Originally posted by The evil Japanese
The whole(so called)God and Universe topic, never seem to be answered. It is a natural thing for every human being to wonder, regardless your religious background. The strong believers want to identify with other believers. Non believers want the proof, want to deny or be skeptical about it. more like seeing is believing. What makes you a christian? so far, i know a couple things that makes you a christian. one is where you are brought up, what your parents guided you as you were being brought up. ( Nobody can bash anybody.) This applies to me too. Where i am from, land of the rising sun, people (some of them) will never study or worship god. it is just not a part of our lives. i guess you could say athiest or whatever. therefore, that makes me a athiest. But i like to consider myself agnostic because i wanna keep every door opened. I dont want to refuse anything. but about the christian thing, thats one. Another reason why some people are christian,( i guess i m talking about the christians in america especially in south because thats where i live) is that they are scared, insecure, etc. Would all those christian(all christians who just claim they are to serious bible beaters)change their attitude if "Hell" was not mentioned? I dont know.. to me some people are just scared of going to hell.
I dont have a religion that i believe in. i m fine with it. Maybe i ll never bother with it. i dont know yet. i havent studied much.. so i cannot to decide. my moral leans to buddism though.. in japan, some buddism teaching is connected to the japanese culture. When we eat everyday, we thank animals for sacrifice. in christianity, they thank god for providing human food. there is some difference there.. but i gotta quit tying.. if you read this, you are as bored as i am at work.