With all the religious threads posted I felt left out not having my own.....so here it is.
My question is, who here believes in god (or not) and why? (if you care to state)
Personally, I don't know if I believe in god or not anymore. It'd be safe to say that I'm a hethen/back slider/sinner, whatever you want to call me. I've seen too much bad shit in life to honestly think there is someone/thing out there that is our "abba father". I was raised catholic, still go to church sometimes during the special things but thats about it. I'm begining to think that the people out there who are really in to church, evangelizing, bible qouters in every conversation you have with them, god says this and god says that type of people are really crazy. I think they've went through some traumatic experience that sent them over the edge and if it were not for religion they'd probably be in a mental place right now or dead from suicide. A close friend of mine asked me once, why do you believe in god? I answered him by saying I was too afraid not to believe in him. I've read the bible, several times, and I've found too many instances where the bible conts itself. One of the things I don't understand is how people can actually take the bible literally. The bible is a book written by the interpretations of different men. Its different stories written by different men who basically all say the same thing. Now don't get me wrong, I believe the christian lifestyle is a good lifestyle to live. Its healthy, its moral, its decent and its a type of lifestyle that many people should strive for. I believe in good and evil. But can someone please give me a reason to seriosuly believe in organized religion and God as the father? Maybe I'm a little biased against god and religion. I've seen it tear and almost tear families apart when one of the spouses becomes saved or reborn. I have a really hard time believing in someone/thing that tears families apart and alienates people from everyone else around them and then makes them believe that they are set apart from everyone else, giving them a sense of "aboveness", all while pushing the fact that they need to make more people become like them and then come down on people who don't strive to live their lifestyle. You have people out there who will tell you in your face that they are better than you and that you will be in the infernal regions with adolf hitler, josef stalin, ted bundy, jeffery dahmer and the like unless you change your evil ways. You know what I say? BULL-FUCKING-SHIT. If I'm there, those people will be right there burning with me, chillin with the devil and possibly even banging some of the priestessess of Baal. One thing hardcore christians don't understand is, they are hypocritical themselves for bitching about people doing the same shit they used to do. Does anyone feel me on this?
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