An Atheist celebrating Christmas?

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Originally posted by Demarest
My child, who are we, were did we come from. who created the heaven and the earth. who has given us this form of life

Good question. Will anybody ever know the truth in this lifetime?

No. Including you.

Originally posted by Tptmanno1
I mean think about it.
God Exists.
If you question that God Exists, you go to hell A place of eternal suffering.
If you want proof that God exists you go to hell.
And now the kicker!
If you don't follow the people who are "Leaders" who "Know the way" and are "closer to god than you" You go to hell
Sounds rather Orwellian to me...

follow leaders? follow those who are closer to god? this is totally against gods wishes. you follow christ, not someone who claims to be closer to him than you. does the term antichrist mean anything to you?

Originally posted by Lana
I'll flip that back on you.

Where did God come from? Who made him?

well Lana...I

uhh

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
lana, everyone knows that the romans did it. did i post otherwise? no, i did not.
and tell me. what crime was he guilty of?

Blasphemy, sedition, and treason. As I've said before.....do some research, k?

Why is it that I know more about Christianity than many Christians?

In Marlowe's Faustus the playwright made clear that faith is not a concept to be rationalised. The protagonist was taken to Hell because he kept trying to think his predicament through in rational terms eg "I could repent but the devil will break my legs, will the godhead hear me despite my low self-esteem? etc."

Originally posted by Demarest
My child, who are we, were did we come from. who created the heaven and the earth. who has given us this form of life

Who are we? we are the product of millions of years of evolution producing a species with Sentience that better facilitates our survial.
Where did we come from? A small puddle of primodial ooze that contained base elements and was struck by lightning.
Earth was created by a Nebula slowly swirling together, The nebula was created by the Big Bang.
The form of life? By that do you mean Sentience? because thats a product of Evolution. Or do you mean all that we have now? Because thats a product of Civilization.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
lana, everyone knows that the romans did it. did i post otherwise? no, i did not.
and tell me. what crime was he guilty of?

Of following a religion that was outlawed in the Roman time? He broke a law, he died for it. I can traffic drugs into Bali, and claim its my religion to do so, and I will still die.

Originally posted by Demarest
well Lana...I

uhh

That was a perfect response. You don't know. I don't know.

But you can have your ideas. You can know what you might believe. And I can know what I might believe in.

So why does everybody have to try to argue for their religion?

Human nature, I suppose.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
follow leaders? follow those who are closer to god? this is totally against gods wishes. you follow christ, not someone who claims to be closer to him than you. does the term antichrist mean anything to you?

What about The pope, or Priests? And how do you know God's wishes?

I apperciate your comments and questions. But seriously shut up

Originally posted by Mišt
Of following a religion that was outlawed in the Roman time? He broke a law, he died for it. I can traffic drugs into Bali, and claim its my religion to do so, and I will still die.

You can do the same thing in the US
It is ruled illegal to do drugs even if they are part of your religion. it was a supreme Court Case!

Originally posted by Demarest
I apperciate your comments and questions. But seriously shut up

Gotta love the retorts of someone on the losing end of a debate.

Originally posted by Demarest
I apperciate your comments and questions. But seriously shut up

I hope you're not talking to me.

Originally posted by Demarest
I apperciate your comments and questions. But seriously shut up

Please take your own advice and avoid hostility. Nobody is bashing you. Dont bash others.

I'm not losing Lana. It's called faith. Can't you at least pour your heart into something that's really unclear. One man made the earth and it's God

Originally posted by Demarest
I'm not losing Lana. It's called faith. Can't you at least pour your heart into something that's really unclear. One man made the earth and it's God

No. Because that is not at all what I believe happened. I don't follow things based on faith. Want me to think something is true? Give me cold hard evidence to support it.

You can't even answer where God came from or who made him.

Originally posted by Mišt
Of following a religion that was outlawed in the Roman time? He broke a law, he died for it. I can traffic drugs into Bali, and claim its my religion to do so, and I will still die.

lets see. trafficking drugs vs. giving your life for all mankind. which is the bigger scarifice?

Listen Lana

The view regarding God that is set forth consistently in the Bible is this: He did not come from anywhere. No one made the Creator of the universe. He had no beginning, and will have no ending. He is the eternal, self-existing Being. The testimony of the Scriptures is this:

God is “everlasting” in nature (Isa. 40:28), which is to say, he is “eternal” as to his very essence (Rom. 16:26; 1 Tim. 1:17). His existence is “from everlasting to everlasting.” Before the material creation was spoken into existence, he always was (Psa. 90:2).

Originally posted by Tptmanno1
You can do the same thing in the US
It is ruled illegal to do drugs even if they are part of your religion. it was a supreme Court Case!

Yeah, so if Jesus smuggled drugs, he would die. He broke a law, he died. Thats my point to whoever I quoted. 🙂

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
lets see. trafficking drugs vs. giving your life for all mankind. which is the bigger scarifice?

No, you missed what I was saying. Jesus didnt walk up to the Romans and say 'Hey, kill me, I want to die for everyone'

He broke a law, and was sentenced to death. Thats why he died. What would have happened if he was somewhere where it was accepted and not illegal?

Originally posted by Demarest
I'm not losing Lana. It's called faith. Can't you at least pour your heart into something that's really unclear. One man made the earth and it's God

Why pour your heart into something unclear when there is a clearer explation out there?
And please stop resorting to bashing.