faith leads to realization
Ok....I'm TRYING to keep my composure here....but please, tell me exactly HOW that makes sense? You know, Tassia said that this forum has gone to shit, and I'm gonna have to agree.
It's probobly our fault (Non-religious) becuase we pose intelligent questions to the Christians in hopes of getting intelligent responses. Yet, we get answers like this:
faith leads to realization
...grrrr...OK...AGAIN, trying to keep composure...
Seeds, I cannot agree with you, becuase my mind does not allow me to. I have wanted to believe in god, I really have. I was an altar boy, I attended church, I went to catholic school, I did the tour, baby. I was all about finding religion, and the true god. I've had in-depth with my parents, (One a christian, one a Greek Orthodox Catholic) and yet, I have never been able to believe.
It's not that the devil has my heart, becuase my heart has ALWAYS been in the right place; I have ALWAYS wanted to believe in god. ALWAYS. And mainly becuase it would be sooooo cozy if there was this almight being responsible for this place I'm in and who is going to take care of me when I die. But the fact is, I studied, I searched, I read the Bible, I used LOGIC...and came to the conclusion that while there may be something or someTHINGS responsible for our race, it wasn't your god. No way. The Bible is contradictory and rediculous, and there are writings older than it that say much of the same things, save the "One God" idea.
I want to point you to the technology we had back then, that Christians say wasn't there...(As do most scientists) but the fact is, despite some of the tidbits of evidence and common sense, we don't know for sure of the amazing technology we probobly had, so I won't even bring it up.
But think about how terrible those teachings are. Strip your singularity away, don't do things that come naturally to humans, and spend your days fearing "God." What kind of shit life is that? The payoff is eternal life...well, eventually, through science, we can have that too. So why waste your time..your LIFE...worshiping this oppresive theory that gives you NOTHING in return?
JD