Topic : Debating Among Different Religious Beliefs

I wanted to bring up the discussion of Sin and what it actually means to Sin.  Does anyone have opinions on what it is?  My opinion personally is that there is no such thing as sin.  Think about it.  People tend to only call it Sin when it's convenient or it's working against someone else.  When you commit a "Sin" you are making a moral mistake right?  It would be a Sin to kill someone right?  What if you were defending yourself from someone, is it still a Sin?  Parents tell their kids all the time that it's a sin whenever they do somethings wrong.  So who defines sin?  It really is in the eye of the beholder.  Not getting married in a Church is not really a sin.  Telling a lie is not sinning.  Really sin and morals are two different things.  We all have some kind of moral value regardless of religion or lack of one.  Sin is a great way to control people.  Back then, it was a sin to do just about anything and forget it if the Church didn't like it, you were downright murdered for it.  Which wouldn't be a sin in the churches eyes, because they are "upholding God's Laws" right?  When we die, do you actually think God is standing over you saying, well " You messed up here, now I'm going to have to punish you".  Again, we are humanizing God, making God act like our Parents would.  The worse possible thing would be when you die you watch your whole life flash before you and the things you did bad you judge yourself for.  In an all-loving environment you would know exactly what you did wrong and what you could have done better.  You would be your own worse critic.  Think about when you hurt someone, the guilt and pain you live with because you know you messed up.  Well, that to me is scarier than God judging me.  If God were like this, God wouldn't be All-knowing all Loving.  Judgment is something that humans are flawed with, not God.  God being all Knowing, wouldn't create you and me, knowing we will mess up, only to have the pleasure of punishing us later.  That's why more and more Reincarnation makes the most sense.  God gives us more opportunities to get it right, to try again, to try and be more God-like, to perfect ourselves.  Jesus taught this, the church omits this information from the bible.  You would have to read The Gnostic Gospels, Dead Sea Scroll Nag Hammandi, these were written at that time, but had to be hidden.  Imagine the church telling people this. They would be afraid people wouldn't be controlled, because we would realize there would be more than one chance at Salvation.  Just remember people, some are supporting a religion, like most, that has a history  of Inquisitions, mass murder, deceit, corruption and politics.  All things we fight against today, but when it has God behind it, we overlook all that.  Start thinking about what your being asked to believe.  Don't just follow something because that's how you grew up. think about what you are supporting.  It's like taking drug money. 

Thanks for reading, I hope we can have a mature discussion,

Why would most Americans think Paganism is a good thing?

See, that's what I'm talking about. 

Why would most Americans think Paganism is a good thing?  Because we are good, peaceful people, who worship this Earth and respect all creatures in it. We respect our mother (Earth), we do not think our religion is the one and only.  We know that there other religions here in America and that people are free to worship as they choose.  We don't go around saying that our religion is the best and the only.

I don't understand why that is hard to understand.  So what if we worship the creation, who really created it in the first place?  I know, many will say God did, but which God?  It all comes down to what you believe and I believe that worshiping nature is not a bad thing.

And that is fine that most of Americans believe in God of the Bible, but that does not mean that they can't understand other things.  If you were to see me and my family and think "There's a good American family" would that change if you knew we were Pagan?  I would certainly hope not.  That would be prejudice.

I believe in a God and Goddess. =)  That is also why I believe that each man has female aspects and each woman has male aspects.  It does not make sense to think that life came only from man, where was the woman?  We have peices of the God and Goddess with us.

I understand what you are saying.  I, in no way, think that men are superior than women.  Maybe that's why I believe in a Goddess. LOL  They are different, but equal.

Have a good day.

I believe in reincarnation.  I believe each life you are supposed to learn.  What you did not learn in another life, you will learn in the next. 

I did read somewhere, very clearly, that when a man dies he is reborn again, but some have told me that it was not about reincarnation.  I don't know, it was pretty clear to me.  I'll have to look it up and post it.

Now I know that this isn't what anyone is talking about but I thought that this was a neat quiz and I thought that I would share it with everyone.

ENJOY!!!!!!!!

Charise