Too much religious beliefs?

[WarezKid]

i know how you can meet god,


Cheat death

that the only way

[FlyingJesus]

As far as I'm aware, none of the earthly religions say anything about the proof of any gods' existence other than their own stories in sacred texts. Faith doesn't require proof.

Also just as an interesting note, I don't know if it's actually believed anywhere but technically in Judaism and Christianity there isn't just one deity - there are stories in the Old Testament (or Torah) of their God defeating other gods in trials of power, and also He is named "God of gods", which seems to denote that there are in fact other spiritual/divine beings, just not very good ones As I say, not sure of the validity of that or whether it's believed at all, just something I noticed when I read it a while back.

[GommeInc]

Ah I know what you mean. When I did philosophy of religion a few years ago we discussed this. If I remember correctly, it doesn't mean that they can create land or have any power, it just means people we believe are gods because of their huge contribution to our lives but we should not idolise them etc. That's the Christianity version of God vs. gods. Not sure about the Judaism version is, but they probably are different in a slight way.

[FlyingJesus]

Something like that, I know it certainly happens (a lot of people have idols and there are people with tremendous amount of mortal power) but also the Old Testament states about God challenging first the Egyptian magicians when Moses was escaping, which follows the sort of thing you're saying, and also there's some sort of standoff with "Baal", an ancient pagan god, which seems to be more of an actual deity or demon rather than mortal.

[SHOKER]

I'm not a true christian though? I never even was a christian. Also why does it JUST have to be christianity? Other religions believe in god (duh). Also im not forcing it on others, im just expressing my opinion.

I understand that.

i dont know much about other religions but they believe in different Gods i thought?

No one has actually had proof they have seen him
Or heard him talk


Believing in him is like saying he doesn't exist yet you still think he is real.

At the end of the day its your belief but think about this:

how the hell is earth made "perfect" for living? its pathetic that people cant see how perfectly our habitat is

[GommeInc]

Something like that, I know it certainly happens (a lot of people have idols and there are people with tremendous amount of mortal power) but also the Old Testament states about God challenging first the Egyptian magicians when Moses was escaping, which follows the sort of thing you're saying, and also there's some sort of standoff with "Baal", an ancient pagan god, which seems to be more of an actual deity or demon rather than mortal.

Hmmmm, that's interesting. Because the modern day Christian has been taught that gods never existed and never will. Maybe it is one of those stories which contradicts another. Can you find a quote which describes him or which book it's from?

[Virgin Mary]

how the hell is earth made "perfect" for living?

By chance. I think a lot of people mistake the Christian/Islam/Jewish God when people talk about a god - as in an all powerful designer - because that's what they take it to mean.

[Mandez]

its weird the way religion is causing wars etc, cause everyone praying to the same fella really :S

[FlyingJesus]

Hmmmm, that's interesting. Because the modern day Christian has been taught that gods never existed and never will. Maybe it is one of those stories which contradicts another. Can you find a quote which describes him or which book it's from?

http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/...=11&chapter=18
Mentions two gods other than God, but also shows them as false or inferior. I think the original text is better for this rather than the "new" versions which have been changed, but you can get the idea.

its weird the way religion is causing wars etc, cause everyone praying to the same fella really :S

Religion doesn't cause wars, it's just used as an excuse or scapegoat..

[Virgin Mary]

Religion doesn't really cause wars these days it's culture.