What religion are you?

[Crash]

even if there isn't a god, it gives people something to work towards... a common goal. personally i believe there is only one god, and no one religion can encompass him.

[Canyarion]

Typhoid, it will always stay a case of belief. You can't prove it.

I belief that other religions are wrong, but they are given a chance to find the true God. And God can't destroy those people when they haven't had that chance.

Oh yeah, the bible is the oldest holy book. Gotta count for something!

[Typhoid]

Possibly a stupid question here, but the Christian God is usually shown as being white. And it says "we were created in Gods image" or "God Created us in his image". So then what about Brown people, Black people, And Asians. We all look significantly different.

[Neo]

Originally Posted by Canyarion

Oh yeah, the bible is the oldest holy book. Gotta count for something!

The Torah is the oldest book, the new testament is only about 2000 years old.

[Xantar]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Possibly a stupid question here, but the Christian God is usually shown as being white. And it says "we were created in Gods image" or "God Created us in his image". So then what about Brown people, Black people, And Asians. We all look significantly different.

I think that when it is said that we were created in God's image, it simply means that God has two feet, two hands with opposable thumbs, stands somewhere between five and six feet tall etc.

After all, we also all have different eye colors and hair colors, and I don't think anybody claims that God's eyes are every color all at once.

By the way, if you look at Christian art from Africa, you will see that God and Jesus are depicted as being black. Hey, why not? Jesus came from the Middle East, so he certainly wouldn't have looked like a pale white guy.

[TheGame]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

Possibly a stupid question here, but the Christian God is usually shown as being white. And it says "we were created in Gods image" or "God Created us in his image". So then what about Brown people, Black people, And Asians. We all look significantly different.

You are probably refering to the picture of Jesus, which doesn't even fit his description in the bible... Truth is we don't know what God himself looks like.

Its pretty funny that you mention that though. At my church when you walk in there are 6 different big drawings of Jesus taken from all over the world put on the wall. (above where you enter the sanctuary from the lobby) Its put there to prove a point, we don't know what he looked like exactly, and it doesn't even matter.

[Canyarion]

Originally Posted by Neo

The Torah is the oldest book, the new testament is only about 2000 years old.

Yeah, but if I'm correct, the bible was the first book that started to be written (pardon my grammar). It took a loooong time before it was finished.

Oh, here's what scientists think Jesus looked like (computerstuff...)

Using the latest forensic and historical discoveries — and a computer — scientists have reconstructed the image of a first-century man who lived a life similar to and was around the age of Jesus.

Ok........ colour should be right. But I imagine him to have a nicer face.

And "Created in his image", I think that means our cunning and human natures... I don't think God needs 'arms' to do things. But of course that's how his book illustrates him, so that's how we picture him.
And then his skin colour would probably be something in between.

[GameMaster]

Jesus has long, straight brown hair and blue eyes.

[Classic Rocker]

Canyarion and all religious people are gonna love my bible based rap-rock band. Just think Beastie Boys, Kid Rock, Run DMC, Rage Against the Machine, etc. Not Limp Bizkit or KoRn, no sound influence out of them.

Hmm so help me all with some stuff I should write about? Right now I'm working on a song called The Almighty's Armageddon.

[Canyarion]

P.O.D. is pretty cool, at least 'youth of the nation'.

Euh you could sing about.... his paradise after Armageddon?

[hostilecrayon]

Originally Posted by Crash

even if there isn't a god, it gives people something to work towards... a common goal. personally i believe there is only one god, and no one religion can encompass him.

Beautiful.

Personally, I'm Ecclectic Pagan. I lean mostly towards Wicca, but not entirely. I was Christian for 16 years of my life, and there were questions that it never could answer for me. I believe in the lord and the lady, who are manifestations of the one true and great being, which is beyond human comprehension.

Oh, and in the Bible, it says something about Jesus having burley feet and hair like wool. We probably looked like your typical middle easterner. I highly doubt that there was ONE white guy with blue eyes in the midst of a bunch of darker color skinned people. They also show Mary as white. You really think she was? She was just a middle eastern commoner. It's just not logical.

[Joeiss]

For people wondering about whether or not good people who don't believe in God will go to Heaven or not... Here is a great post from another forum that I want to share here:

"It is not anyone's place to judge for ourselves where someone is going. That is up to God. But Jesus said:

"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6
"

[dropCGCF]

Originally Posted by Joeiss

For people wondering about whether or not good people who don't believe in God will go to Heaven or not... Here is a great post from another forum that I want to share here:

"It is not anyone's place to judge for ourselves where someone is going. That is up to God. But Jesus said:

"I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man cometh unto the Father, but by me." John 14:6
"

Prove there is a God.

[Joeiss]

The Bible

[Typhoid]

Originally Posted by Joeiss

The Bible

Prove the Bible wasnt written by insane and metally ill people.

Prove the Bible wasnt written entirely by men.

Prove the Bible wasnt a scare tactic to get people to follow rules so they wouldnt start an uprisal.