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Kasz216 on 10 February 2008
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Andir said:
Kasz216 said:

God could come down to earth today. Say "Hey, Kasz, I exist, watch me do some crazy stuff." then perform miracle after miracle out of nowhere, and i wouldn't believe it was him based on that, because God could do a bunch of miracles, satan could do a bunch of miracles, some sort of alien could be doing mriacles, guy from the future, i could be hallucinating...

You made me remember my favorite line from the Star Trek movies :p

"What does God need with a starship?"

So, I ask any of you. Why does God need preachers? Why does God need churches? Why does God need the 10 Commandments? Why does God need the Bible? Why does God need these tools if he is all powerful and wise? If he really does exist, why does he need to make statues bleed to keep you believing? Why does he need you to believe? Why does he need you to follow his rules in order to have a wonderful afterlife? Are you sure your praying to a higher all loving power, or are you supporting an alien being controlling certain aspects of your life?

If he doesn't need these tools, why go to church? Why support religion? Is it to continue preaching what your prefered lifestyle is to the next generation or are you truly under the impression that God needs you to tell everyone about him? What did people before organized religion do? Did they all go to hell because they lived life to their rules? When I go to hell because I don't support the idea of an "all loving"God, will I finally meet the cavemen of history's past?


I'd guess he doesn't. Which is basically my point. Of course. I don't need people to give me stuff to make me happy. It'd still make me happy if people gave me stuff.

Me, i'm certain I'm not supporting some alien overlord, but then again i don't worship god in the "traditional" believe what i say or you go to hell model. There were plenty of religious texts that supported the opposite including christian ones that were gotten rid of at certain times. Usually times where groups wanted to use religion to tighten their hold on people. (See the romans.) Some that even say nobody goes to hell, and some that say people go to hell for a time equal to their sins if they don't take the Jesus way out.

Besides. It's not really my buisness. God want to send someone to hell that's between god and them. Technically though, people who died before Christ came in the christian faith i believe were given a "Get out of Jail free card." At least in most variations of the faiths, so technically you wouldn't meet said cavemen.

Really though, my religion doesn't effect any part of my lifestyle other then my religion though.