The only truth about any religion
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I'm going to have to disagree. I was certainly not raised Wiccan. I came to this religion because my philosophical views most closely matched Wicca's philosophical views. There are gaps, such as on theology, where I don't follow the mainstream thought in my religion, and I definitely do not blindly follow it. It's possible with any religion or philosophy (which I put no difference between).
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Statistically this is correct.
Thoreau
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There IS more to religion my friend (the OP). Take me for example. I was raised in the Christian chuch, by a Christian family, in a "Christian" country. But yet, I am not Christian at all.
Saying that we are only this way because of our upbringing is false in most cases. For example, just because someone is born in a poor family or raised in a poor country doesn't mean that they will be poor in thier life.
Ones personal choices in life, whether it be mentally, financially, physically or spiritually are not purely dependent on the choices or thier parents during thier upbringing.
Again, take myself as an example. Not only am I different from my parents when pertaining to religion, I am different in MANY other ways.
My parents never had tattoos. I've got 7.
My parents have always been and still are relatively poor, where as I make well above the national average (for the US).
My parents have different philosophies in life than I do.
Though I am my mothers and fathers son, I am unlike them in MANY ways. Just because they tried to raise me a certain way doesn't mean that that is who I've become. I, like everyone else in the world, am my own individual. My actions or choices are not dependant on anyone else except for myself. What I ultimately choose for myself is because of my judgement of what I find is right for me.
Saying that we are only this way because of our upbringing is false in most cases. For example, just because someone is born in a poor family or raised in a poor country doesn't mean that they will be poor in thier life.
Ones personal choices in life, whether it be mentally, financially, physically or spiritually are not purely dependent on the choices or thier parents during thier upbringing.
Again, take myself as an example. Not only am I different from my parents when pertaining to religion, I am different in MANY other ways.
My parents never had tattoos. I've got 7.
My parents have always been and still are relatively poor, where as I make well above the national average (for the US).
My parents have different philosophies in life than I do.
Though I am my mothers and fathers son, I am unlike them in MANY ways. Just because they tried to raise me a certain way doesn't mean that that is who I've become. I, like everyone else in the world, am my own individual. My actions or choices are not dependant on anyone else except for myself. What I ultimately choose for myself is because of my judgement of what I find is right for me.
I'd say its true for most cases. Most people born today in the ME will be Muslim - why? Most people born today in Indian will be Hindu. Why? Most people born today in Japan will be Buddhist/Shinto. Why? Most people born today in Italy will be Xian. Why?
Am I just a great psychic!!!
Come on, people in general, beleive what they are taught. Today with multimedia and the internet it's less so. 200 years ago it was an almost certainty.
Incriminating Convoy
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The Distressed - Sounds like my family right now. In fact I believe that their belief in Christianity has made them even more stressful.
The Desirer of Wealth - Ummm..... or is it the claim of the rightwing Christians in power right now.
The Desirer of Wealth - Ummm..... or is it the claim of the rightwing Christians in power right now.
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(the desirer of wealth) are those who having never enjoyed power and fortune desire the Supreme Lord to give them the ability to acquire them.
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Incriminating Convoy
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thanks for clearing that up for me.
and there are other reasons apart from that
(apparently a two line quote from scripture that precisely addresses the question why people take to religion violates forum rules)
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Having debated on religious boards for 8-9 years, I have found that every christian I have come across who claimed they were originally an atheist is being economical with the truth.
Agnostic maybe, so just "changed brands".
I became a Christian when i was around 19 years old. I Read the Bible and Believed.
You make statments as though they are facts, But you do not know the truth.
All Praise The Ancient Of Days
There is nothing in the bible to convince any atheist it's true.
Old joke. An American teacher was convicted of praying in school and was taken to court. When asked why, he said that four of his pupils had him cornered.
I had religion till I was in my teens then I saw what was wrong with it and dumped it. Four decades of checking on it has continued to show me it's faults at all levels. Try:
http://www.ex-christian.net/
snake river rufus
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Is this a wind up? You cannot seriously be saying this.
Like where, apart from maybe religious forums where they are telling christians some hard truths.
Babies come from people who have sex without precautions. As the old joke goes: What do you call people who use the rythym method? Parents.
Wrong. athiests have read the bible and believed. It has happened.
All Praise The Ancient Of Days