hungrypossum
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im going out and i'll be back tomorrow just pm me if u have any other questions
I live in the Bible Belt and I was once told by a Baptist neighbor of mine that my Husband was going to Hell because he's not religious.
YEP! ^^ The fact that I am treading the difficult path is what makes me a stronger person. If you're not afraid of difficulty or even death, then what make you worried fearful or sad anymore. Told ya Jesus is joy.
In knowing God, the most important thing I learnt, is that I'm only 21 years old. Not very wise, not clever, quite a ditz, ignorant of everything. So I don't trust my own wisdom. I choose to trust the bible.
I trust that God annoints men to do his work. Though I'm a real clown, here I am speaking for him.
im going out and i'll be back tomorrow just pm me if u have any other questions
I live in the Bible Belt and I was once told by a Baptist neighbor of mine that my Husband was going to Hell because he's not religious. Nice...Another time while having a discussion with her I brought up the topic of evolution and she freakishly started screaming in protest. I responded by telling her that we were leaving her home and that I wasn't going to have her behave irrationally around my children. She apologized but only so that the lines of communication between us would remain open as she was trying to convert us. No matter what was said to her, she would always respond by saying that she would pray about it. No thoughts or opinions of her own. I've often wondered how a person gets to that point in their lives that they no longer think for themselves? Sad.
I also hate when the first words out of someones mouth are "What Church do you go to?" Each time I hear this I know I need to get moving as the level of conversation will likely be mind numbing. I don't appreciate this or being told how I should live my life. I have better morals than many of the church goers living among us. Hypocrites. :rolli:
Even if I were convinced to go back to Christianity what am I supposed to believe?
Creation: Young Earth Creationism, Old Earth Creationism, Intelligent Design, Theistic Evolution, etc.
The Bible: Infallibility? Divine inspiration? Which books? How reliable? Is it at all useful?
Salvation: Armenianism, Calvinism (How many points ot the TULIP?), Universalism, Anihilationism, Purgatory, Eternal Hell, Temporary Hell, No Hell?
The Nature of God: Trinitarianism, Binitarianism, Unitarianism, Modalism, The Godhead, Arianism?
Eschatology: Amillennialism, Postmillennialism, Premillennialism (pre tribulation rapture, mid tribulation rapture, post tribulation rapture, no rapture), Dispensationalism?
I think you can see my problem with Christianity. No one knows what the fuck they're talking about. You could tell me it's not about dogma and it doesn't matter what I believe as long as I love God and everyone else or whatever. Fine. Your opinion goes on the pile with thousands of others.
How is anyone supposed to figure out what this tricky bastard wants from us?
Two people can hold totally contradictory beliefs and still call themselves Christians. That seems a bit odd to me.
I think that is the way it is with every religion. I believe spirituality has to come from within you, as an individual, as an expression of hope and faith. Because ultimately what matters isn't what you believe but how you lead your life. Your values, ethics, morals, and conception of God should probably just be the beliefs that make you happy and provide you with an idea of where of who you want to be in this life. After all, we only get one.
I think he was saying simply that many of the details of theology are not as important as one's behavior. Many of the Christian sects obviously disagree on theological truth... but ultimately their faith is expressed through actions, even if they can't agree on specifics of theology.
Wait, so you don't believe in an actual God that actually exists? Religion is just some kind of self help program?
No, I believe in God. But I don't believe it is necessary to believe in God to get the same fulfillment. As I have said before. I believe there are many paths.
That's what I keep asking about, you say there are many paths to God, others say their religion is The_One_True_Path with endless division within religions over what that path really is.
How am I, as a hypothetical seeker, supposed to know who is right? Because from what I can tell religious beliefs are just opinions with nothing backing them up.
Look at my type. I'm an ISTJ 6w5, I need concrete, tangible things and certainty. Fuzzy little feelings and intuition don't work for me. If there is a God with some great truth or whatever I don't think it's right that I and others like me should be kept in the dark because of our personalities. It sounds like God only speaks in ways that appeal to NFs.
To quote Gandalf (heheh): "to break a thing in order to understand it is to leave the path of wisdom"