AsteroidX Posted January 15, 2013 #26 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Believing in something is healthy. Humanity has always explored this aspect of itself as evidenced by early burial sites and that the dead were cared for and not just cast off. whats asinine about that in a religious context ? The same practice is continued today. http://www.pasthoriz...in-neanderthals Edited January 15, 2013 by AsteroidX 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted January 15, 2013 #27 Share Posted January 15, 2013 So you don't believe in god or you do? I don't care. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy52 Posted January 15, 2013 #28 Share Posted January 15, 2013 What I dont like about all these far right christians is ..... If I happen to not believe what they believe, then I am automatically wrong !! Everyone on this earth is entitled to believe whatever they believe, except for those who think Elvis is alive and living on the moon!! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted January 15, 2013 #29 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Hmm, I guess I can understand where your coming from then.... I suppose it comes down to this, even if you can give up and let yourself fade away without fighting it I can't do that. I cannot and will not let my life become meaningless, I will find the truth and stick to it's path because if I don't then I become nothing. No, when you approach it at that angle, you don't 'understand where I'm coming from' at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rlyeh Posted January 15, 2013 #30 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) whats asinine about that in a religious context ? The same practice is continued today. http://www.pasthoriz...in-neanderthals because *something* isn't always healthy. Like my example, scientology. Edited January 15, 2013 by Rlyeh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsteroidX Posted January 15, 2013 #31 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Nevermind. No I dont believe in God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likely Guy Posted January 15, 2013 #32 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Like I said, I'll take the window seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notoverrated Posted January 15, 2013 #33 Share Posted January 15, 2013 meh not really, but i could be wrong. anything is possible i just choose to not think about it a whole lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr14n913 Posted January 15, 2013 #34 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I believe that there always is a higher power above us all, but i Question if that is god though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
libstaK Posted January 15, 2013 #35 Share Posted January 15, 2013 My humble opinion, 'God' doesn't need a Bible and Jesus was a great teacher. Whether or not either are, or were real, makes no difference to me. The good lessons that were taught however, are valuable to the human experience. I agree, I am grateful for the Bible there are some very useful teachings on the human condition in there and it does provide a moral compass to many - rightly or wrongly is another debate. As to Jesus, we couldn't ask for a better Teacher. Who and what Jesus and God are may not be the same as what people have understood them to be and in this I remain open to new insights spiritually. I also don't think God belongs to just the Bible or just to Christians or the religious there have been attempts to comprehend this being that is God in many civilisations and all across the world in various beliefs, I do not discount wisdom when I hear it just because it didn't come from the usual sources. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted January 15, 2013 #36 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I believe that the Creator of all things came to this earth as a man, He taught us how to live a fruitful life loving each other, He was condemned for it, crucified as a sacrifice for our transgressions and on the third day , according to scripture, He resurrected from the dead. I firmly believe that if we want to live beyond the span of these mortal bodies and to discover the wonders that were created for us that we have to do nothing more than accept His gift and allow Him to mold our character. That's what I believe. Welcome to UM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jinxdom Posted January 15, 2013 #37 Share Posted January 15, 2013 My humble opinion, 'God' doesn't need a Bible and Jesus was a great teacher. I like that. My take on God is that yes I believe in God, but not like God is in the bible or any other religion that has some man or women come down and talk to people. Simply the first building block of the Universe. Even though that my version of God isn't a person, you can still get a message or two from it just by studying anything that is around you. (That's right you can find out the difference between right and wrong just by studying a tree). Some might say that can be considered God, some might say that it can't be considered God. Oh well. Lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpa Greenman Posted January 15, 2013 #38 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I am a Pantheist neo-Pagan. I don't believe in the Abrahamic concept of God. Christians say I worship the creation, ok, that works for me. In my belief system the Universe, Nature is god. Do I believe the Universe has a kind of intellect, I don't know and I don't care. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+HerNibs Posted January 15, 2013 #39 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Atheist here. Until there is evidence to show the existence of any type of magical deity...I'll be an atheist. Regarding Jesus? Dunno. He may have been a wise rabbi or such but I don't think there was a Jesus that was the son of any deity. Nibs 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasina Posted January 15, 2013 #40 Share Posted January 15, 2013 (edited) Agnostic, less 'I don't know' and more 'I don't care'. Edit: Weeeeell, I do care, but since it doesn't have a major impact on my life, I don't bother with it (like srsly, if Santa and the promise of presents couldn't get me to behave, will eternal damnation get me to behave? Nah, I can behave on my own, I'm an adult). Edited January 15, 2013 by Hasina 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beckys_Mom Posted January 15, 2013 #41 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Why are people saying - Welcome to UM ? The OP starter joined UM back in 2010 lol I guess some of you like to throw in a belated welcome 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erikguswriter Posted January 15, 2013 #42 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I believe in God! Religion is a whole different story, but yeah I think we were created intentionally and there is more to the universe than we know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsteroidX Posted January 15, 2013 #43 Share Posted January 15, 2013 As to Jesus, we couldn't ask for a better Teacher. Buddha was arguably a better teacher. But I digress from the OP's original question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoldenWolf Posted January 15, 2013 #44 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Not the "god" of everyones' imagination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J. K. Posted January 15, 2013 #45 Share Posted January 15, 2013 1st, welcome to the forums. 2nd, I don't believe in either camp. The religious will never truly understand God and the irreligious will never understand the concept. ...I'll take a window seat thank you. I never realized there was a third choice. Either you do believe in God, or you don't believe in God, or ... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsteroidX Posted January 15, 2013 #46 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Blasphemer !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadowhive Posted January 15, 2013 #47 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I think if a god exists it isn't anything like the one held by most religions. Why He comes of as being too petty, too much like a child and, above all, too small. An all powerful god decides to come down on one planet, a planet out of billions? No. A lot of religions seem far more concerned with grandising the human race which seems seems rather silly. We know that there's this giant universe out there yet god seems only interested in us? It sounds absurd when looked at with any degree of thought. Personally? No I don't think there is a god. And eveen if there is, I don't see why such an entity would have even the slightest interest in our race. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasina Posted January 15, 2013 #48 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I never realized there was a third choice. Either you do believe in God, or you don't believe in God, or ... ? Or you don't care, or you don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pallidin Posted January 15, 2013 #49 Share Posted January 15, 2013 I believe in God. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveForChrist1 Posted January 15, 2013 Author #50 Share Posted January 15, 2013 Okay the reason I chose this forum is because I wanted to see what you guys would say, I am planning on posting another one of these to the other forum. In case you guys don't visit the other forum I wanted to get your input here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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