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Originally posted by graphuto
Everyone knows of God/Jesus.
It isn't a poor marketing plan. Everyone has their own personal choice to make. If people are going to somehow justify not believing in God in light of 2000 years of Christianity, that's their own problem.
Originally posted by bogomil
reply to post by NOTurTypical
You wrote:
["We've all failed to be perfect and God is a perfect being"]
If you're a repenting sinner, fine.
But don't superimpose that box on me; so unless you want to write 'ideological fascism' all over your post, please state, that:
"Bogomil is exempted from the label of imperfection as it is defined by my version of theism".
I operate on my conditions, not yours.
Originally posted by bogomil
Originally posted by graphuto
Everyone knows of God/Jesus.
It isn't a poor marketing plan. Everyone has their own personal choice to make. If people are going to somehow justify not believing in God in light of 2000 years of Christianity, that's their own problem.
And more know of Buddha and Krishna, after 2.500 years of having them around.
And if people choose not to be buddhists or hindus, it's THEIR problem. Only it isn't a problem at all.
It's only a problem for SOME people to be without a religion, and consequently they believe everybody should have one. On the weird assumption, that they (the religionists) are the essence of mankind.
Originally posted by TylerDurden2U
with all the conspiracies on this site, and that you are a member of it, you know that 90% of the people in the world believe that a change is in progress, and something is coming! when crisis hits, and you are in the middle of it, you can curse god, or you can beg him for salvation from it. it will be just that way... you cursing god or or praising him .... but his name will come up! when it comes to the fence, you will no longer be sitting on it, you will be under it or above it! maybe you should read the good book one more time, this time not as an educated man, but a humble one.......you sound like the prodical son waiting to return to his father. its okay, he will be glad to have you back!
Originally posted by graphuto
Originally posted by bogomil
Originally posted by graphuto
Everyone knows of God/Jesus.
It isn't a poor marketing plan. Everyone has their own personal choice to make. If people are going to somehow justify not believing in God in light of 2000 years of Christianity, that's their own problem.
And more know of Buddha and Krishna, after 2.500 years of having them around.
And if people choose not to be buddhists or hindus, it's THEIR problem. Only it isn't a problem at all.
It's only a problem for SOME people to be without a religion, and consequently they believe everybody should have one. On the weird assumption, that they (the religionists) are the essence of mankind.
Buddha and Krishna didn't come and perform miracles and tell people that he was the only way to the father.
Originally posted by graphuto
Narrow is the path.
Of course Buddhism seems sympathetic. There is no sense of divine retribution. Alot of people would love to just do whatever the hell they want to whoever they want with no fear of consequence.
Originally posted by graphuto
I liken my ignorance to Buddhism to my ignorance of the Illiad.
Originally posted by Soldier of God
How do you know what God's ultimate plans are? Do you claim to know what he is thinking? From the sounds of your post you don't believe the Bible anyway so why question something you don't believe in?
No human "wisdom" can even begin to understand the complexities of God... he may surprise you.
Originally posted by SaberTruth
7. The Fall of Man is way oversimplified here and pretty much everywhere, but I'll save that for another comment if anyone cares to hear it.
Originally posted by thruthseek3r
God doesn't need any kind of marketing in my honest opinion. God just is and no proof must be to a true believer of this divine presence around us, within us, part of us. As time goes by and your spiritual sense starts to arise, you realize than inside you there is a part of god essence, in every human here on earth also.
Originally posted by baddmove
kinda like ...Santa 97%..
Easter bunny..3%..
none of them are real...
so who cares?
right?
Originally posted by NOTurTypical
Originally posted by Soldier of God
reply to post by sprocket2cog
The OP is not sincerely questioning this. He's making a comic attempt to say God is stupid and Satan is the winner.
Go to his/her profile.
All his/her threads are the same theme.
God bad/Christians stupid.
Originally posted by Klassified
ETA: If you're going to take on the bible, you should at least read it.
edit on 6/6/2011 by Klassified because: ETAedit on 6/6/2011 by Klassified because: (no reason given)
edit on 6/6/2011 by Klassified because: ETA:
Which one?
The one that says I can have many wives or the one that says just the one?
The one that says to kill Gays or the one that allows them to be priests?
Is just your version correct or are they all?
BTW. Why should I take seriously any book that begins with a talking snake and ends with a seven headed monster?
Any fool would know that it is a book of myths and has little to do with reality.
Regards
DL
Originally posted by graphuto
Everyone knows of God/Jesus.
It isn't a poor marketing plan. Everyone has their own personal choice to make. If people are going to somehow justify not believing in God in light of 2000 years of Christianity, that's their own problem.