cheers!

[Satan]

Originally posted by knuckleboner
oh, i hear you, bro. i'm not saying that logic tells you which religion to follow. could be budda, could be allah, could be something completely new and different.

How about Satanism? :D

[knuckleboner]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
It's just an accident of birth.

The most devout Christians in the US would be devout Muslims if they had been born in a Muslim country.

Cheers!

no doubt. sure, some people convert as adults. but most stay with their originial.

still, personally, i don't think the ultimate deity cares which one (or even any) that we choose. he/she/it just wants us to lead a good, decent life. whatever we use to help us in that is fine.







and, yep, it could be satanism. sure would explain why everything in the universe eventually leads to us getting cancer!:D

[Mezro]

Originally posted by Ally_Kat
The Lutherans around here are confirmed at age 16. The Catholics do it at age 13.

Both the Lutherans and Catholics should wait until at least 21 to do the whole confirmation "hocus pocus" routine.

Mezro...13 years old...the age that Catholic Priests covet the most...

[Mezro]

Originally posted by knuckleboner
oh, i hear you, bro. i'm not saying that logic tells you which religion to follow. could be budda, could be allah, could be something completely new and different.

but there's a supreme being somewhere. because if whatever created us ISN'T an omnipotent being, then who/what created our creator? eventually, i think logic has a supreme being in there somewhere.

while i have my opinions on the intentions and nature of THAT supreme being, the only thing i can say about "him" with any certainty is that "he's" definitely not a hagar fan...

There is something out there that rules us all...and it may come back to wipe the slate clean. Who knows, but it certainly opens the mind to wander and ponder.

Mezro...it would be fucked up if an alien race created its entire culture around the lyrics to Up For Breakfast...

[Seshmeister]

Originally posted by knuckleboner
still, personally, i don't think the ultimate deity cares which one (or even any) that we choose. he/she/it just wants us to lead a good, decent life. whatever we use to help us in that is fine.

Not according to the bible though...

Live a wonderful kind charitable life but have no Christian faith and it's the flames for you.

I think the church added that bit to stop people giving all their money to the poor instead of them.

Cheers!

[Satan]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
Not according to the bible though...

Live a wonderful kind charitable life but have no Christian faith and it's the flames for you.

You say that like it's a bad thing?

[davidbmc]

You people are reading WAY too much of the da vinci code. there are 20 books out showing how the guy got so many facts wrong it unbelievable.

btw, da vinci wasn;t AT the last supper to paint the picture so how does he know who was there?

furthermore, the old testament canon was completed and accepted by the jews before christ was ever born...so the ot at least was not manipulated by constantine.

part two, the nt canon was complete long before constantine...again too much dan brownism going on!

btw, it was a great book (da vinci code) just full of historical errors.

[Katydid]

Originally posted by Warham
People have to influence their children on issues of faith, morality, politics, etc. I'd rather influence my daughter than have other children influence her. They've got to have a good moral compass in life, and parents provide it.

My cousin didn't get a good moral compass from his parents. Now, he's in jail for 6 years for breaking into vending machines. Also had a kid of out wedlock at, I believe, 17 years of age. Schlub. Also dropped out of school at 16. Not only did he not get moral guidance, he didn't get any guidance period, and his parents are to blame.

You can tell who's got kids and who doesn't.

You are right. If you take your kids to church and school events, teach them morals and values...They have a much better chance at life.

There is more to life than what ya'll have here. You need GOD to fill your emptiness. The emptiness that drugs, alcohol, sex, porn, rock and roll, the seven deadly sins or nothing else of the Devil can fill.

GOD deserves one day of your week, and your tithes or you'll never reach contentment, prosper, or have satisfaction. Restless is the heart until it rests with GOD.

Dear GOD, Please forgive our sins, faults and failures. Please forgive the things we have done, and the things we have failed to do. Never let us pretend we don't need you as the things of the world run thru our brains.

Please put your white light of protection and unconditional love around us. Please lead, guide, guard, direct and protect us in all our ways. Now and forever.

Thank you for the many blessings in our lives, our family, friends, and loved ones.

Please let your will (not our weak wills) be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.

Thank you for not allowing the Devil to put more burdens on us than we can handle; Because burdens are not of you but of the Devil. Thank you for getting us thru the Devils tests and temptations. Because the Devil failed and was kicked from Heaven. GOD NEVER FAILS...

We ask the Virgin Mary, Jesus, St. Joseph, the apostales, St. Michel, and all the Heavenly angels, saints and arch angels (and Heavenly Hosts) to pray also for us to our GOD.

AMEN


Can any of you find anything in this world that is FREE to make you feel any better than that? To fill your emptiness? I can't.

[FORD]

Why do you freeper nutcases always spell GOD in capital letters. Do you think you have to shout His name to get His attention or something?

[BigBadBrian]

Originally posted by Seshmeister
Not according to the bible though...

Live a wonderful kind charitable life but have no Christian faith and it's the flames for you.

That's a fact. I find it amazing that those who don't believe go out of their way to chide or lampoon those who do. You'd think they would have better things to do... like go hooliganize their local rugby match.

[Seshmeister]

I'll stop lampooning the Christians when

a) They start acting like Christians and give all their money to the poor and stop killing people or advocating them being killed.

b) They stop using obscure old testament passages as am excuse for basically any sort of scumbag immoral behaviour to their fellow humans.

c) They stop accumulating wealth and spend it on the needy.

d) They stop causing the spread AIDs in the 3rd world while fucking our childrebn at home.

e) They stop imposing their superstitions on everyone else. Why not make every Friday 13th a holiday? Makes as much sense.

Cheers!