Alright I think I have figured something out. I am going to ask you to bear with me on this as I explain. Then take what I have laid out and give me your opinion. Not just atheists or non believers, not just Christians or believers but everyone.

I was bought up with supposedly Catholic parents. We had a Bible in the house and I remember asking about it. I forget what I was told but I know I was told we are Catholic. I remember being fond of what I found in the Bible but I was not encouraged by either one of my parents to pursue it.

The Bible went to the way side but always remained with me. I knew there must be a God. At one particular troubling time in my childhood I remember asking myself who could help with the situation at hand. All seemed lost. Then I remembered the Bible and prayed to God for the situation to end.

The situation ended. I remember having a cup of tea afterward and being comforted by an older sibling. It was no small event believe me. It was very troubling and had been going on my whole life. God changed the whole thing for me.

I attribute that one miracle to God. Not Catholicism or religion but God. The God of the Bible. I never went to catechism or made my communion as most other Catholic children in the community were forced to. I never went to Church or any Sunday school when I was younger. But God was with me I felt Him.

I knew right from wrong but followed the wrong more or less as I grew older. But God was always there. I developed a relationship with Him apart from the Catholic Church and religion. He has brought me a long way and protected me in ways that I will not elaborate on. I have been given the proverbial second chance so many times that leads me to believe that only God could do this.

So here I am now. No religion, just a relationship with God. I love the Bible and find its truths to apply to absolutely everything that comes my way. Why? I can only say God is real. Religion is not. Is that because I was not forced to attend all the Catholic rituals? More than likely but what of others who have been force fed a set of rules and rituals to follow that will supposedly appease God? Follow this set of rules and you will find favor with God. Don’t follow them and you may end up in hell. Is this the way to present God to people? I do not believe so. He is much much bigger than this.

Now we have an influx of different religions in our country. I am going to use Islam because it is the most obvious. I have started a few threads on the topic and I wanted to thank everyone for their input because without it I would not have come across this epiphany. People find comfort and peace when they believe what they are doing is pleasing to God. If they have a strict set of rules to follow they can be sure that they have checked off on everything and all is well. If someone else with a different set of rules comes along and infringes on their list of rules they become angry.

They then begin to twist their set of rules to fit in with their desire to enforce their beliefs. In extreme cases war breaks out. On a smaller scale rifts in communities begin to widen and hate steps in. The devil stands atop the heap of human carnage and declares that these are his. Look how easily deceived we are. How can we let the TPTB pervert a relationship with God like this? Am I onto something here? Can you see what I mean? Am I saying I have it all figured out? No Way! I may be blind as a bat and being deceived myself. This is a possibility that I have considered and I’m working on it with your help. So thank you in advance for your input.

Has human kind been pitted against one another with religion so as to foster war? How do we stop it? Can it be stopped? Those are the questions I’d like to discuss.

Yes it can be stopped. We need to get rid of the world leaders, corruption, borders, frivolous lawsuits, lawyers, bankers, insurance companies, oil companies, religions, religious leaders, money, secret societies, weapons, weapons of mass destruction, and then we might be able to live peacefully.

How can one limit God to a rulebook or tradition? When it all comes down, which it will, will you be able to say, "Look I've followed all the rules, and those people that I forced away and hurt were not following your rules. So I did you a favor. Where's my reward?". That is what I believe we are being told to believe.

meh, religion's just a handy common denominator, people like to get together in groups and fight with each other, god, skin colour, which side of a river you were born on, what brand of beer you prefer, doesn't matter, it's just a handy reason for beating the crap out of each other.

Originally posted by jackflap
Has human kind been pitted against one another with religion so as to foster war?

Yes. It's some of the Figures spoken to in "Other Sections" of ATS.

The Illumiatti
The Free Masons
White vs Black Majik
The Holy Grail and Angels and Demons Hordes
The Merovigians and the Kingdoms of Europa

Two distinctly opposing (Apparently) sides pitting each against the other to end "Religions" of the three faiths, and to usher in the New Religion of the New World Order.

All of these groups have one goal in mind, and actually are acting together, with some minor distinctions between themselves. They wish to place their illuminated god into the Temple to cease the sacrafice and claim that he is God. Standing where he ought not. Some of the minor differences are the British Monarchy and all it controls posing as White Majik, and the French side posing as Black Majik.

The Mason's also, are involved pushing each side as well. They wish their master to be the one Standing where he ought not.

What is the current one (Phoney War) begining to be fed down our collective Throat? Iran and the Redneck President they have. He is to be Public Enemy # 1 to the West, and the Criminal Global Media Elites are doing everything they can to churn out pablum for the masses so they can have a small taste of whats occuring, in their minds, without any comprehension of the FACTs, which the Criminal Global Elites tend to omit.

How do we stop it?

Are the Teachings outlined in the Bible telling us to stop it? No, even in Christ's own words he has given us the message these things will occur.

It is our responsibility to watch for the signs and be ready for the spiritual warfare that is to come. Paul also tells us how we are to be prepared and equiped. Christ gave us the Trigger for the end times in the Parable of the Fig Tree (Israel's Return), and Revelations tell us what we can expect to be against.

To me, it just seems, we are being told, this is what is coming. Are you ready?

Can it be stopped?

Well from the ulitmate perspective, why would we wish to.

Living in a Polluted Earth, with all of the Poisons of some 10000 years or so effecting the People with deseases and viruses, while a 1/3 of the globe is starving with nothing but rags on their backs.

It's this, along with the Corperate Globalists that have us all enslaved in someway or another.

No, I await the Millenium Kingdom, and look forward to living free from Deseases and to a ripe age of 1000 Years or so. I also look forward to hearing the Word from the Living Word, free from the DOCTRINES AND THEOLOGIES MAN has put ahead and above of the Word of God.

But maybe that is just me!

Those are the questions I’d like to discuss.

I hope I gave you a reply to those questions that merits discussion.

In closing, NICE little Testament my friend. You are on the proper path. Keep studying and pay little attention to the "RELIGIOUS" side of your faith. Religion is for those who have no interest in Studying that Bible collecting Dust. They have no time to read the Letter God Gave them. So they take the word or Pastor's and Clergy and Such to do it for them, all the while, what is taught in Church bears very little resembalance to what the scriptures actually note.

God Bless you and yours

Ciao

Shane

my departed grandfather was a baptist pastor ho spent my whole child hood reading me the bible (multiple versions and translations) he read me what apocrypha was available at the time, he read me theological studies of various religons. he bought me my tibetan book of the dead as well as my egyption book of the dead, and my beloved copy of drawing down the moon a study in modern paganisim. he did all this and more simply because he wanted me to be able to follow my heart and let it lead me to god, and it did , just not his god. after i told him that i became a worshiper of thanatos the greek god of death who visited me in dreams. he wasent upset he simply said "its not important what you choose to have faith in, just that you have faith in your heart." and i think thats the real message of spirituality , it dosent matter who or what you put your faith in just that you have faith.

Proverbs: There is a way that seems right to a man but in the end it leads to death.

Many will follow their hearts in to an eternity separated from the one true God.