Do you believe in God? - Page 11

April 1, 2007, 4:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Mega Girl

or that same Bible recommended killing women wearing clothes made from two types of cloth, endorsed incest and rape?

Just saying

Yes, it has its upsides as well.

You forgot some of my favourites, such as stoning men who don't cover their temples with their hair, and stoning farmers who grow more than one type of crop in a field.

Most of the true barbarisms endorsed by the Old Testament can be attributed to social codes of the time. After all, the Bible was written by men, not gods or angels.

If they had let me write it, as I originally suggested, it would have been perfect in every way, shape and form.

April 1, 2007, 4:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Lucifer Morningstar

Yes, it has its upsides as well.

You forgot some of my favourites, such as stoning men who don't cover their temples with their hair, and stoning farmers who grow more than one type of crop in a field.

Most of the true barbarisms endorsed by the Old Testament can be attributed to social codes of the time. After all, the Bible was written by men, not gods or angels.

If they had let me write it, as I originally suggested, it would have been perfect in every way, shape and form.

and if the Bible was written by men, it is not the word of God and as such, it is not in any way holy.

April 1, 2007, 5:05 AM

However, I'm not a man, so I'm somewhat out of that particular jurisdiction you mention.

April 1, 2007, 5:13 AM

ORLY? what are you then?

April 1, 2007, 5:21 AM

You tell me what I am.

An abstract concept created by humans with too much free time on their hands, and too much guilt in their collective subconscious?

A biblical figure who's escaped from its pages?

A demon-king hellbent on enslaving humanity?

An angel who "fell" due to his excessive pride and arrogance?

Or heaven's unwitting but eternal servant manifest on the mortal plane for some much needed R and R?

April 1, 2007, 5:48 AM

ask me later, all I can give you right now is someone with too much free time. Good night lovely people!

April 1, 2007, 5:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Mega Girl

ask me later, all I can give you right now is someone with too much free time. Good night lovely people!

And what exactly does this make you, in the grand scheme of things?

And how in any way does this relate to god or the topic at hand?

April 1, 2007, 6:52 AM

lol This topic is so far off track. It's not even about your reglious views at all anymore. It's basically just a Christianity bash. It would be nice to see a little modship in this thread, to be honest... but whatever. It's just sad that this religious debate that started out to be a good discussion has just become a debate on why you feel justified in hating religious matters.

April 1, 2007, 9:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Aztec Triogal

lol This topic is so far off track. It's not even about your reglious views at all anymore. It's basically just a Christianity bash. It would be nice to see a little modship in this thread, to be honest... but whatever. It's just sad that this religious debate that started out to be a good discussion has just become a debate on why you feel justified in hating religious matters.

Too right. Take this post as a verbal warning and, from this point onwards, stick to the original topic. I'm sure there are plenty of other appropriate threads to discuss such things [albeit, in the end, all of these discussions come to one root source], so try to keep this one mainly "Yes I do/No I do not" and "I do because/I do not because."

April 5, 2007, 12:50 AM

I cant recall if Ive posted in here, but here goes. Sorry if I have.

I believe in God yes. Im from a Catholic family, yet I dont attend church anymore (need to start again if I can find a moment!) and I have sinned. However I pray every night to the Lord Almighty and ask him to watch over my family and friends and I believe that there is a higher power watching over all of us. Be it God or another being, but something is there. But me I chose to believe it to be God.