2007-11-28 11:35:16 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
I totally agree!
2007-11-28 11:44:34 · answer #1 · answered by sugarbee 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
i have read it. i have studied it. i have lived it.
i dont exhibit hate for my lack of knowledge. i dont hate.
and in the end, i dont need a god any longer to tell me to be a good man. i try anyway.
i make my choice. and in the end.. i feel i am a better quality person than most that do .... "comprehend" gods word.
i dont do a foul act to my neighbor...and then ask for fogiveness from god.
i think about being a good man in the first place...and make sure that he and i work things out...and if i need forgiveness... i will get it from the person i hurt.
2007-11-28 19:44:01 · answer #2 · answered by pencilnbrush 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Hate is too strong a word.
I exhibit GREAT disappointment for others' lack of honesty.
If you are truly intellectually honest with yourself and you still want to believe in God--DO NOT READ FURTHER!!!
I'll never stop saying this (below) and you CANNOT argue with it:
"At the most fundamental level, all human beings seek social acceptance and 'contextual' personal integrity for the specific purpose of establishing social status. Human existence is all about establishing social status (WHAT YOU WANT TO ARGUE WITH THAT?)...go right ahead...Religion? God? Nothing but a VERY easy and VERY fast path to both social acceptance and 'CONTEXTUAL' personal integrity--thus social status." (Quote by, for, and about Crawl, yes?).
Your game is up!
Your enemy is the science of modern astronomy (by the way).
You still have time to change your position.
...but you wont' because you have TOO MUCH contextual personal integrity invested.
That's really disappointing for me...that so many human beings on this earth are taking the easy and fast path...that social acceptance and contextual personal integrity are MORE important than truth...it is all really, really sad.
2007-11-28 19:59:33 · answer #3 · answered by Crawl 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
I agree. I want to know why don't people look into the history of all the holidays they observe to see the true meanings of where Christmas, Easter, etc. originated from? And then ignore God's word, even though they see the true meaning.....(both originated from pagan rituals and God says to have no doings with pagan things)
2007-11-28 19:43:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
So you've read the bible? Most Christians never read even a single page of it so I commend you learning to read ancient Greek and Hebrew/Aramaic.
You're so right. So much of it being metaphor that can't be removed from its time period without altering the meaning someone who bases their life on it would be foolish to only read someone else's translation.
2007-11-28 19:37:59 · answer #5 · answered by tamyp 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I don't want to study it because I don't believe in it. All though I do agree there is no need for hatred.
2007-11-28 19:37:57 · answer #6 · answered by Mancloud 3 · 3⤊ 3⤋
Wouldn't it be presumptuous of any human to claim to "comprehend" the mind of an omnipotent being...if he existed?
I'm not sure what kind of hatred you're talking about, but if you're referring to the well-meant debatings of atheists like myself, I think you'll find that most of us have studied "god's word." That's how we came to our conclusions.
2007-11-28 19:37:45 · answer #7 · answered by AM Enforcer 2 · 8⤊ 3⤋
even the people who do study it turn it around to fit only what they want, like the drinking thing, it is not a sin to drink, its a sin to over do it, its a sin to eat to much. etc
2007-11-28 19:38:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
Amen brother!
2007-11-28 19:48:55 · answer #9 · answered by Norgbirdie 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
What happens when you have studied most diligently and find it lacking continuity, while other lessons provide more subtle answers?
2007-11-28 19:42:08 · answer #10 · answered by nikola333 6 · 4⤊ 3⤋