What religion are you?

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Canyarion

Crono, I have to believe that Mathew and John weren't Jesus' disciples, just because your teacher said so?
Back it up man.

My teacher never said that. I said, or meant to say, they didn't write their own books. So how do we know the real authors wrote exactly what happened?

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Crono

If women have earned the right to vote and be as equal as men in society, then the church should follow suit.

*Clears throaght*


*Yells*


What about the separation of curch and state?

[Dylflon]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

*Clears throaght*


*Yells*


What about the separation of curch and state?

What about it?

[Typhoid]

And didnt god used to be vengeful? If you didnt obey hos every word you would be deemed a blasphemer and go straight to hell. How you had super strict rules to follow or yet again, you would go to hell. What about the Angels of Death, Bartleby and Loki. God sent them to do mass destructions and things, or whatever. Where are the other Angels of death I ask you.

Now hes everyones buddy. You confess all your sins in a booth to a preist or preacher or reverend, and your sins are free. If you feel you lead a good life, your in.

Something seems different to me....


Just my opinion and thoughts though.


EDIT: I just noticed we are only talking about the God called "God". Not about any of the middle eastern religions. Or anything like that.

Thats why i dont believe in God. Because it seems to be geographcal. Depending on where you live, your god could be a toga-wearing bearded man, or an 8 armed elephant.

[dropCGCF]

Ooh. A religion thread.
I think I'm Daoist. I don't know what you call my religion.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

EDIT: I just noticed we are only talking about the God called "God". Not about any of the middle eastern religions. Or anything like that.

Middel Eastern and Western religions actually share the same God. Islam calls him Allah, we call him God. Many of the same prophets are shared and I believe (I'm not sure) Jesus is even considered a prophet in Islam.

[Joeiss]

Yeah, Islam considers Jesus as a prophet.. Just not the son of God.

[Acebot44]

Yep, Jesus is the most quoted Prophet in the Quran.

[Kitana85]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

What about the separation of curch and state?

Read the Constitution, there is no seperation of church and state. That entire idea is a misinterpretion of the first amendment which states that there will be no offical National religion (ie The Church of England, R Catholocism in France and Italy), and that they national government can not prohibit a religion, or any group for practicing their own religion (incidentally, the local governemnt, constitutionally, can).

The Seperation of church and state was an idea enforced my Jefferson and Madison, latter much more strongly. Indeed, until Madison's presidency, previous executives had declared National Days of Prayer.

[jeepnut]

Originally Posted by Kitana85

Read the Constitution, there is no seperation of church and state. That entire idea is a misinterpretion of the first amendment which states that there will be no offical National religion (ie The Church of England, R Catholocism in France and Italy), and that they national government can not prohibit a religion, or any group for practicing their own religion (incidentally, the local governemnt, constitutionally, can).

The Seperation of church and state was an idea enforced my Jefferson and Madison, latter much more strongly. Indeed, until Madison's presidency, previous executives had declared National Days of Prayer.

That's the problem with separation of church and state. We are a country built on religious ideals by religious people and now we are trying to weed the religion out without disrupting the rest. In my personal opinion, it's not possible.

[dropCGCF]

Originally Posted by jeepnut

That's the problem with separation of church and state. We are a country built on religious ideals by religious people and now we are trying to weed the religion out without disrupting the rest. In my personal opinion, it's not possible.

Agreed. In New York, there's a law that is in effect that says you can't buy alcohol before noon on a Sunday. A Catholic imposed law, it's one of the most hurtful laws to our local economies. Just think, it cuts liquor sales by about two percent.

[Canyarion]

It's predicted in the bible that governments will banish all religion. As soon as they touch the one and only true religion, God will stop them --> Armageddon --> Paradise.