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07-11-2011, 11:22 PM #731
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07-12-2011, 05:30 AM #732
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07-12-2011, 09:03 AM #735
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not if you have an image recorder
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07-12-2011, 06:09 PM #736
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07-13-2011, 02:06 AM #737
Christianity is perpetuated by man's effort. It just isn't perpetuated merely by man's effort.
Therefore, christianity is a religion, but it is not not merely a religion.
I don't know of any group within christianity that believes the practicing of christian beliefs doesn't require some effort on the person's part."You know, with Hitler, the more I learn about that guy, the more I don't care for him."Norm MacDonald
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07-13-2011, 05:17 AM #738
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I yesterday figured that most of the german economical terms are basically derived from religios origins. Maybe the english ones as well, lets see:
Erlös (revenue) -> Erlösung (redemption)
Wertschöpfung (Added Value) -> Schöpfungsgeschichte (creationism)
Offenbarungseid (declaration of bankruptcy) -> Offenbarung (Book of Revelation)
Gläubiger (debtee) -> Glaubender (believer)
Schuldner (debtor) -> Schuldiger (culprit)
Kapitalerhebung (increase of capital) -> Erhebung (elevation)
Erlöse uns von unseren Schulden !
Maybe more in german than in english
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07-13-2011, 03:48 PM #739
I simply don't think there is a God because I cannot prove there is one.
I can't prove there is not one either, but if there were no eggs, would you wonder if there were eggs?
The reasons I can see for people believing there is a God is because 1) they want to believe their lives and choices are in the hands of someone else; 2) they need it to be able to blame someone other than themselves, or they need a reason (there was a reason for it, because God wanted it); 3) they don't want to believe they die and then there is nothing after that.
I also wonder: if there is a God, why would they care if I believe in them or not, truthfully? Why do they need to be worshipped? So even if there is one, I still don't get the need for them to be worshipped by me. What good does it do them or me?
Even if I read the Bible, figure it all out, and prove that JC is false, it still doesn't prove or disprove the existence of God. So why would I care.....honestly.
I suppose I'm more interested in the existence of God than the truths behind any religion.
So does anyone have any reasons why they DO believe in God, that they can provide?ISTP 6w5 sx/sp
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07-14-2011, 12:33 AM #740
Example of faith supported by scientific experiment on the human mind
Just a short clip which gives a practical, scientific example of how faith works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQe0o..._order&list=UL
Similar to my example of getting on the train, this illustrates how our consciousness operates on faith and how that alters reality. Now this is merely a proof that we are designed for faith and are only able to operate with it, consequently the operant of that faith is an object of desire/worship. It is like a gear, and that gear is the human heart. It is our function, it is our purpose in life.
Also, just a note about the creation of the universe... in order for the Big Bang to happen, the universe/existence would have to function on a finite model of progressive time. However, research suggests this is not how it is made. Somewhere in our consciousness we know this as well, as we never experience the past or future, but only the present. I believe this is because outside of the observable universe, which has an appearance of finiteness, is the "default" existence, and an infinite one where God is. This "present moment" model reflects this as well, in the sense that it is eternally Today.
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