Quote From: charise820Wow it got crazy in here. I would jump in but I just didn't think I could debate away today. And I love it so. LOL. Wow first thing I have to say you can't label a group base on one or two people you know. not matter what it is about them.
Next HI penny and julie!!
Another....some people say that it is so hard to live thier life that god wants them too. (usely christians I hear this from) And that is why they were given the bible.
But if god gave you a book with step by step insturcation (sp) to live your life then how is it so hard. Also wouldn't someone from a faith or belief that doesn't have a book to look to every time some went wrong have it hard because they truely have to have faith in thier god to help them get through it?
I mean i have heard time and time again people saying that they found the answer in the bible. Heck I have even had someone tell me that you have faith unless you have a book. And that I couldn't find the answer with out it. Well many times I have because I know that i have what I need and asked for before I came here. I have faith that I will not go through something just because god wants to test and that I am truly testing my self when I go through something.
I show my faith every day in the way I live my life and the choices that I make and yes I don't always make the right one but I try. I live my life that is true and not hiding my beliefs....I don't hid them from my family but I don't push them either. I live it open and honest and do my best to answer people questions. I share it with my children and spouse. And i talk to the mother and father everyday like some talk to their god.
Just because i am not a christian doesn't mean that i don't live my life with my faith...just because I don't have a book telling me what is right and what is wrong doesn't mean I don't know how to live. I cherise every moment and I find that my faith at times does change a little here and a little there. More I live and the more I look for my path the more I learn thus the changes in my beliefs. I am sure there is a mother and a father. (i would go on to talk about a dream once were I talked to him but I am sure some would think it was an lcd trip....though I have never done that).
I don't know sometimes I think it is hard for one to have faith and live it every day with out a book telling us what is write or wrong. With out us telling us how to live so we can be happy to die. I believe we should live to live today and not worry about what happens later.
I get your point entirely Charise.
Although there are folks, many I suppose, that go to church and read the bible and try to live by the bible because they find comfort, truth and love in those things, there are just as many that go to religion as a crutch, IMO.
Many of these folks enjoy pointing the finger, at other people, simply because this is their make-up and they found religion a wonderful source of supply to judge,criticize and feel superior to others. Or may I say they try, more often, to make others feel inferior to them....and more often then not...fail miserably.
Needless to say that this is not a way to live and especially to use "God" as a vehicle for one's own personal agenda of attempting to gain a status of superiority.
I don't know sometimes I think it is hard for one to have faith and live it every day with out a book telling us what is write or wrong. With out us telling us how to live so we can be happy to die. I believe we should live to live today and not worry about what happens later
Agreed. Some folks on here debate that we "need" the bible or we wouldn't be able to tell right from wrong. This is so silly, there are other religions that don't use the bible, in other countries and they know the difference between right and wrong. It is universal. Most everyone in the world knows that wrong is: Hurting themselves, someone else or the environment.
Right is: Having compassion and understanding for your fellow man/woman and helping as much as possible.
There are other "right" things but it would be too lengthy to list them all but you catch my drift. However, there are only a few "wrong" things.
However, some folks seek control, and in doing so they would rather attack the person.....then the deed. They are much more concerned with control and superiority then the things they find "wrong" in the world. So they pick up the bible and shove it into people's faces as if to say, "SEE!!! GOD IS ON MY SIDE....NOT YOURS....HAHAHAHAHA"
So silly and immature and certainly not God like. They are only fooling themselves because most see them for who they are.
Just for the record I'm not pointing out anybody on this board. I don't know these folks so I don't know how they go about their lives. Just an observation I've made with many people I've known personally.
