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Originally posted by dgtempe
We either worship him or we have a horrible end?????
Originally posted by dgtempe
Thank you for your replies.
I have respect for the God i grew up beileiving in, but now, i say, why, why is he not here when we need him? I cant believe that fairy tale of Eve and the apple. Sorry.
We are flawed. Which means God is flawed. A huge big book called the bible, full of threats, is that a compassionate God???
We either worship him or we have a horrible end?????
I'm seriously confused.
Originally posted by tallcool1
Catholics and Christians are completely different in their beliefs.
Originally posted by ELECTRICkoolaidZOMBIEtest
wow...no one has yet to answer my question regarding why we need to be tested and/or why we suffer.
if theres no suffering in heaven, then all of it here on earth was in vain.
please someone try to give me a reasonable answer and not just an answer that is basically a religious fortune cookie fortune.
for example, that long "A good father..." one.
a good father would not lock his child in the basement and let a psychopath torture the child for all eternity for not loving the father enough.
Originally posted by ELECTRICkoolaidZOMBIEtest
what do you learn by experiencing the pain though?
if you go to heaven the pain and suffering is gone. its like going through 70 years of school then having your memory wiped of all the most important lessons.
Originally posted by marg6043
Remember that the god that people worship in this earth was created in the image of man not the other way around., that is why it seems imperfect.
Originally posted by desert
Oh, I don't believe that "God" is "someone" "up in Heaven". "God" is some One.
Originally posted by dgtempe
I never post about religion. I grew up Catholic but i dont know much about religion.
I am wondering, instead of sending us fire and brimstone, why doesnt a compassionate God intervene in a way that will not kill, men women and children, a planet that will hit and blow us out of orbit, and horrible things like that???
He made us, damn it. Why did he make us FLAWED. Its HIS fault.
There's nothing compassionate here that i can see.
Originally posted by Totakeke
God doesn't send people to Hell, people go there because they choose to reject God. God doesn't want people to go to Hell.