sapphi_snake said:
pizzahut451 said:
sapphi_snake said:
pizzahut451 said:
sapphi_snake said:
Well, I used to be pretty religious when I was little. Went to church fairly often, prayed in the morning and before I went to bed and all that. I think most people (especially my mother) thought that I'd become a priest when I grew up (though the ideea never really appealed to me even then).
As I grew older I started questioning my beliefs and came to the conclusion that I had no logical reason to believe any of it. I also disagreed with many Christian teachings. Even of God were real he would have no right to my life, nor anyone else's. I don't like dictators, and the Christian God seemed to me like nothing more or less than that. Forcing people worship him just because he created everybody and everything, sending those that refused to be his mindless sheep to hell. Of course this would be under the pressumption that he existed.
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you have a pretty wrong picture of a God than.God does not forces you nor needs you to worship him. if he wanted or needed that, he would just make us all do that because he can. he gave you a power of free will, so that YOU can deside if you want to worship someone or not.
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If one doesn't worship him won't one be sent into the depths of hell to burn for all eternity?
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If one comitt sins and and is a bad person in general will burn for all eternity. You dont even have to be religious nor to be christian to earn salvation. Just try to be as good person as you can be and accept God (dont have to worship him if you dont want to) as your Lord and you wont ''burn'' forever.
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A lot of things that are considered sins by christians are harmless (pre-marital sex, contraception, homosexuality). Are you saying that people who have sex before getting married are bad people 'cause they found no reason to wait? Or that gays are bad people 'cause they're gay and don't want to live in self-hatred and repression all their lives? Or that people who use contraceptives are bad people 'cause the don't want to have a kid? And acceptin "God as your Lord" is worshipping him.
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Christians believe that the Bible is the WORD of God - flawless. But when it comes to pre-marital sex, contraception, homosexuality and other views on life is interpretations of the WORD of God. And the way we interpret the Bible is just OPINIONS. Opionions are flawed though the WORD of God isn't.
So, we have many different theologies (opions) but one WORD of God. Not all Chrisitian theologies condemn pre-marital sex, homosexuality, contracptions and such. E.g., I'm a Christian, I belive in God's WORD and that it's infallible, I believe Jesus is God and my LORD, but I don't condemn pre-marital sex (unless people use and abuse others, and the fact that it may take away the desire to be married to some), homosexuality (homosexual acts in the Bible is totally different than how we view homosexuals today - I don't believe Sodom and Ghomorah is about homosexuality so we should not use that story against homosexuals).
I've studied some theologies (opions) and i agree with some and disagree with some. But no matter where we Christians agree and disagree, God is God!
