What religion are you?

TheGame · 09-16-2004, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by TheSlyMoogle

That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

"The Punishment for Sin is death."

That's so stupid I don't even want to comment about it.

Well you did comment, so eh. That is the most basic concept in the bible... heck, it was the first lesson in the old testiment.

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

But the're no hell where people burn for eternity. How could a loving God do that???

If you believe in the stories of the bible, God hasn't exactly been nice to people who deny him. He did send us Jesus which is an act of love, but that doesn't mean god himself isn't capible of making a place like hell.

Canyarion · 09-16-2004, 03:06 PM

He DESTROYED people. They are gone now. With their death, they payed for their sins. No need to burn in hell!

Blackmane · 09-22-2004, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

He DESTROYED people. They are gone now. With their death, they payed for their sins. No need to burn in hell!

Face it, the world is sinful. God loves us, but he also punishes us when we are bad. He's like a parent; just because they punish you when your bad doesn't mean they don't love you.

Canyarion · 09-22-2004, 04:01 PM

Yes, but no parent would slap his child forever, would he?
Of course, when a child does something wrong, it's punished. But AFTER the child is punished, there's no need to keep inflicting it pain, is there?

Classic Rocker · 09-22-2004, 04:37 PM

Psh I believe organized religion is just meant to control people. People who have no desire to be free and think for themselves. Just my opinion.

I mean..would people really be in the religion if there was no reward? Like going to heaven or living on a pardise earth? Satan brought up that issue with God. I'm just wondering what you all think. I think 3/4th of people would back down from there faith without any reward at the end.

GameMaster · 09-22-2004, 04:45 PM

The Bible teaches me to be a kind and compassionate person. Anyone who doesn't read it cannot be kind or compassionate. Simple equation: read the Bible and you'll be a good person and you'll have a utopian afterlife. If you don't read it, you're not a good person and you won't have an enjoyable afterlife.

Canyarion · 09-22-2004, 05:38 PM

Well, you can be a good person, but without belief in God, chances are you won't get eternal life...

The bible makes clear that there are 3 important things: belief, knowledge, actions.

Some people 'just' believe, but that's it. Others are 'only' good people, but don't want to believe in God. Others know a lot of the bible, but have lost faith in it (theologists and stuff)...

Typhoid · 09-22-2004, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

Anyone who doesn't read it cannot be kind or compassionate. Simple equation: read the Bible and you'll be a good person and you'll have a utopian afterlife. If you don't read it, you're not a good person and you won't have an enjoyable afterlife.

Thats slightly narrowminded my friend.

So your telling me, if I dont read a book I have no interest in reading, yet i change nothing abouyt myself, suddenly I am labeled as a bad person?

I dont get it. How can reading a book make you a good person, and If you dont read it your not a good person.

Did Jesus read the Bible? No. Is he a good person? Yes.

Reading a book about things makes you no more of a good person than breathing makes you able to fly.

The Duggler · 09-23-2004, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by GameMaster

The Bible teaches me to be a kind and compassionate person. Anyone who doesn't read it cannot be kind or compassionate. Simple equation: read the Bible and you'll be a good person and you'll have a utopian afterlife. If you don't read it, you're not a good person and you won't have an enjoyable afterlife.

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The Bible is no ordinary book my comrade, it is a book of God. Whether the Bible you read from is from a hotel or from a museum, it is better than all other books of this world. And that is not an opinion, it is pure fact and truth.

Am I the only one here that thinks that those quotes are terribly wrong and offensive?

It's one think to believe in something my friend, but it's another to say that anybody or anything else that is not part of your beliefs is inferior. It's obnoxious, and the cause of all the inter-religious conflicts of this world.

Keep up the good work, gamemaster...