I firmly believe in god but i am also a man of science, God is cool man i love him and the bible is good to but i just dont like going to church.
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I firmly believe in god but i am also a man of science, God is cool man i love him and the bible is good to but i just dont like going to church.
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Originally posted by tacoX@January 12 2005, 6:18 PM
I dont mean to be a dick, but what has god really EVER done for you?
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I know this post is from a looooong time ago, but I felt the need to answer it.
God has fixed my pendicites, for real, it was about to break, me and my Mother prayed and all of the sudden it was completely healed.
When I was little my teeth came in completely backwards and crooked, my Mother prayed everynight that they would be right, and now, I have a nearly perfect mouth, no braces, no nothing.
God has saved my life, I fell on my bike one time, and I'm not going to go into full detail, but my hande bars were on their side, they were hollow and like a rusty toob, and I fell on them. And because of it my pelvis mussle wall tore, if it would have tared the skin (which it could of done in a heart beat very easily), I would not be here today.
God has removed me and my family from the occult, and you cant say its just a harmless group like anything else, because I did the magic, and it works, and it is from Satan, and God completely removed me and my family from it.
God has given me the gift of preaching, and when I preach, I can feel the holy spirit rushing through my body giving me the words to say, which I could not think of in my flesh.
God has saved my family from poverdy MANY times.
God has given me the ablility to look at things with a Christian eye, rather than a fleshly eye.
For right now, that is all I can think of. I hope that helped Taco.
ok granted all the good things happened to you but you cant catagorize all of the pagan paths into the occult thats just wrong yes there are some good and some bad but honestly how can something that someone believes in come from a mythical figure from a totally different belief system ?! i am stregherian we dont believe in the christian god jesus or satan at all there is also no hell ?! satan only exists in the christian and anti christian (satanism) religions as for the rest of us we could give 2 shit about the ruler of a figmented hell
thats my 2 cents
... no you're just alucky son of a bitch...Quote:
Originally posted by Brian@9 Hours Ago
I know this post is from a looooong time ago, but I felt the need to answer it.
God has fixed my pendicites, for real, it was about to break, me and my Mother prayed and all of the sudden it was completely healed.
When I was little my teeth came in completely backwards and crooked, my Mother prayed everynight that they would be right, and now, I have a nearly perfect mouth, no braces, no nothing.
God has saved my life, I fell on my bike one time, and I'm not going to go into full detail, but my hande bars were on their side, they were hollow and like a rusty toob, and I fell on them. And because of it my pelvis mussle wall tore, if it would have tared the skin (which it could of done in a heart beat very easily), I would not be here today.
God has removed me and my family from the occult, and you cant say its just a harmless group like anything else, because I did the magic, and it works, and it is from Satan, and God completely removed me and my family from it.
God has given me the gift of preaching, and when I preach, I can feel the holy spirit rushing through my body giving me the words to say, which I could not think of in my flesh.
God has saved my family from poverdy MANY times.
God has given me the ablility to look at things with a Christian eye, rather than a fleshly eye.
For right now, that is all I can think of. I hope that helped Taco.
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1. That was thanks to good medicine.
2. Brushing your teeth maybe?
3. Good medical.
4. You were smoking crack.
5. Most prechers talk shit.... from what i've seen you're good at it.
6. That again is just plain luck and hard work.
7. Blame your chruche for filling your mind with crap.
... you can believe in god if you want but just so you know there isn't anything out there... god doesn't exist but you can believe in him to make your life better...
As for those whiney people who say god saved them from suicide the only reason why is because they pray where they told all of their troubles to "god" who isn't really there and so makes it easier and once they got all those troubles of their chest they thank "god" god is just a name people call their mind... because that's all god is.. in your mind
preach on deadloader !!!!!!!!
let me ask a question why does every1 thank god when they win something but never blame him when they lose?
Joining any organization or system greater than yourself will do this. You see things from the viewpoint of a member of a select community, and you consider yourself smarter and "more enlightened" than the rest. It's a perfectly normal feeling, most prodominantly displayed in minority groups in the US (example: black power).Quote:
Originally posted by Brian+9 Hours Ago--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Brian @ 9 Hours Ago)</div>You can't attribute that to a higher power... we as humans don't nearly understand every aspect of the human body. There were likely things going on that the doctors didn't know about which led to your healing.Quote:
God has fixed my pendicites, for real, it was about to break, me and my Mother prayed and all of the sudden it was completely healed.
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There is only so much space for your teeth, so that when all your teeth have come in there's a pretty good chance that they'll push eachother close enough to where they should be.Quote:
Originally posted by Brian@9 Hours Ago
When I was little my teeth came in completely backwards and crooked, my Mother prayed everynight that they would be right, and now, I have a nearly perfect mouth, no braces, no nothing.
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You should thank physics for that, not your god. You obviously weren't moving with enough force over the area of impact that your body could not push back with an equal amount of force.Quote:
Originally posted by Brian@9 Hours Ago
God has saved my life, I fell on my bike one time, and I'm not going to go into full detail, but my hande bars were on their side, they were hollow and like a rusty toob, and I fell on them. And because of it my pelvis mussle wall tore, if it would have tared the skin (which it could of done in a heart beat very easily), I would not be here today.
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That's rather vague... and I don't think it's very convincing as most of the members of this are educated enough to not believe in magic.Quote:
Originally posted by Brian@9 Hours Ago
God has removed me and my family from the occult, and you cant say its just a harmless group like anything else, because I did the magic, and it works, and it is from Satan, and God completely removed me and my family from it.
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Because you think you're doing something good, chemicals that induce and stimulate pleasure are rushing to your brain. You can get the same effect from exercising or participating in something exciting, and you can also get the same effect artificially from many drugs - which is where the mental addiction stems from.Quote:
Originally posted by Brian@9 Hours Ago
God has given me the gift of preaching, and when I preach, I can feel the holy spirit rushing through my body giving me the words to say, which I could not think of in my flesh.
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Yeah, I'd attribute this to hard work and perseverance. I'd attribute your family almost going into poverty many times though, to our modern capitalist system.Quote:
Originally posted by Brian@9 Hours Ago
God has saved my family from poverdy MANY times.
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God has given me the ablility to look at things with a Christian eye, rather than a fleshly eye.
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Every event or situation has a completely ration explaination, even if we as humans don't possess the technology or philosopy to explain it yet. The answers are out there, most people just can't see them.
You do see this somewhat often among the lower rungs of society, especially those in poverty, but the reason that it's not as present as it's opposite is because Christians preach that god is 'kind' and 'merciful', despite countless accounts of him smiting and insighting wrath in the bible, and they believe that god does everything for a reason, making them look at the situation optomistically.Quote:
Originally posted by DrksYd665@21 Minutes Ago
preach on deadloader !!!!!!!!
let me ask a question why does every1 thank god when they win something but never blame him when they lose?
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Haha it seems god is like a safety net ;)
Christianity is just a cult that managed to survive throughout the ages.
thats proberley true shurai
It is true ;)
The Romans were generally tolerant, that is why many cults flourished like, Mithraism, Gnosticism and the Imperial Cult etc.
Christianity was a mystery cult because of its secrecy. As said, the Romans were tolerant to a degree where a cult would start imposing its views. Also, because of its secrecy, the Romans simply did not understand Christian practices which led to their persecution.
Christians in antiquity referred to members of their organization as Brother and Sister. That is understanding because of their closeness are like siblings. But the Romans interpreted it as incest, which was taboo.
Christians revere Jesus Christ as their savior and lord. He had caused trouble in a temple, and caused disturbance and even blashphemy to those in the temple, of which he was tried for and executed as a criminal. To Romans, Christians were worshipping a criminal, which was again beyond their moral understanding.
The Mass of Eucharist involved transubstantiation or symbolic transformation of bread and wine to the blood and body of Christ. So when they 'drink the blood of Christ etc' to Romans it is viewed as Cannibalism.
The Romans had no understanding because of its secrecy, and the Christian phenomenon grew way beyond the Romans' expectations.
Ok here's my whole view on relegion.
Christianity was created as a happy escape for people. When people are hurt or down. they can simply say "oh God has a plan for me!" So they don't have to wallow in their sadness any more. Look at it from an objective perspective, Christians. When poor people come to a shelter, its always "God has a plan for you!, don't worry!" Jesus rambled about God when he was alive (which he is not anymore) about God and his forgiveness, and those less fortunate really listened because they thought "Ok, I'm only poor because this almighty God has a plan for me! It'll all be good soon!" That's all relegion is.
And something more:
We can attribute the mass popularity of Christianity to Paul of Tarsus. When Jesus died, Paul traveled all around Europe preaching Jesus' fairy tales to everybody, and that's how it spread. Without Paul, Christianity would have been lucky to survive for a few centuries as a small cult, and would definately not exist today. Don't think many of you knew that.
It only takes one misguided simpleton to pollute society for millinia.
