I believe in one god and I think that christianity is the right religion because it's a religion of love forgivness and faith beside it's the only religion that contenant miracles and I insiste on that
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MY OPINION20% Voted for by A woman to love, snowraven, sweetypie101, buggirl, Kayden S. (12 total)
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ONE CORRECT RELIGION. I HAVE NO RELIGION ,I AM JUST CONNECTED TO MY LORD. I LOOK TO MY INNER BEING , TO MY INTUITION TO GUIDE ME . THAT INNER LIGHT THAT WE ALL POSSESS BUT SOME KNOW LITTLE OF. IN MY OPINION AS I HAVE STATED BEFORE IN OTHER INSTANCES RELATING TO RELIGION. YOU CANNOT FORCE YOUR BELIEFS DOWN OTHER PEOPLES THROATS. THERE IS SUCH A THING AS FREE WILL , AND WE ARE FREE TO BELIEVE WHATEVER WE WISH.
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The one and only way.15% Voted for by EternalEyes, Makessenseright, Everlasting-Fallout, Nomadic Prince, Christopher Chanco. (9 total)
I guess the only way to make this fair is to state it as an opinion, although I feel so strongly about it that I'd rather put it under fact. Christ is the one and only way, there are NO other gods. Serving anything but the one true God will bring destruction. Jesus himself said that you either serve the FATHER or you serve the WORLD and there is no in-between. So is this a slave trade, then? You may think so.
"God is the slave ruler and we are all his slaves, bought for a price and now we have to eternally do whatever he wants or we shall surely die..." that's not true! This is what I believe - God sent his son to die so we could be free! so he could see his children dance and play and live in harmony together! Established laws make this harmony possible, and if we accept Christ, Believe what he says about himself, and Confess that we have all sinned and are in need of a savior, we can be under his leadership for eternity.
Just picture it.
Harmony for eternity, Love for eternity, PEACE for eternity, constant fellowship and communion for ETERNITY! it's a big word, folks. E-T-E-R-N-I-T-Y
I believe that Christ is the only way and any other way will lead to death, and we will be cast into the flames of hell. Don't be afraid though, God made a way out by sending his son. CHRIST is the way. If we truly have faith in him, we have nothing to worry about because our price has already been payed and hell is completely out of the picture. If you believe in Jesus Christ, you're going to go to heaven! Believe it!
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all of them(in a way)13% Voted for by suran setsume, BlueWitch, shlynch, Kevin, Christopher Chanco. (8 total)
If you look at it all religions are in a way right, but not completely correct. All religions repeat parts of other religions in their belifes. they are just distorted versions of one religion from the past, corroded over time. they are as christianity and baptist alike except in small areas. because of the gap in time for the corrosion the change is no longer slite, but the resembalance shows.
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Beliefs vs Religion5% Voted for by Millyphilly, espsychologist, Kevin.
Thats just it..."Do you encourage this religion to other people or let them believe what they want to?" I believe in God, and i follow the christian life style to the best of my "human" abilities; However i stay very open to others beliefs... I also truly believe that for some people, its better that they only know what they know about god thorugh a "religion"...but beliefs, and religions are diferent... beliefs in a high power (if you will) are much like morals, you try to live by them; and in some cases stand for what you believe (not what you know?!!!) in and share with others the benifits of your belief or "morals" Religion is what you get when you open your door to a man dressed proper and asking "have you accepted *blank* for you savior" (Because apparently they "know" stand for what they know) its also what u get whne u open the different bibles, and open the doors to a catholic, or morman, or even christian church...its the stand up and sit down when the time is right sing whne its proper, and pay when its right. You need to open you heart when you open these others things (bible, church doors ECT ECT.) and whatever is in your heart will come out in words that may not normally mean a thing; I read sertian scriptures ever day and get somthing new...its about really reading your heart; And trying to walk in what lays on your heart...I personally dont like people pushing their religion on me and i also dont like door to door jesus sales people as i call them...I believe if you truly believe the God has givin you a calling to be an evangalist then he will bring th epeople to you in ways you would never expect... I think people get more out of watching your life change because of what you believe..then having you through it down your throat like u have to know or when u die you wont go to heaven... Actions speak louder then words...and nothing feels better then having people say how happy you look and saying that they wan tthat...Then i get to share with them all them all the benifits of what i believe; because they opened the door...not me shoving it down their throat...
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believe anything you want5% Voted for by ah huh, bob2314, whereabouts.
It doesn't make it true. "Belief" is the root of conflict. If one "believes" something then the mere existance of it creates something to defend. The defender (of a particular belief) inevitably attracts the attention of an attacker (the believer of something else). The fear of not knowing produces "beliefs". Defenders and attackers can only exist in the presence of each other. They are flipsides of the same coin. This particular "coin" is often termed as the "ego". I advocate not "believing" anything and accepting "not knowing".
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Coincidences?
Here's a quote from a book titled Sir You Said It by Shabbir Ahmed that you might find interesting to consider:
Who wrote the Qur'an? The non-Muslim's answer to this important question usually sounds like this:
"The Qur'an was a
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Why the caps?
I'm aware what you said is not particularly aggressive and I actually agree with lots of it. But I'm not actually commenting on the subject matter. I'm posting to say that using caps lock actually undermines your argument. No-one wants to read what they think is a rant, and caps lock makes it look like you're shouting.March 14, 2006
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hmmm
It's quite interesting that you should pay so much attention to my writing style than the subject matter at hand very interesting indeed. I do not make a habit of explaining myself but perhaps on this one occasion i shall make an exception. I felt to write my response in caps at that particular time, it had no aggresive connotations to it at all, if people choose to interpret it that way so be it. When i give my opinion on something i do so knowing fully well that others may not agree with what i feel or say. but for someone to put so much meaning into the fact that i used capital letters in my responses i find it to be quite...amusing indeed. Besides you stated nobody would want to read a rant or anything of the like i would have to differ and point out that you did, did you not?March 19, 2006
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Peace be with you
I respect your opinion, but who ever said anything about forcing beliefs down other people's throats. the subject is about the one correct religion. in response to your opinions, and with great respect, we are free to believe whatever we wish. i accept that. but the issue here is what is the correct belief. if you can accept that there is something called objective rationality, you'll understand that life is not about individuals following some 'inner feeling'. any one can use the excuse of "it felt right, because my inner being told me so" to get themselves out of wrongful acts. what feels right is different from what IS right. truth is saying that a square has four sides. there is no room for what you meely believe here, unless that belief IS BASED ON the objective truth that a square does indeed have four sides. if you believe in God (as I do), I expect that belief to be based on some level of rational thinking, because rationality derives from the basic objective things that people, not matter what your personal belief agree with. so i must say on an objective rational basis that there is one god and thus one truth. apart from truth there is only falsehood. "There is no comulsion in religion. Truth is distinct from error". Thanks for the time. Peace be with you.March 20, 2006
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I too respect your point of view, I respect most peoples point of view, we all see things differently and we may agree to disagree.First off, I was not stating that the creator of this debate was pushing his or her beliefs down other peoples throats. I was simply referring to those religious fanatics who tend to wave their fingers at others or those who tsk tsk at people who choose not to embrace their own radical or irrational beliefs
When I spoke of my inner intuition and my connection to My Lord that was purely subjective, it is my opinion, if you or others do not agree with this that is ok too.
I do accept that there is such a thing as objective rationale , but in this instance it is not a factor
I will reiterate my point, there is no one true religion, besides religion is a man made ideology there is no such thing as one true religion, this is not a mathematical equation or even a question of logic, it's really not.
Now if you were to ask me is there one true God? that would be a different story all together, then I would have to answer yes there is only one true God.
Thanks for your time , this has been most refreshing, peace and love to you and yours.
Jamila Yadira
April 28, 2006
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pnktrky
October 30, 2006
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almost
in the end he who is good shall get his reward. and if you give love to everyone you wont have to worry about anything... thats right even a aetheist can recieve heaven if the live a life full of love towards everybody. and when i say love i mean agape which means uncondtional and unmotivated love, somthing that you can give to everyone. so there. ironic though.January 5, 2007
A PRIEST I KNOW DOESNT EVEN SAY THAT
There is no such thing as a correct religion, first of all they were all man made due to logical decisions from ignorant people at the time of when gods were being created for the blame of mysterious things. And every other religion will say they are correct, you are just one of those who think they are superior to the others. have respect for other religions too, and dont just say they are all wrong and you are right. man, I asked a priest if he thought that christianity was correct and he said there is no such thing as a correct religion. I of corse already knew that, but i wanted to see if a priest himself would think he was superior.mcsupajon
January 27, 2007
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Calm Down... Please
I'm not the one who wrote this but even I can tell s/he was very careful not to make ANYONE superior... in fact wasn't that their point?March 10
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where is the logic.....
Tell from where do you draw your conclusions and what is more, please tell where in the hell did you get this nonsense that people who do not believe in one correct religion are trying to be superior to others? Just plain ridiculous.You my dear as most who have left responses on my opinion have totally gone completely off subject. So here let me straighten you out...Personally speaking, I do not believe myself to be above anyone. I am but an observer in this what we call life. I watch, listen and learn.
I will reiterate all that I have said before. I have respect for most people, however I do not respect those who tend to lord it over others and condemn those who do not form part of their little glee club. The God I serve is neither evil or vengeful, therefore it is unfortunate and should be considered a sin that he'd be portrayed in such an unkind and unfavorable light.
mcsupajon
January 27, 2007
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Religion is stupid! let me explain. If god existed why would he care if we followed moses jesus or mahammad? If it was because we didn't get the point the last time wouldn't he send another prophet to tell us we just need to be good not how we are good?September 11, 2007
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March 2, 2007
free will
God sent Jesus to save us. His job wasn't to teach. We out of a free will will either decided weather we can look at Jesus's life and the eyewitnessed accounts of thousands of people who actually did see him do miracles, or we can continue going in our lives of sin.And God gave us a free will for a reason. Say if you were God, and you wan't people to praise you. Would you make creatures with automatic responses to say "praise the Lord", or would you like the satisfaction of creating something you loved soo dearly, you would die for it, and give it the choice wheather or not it will believe you. If they do follow you, you receive a much greater blessing than an automatic response. And because everyone has a choice, You would feel better for every person that decided to follow you, but if you were to make an infinite amount of creatures who just praised you because that was how they are programmed, then what satisfaction is that? You made an infinite amount of creatures is probally the only satisfaction.
Plus you can belive in "nothing", but you become like the God you serve (a very wise chinese prover
Besides there is too much scientific evidence against "no religeon" take thease few examples...
Order, the whole universe is in order. To the bias untrained eye, you will think there isn't, but it is true. The sun is the perfect distance from the galaxtal center, the sun isn't in a binary system, The gas planets are far away from the sun, not close, the sun's orbit is parallel to the galactic plane, gravity is in the only equation in witch it will work to sustain order, the sun is one of the most stable stars in the galaxie, the sun is the right size and tempurature to sustain life, The earth's atomosphere is able to regenerate itself, Lighting turns nitrogen in the air into fertilizers, and makes it rain down on the landscape, The earth spins at the right speed to allow equal distribution of the sun's energy, The earth's angle is perfect to allow perfect distribution of seasons, The moon is the perfect distance to have tidal waves, but small enough tidal waves so they don't kill all marine life, The moon is perfectly aligned so that it can cause a total solar eclipse, It is the right size and distance to just be off by half a degree to hiding the sun's corona. Sense the moon moves away slowly, it would probally be at the exact right place a few thousand years ago =P
I will stop here, but I really hope that you will be able to come to know God someday by putting down your selfish desires. Because Evolution is impossible (if you believe in evolution), and the hippies idea of our existance isn't that great either, "we are not really here, we just think we are" pfft.
The only religeoun I found that is scientifically acurate is Christianity..
1) It says the earth is a sphere (Most people a long tiem ago believed the earth was flat)
2) It says the earth "floats" in space (A lot of religeons believe the it rides on great turtles, or any other form of artificial stability)
3) It talks about large creature that are way to similar to dinosaurs in order for them to just be made up. (Some of witch are way to similar to a pleaceosaurus, I think that's how you spell it's name)
4) It says the stars are moving away (God asked Job if he could hold the belt of the stars together, but Job didn't know what the heck God was talking about because the whole world didn't know that the stars were moving apart)
5) It says the ocean floor wasn't flat, and that there are hot water vents in it.
But i've decided not to continue, I just wanted to plant a seed in you and hope that you won't be "willingly ignorant" (2 Peter 3), or that I won't have to leave you in a life of sin. But I hope you will search for truth, and if you search for God, you will find him.
pnktrky
January 24
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March 2, 2007
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I know, it's arrogant to say your "a way to heaven", but to say "the only way to heaven" would be considered narrow mindedness. But it would only make sense to say if you are the only way in heaven if you ARE the only way to heaven.Jesus truely believed he was the only way to heaven, And he wouldn't lie just so he would be killed. And he was certainly not "montally ill" because he shows absolutely no signs of it if you read the bible. The guy was a teacher/healer/redeemer. You can't teach people if you are not mentally stable, and actually be right. (Most mentally unstable leaders have very weird philosophies) He healed people and was witnessed to heal people in front of thousands. Certainly enough people to correct the records of jesus if it was wrong when it was written about 2 years after he ascended into heaven. And It would be arrogance to forgive people for something wrong they did to other people. Like if someone stole something from you, and someone walks up to the person who stole stuff from you and said "I forgive you". That would be nonsense. it would be dumb. But if Jesus really did believe was was the Song of God and God, then he would have the right to firgive someone else's transgressions.
~God bless
April 9, 2007
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a diffrent view
I am a Buddhist and in saying that i belive that there is a force some thing that started the universe,but i do not belive in a "god" as The Buddha said "put no head above you own".i do not belive that there is some god controling people.i belive jesus was a great man, as with moses and gandi.i belive that they are men no more the made many great things happen but i feal they are just people like me and you.Buddhism has no dogma no wars are fought in it's name nor buddha's name.we love all people we listen to all thoughts from nazi's to crusaders.If a person does something bad we belive they do not go to hell we don't belive in it but they come back again as does every one does.in our way of thinking the way we go to "heaven" is through gaining nirvana (enlightenment) when one gains that you see the world as it is as a nutral mind and as buddhists we take no sides. Buddhism is not just a religen but a way of life, it's about bettering oneself because doing this we better the world
sufi786
June 19, 2007
THE ONE TRUE RELIGION IS THE RELIGION OF ABRAHAM
Abraham was not a Jew nor yet a Christian but he was true in faith and bowed his will to Allah's (which is Islam) and he joined not gods with Allah(God).Qur'an 3: 67
Lauralove181mn
July 4, 2007
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Oh god! Pun intended
Of all my years discussing different religions. Islam and Christianity are the only two I've ever had pushed down my throat. Now I was raised catholic, but I dont practice. I'm now nondinominational. Just 2 weeks ago, my boyfriends younger brother came to stay with us (he's 17) and he just converted to Islam (curtosy of an Islamic older gentlemen he's been hanging out with, which I'm very curious about)and all he tried to do the whole week he was with us was try to convert us to Islam. He said he could actually PROVE that it was true. NO sweetheart no you can't. You can't with any religion. I will believe what I wish to believe, you don't need to shove something down someones throat. If they want to learn, they'll ask.October 4, 2007
pnktrky
January 24
MindsEye
February 3
Look to the Torah (old testiment)
Genesis 17: 18pnktrky
February 3
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Justice Is A Thrill
October 2, 2007
The Opinion
According to your statement that you have an opinion on your lord you are saying that there is something right about it or you wouldn't believe it. No one believes in something they disbelieve - it is physically impossible. Therefore, you are saying to us that your religion is correct even though you are trying to be politically correct. No matter how much people run from this question, it is going to have to be answered sometime. Damn do optimists need a slap in the face sometimes.All religions are myths that humans construct to explain things science can better explain. I’m sorry if it hurts emotionally, people, and if it puts you on Zoloft. Deal with it.
October 4, 2007
Justice Is A Thrill
October 4, 2007
(I'm going to be incredibly biased here as I remember the famous French thinking: One can never write a damn thing without bias.)
Whatever religion you can throw at me, it could never give the tangible effects of science (nor has it helped evolve society in the way science has. In ways of helping society grow, without science we wouldn't even be farming.) Science hasn't "changed," it has evolved. Science has this capability when a set belief system and doctrine doesn't. That is why in science we test, test, test, and hold things as theory rather than fact. Even gravity, in science, is still a theory (though we should all know by now that what goes up must come down
This is why I love science. It asks you to prove, to show, to perform, to reveal, to master, to solve, to question something where faith just gives you answers that are incredibly.... *smiles*
October 4, 2007
As for science, it does change, on a daily basis. One theory is being replaced by another all the time. Yes, there are certain laws that cannot be refuted, or changed, but that does not disprove God.
Kazrith
October 4, 2007
science, unlike religion, is not afraid to say, "oh hey, we got it wrong, we were wrong, lets fix that!"
example: if you went back in time and asked Newton his concept of space/light, he would have told you that light travels in a straight line, unaffected by anything. now Newton was wrong, light is affected by gravity (which can be seen).
Einstein proposed this but he really thought that he was wrong in this area, so wrong one of his colleges pushed him to publish his paper stating the light can and is affected by gravity.
if newton were (example) john/genesis/paul, people would deny this new theory that light is affected by gravity, saying, "how could newton be wrong? he was writing gods word!"
it is truly amazing how the intangible can influence the tangible
February 17
well..
We should define strait line. A line on a spherical place will compass it and become a great circle. Light would move in a strait line, and it would be unaffected by gravity, but the spacetime which is the medium it travels through would be pulled in. Although I can't disagree with you, it simply depends on how you look at it.Kazrith
February 18
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pnktrky
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What part of my statement did I commit a fallacy? I mean really? Please show me where did I contradict myself. I do not care for political correctness, it means less than nothing to me and so your allusion to that point is useless.
I clearly stated that there is no correct religion. Personally I am against any form of organized religion so then why would I advocate for it?
Intuition, connection, spiritual enlightment have nothing to do with religion. What about the aspect of God that exists in us? That is what I was referring to. I have no qualms to say that I believe in God, all those who do not believe hell...that is their problem.
Religion is not a myth it is a human based idealogy. Now if you were to say that some religious texts are myths...I could buy that and even so, one can still learn something from the greatest stories ever written.
As to your zoloft recommendation well...lol I am sure there are many people who would need to resort to that type of thing, I for one do not.
keyman7
January 14
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