Re: Religion.
Tsuyu;322226 said:
I'm a long time Satanist. Been so for many years by now. It just makes sense to me. The core belief of Satanism is that man is just another creature on this earth, an animal. Not the chosen of some divine being.
Earth is just a little blue orb amongst trillions of billions in an endless void. The sheer cosmic vastness of it all is beyond our comprehension. To believe that we, who are of less significance than that of a single grain of sand on a beach, are special enough to be the favoured of whatever "thing" that created it all is just stupid and very presumptuous.
I do believe in some Creator Being, but not God. Just like I believe in life on other planets, but not in little grey men with big round eyes. Something as powerful as this Creator Being couldn't possibly be comprehended by our minds.
You know, I believe pretty much the same thing as you, but I don't understand why you have to label yourself something. I believe what I believe. I'm not this or that.
Nekaku;322312 said:
What if there were there are connections to the Christian God in all those Belief Attributes. Interesting as it is that all myths are based on reality. So, with Finite minds, over time, things are diluted to extremes. And the Bible actually shows it's authenticity, by how it shows many times the Israelite's went away from him and lost the true concept of God.
So? I could write a story with the same concept in it. Doesn't make it true.
Nekaku;322324 said:
Incorrect. There has been evidence concerning the old and New testament. For the Old Testament, the Historical accounts of The Israelite's as they came to the Land of Canaan. Many of the kingdoms had records about the actions concerning them and their unusual God. And fort the New Testament. There are two people that were mentioned to be major supporters of the newly christian church. One is Ananias. A wealthy city official in... Dang... Can't remember... I'll read up on it again. But they have found three Large Stones in the Ruins of the City, that have His name and title. And then there was a business women that dealt in Purple... They have documents of her funding much of the work. And as for the Compilation, It doesn't matter. Why? Because of the fact that Historians have confirmed that each thing Did Happen, Maybe they aren't saying that there was a Divine thing happening, but they have confirmed that Key events DID happen and in the correct Order. They just leave out all the God Stuff.
... Just because a few things in the Bible were
based on real events, doesn't make everything in the Bible true.
Nekaku;322333 said:
Actually, there is no proof Jesus existed... His Followers, yes. But Jesus' name was not mentioned... So to be truthful, there is the possibility that he himself never existed. the Bible is the only documentation.
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In all cultures, there is a story of a Huge flood that wiped out Nearly All Man. Every single culture.
I reckon it was the end of the last ice age.
Firis;322334 said:
^Untrue, he did exist, whether he was the son of Adonai or not is what no one can decide.
Do you know how many cultures use the concept of a virgin birth? I reckon Jesus was just adapted from an older myth.
Nekaku;322405 said:
Unfortunately, There is just as much proof of the Ice Age as the Flood. So, in the end I choose the Flood.
Yeah... The ice age created the flood when it ended. Not a worldwide flood, mind. Just the costal areas where the vast majority of the worlds population have settled.
Tsuyu;322414 said:
I know much about the Bible. I'm not ignorant enough to discuss a topic I'm clueless about. I'm telling you that there is no way the stories about Noahs Ark and Adam and Eve can be true. The problems with inbreeding and incests are genetical, they are not tied to "age" - you wouldn't have been able to continue the human race back then, just like you wouldn't today. A sister having a child with her father or brother doesn't exactly produce a healthy human being. Even if it would somehow be healthy enough to reproduce, the only people with which this inbred child could breed with would've been members of his family. A few generations of that... well... Just no.
Even Christian scholars tells us to take those stories with a grain of salt due to their.... impossible nature.
Not to mention that we'd all have the same mitochondrial DNA. Which we don't.
ScareCrowReturn;322470 said:
Wow, I go away for 1 Night and its already at page 4. Haha!
Come on now guys.. Lets all just get along!
Haha!
Aother Question:
If you could know, 100% that God WAS real, Like somehow If you got the option to see God and nobody else could, Would you? Or would you leave it a mystery? Or vice Versa.. If that question makes sense.. Haha
I'd want to know. On the off chance he does exist I'd definitely convert.
Nekaku;322524 said:
Do you Know about hope? If it weren't for the hope I am given by whats in the bible, I might as well die. I personally don't believe that something that is influenced by God would be reduced to such as you have put it to be. It's either 100% true or 100% false. If it is false, I have no reason to live. Nothing in this world has ever been able to keep me happy. The Bible is the exception. And I have witnessed miracles. I would be paralyzed if it weren't for the out of the blue chance that I'd somehow defy physics and land on my wrists instead of my back in the way I fell and how fast I was going. Without God, The God of Hope, the creator, there is no point to live. Not the life I'm having to live.
Of course there's a point to life: Enjoy it, because it's the only one you've got.
Nekaku;322569 said:
No, Doesn't give a time. No, science has not proven that it's millions of years old... And I believe in parts of evolution. Don't get me wrong. I don't believe that one species can become another, but I believe in the Adaptation. Aka Micro Evolution. Macro Evolution is Tons of Micro Evolutions, that make something a different species, and I don't believe that is real.
You can't believe in one without believing in the other.
It's the same thing.
Nekaku;322569 said:
And seeing as how that can't be proven... I believe that God has created other beings. And I will have to re-research through my paleontologist files to show the proof on how Old the Earth is. I've done research... I've also noticed that more and more scientist are becoming Creationist. It used to be that Creationists wouldn't be able to get their doctorate degrees in any of the sciences, but that has changed dramatically...
Only because the standards are being lowered by Christian "science" institutes.
TJ Griffin;322619 said:
Is... is it safe to come out yet? Or should I get back in the panic room?
No. Get back in.
