Are you religious?

Are you religious?

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HereticBD said:
You can physically pray to what you believe is God. You have no way, I repeat, NO POSSIBLE WAY of knowing if God is real or not. None. It's simply a belief. Faith if you will. Not a fact by any stretch of the imagination.
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So if you were pray to God and you kept getting answer from who you are praying to- who's answering the questions and clearing the path for you?
 
colby25 said:
So if you were pray to God and you kept getting answer from who you are praying to- who's answering the questions and clearing the path for you?
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It would still be a belief that God is carving your path. Not a fact.

There is no logical reasoning that will help you here, so please save me some brain cells and stop trying to rationalize your belief as being fact.
 
colby25 said:
So if you were pray to God and you kept getting answer from who you are praying to- who's answering the questions and clearing the path for you?
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How could you be sure it wasn't the devil trying to trick you?
 
HereticBD said:
It would still be a belief that God is carving your path. Not a fact.

There is no logical reasoning that will help you here, so please save me some brain cells and stop trying to rationalize your belief as being fact.
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you could make that argument for anything. This whole conversation we're having could be a figment of your imagination if you want to go that far .
 
colby25 said:
what simple question make the whole house of cards fall?
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  1. Why can't the most intelligent being in the universe communicate a simple message?
EDIT: Hit enter too quickly :-)

I never understood this and no one every has a good answer. The best idea that the Christian God could come up with to communicate his message to the world was to impregnate a virgin in a very isolated village in the middle east, have that child grow up for 30+ years and deliver some speeches, then perform a human sacrifice to help resolve a problem he created. Sorry, but that just stupid and to me and obviously created by bronze age man. Especially when you put in in the context of trying to fulfill previous Jewish prophecy of the messiah.

The only answer I ever get is basically "God works in mysterious ways". I don't accept that answer.
 
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colby25 said:
Can science do anything for you after you die? Can it do it anything for your soul?
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Okay, this one is too tempting to leave alone. :p

No, science can't do anything for you after you die.
And neither can religion.
There is no "you" after you die. That's the very meaning of death.

And it can't do anything for the "soul", either.
Mostly because the soul is a made-up religious concept with no basis in reality.
 
Winnie The Foo said:
How could you be sure it wasn't the devil trying to trick you?
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that's where the Bible comes into play- the Word of God.

it's vital to Christianity cause God doesn't contradict Himself- so therefore if it's contrary to the Word of God then it's not from God. God sent a giant text message to each every one of us, it's kinda cool.

I can understand that not believing the bible is the Word of God cause i didn't at one time in my life, but you have to take a step in faith to try it and it will change your life.
 
HereticBD said:
It would still be a belief that God is carving your path. Not a fact.

There is no logical reasoning that will help you here, so please save me some brain cells and stop trying to rationalize your belief as being fact.
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Nothing in this world is a certainty. If beliefs were based on that, we would be rendered impotent by skepticism.
 
Sakurabinette said:
Okay, this one is too tempting to leave alone. :p

No, science can't do anything for you after you die.
And neither can religion.
There is no "you" after you die. That's the very meaning of death.

And it can't do anything for the "soul", either.
Mostly because the soul is a made-up religious concept with no basis in reality.
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And where is the science that says there is no you after your death and everything just ends? Scientists have NO IDEA what happens after your die. No hypothesis.

Even Einstein agreed energy could not be destroyed it just changes to another form.
 
ripskater said:
You've gotta answer mine first.
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There are countless threads where you initiate non sequitur arguments and divert the thread to a topic of your choosing, like homosexuality...which you do often.

Like the one random thread where you compared drug addicts to gays.

Now answer my question
 
colby25 said:
you could make that argument for anything. This whole conversation we're having could be a figment of your imagination if you want to go that far .
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Yeah, and things and stuff.

We're done here. Believe what you want.
 
colby25 said:
that's where the Bible comes into play- the Word of God.

it's vital to Christianity cause God doesn't contradict Himself- so therefore if it's contrary to the Word of God then it's not from God. God sent a giant text message to each every one of us, it's kinda cool.

I can understand that not believing the bible is the Word of God cause i didn't at one time in my life, but you have to take a step in faith to try it and it will change your life.
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So if it's all in the book, then what's the purpose of praying? (not a rhetorical question, seriously interested in your answer)

"God sent a giant text message to each every one of us, it's kinda cool."

As a fan of analogies I have to disagree. The Bible is nothing like a mass text. It's more like a posting on a bulletin board.
 
Winnie The Foo said:
So if it's all in the book, then what's the purpose of praying? (not a rhetorical question, seriously interested in your answer)

"God sent a giant text message to each every one of us, it's kinda cool."

As a fan of analogies I have to disagree. The Bible is nothing like a mass text. It's more like a posting on a bulletin board.
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I would say it's more like a Wiki that people have edited throughout time to fit their needs.
 
Winnie The Foo said:
So if it's all in the book, then what's the purpose of praying? (not a rhetorical question, seriously interested in your answer)

"God sent a giant text message to each every one of us, it's kinda cool."

As a fan of analogies I have to disagree. The Bible is nothing like a mass text. It's more like a posting on a bulletin board.
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There's alot of reasons to prayer. Pray for guidance, pray what God wants us to do, pray for strength, pray about our problems, pray for forgiveness. Prayer is also finding out what you can do for the kingdom of God.

Jesus gave us this example to pray by and within the second verse we see it says: thy kingdom come, thy will be done. A huge part of prayer is finding out what God wants you to do for His kingdom.

Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.

11 Give us this day our daily bread.

12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.

13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.
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Sakurabinette said:
We know EXACTLY what happens after you die: nothing.
We know that from observing people dying. And dead people.
It's not rocket science.
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haha. You HOPE nothing happens. Scientist can't even fully explain SLEEP let alone life and or death.
 
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