Which religion do you practice?

**ihatepsp** · April 6th, 2007, 02:26

im pretty sure christian means jesus christ-like so technically jesus is jewish and christian cuz he is most like jesus.
by the way i am atheist. was christian.

**tactful mcbee** · April 6th, 2007, 19:13

christos means anointed i.e. the messiah of the jews. christianos (greek for christian) means follower of christ i.e. follower of the jewish messiah

by the way, jesus said in revelation he was coming back to rid the world of wicked people and gather the believers to heaven. jesus did preach peace and love, but he also said keep his commandments and fear the Father who can destroy body and soul.

Psalm 139:20-22 (King James Version)
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20For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain.

21Do not I hate them, O LORD, that hate thee? and am not I grieved with those that rise up against thee?

22I hate them with perfect hatred: I count them mine enemies.

**ICE** · April 6th, 2007, 19:55

Originally Posted by Cap'n 1time

I have no religion. I think christianity has turned into a way of creating xenophobia. Many Christians seem to compare all people of other religions or beliefs to satanists or barbarians. While there are many people who claim that it is their duty to convert these "barbarians" to Christianity (as we know it) they have managed to bring down those societies, spread disease to countries and thus death and destruction Created fear and hatred amongst those they oppressed which eventually lead to all sorts of wars and battles that continue to this day with millions of deaths that never should have happened. I'm fairly certain that is not what Jesus stood for, and yet even today they continue to do so in a very smug, selfish fashion. Of course, not all Christians are like that, but they seem to all have "leaders" who are like that.

so you have no religion because what you THINK is christianity is wrong?

christians destroyed societies and brought disease!?!?! what christians are you referring to? lol

our "leaders" are corrupt so we're wrong? i suppose while bill clinton was in office we were all adulterers eh? THEY ARENT OUR LEADERS!! my leader is JESUS!! lol

If god understood how to create the foundations of the universe, create time and space, and create the complexed system of laws that govern this realm of existence, then surely that god wouldn't cast people to hell based upon how they were brought up. It's the same idea as racism. You are free to believe what you will, and say what you will, but you are not free to attack and condemn others because of some collection of very old scrolls that have been mistranslated dozens of times. Oddly enough, the newest selection of these scrolls say to love everyone and treat them all with respect, and yet you would still condemn them, using these peaceful writings as a means to attack other people. I find it a disgusting aspect of human behavior. I do not believe the Bible's intent was to create xenophobia, or wars, or death.

if G-d is wise he should be fair? you perception of "fair" is wrong. we have ALL sinned. the punishment for sin is DEATH and HELL.

fair is everyone going to hell because we've earned it.

fair is NOT saying that the bible was mistranslated dozens of times when it wasnt. 98% textually pure alright? people quite bringing that up as proof. its wrong.

fair is not jesus dying to spare each and everyone from hell. he payed the debt we owed. thats not fair.

Is there a god? I wont pretend to know, but I do know that this bit of human nature that creates so much support for one idea, and hate for one another are doing us no good.

human nature is to be dominant. people who cannot control those urges shouldnt be listened to. dont use them as an example of me/christians.

Jesus, Buddha - both great men that had the correct idea. Follow their teachings. They taught peace and love, not hate and war.

whats your point? lol j/k

people please dont compile your opinion of christians based on the public leaders of so called christian churches and organizations.

before you tell everyone how christianity is wrong and full of corruption please take the time to find out who the real christians are.

the corrupt leaders and money-making groups stamped as christian by the media and by their leaders are giving us a bad name. im sick of it.

if someone was walking around claiming to be you hurting people and lying wouldnt you be offended? all i ask is find out if its really us or just an impostor.

by the way im not attacking you cap'n. im just using your post as an example. i have nothing against you and mean you no offense.

**Cap'n 1time** · April 6th, 2007, 20:38

I dont have a religion because I don't know, and I don't like it people pretend to know.

christians destroyed societies and brought disease!?!?! what christians are you referring to? lol

Read the history books. Hell, even when they came to America, they brought smallpox, and all kinds of diseases, while that has nothing to do with Religion or Christianity, my next point does. The native americans where shunned and hated because they didnt worship a god they knew nothing about, and couldnt possibly known anything about.

The majority of christians I have met are smug, assholes who feel they know everything. Ironically, so are most Atheists, which I find funny. They battle back and forth with arguments that dont really help either side. I dont pretend to know anything except what we have discovered about our existence, which is very little and ultimately means very little.

Here is my HUGE problem with the christian outlook. I dont know what Jesus' outlook was, but the majority of Chrisitans seem to believe this was it:

"OMG YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT JESUS OR ELSE YOU WILL BURN FOR ETERNITY IN A PLACE CALLED HELL!"

Really now? So the thousands of decent people, people who are very constructive in there societies who have never and will never have the opportunity to learn about this guy will burn in a place called hell for all eternity? So from ~3x AD (when jesus died) to about 200 AD when the church really kicked off all these thousands of people just sort of went to hell... with no idea why they were there. If thats the case they probably dont feel sorry for themselves, gnashing at the teeth and begging god for forgivness, more likely they think God is an Asshole.

The thing is, this sort of supports the idea of some sort of superior group of men who got to learn about this guy, but while there are millions of decent people in the world they and only they went to heaven. I dont know If that makes any sense to you, but it make sense to me. That is some made up bull$#@! created by the early early EARLY catholic church and the xenophobic bull$#@! continues today. Its not just found in Christianity of course, there are extremists of every religion (but maybe not so much Buddhism). Jesus taught us to love and respect one another, and try to coexist peacefully, as did the Buddha and as did Mohamed.

Churches do some wonderful stuff, there is no denying that, but they all follow some bull$#@! that really doesnt make much sense.

**ICE** · April 6th, 2007, 21:09

Originally Posted by Cap'n 1time

I dont have a religion because I don't know, and I don't like it people pretend to know.

Read the history books. Hell, even when they came to America, they brought smallpox, and all kinds of diseases, while that has nothing to do with Religion or Christianity, my next point does. The native americans where shunned and hated because they didnt worship a god they knew nothing about, and couldnt possibly known anything about.

The majority of christians I have met are smug, assholes who feel they know everything. Ironically, so are most Atheists, which I find funny. They battle back and forth with arguments that dont really help either side. I dont pretend to know anything except what we have discovered about our existence, which is very little and ultimately means very little.

Here is my HUGE problem with the christian outlook. I dont know what Jesus' outlook was, but the majority of Chrisitans seem to believe this was it:

"OMG YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT JESUS OR ELSE YOU WILL BURN FOR ETERNITY IN A PLACE CALLED HELL!"

Really now? So the thousands of decent people, people who are very constructive in there societies who have never and will never have the opportunity to learn about this guy will burn in a place called hell for all eternity? So from ~3x AD (when jesus died) to about 200 AD when the church really kicked off all these thousands of people just sort of went to hell... with no idea why they were there. If thats the case they probably dont feel sorry for themselves, gnashing at the teeth and begging god for forgivness, more likely they think God is an Asshole.

The thing is, this sort of supports the idea of some sort of superior group of men who got to learn about this guy, but while there are millions of decent people in the world they and only they went to heaven. I dont know If that makes any sense to you, but it make sense to me. That is some made up bull$#@! created by the early early EARLY catholic church and the xenophobic bull$#@! continues today. Its not just found in Christianity of course, there are extremists of every religion (but maybe not so much Buddhism). Jesus taught us to love and respect one another, and try to coexist peacefully, as did the Buddha and as did Mohamed.

Churches do some wonderful stuff, there is no denying that, but they all follow some bull$#@! that really doesnt make much sense.

i dont mean to sound like a broken record but i guess i have no choice. stop compiling your opinion of christians by looking at people who arent!! christians CANT be smug or and a**hole.

just because you think that they're decent people doesnt mean they are to G-d. G-d is PERFECT. he is light. light CANNOT mingle with dark(thats us).

G-d loves you and wants to be with you but he cant becuase he is light we are dark. thats what jesus is for. he makes us light too.

coexist peacefully yes. i simply tell everyone the truth and if they dont accept it i stop. however i wont let people further the notion that christians are all smug a**holes or hypocrites or anything else thats not true.

if someone says they're a christian dont believe them!!! if they act like christ AND say they're a christian think on it for a while then maybe believe them lol.

**LilSwish722** · April 6th, 2007, 22:26

I have to agree with IceMans points. Just becuase SOME christians have messed up ideas, doesn't mean the whole of christians are messed up. Granted, there are a few people who take Christianity to an extreme, but that's in every religion. That's what's going on in the war in Iraq. Radical Muslims. But not all Muslims are messed up. It's a typical stereotype. Almost everyone expects christians to do nothing but try to convert people. That's not entirely true. Most christians just tend to leave people alone about their own religion or lack there of, out of RESPECT. I mean, it's pretty sad in todays society where the only people that it is socially "ok" to make fun of is Christians. Gay people can't be made fun of anymore. Muslims can't be made fun of. Christians are the only people tht it is acceptable to make fun of. Why?...mainly because we tend to be peaceful people and tend not to complain to much.

**gdf** · April 6th, 2007, 23:00

wow 1time what a great guy. rep for that.

**tactful mcbee** · April 7th, 2007, 19:13

[quote] Read the history books [quote/]

yea that was the catholic church. they killed about 68 million protestant, jews, and atheist during the spanish inquistion. WE ARE NOT CATHOLIC.

[quote] "OMG YOU HAVE TO ACCEPT JESUS OR ELSE YOU WILL BURN FOR ETERNITY IN A PLACE CALLED HELL!" [quote/]

if you don't accept the purpose you were made for, then prepare to accept the consequences. God made an easy way to be with Him, and you have the nerve to say He is an a**hole. jesus died for you so you don't have to die, but you think your so righteous you don't need a substitute. if you think God is going to debate with you, i feel sorry for you.
these are your options. don't like them, get over it.

**Classic80s** · April 7th, 2007, 20:56

How do we even know Jesus died for "our" sins? First of all we weren't even alive. Not to mention the fact he knew he was going to this so called heaven for eternity after three days of suffering. He can't truly die for our sins unless he is rotting in hell right now.

All my information on Jesus was from a single page of yahoo answers and all my public elementary school teachers that kindly forced Christianity on us.