If yes what disappointed you most teaching or people of your religion?
2006-07-13 23:32:00 · 10 answers · asked by thematofylaks 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I'm Christian Orthodox and you can call me friend
2006-07-13 23:43:45 · update #1
God of course is in and out of His creation.
2006-07-13 23:50:13 · update #2
OK sort the grammar out then get back to me and I'll answer. Say no to jesus.
2006-07-13 23:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are a lot of answers I agree with. Mainly:
1) “Nothing disappointed me about religion. I simply cannot see any differences in the mythology of the Greeks or the Romans and Christianity. It is all mythology to me. Something to help those who need it to get through their day. Something to guide those who need guidance. Plus some people must believe there is something after death. I don't need that. I live this lifetime to the fullest and enjoy all the little things that bring a smile to my face. *smiles*” --dxle
That was TRUELY an excellent explaination of how I feel!
2) “I'm not disappointed, just don't believe these stories without any evidence...” --swissnick
Yes, evidence is very important!
Why can't God just show himself? Why do we need faith? How can God have lived forever?
I used to be a Catholic, then I started doubting God and asking questions. All these things (and more) don't make sense to me. I've never had an answer that has satisfied me.
I will never believe in God because I will never be able to find the answers that I'm looking for. And I will never be able to comprehend God. With that said, I'd rather not believe in Him even if He is real, because all those questions would always bother me!
2006-07-14 06:54:38 · answer #2 · answered by Derek 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm still deciding, so I guess I'm agnostic. However, what's bothering me is a couple things.
1) Sense. How could an infinite God exist and an infinite universe could not? There seems to be very little place where He could interfere and cause changes in creation without violating someone's free will.
2) The literality of the Bible. This is a 2000 year-old document, half of it based on oral history passed down for a longer time, and the other half written by people who never actually witnessed Jesus but were writing down the oral tales they heard. In addition, we (meaning christianity) revere the English translation as the direct word of God, ignoring that the translation may be faulty in many places, like no room at the inn vs. no room in the upstairs of the family home (the animals were often kept downstairs).
2006-07-14 06:41:29 · answer #3 · answered by DakkonA 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm not sure.
I grew up in a Christian culture. My mother is Christian. Christianity was the belief system most often presented to me when I was a child.
But I can't really say that I ever did more than give lip-service to Christianity. I don't think I can really say that I was ever a Christian. But I once identified myself with one.
As to your second question, I think that a lot of the rigidity and judgement of Christianity led me from that particular faith. Its inability to answer significant modern questions caused me to see it as inadequate. Its exclusive nature caused me to see it as amoral at best, immoral at worst.
But further than that, my reasons for disbelieving in God (in any form) are more difficult to pin down. After rejecting Christianity, I explored several other religions. None of them seemed to 'click', so I guess I just recognised that who I was was incompatible with any religion.
Then, when I became an adult, I learnt to appreciate the beauty of that. I learnt to feel pride in my lack of belief and to see how my very atheism has given me the moral core that Christianity never could.
Now nothing disappoints me except many Christian people's inability to use their religion to make themselves better humans.
2006-07-14 06:42:12 · answer #4 · answered by XYZ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing disappointed me about religion. I simply cannot see any differences in the mythology of the Greeks or the Romans and Christianity. It is all mythology to me. Something to help those who need it to get through their day. Something to guide those who need guidance. Plus some people must believe there is something after death. I don't need that. I live this lifetime to the fullest and enjoy all the little things that bring a smile to my face. *smiles*
2006-07-14 06:41:19 · answer #5 · answered by dxle 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if you go up the family line, you may find what you're looking for. For instance, my Grandfather, born into an extremely christian family, living in an extremely christian state/neighborhood became an atheist and a professor of Evolution. Since my Grandfather, his descendants have also been atheists. My dad, myself, my uncles, my brother. So, in a way, we are all from christians, but have gone to something else, something that explains the world better.
2006-07-14 06:38:55 · answer #6 · answered by RED MIST! 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not disappointed, just don't believe these stories without any evidence and with the intention to keep the people stupid!
Many people on earth are born as atheists, for example in China and other regions.
2006-07-14 06:36:31 · answer #7 · answered by swissnick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hard to say. For myself, I've never been religious - It was an open question when I was a child, with exposure to both sides of the issue, and as I grew up I came to know that religious belief was not rationally justifiable, so I have none.
2006-07-14 06:38:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes
2006-07-14 06:41:06 · answer #9 · answered by Dawood_Gaswea 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who cares?
My coffee is good. wanna drink?
2006-07-14 06:41:18 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋