Religion & Spirituality - 24 April 2007

As a kid I was right into the catholic church.

I was an altarboy and thought christianity was just so cool.

By 10, I decided the Catholic church was a currupt bastardisation of what christianity stood for, but I still thought Jesus was cool.

By 15, I realised the whole christianity thing lacked credibility. But I still thought he'd set a fine example and that there was some kind of "supreme being".

At 18, the penny dropped. In a blinding instant I realised that there is no need for a god in our universe and when you die, you're dead.

I hate the thought of dieing, but shedding that yoke of religious belief was the greatest sense of freedom I have ever felt. The feeling of that moment remains with me today.

There is absolutely no way I could ever accept again the ridiculous notion that there is some sort of supreme being.

Being an atheist had led to me having a greater respect and admiration for life than I had previously thought possible.

Can you theists get it?

2007-04-24 00:43:29 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous

Namaste

Peace and Peace

2007-04-24 00:38:55 · 12 answers · asked by digilook 2

2007-04-24 00:20:57 · 12 answers · asked by James God 2

2007-04-24 00:16:46 · 23 answers · asked by NHBaritone 7

He didn't fall in love, get married, make love, have a child or raise a child.

He wasn't born a woman, so he didn't have any experience with a period, menstrual cramps, PMS, nor did he conceive a child and nurture it within the womb.

He didn't grow old enough for the body to begin to fail, his hair never fell out, neither did his teeth (no dentistry back then)

Granted, there are a lot of people walking around today who have not experienced many of those things, but most everyone has fallen in love and I suspect most everyone has made love.

Without any of these, how complete is the human experience?

2007-04-24 00:16:09 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous

2007-04-24 00:12:39 · 13 answers · asked by St. Tom Cruise 3

this question was asked about being a Christian Wiccan
http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Av0B7XROUSgwwKi0E_NtV1FFLxV.?qid=20070424035139AAM4qae

A Wiccan girl answered and said yes why not ... Jesus is a wonderful example etc etc

and yet Christians and yelling no you can't !

what is so wrong ?
isnt it better than a person is a Wiccan who respects and believes in Jesus in the eyes of Christians ... rather than someone who doesnt ?
cant someone from another religion have a love and respect for Jesus and his teachings ?
why does it have to be so black and white ?

2007-04-24 00:07:02 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous