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That quote is dumb and the reason for this is, If you don't know about God or sin, then how would you not know not to sin?? You would end up sinning end Go to hell.
I think it's a good quote because it makes you think. How can a just god send a man to hell for doing something he felt to be okay, and did not know was wrong?
That's something we can agree on. Certainly a god worth worshiping wouldn't have committed the atrocities he's famous for written in the bible, yet he has. Only answer, is fabrication in the telling of these stories. Yet if the bible is all you have to go on for your god, and you already know it is wrong, why believe in him, with no accurate description of his feats?
Why fear god, if you don't know honestly how mighty he is?
Why worship him, if you don't know honestly how benevolent he is?
So what else do you do to show compassion? Do you volunteer at the homeless shelter, or the senior center, or help inner-city youths? Are you adopting children in need? Building houses for Habitat for Humanity? Or is it limited to telling people they're going to hell if they don't blindly believe what you believe?
How? What exactly is it that you do that is helpful? Do you ever make an effort to find ways to help people? Giving money to homeless people on the street? Taking someone to the shelter so they can get a hot meal? Are you out there fighting to get laws changed so that people can feel safer on the streets? Teaching convicts marketable skills so they can get a job when they are released so that they don't have to commit crimes anymore? I'm genuinely curious!
How often? Really? Because unless you're doing them all the time, there are a million people who need real, tangible "Christian" help, rather than the few people on this website who have no interest in being converted to a religion, of which we have seen so many negative effects. "Love thy neighbor as yourself". Spend a little more time loving and a little less time telling people they will be going to hell, which for the record, may not even be real.
I would love to believe in god. But he is against homosexuals. so sorry there is no god that would hate someone that want to be in love. believe in a true love god. please vote !!!
God won't hate you from what you do. Try to crack open a Bible and see his reasons for not liking that. God created men and women each for a different purpose. I am against it, but I don't hate gay people.
God isn't against homosexuals, that is just some false information that some hateful human beings put into the public to support their own hateful agenda.
but still I am not just like that I don't want to believe in one god that made us all. if I was god I would make myself not god and make a system were everybody has there own god.
The Bible says that men and women were created each for a different purpose. He isn't going to strike you with lightning because you're in love with someone of the same sex. He loves you soooooooo much that no matter what you do, he could never NOT love you.
Been there done that, the result, genocide, inquisition, crusades, so no Christianity and all religions need to die off.
Oh. So we just pardon the death caused by non Christians then? I'm positive that non-Christians, or should I say non-religious, have killed tons and tons of people as well. If religion isn't the cause then something else will take it's place whether it be race, sexual preference, stances on current issues, global control or anything. I won't say the religion has not lead to these things, but even if it wasn't there man would find something else to dispute about. Politics would probably be the leading cause. I wouldn't favor expanding it either though.
The problem is religion gives good people a reason to do bad things in the name of religion, as for non religious, sure people are fucked up no matter what they follow but at least its not in the name of God and this seems to be the major driving force of evil for most of human history along with our greed.
Religion seems to be the scapegoat for many people to justify there evil and because of this many people lost there lives as a result.
The problem is religion gives good people a reason to do bad things in the name of religion, as for non religious, sure people are fucked up no matter what they follow but at least its not in the name of God and this seems to be the major driving force of evil for most of human history along with our greed.
Regardless of the name it is placed under, whether God, America, or justice, or even money, humans will give an explanation and place it's source on things they are related to. Blaming all religion seems illogical as well since all religious people don't commit acts that many people would say are "bad" or "evil". The major "driving force" isn't religion, but human nature itself. Designed to attack and conquer and this is what we see. A man blowing up a building in the name of God, Ra, or Odin is no different that someone blowing up a building in the name of America, fear, or their sense of justice. In both scenarios the building is still destroyed.
Religion seems to be the scapegoat for many people to justify there evil and because of this many people lost there lives as a result.
Anything can be a "scapegoat". People lose their lives to many things whether it be religion, monarchic rule, dictatorial rule, war, slavery (civil war reference here), and so on. People will fight for what they think is right.
God, no. Don't you think religion has caused enough damage? Expanding it means more people, which means more corruption. As is, there's too much. You want to be Christian, then be Christian, but don't keep trying to convince others to believe it.
No. What you see is Christianity being badly represented. If we could spread Christianity, then it would allow for the religion to gain people who will properly represent it.
If you spread Christianity, you will also gain people who will highlight the corruption of organized religion. Christianity right now has over 2.1 billion followers, and is badly represented. What makes you think more people is going to improve its reputation?
What's to say the people who originally tried to spread Christianity weren't trying to represent it positively, but through time, and corruption the message was twisted?
It's very possible that was the case, and most likely will be again if it's tried again.
"Those who do not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it."
Those who care about Christianity will support their beliefs. Those who don't agree with Christian beliefs might protest against Christian favor. But in the end, it mostly matters who ends up not being screwed up. I hope that people will come to sense and will accept life as it is, and forget old ideologies. Deism would be something people should go to if that's easier for them. But leave those disbelievers alone. We have stuff to believe in, without hope but with reasoning.
If one wants Christianity, they will find it, their is no reason to bring it to them. History has shown, when an idea people don't want is brought to them, it's usually forced. You shouldn't force your beliefs on people, it's bad.
I'm pretty certain, that even objectively we can agree that having something forced on you is bad. If we can at least agree to that, then it's not too much of a stretch to see it from the outside perspective as the forcer, and understanding that forcing is bad, because being forced is bad. That longer explanation was implied.
Sometimes things need to be forced on you. Like forcing a different diet on your child, because their current diet isn't healthy for them or forcing your child to go to school to get an education.
It may be good for them, and from your perspective you see it as a good thing, but if you are the immature child, being forced to eat greens and veggies, when you would prefer chips and cookies, you still see it as bad. In the future you recognize that it may have been good to convert to a healthy diet, but you are happy that you weren't forced, and now can freely choose healthy diet or not.
What this means, is, Christianity might jut be right. Who am I to say it's wrong? But you can not force even a good thing on people or it's comes with negative aspects. Ultimately only they can choose to accept it or not.
Um, telling someone your religion isn't the same as forcing it on them. We don't make them choose. It's their choice and only theirs. We are only telling them. Plus, you're saying we shouldn't have missionaries to fly to places that don't have Bibles? How then are they going to learn about Him?
Re-read what I said. It'd make sense (what you're saying to me) if the religion was only going to be brought, but like I said in my argument, history has shown that that's not always the case.