Religon?

[Stenners]

Reflectionist if u want egotistical the whole christian faith is one of THE most egotistical the is as u HAVE to follow the bible and they donty accept any other religion as in to say were right ur wrong we are better then u blah blah. Why must u give a bad name to fellow christians by posting such dribble every opputunity that you get.

 

 

BTW Firehawk Protestent faith came from Martin Luther in the 16th Century or something when he disagreed with many things the Roman Catholic Church did such as Endulgances and refusing to translate the bible as well as seperating those such as preists from those attending the church. Protestant comes from the protests that they held, a protestent church is lower key and less dressed up then a Catholic one and doesnt have confessions, works or endulgances. The preist isnt seen as the messenger of God and is seen as nothing more then a teacher in the word or God so they are not sepearated at all in chruch, other forms of Christian includes Quakers which is like an even more extreme version of protestntism.

 

Wow i learnt alot in History lol.

 

 

BTW

What was Genesis about....... o yea it told us how God created the Earth still dont explain dinos n sutff thats why I sorta like gave up on the whole faith errrm after the first chapter ahehehehehe

[FireHawk]

BTW Firehawk Protestent faith came from Martin Luther in the 16th Century or something when he disagreed with many things the Roman Catholic Church did such as Endulgances and refusing to translate the bible as well as seperating those such as preists from those attending the church. Protestant comes from the protests that they held, a protestent church is lower key and less dressed up then a Catholic one and doesnt have confessions, works or endulgances. The preist isnt seen as the messenger of God and is seen as nothing more then a teacher in the word or God so they are not sepearated at all in chruch, other forms of Christian includes Quakers which an even more extreme version of protestntism.

 

Yeah I already knew all that as a Catholic I had 5 years of sunday school....the other 3 years i was a methodist which is a protestant religon...you just bascially reinforced my point

[Reflectionist]

question how is that a stupid comment she said she belived in god, i am assuming "ut u do still belive in god" means she belives in god

 

-A Christian is a follower of Jesus (Wikipedia)

-Protestantism is......any Christian denomination which is not Roman Catholic or Orthodox Christian (Wikipedia)

 

No, I said you had the stupid comment. Believing in God is NOT the same thing as believing in Jesus. Christians believe in the same God as the Muslims do, but they don't believe in Jesus.

 

Reflectionist if u want egotistical the whole christian faith is one of THE most egotistical the is as u HAVE to follow the bible and they donty accept any other religion as in to say were right ur wrong we are better then u blah blah. Why must u give a bad name to fellow christians by posting such dribble every opputunity that you get.

 

Not really. How is it egotistical for me to say that I can't get to heaven on my own? To be egotistical, I would have to think highly of myself. I do not. Christians don't. Or at least they shouldn't. It's not egotistical to follow the Bible, because that's admitting that you are dumb enough to not be able to run your own life, and you need outside help. That's pretty humble, according to the definition.

 

It doesn't matter, I don't know why I posted in this thread, you people ask for opinions but you just tear their heads off when we give them. Hypocrites.

 

That is what is egotistical.

[Stenners]

You dont just give ur own opinion you doubt and crush everyone elses im fine with people spurting their own opinion untill it personally challenges someone elses.

[Reflectionist]

You dont just give ur own opinion you doubt and crush everyone elses im fine with people spurting their own opinion untill it personally challenges someone elses.

 

Just because there's leverage to defend my opinion and none to defend yours.

[waiting4thesun]

i put atheist, just cause it said no religion next to it. basically, i don't believe in god, or jesus being the son of god, or any of that... i believe in the big bang, evolution, and all that. seeing as how there's proof of evolution, but no proof of god or anything like that, i tend to go with fact.

[djwakka]

lol, you guys are at this again.

 

I have nothing to say that I haven't said already in past threads... except FireHawk, you spelled Christian, Buddhist, and religion incorrectly. =]

[Reflectionist]

i put atheist' date=' just cause it said no religion next to it. basically, i don't believe in god, or jesus being the son of god, or any of that... i believe in the big bang, evolution, and all that. seeing as how there's proof of evolution, but no proof of god or anything like that, i tend to go with fact.[/quote']

 

Slight similarities and hypothesis' are not fact.

 

BTW

What was Genesis about....... o yea it told us how God created the Earth still dont explain dinos n sutff thats why I sorta like gave up on the whole faith errrm after the first chapter ahehehehehe

 

of course the Bible doesn't say 'dinosaur' in it. The word dinosaur wasn't made up until the 1800s. But they're still mentioned. Go check out Job 40:15-19.

[djwakka]

Erm.. Sorry to interrupt your heated conversations but there really is no point in debating this nonsense of whether the Bible was right or wrong. Faith is believing despite the absence of truth. Otherwise, it would just be a sense of 'knowing' and ultimately have no significance in one's life. There's no point in disproving or proving anything. Let Christians believe what they want to believe, and let non-Christians do the same.

 

And also, I'm also tired of Christians who take church for granted. If your forced to go into a building every Sunday, you might as well believe what they tell you. Otherwise, you're just missing kickoff.

[TeaTime]

Used to be Roman Catholic, now studying Buddhism.

[djwakka]

Used to be Roman Catholic' date=' now studying Buddhism.[/quote']

 

Just curious, how was the transition?

[TeaTime]

Pretty smooth, actually. There were a lot of things I disliked and disagreed with about Catholicism, specifically the afterlife and the existence of god. Jesus and Buddha fufill the same role to me, but in different ways. Right now I'm researching Buddha's teachings, but the basic philosophy has always resonated with me. My parents haven't really taken me seriously, but as long as I still feel it's right for me I'll keep at it.

[ImTheOneThatFalls]

*Floats down with fire in her hands and black wings caressing her*

[djwakka]

Pretty smooth' date=' actually. There were a lot of things I disliked and disagreed with about Catholicism, specifically the afterlife and the existence of god. Jesus and Buddha fufill the same role to me, but in different ways. Right now I'm researching Buddha's teachings, but the basic philosophy has always resonated with me. My parents haven't really taken me seriously, but as long as I still feel it's right for me I'll keep at it.[/quote']

 

Yeah, IMO religion should be a matter of preference, not set simply because you were born into it.

 

I've been to churches and such but I never felt a disctinct presence when I'm in one. When I go to my (I'm Buddhist, if you didn't know already) temple upstate, there's no doubt in my mind that something spiritual exists around me. I'm overwhelmed in an aura. The mountains, the rivers and streams, the trees, the Earth, Sun and the moon, and most of all, the temple itself.

 

But in a church, I feel that the religious presence is almost encased inside it's interior walls and that once one steps out of it's doors, poof it's gone. Welcome back to the real world where there's a line of pizzerias and pharmacies across the street. This is just how I feel but I'm sure that some of you will feel the exact opposite.

[FireHawk]

You dont just give ur own opinion you doubt and crush everyone elses im fine with people spurting their own opinion untill it personally challenges someone elses.

 

Agree

 

FireHawk' date=' you spelled Christian, Buddhist, and religion incorrectly. =']

dah you caught me if you look at all my posts though on this forums i usally mispell stuff

[Heart_LP]

How come hindu is never on the least eventhough it's the second largest religion in the world?

no offence to the thread maker but it gets a bit annoying after noticing it several times.

[azemkamikaze03]

well see majority of people here arent Hindu and it inst big in news right now

[FireHawk]

How come hindu is never on the least eventhough it's the second largest religion in the world?

no offence to the thread maker but it gets a bit annoying after noticing it several times.

 

Srry I forgot about hindu i alawys confuse/sometime think the same of hinduism and budism could u enlighten me on difference?

[Friðbjörn]

well see majority of people here arent Hindu and it inst big in news right now

It's still a religion with many followers plus buddhism has its origins in Hinduism, and it should be on that list

[FireHawk]

don't most hinduists (sry for lack of better term not sure offical term) live in 3rd world countries?

[Heart_LP]

Srry I forgot about hindu i alawys confuse/sometime think the same of hinduism and budism could u enlighten me on difference?

well as Fri said, buddhism has its origins in Hinduism although not at all buddhists believe that. But Siddharth himself was first a hindu.

 

And please, you dont need to say sorry, it's just that it's not the first time

 

edit: it depends on what you call a third world country. And no, not really. Although most hindus obvisouly live in India. But I have seen for example a lot of Swedish Hindus too.

[azemkamikaze03]

 

What was Genesis about....... o yea it told us how God created the Earth still dont explain dinos n sutff thats why I sorta like gave up on the whole faith errrm after the first chapter ahehehehehe

Genises is in the first testement basically the backdrop story for how we got here and shit and who God is.

 

I have, myself, asked the question. Where the hell are the T-rex's? But I did some research sould searching and a bit of common sense and came up with an empty but somewhat valid answer.

 

Motherfucker. Bus. Car. Titties. Laptop. Fecal Matter. Cardiopulminary Arrest.

Donkey. Dinosaur. What do all of these words have in common? They were not used in the times of when the Bible was written.

However dragons, demons, ect were. These dinosuar names where just recently made up.

 

But then you might say well why are their not references or something describing them...well I mean that's a valid question aswell...but I mean I don't read the bible talking about roaches, the venus fly trap, mosquitoes...catch my drift? Despite the fact that they are huge monsterous

 

well....eh Job 40:15

 

"Look at the behemoth, [a]

which I made along with you

and which feeds on grass like an ox.

 

16 What strength he has in his loins,

what power in the muscles of his belly!

 

17 His tail sways like a cedar;

the sinews of his thighs are close-knit.

 

18 His bones are tubes of bronze,

his limbs like rods of iron.

 

19 He ranks first among the works of God,

yet his Maker can approach him with his sword.

 

20 The hills bring him their produce,

and all the wild animals play nearby.

 

21 Under the lotus plants he lies,

hidden among the reeds in the marsh.

 

22 The lotuses conceal him in their shadow;

the poplars by the stream surround him.

 

23 When the river rages, he is not alarmed;

he is secure, though the Jordan should surge against his mouth.

 

24 Can anyone capture him by the eyes, [c]

or trap him and pierce his nose?

Sounds. Dinosuarish. Remember Human beings from back in the day wrote the bible back when education wasn't that big. The only wrote what they knew and saw and where taught. They weren't neccesarily thinking about everything

[FireHawk]

dinosuarage!

[djwakka]

Buddhism derives from Hinduism but is not based on an unfair caste system of untouchables and unseeables. Hinduism is the oldest religion in the world.

 

And uh, you think Hindu people live in 3rd world countries? India and America are not third world countries. Don't stereotype cultures and religions, ever. I hope you're learning from this thread because you sure didn't know anything when you created it.

[FireHawk]

no i asked arn't the majority i thought they were mostly India and third world country and plus i just wanted to know ppls religons i never really cared to know about there belifs

 

btw the only thing i didn't understand was the hindu stuff