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I'm a Christian and my motto is simple "Live life to the fullest."

Don't question too many things because the more you dive into finding an answer, only more questions will spring up.

Doesn't mean you should take everything to heart as having merit, and it doesn't mean you should dispute every last little thing.

Many religions did atrocities in the past, but science was guilty as well. Hell, even athiests were guilty of travesties (Hitler, Stalin, Pol Pot).

I do find it weird that atheists are more likely to commit suicide than a person of faith.



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I am a devout Christian. I accept the Bible as the infailable word of God, and in it's original form (Textus Recepticus, Greek Septuigiant and Ladoceia/Carthage Council resolutions). Ultimately, I believe it is the real, supernatural, ultimate God that gave it to us. However, some forms of the Bible are in error such as the Mormon Bible and Watchtower Bible, and current forms that would try to pervert the original scriptures.

I believe the key to these scriptures being passed down as accurate, due to the 99%+ agreement rate of all original turn of the 1st century texts, as being identical with the hundreds of other documents preserved from that era.

Unlike other religions, Christianity's primary spreading didn't occur by the sword, as many other religions did, but through peaceful means in despite of incredible resistance during Nero's reign, and the reign of other certainly anti-Christian kings and emperors of the time. To me, a strong proof that in the face of incredible opposition, established the worlds largest religion and set of beliefs.

As a Christian, I have witnessed actual miracles that were confirmed by legal, practicing doctors in my community of supernatural, verified healings. I have also seen many supernatural events take place, that despite any sort of critique that I'd love to give the situations, always shows that what I saw was legitimately supernatural, and in line with Biblical accounts of the supernatural.

I am also a youth pastor at a local church. I do this because I certainly believe that in a perilous world that we are in, Christianity needs to be given to the masses, expecially with so much evil on the rise. True Christianity is rooted in the fruits of the spirit: Love of sinner and sait, joy and not depression or pessimism, peace between nations and people in light of the Prince of Peace, patience for life's trials and tribulations and global affairs, kindness through giving to the poor and needy (which is far better than a government socialist structure, Christianity was rooted and founded in strong social work, according to Acts 2-8), goodness in exhibiting positive, life-affirming behaviors that help everyone, selflessness that seeks to help those around myself in anyways possible, and self-control from sins.

I believe in Absolute Truth, and God is absolute truth. There are right and wrongs in the world, and by following the tollerance movement, and other such movements, will lead to hate, and the opposite of the desired.

Ultimately, it's impossible to prove God to the godless, as the message of of the Cross is foolishness to those that are perishing (1 Cor 1:18). Nevertheless, I find it very easy to prove God in my life outside of the supernatural occurances.

Ultimately, I find God true for natural reasons I'll discuss later.



Back from the dead, I'm afraid.

Hitler wasn't an aetheist...

"Hence today I believe that I am acting in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator: by defending myself against the Jew, I am fighting for the work of the Lord."



"Unlike other religions, Christianity's primary spreading didn't occur by the sword, as many other religions did, but through peaceful means in despite of incredible resistance during Nero's reign, and the reign of other certainly anti-Christian kings and emperors of the time."

How about the Inquisition and the Crusades?



I am an atheist and I don't believe there is a god or an afterlife.



Thanks to Blacksaber for the sig!

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Parokki said:
I'm a Pastafarian and follow the way of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. May you all be touched by his noodly appendages.

LOL, excellent!

I, myself, am a devout follower of 42 ;)



*supposed to be a reply to footbag, but a bunch of posts got in the way* 

 

Christianity spread through Europe primarily through individual missionaries wandering through the land and setting up peaceful churches amongst Pagan communities. Pagan religions were usually very tolerant to different beliefs, especially compared to Christianity which was extremely intolerant to pretty much everything until recent times, and communities didn't start to fight back until a significant portion of them had been converted. At this point it was generally too late to stop the inevitable. After that you only need to move to the Bible Belt and put a sign saying "I DON'T BELIEVE IN GOD" to see how peaceful it was. You probably won't be physically assaulted... too often, but social ostracization is inevitable.

The Inquisition was a fairly nasty business, but along with witch hunts is totally blown out of proportions by people who don't know their history. In any case, neither had anything to do with how Christianity spread, which appears to be your main point.

The Crusades were more about greed that was justified by religion, but the Chruch openly encouraging people to kill the "infidels" sure didn't help one bit. Even if the major blame is placed on religion, it was more about reclaiming "their" holy land, not conversion which I still assume is what you're talking about here.

Hitler's religious beliefs are anybody's guess. Apparently he believed in some greater power, but certainly didn't subscribe to any mainstream Christian branch. Then again if he thought of himself as a Christian, then that makes him a Christian in my books. There have been so many different Christian sects over the millenia, that the only common feature amongst them is the veneration of a figure commonly known as Jesus Christ, who may or may not have been the son of god, may or may not have existed, and may or may not died for our sins.

Oh and in all fairness the persecution the early Christians suffered before becoming the dominant religion in the Roman Empire were nothing compared to what they did to Pagans, let alone "heretical" sects of their own faith.



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Blones said:
I'm an atheist, but not the preachy, argumentative type. It's not my place to try and change people's beliefs, and I really wish that the Christians on my college campus shared this view.

 I wish the athiests at my school were like that. ;)

I personally am a Christian, and have seemed to have spent the last few years a lot of time argueing with athiests, actually they argue with me, which is weird because they have no motive for doing so. 

To people that think that the chance of God existing is slim, consider this: Taking into account all the different variables that would have to just right for life, distance from sun etc, the chances of life appearing are similar to that of a tornado going through a junk yard and making a 747. Also, where do morals come from? How did Jesus fulfil hundreds of prophesies in a book written several years before he was born, including things that were out of his control, such as where he was born? These are other questions that aren't really explained by anything else. On top of that, apart from in bacteria, scientists have yet to find any other beneficial mutations in other creatures.


Infinite possibilities in an infinite universe, undoubtedly a mistake(us) would be made eventually.



Yes. Christian.



For those who believe the Bible is the word of God, watch these, Penn & Teller Bullshit!: The Bible Fact or Fiction? (in's in 3 parts):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oO7Z_2dBh1A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOaNe8_wce0&mode=related&search=
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GS_kQcdGy-w&mode=related&search=