I will look to other faiths as these people have helped me to conclude that they have completely lost their minds.
Do they do this to you too?
2007-06-13 06:56:47 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I new you would say I needed justification, thats why I said you have helped me to decide. It was my decision and I'm ok with that.
2007-06-13 07:03:10 · update #1
I could explain why, but I would just be wasting my words as none of you christians will listen or just use the Bible in your own interpretation to say that I am wrong. I feels just right to me more than anything.
2007-06-13 07:06:00 · update #2
Who says I am staying away from God. I am not going to look at him in the light you do though.
2007-06-13 07:10:14 · update #3
I have researched it along with other religions and I have to say that Christianity is one of the most unaccepting religions I have come across. But thanks for asking.
And I don't need an excuse to be an Atheist if thats what I believed (I don't).
2007-06-13 07:35:32 · update #4
I knew before ever hearing of Y/A, to stay away from Christianity.
2007-06-13 07:00:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
In other words, you don't believe in a religion unless everything in it is easy to understand, and is scientifically explainable
I don't see why we should cater to the atheists; they are not going to come to church anyway. Who cares of the Noah's ark story, or the resurrection story, or some other Bible story is embarrassing because it is unscientific? After all, isn't that part of the appeal of religion anyway -- the miraculous and the unexplainable?
If God was completely understandable, and explainable, then I think that most religious folk would suddenly find religion to be boring -- even if it were proven beyond a shadow of a doubt to be true.
No religion is going to satisfy you, I'm afraid, since almost all of them believe in the supernatural; they will all seem to be equally weird and irrational to you.
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So it is the "exclusive" nature of Christianity that is the problem. The only thing that I can say is that God has the right to dictate terms to us; that is what it means to be god. If one does not accept God's terms for salvation, then that person has simply chosen not to be saved because the path is too difficult.
2007-06-13 14:10:58 · answer #2 · answered by Randy G 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Have you tried talking to a certified pastor or reading the Holy Bible yourself?
Have you ever attempted to do your own research and think things out on your own? (Sorry, Yahoo! Answers doesn't count. If you wouldn't rely on YA for researching a senior thesis, why would you trust YA on information that could mean the difference between life and spiritual death?)
In short, have you really done as thorough a job of thinking things through as you could and should, or are you just looking for justification for atheism?
As a Christian, I've gone through public school, and public school is all about secularity. Biology class. The theory of evolution, Thomas Malthus, Darwin, etc. I can sincerely say that I've learned as much as I've been able to about the case for evolution - enough to make my decision. You have it a bit harder, since your research will have to be done independently, without the guidance of teachers. But you should still do your research. Until you do, don't judge.
2007-06-13 14:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's definitely been an education. Some days I'm still willing to say that they are just part of a self-defined system that excludes all others -- early Christian writings that say don't even think about listening to what others say.
Other days, I'm not so sure.
2007-06-13 14:09:20 · answer #4 · answered by The angels have the phone box. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For me I think it's more accurate to say, they've helped me articulate and specify a lot of the vague feelings I had that something wasn't right.
2007-06-13 14:05:21 · answer #5 · answered by KC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is that supposed to hurt our feelings? If we mere Christians on this forum have convinced you to stay away from Christianity, I question your sincerity in wanting to be one, anyway. But don't use us as an excuse to stay away from God. That's spiritual suicide.
2007-06-13 14:04:25 · answer #6 · answered by singwritelaugh 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
That's like saying, "I don't believe in science, because on this online forum some scientists were mean."
2007-06-13 14:11:39 · answer #7 · answered by sickblade 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
You silly man! Christians have done no such thing; you already had your mind made up and now you want to justify your disbelief.
2007-06-13 14:01:17 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
I've always enjoyed this t-shirt quote "Dear Jesus...please save me from your followers."
And I was raised Christian. I suppose a part of me still is.
2007-06-13 13:59:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Very poor excuse.
2007-06-13 14:01:57 · answer #10 · answered by Spoken4 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋