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Religion
Nyoko:
--- Quote from: Ruby Chan on April 19 2005, 02:36 am ---Personally, I don't really agree with religion. I think it moulds a lot of people, and often cuts off their personal development as a person, because they're given a set of rules to follow from a very young age....
But I don't have a prob with people believing in god/gods....
--- End quote ---
*nods* yes... much truth...
monkey:
ok, i found some questions, if anyone feels upto answering these pretty hard questions, go ahead. you can find the questions here
keep in mind, these are not my questions and i don't have the same views as this person who created the questions.
Cardcaptor Takato:
--- Quote from: Ruby Chan on April 19 2005, 02:36 am ---Personally, I don't really agree with religion. I think it moulds a lot of people, and often cuts off their personal development as a person, because they're given a set of rules to follow from a very young age....
But I don't have a prob with people believing in god/gods....
--- End quote ---
Um, regardless of whether a child has a religion or not, aren't most kids given a set of rules to follow at a very young age by their parents, anyway?
Li_shaoran:
1a. What religion/denomination are you?
Christain
1b. What makes your denomination the "right" one, as compared to all other religions and denominations? Please list at least five valid reasons for your religion being the superior religion to the thousands of other religions on this Earth. (Yes, there are indeed thousands.) Provide specific instances (Yes, they can be Bible verses if you insist) showcasing the authenticity of your religion.
-First off I dont think that any religon has it completely right because we are only human and we make mistakes but I believe Christianity to be the closest because we follow straight out of the bible...or what we believe to be the inherient word of God. The bible doesnt say anything about multiple Gods or anything along those lines. Now your saying well what if I dont believe in the bible. Well let me raise another point.
Who was the first president of the United states
-Geoge washington right? Well how do you know? Easy...you read it out of a text book, someone recorded the events of history to be in that book just like the bible was recorded.
this question is really draining my post space so if you really wanna talk more msg me on aim
2a. If you accept the creation theory, choose one of the categories below. Please remember to identify which you chose in the text box after all of the choices:
i. If you believe that God created the Earth and the heaven exactly as the account of Genesis says, how do you explain the overwhelming scientific evidence (Earth age of 4.5 billion years (marginal error 1%); fossils found in annual layers instead of one big mush; fossil records which show the evolution of an animal; lack of water to flood entire earth; etc.) against the Genesis creation account?
*sigh* another long question....well as far as fossils go there have been many scientists that disagree with the theory of evolution for the simple reason that if we did indeed evolve from monkeys then where is the so called "missing link?" Way back when people even tried faking the discovery of the missing link but they were all exposed as false. One more point on evolution. If you can believe that the human body in all of its complexity was able to evolve from some kind of pond scum how hard is it to believe that there is a God? -point made - as far as layers of rocks and things like that go it has been proven it can take as small amount of time as 20 years of water erosion to create a rock with layers as deep as the grand canyon - also evidence that the "flood" may have caused some of these many layers in the earth that I can see from reading ahead in the questions i will be talking about later. As far as lack of water to cover the entire earth goes you have to realize that if you are going to believe in God there is a little bit of faith thats going to have to go along with that that God is all powerful and can do the "impossible." although according to the bible
"With man this is impossible, but with God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26.
ii. If you believe that God created Earth and everything else arose in succession, then how do you justify the six day creation account of Genesis?
what do you mean how do i justify it? Hes God...he can make it in whatever amount of time he wants cant he? :P
well im outta "characters...ill be making another post right after this one
Li_shaoran:
ii. If you believe that God did indeed create heaven and Earth, but not in the literal, biblical, six day scenario, then how do you justify the story of Genesis? Do you think it's just a fable of sorts? -i believe in the six day creation
2b. If you are a religious evolutionist, choose one of the categories below. Please remember to identify which you chose in the text box after all of the choices: my opinion evolution is bull
i. How does believing evolution play into the way you view the bible? If you don't believe the account of Genesis, how does that affect your belief of other stories in the Bible? Is everything BUT Genesis true? Are some books of the Bible true and others false? If this is the case, how would one decide which are true and which are myths? *see above*
ii. If you believe the story of Genesis but conclude that after the six days, evolution has been the reason for the continuation of life, please include a verse from within Genesis alluding to this belief. Something along the lines of "And then the LORD said; Let there be evolution because I don't want to waste my time creating animals and plants for the rest of eternity" would be especially helpful. *see above
Religious Holes:
3a. Genesis tells us that on the first day, God said "Let there be light" but it isn't until the fourth day that he creates the sun that produces the light.
Well first off thats the problem with people now a days. They are willing to put there faith in people with "evidence" which is most definatly inconclusive and not put their faith in the said to be "word of God"
How do you justify this?
Well unfortunatly the bible does not give us all the answers it only tells us what we need to know. How do you justity pond scum becoming human by just sitting there? explain that an ill be impressed
3b. How does it make you feel to know that the authors of the Bible are unknown? The U.S. Constitution, like the Bible, deals with moral rights. However, we know that the Constitution was also signed by representatives of their states, and we have thorough documented history on all of them. Knowing nothing about the authors of the Bible, how does this affect how you view the trustworthyness of the Bible? Ummmm the authors of the bible are not unknown....for the most part http://www.blueletterbible.org/faq/authors.html go there for more on that
3c. Explain why the men and women in the Bible lived such long lives --upwards of five hundred years -- while men and women today live much "shorter" lives. If you believe in creationism, you'll have to explain this without admitting to evolution.
Because they needed to? even if evolution was true the so called "monkey" ansestors would have had to live for a longgggggg time to be able to create enough population to sustain the earth. Its the same deal with people.
Bible Atrocities:
4a. Genesis 3:16 - "Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee." So because the Bible says so, women are supposed to be submissive and subservient to men. Please state your opinions on this verse and reasons why it does or doesn't pertain to today. If it doesn't pertain to today, please state who has the authority to decide matters such as these. *well for this question im outta space and will answer it in next post*
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