What religion are you?

Typhoid · 10-04-2004, 04:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

Ok put it this way: you build an appartment and you let people live in it. Those people really mess up, they make the place dirty, they fight with eachother.. even worse, they don't pay their rent and hate you for no good reasons.

Your analogy is slightly wrong.

Your saying we all live in the apartment god created, so we fight and whatnot, and hate him for no reason.

But you forgot to put that god also created the tennants of that apartment.

I could not hate my own creation. Its like saying you hate your child.

Kitana85 · 10-04-2004, 04:36 PM

My philosphy professor seems to... hate his kids I mean... and they are both under the age of 5.

Blackmane · 10-04-2004, 05:24 PM

Well, that is dumb that he hates his kids. I don't think I could ever hate a child of mine.

Canyarion · 10-04-2004, 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Typhoid

Your analogy is slightly wrong.

Your saying we all live in the apartment god created, so we fight and whatnot, and hate him for no reason.

But you forgot to put that god also created the tennants of that apartment.

I could not hate my own creation. Its like saying you hate your child.

Well if you have a son that denies that you exist, goes his own way, does malice to others, won't listen to you and kills your other kids, would you still love him?

Typhoid · 10-04-2004, 05:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Canyarion

Well if you have a son that denies that you exist, goes his own way, does malice to others, won't listen to you and kills your other kids, would you still love him?

Well, its hard to say something you can see doesnt exist.
I would encourage my kids to have their own piece of mind.

Analogies can only go so far. You cant bring God into a physical world analogy like this. Considering hes not physical.

But yes, i would love my kids no matter what they did. They are still my flesh and blood. My creation. I made them.

EDIT: Think of religion and heaven like a math problem.

There isnt only one method to get to the final solution.

Classic Rocker · 10-04-2004, 06:30 PM

We are not God's children. If we were, we would be perfect. We are children of Adam. None of us are sons and daughters of God.

I'm a strong believer in the placebo effect. Your mind could be anything if you wanted it to. There is so much negative influence all around. People tellling you what you are not. If you strongly believe in something, it will turn true. Use that to your advantage.

D-realJos · 10-05-2004, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Classic Rocker

We are not God's children. If we were, we would be perfect. We are children of Adam. None of us are sons and daughters of God.

One can't make that claim UNLESS they have experienced BOTH the life of a sinner AND the truly righteous life of one that Jesus Christ have SAVED(a saved person sins no more, and that's ONLY the "tip of the iceberg")

"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become SONS OF GOD, even to them that believe on his name:" -- John 1:12

All my life I wondered how can we possibly live perfectly as Christ lived perfectly, especially since we are born sinners into this sinful world and are constantanly influenced by its wickedness. I finally understand, recently, -- that is; by experience. The gospel is true. All along it was true!

I will tell all when I'm ready, and most will hear and still not believe, even them that "knew" me. But blessed is he who have "ears" ... who have ears to hear, let him hear...