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What's your Religion?

UniversalStudios

almost 9 years

I do however get to say "I told you so." way too much.

UniversalStudios

almost 9 years

I wouldn't know, my faith hasn't waivered.

tyrannosaurusrex

almost 9 years

UniversalStudios says

I was trying to sound clever and used the wrong words. However once you accept faith literally this whole thing becomes a lot easier.

I imagine it does get easier. It's called confirmation bias.

deletedalmost 9 years

I think most of the people just needs to do more research about religion...
Even though i dont know whats the conversation about now

Peta

almost 9 years

Do it again and you'll get the same attention.

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Peta says

Germatron says

eris says

According to my father the reason men go to church is to pick up chicks.

friend literally texted me today, "I should go to church more often. there are some cute chicks here"

no I wont show you peta

Is that because I dunked all over you the last time you did that?

I just liked the attention I was getting

Peta

almost 9 years

Germatron says

eris says

According to my father the reason men go to church is to pick up chicks.

friend literally texted me today, "I should go to church more often. there are some cute chicks here"

no I wont show you peta

Is that because I dunked all over you the last time you did that?

UniversalStudios

almost 9 years

Germatron says

when I went to church, I remember people being baptised and always talking about how they always felt like some part of them was missing. Then they went to church and found god and now they feel whole.

Now I realize that after they left school they just felt lonely because they didnt belong to a small community that cared about them anymore...so they went to church to have friends. And it really has nothing to do with god, except believing that there's life after death is pretty fun I 'spose

eris says

According to my father the reason men go to church is to pick up chicks.

Neither of these are bad things.

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eris says

According to my father the reason men go to church is to pick up chicks.

friend literally texted me today, "I should go to church more often. there are some cute chicks here"

no I wont show you peta

deletedalmost 9 years

According to my father the reason men go to church is to pick up chicks.

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Peta says

Sick deconstruction of the social effects of churchgoing, man.

thanks

deletedalmost 9 years

til church attendance is the functional equivalent of undergrad greek life

Peta

almost 9 years

Sick deconstruction of the social effects of churchgoing, man.

deletedalmost 9 years

when I went to church, I remember people being baptised and always talking about how they always felt like some part of them was missing. Then they went to church and found god and now they feel whole.

Now I realize that after they left school they just felt lonely because they didnt belong to a small community that cared about them anymore...so they went to church to have friends. And it really has nothing to do with god, except believing that there's life after death is pretty fun I 'spose

UniversalStudios

almost 9 years

I was trying to sound clever and used the wrong words. However once you accept faith literally this whole thing becomes a lot easier.

Peta

almost 9 years

OK, I did it. Now what?

UniversalStudios

almost 9 years

Actually don't do that I'd probably hate myself.

UniversalStudios

almost 9 years

Think of the person you'd be if you put effort into believing in God.

Peta

almost 9 years

What does "literal cognitive practice" mean?

UniversalStudios

almost 9 years

tyrannosaurusrex says

stuff

1 try this argument in reverse

2 you do get that faith is a literal cognitive practice, right?

3 see 2

deletedalmost 9 years

christianity is to religion as neo is to the matrix my man

Peta

almost 9 years

Dude, you just called Christianity "not a religion" and then also called it "the one and only truth" in the same breath.

deletedalmost 9 years

Christianity stems from Jewish beliefs. Jesus was born of the Holy Spirit to Jewish people.

deletedalmost 9 years

Well then. In my views, Christianity is not a religion. Not wanting to impose myself to you guys, I will provide the best explanation I can.
My belief is that Christianity is not a religion like Islam or Hinduism, but the one and only truth.

I believe that according to Scripture, God manifested himself as a man named Jesus Christ in order to bring redemption and salvation. The first man, named Adam, rebelled because he wanted to be like God.

And as a result, we needed redemption and salvation. This is because we had sin in our life from when we grew from innocence, which is what we call a baby. But even when we were babies, we had sin all around us.

I give thanks to Jesus and my GOD for letting me speak my heart out here to the em community. I am happy to know that over 30 percent of the people here are Christians. I hope you live a life as what Jesus requires of us. Accept his forgiveness today.

DrakeJr

almost 9 years

tyrannosaurusrex says

Actually that's exactly what God was thinking with the "Great Flood". That being said, God punishing them for not heeding the "prophets" and then punishing them on judgment day is in fact punishing them twice for the same crimes and inherently unjust. That being said, does God have an inability to prevent natural disasters or does the death of innocent children just not register on God's radar with that?

The future not being a straight line implies that there are things that God doesn't know. But the problem is God not only knows each possible branch of the future, he knows exactly which branch you will take and which decisions you will make before you make them. That's what being omniscient is. So before the warnings are even delivered, God knows exactly who will heed them and who will not. The people that god knows will reject the prophets will do so every single time no matter what the conditions because God knows in advance how they will respond. God also knows the exact set of words to use that would make everyone in the world a believer. He chooses not to use them and instead uses books that have been edited over time and words that can be misinterpreted. So realistically speaking, the warnings are irrelevant when God knows exactly where you will end up the before you are born.

God not only knows our desires, he knows exactly what he will do. He knows before you ever ask for something whether or not he will ever give it to you. So the idea that prayer convinces God to help you is foolish because God already knows once again before you are born exactly how much of anything you are ever going to get or exactly how much better he is going to make your life. Because he is omniscient and knows everything.

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