Topic : 12/13 Holiday Horror Stories

Quote From: elffie

And I want to say again, that if there was anything that I have said that may have offended you I am sorry.  I really do not try to offend anyone, I only try to express my views, and some may see that as offensive, but believe me when I say that I never intend to do that.

 

And I would like to think that religious discrimination is over, but it isn't.  Which is upsetting because I feel that if we all just took the time to talk and understand one another, there wouldn't be as many misconceptions and fear of things we do not know much about.

 

This world is filled with different people and different beliefs.  Tolerance is key, as long as we are not hurting one another. 

 

Thank you for looking past the misconceptions, Afraid.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quote From: purplepenny

I for one found Afraids willingness to be humble and understanding to be VERY Christian.

Quote From: afraid

thank you purplepenny, you don't know how much this really means to me coming from you, for you too are one i have launched verbal attacks on in the past, and i was indeed passing judgment on you as well, and for this i am sooo sorry for and hope you too can find it in your heart to please forgive me, i wasn't stopping to realize the fact of the matter, that i couldn't understand why you don't believe in god for me this was very hard to understand, what i wasn't looking at was the fact that you were having just as much of a difficult thim trying to understand why i beleive in god, i wasnt allowing you the freedom of your choice,very unfair of me to think this way,but it really is a wonderful day for me to see you come to my aide, and you stood up for me, i thank you with all my heart, and i promice you this day i will never pass judgement on you or your views ever again, once again i apologise to you with all my heart for my past posts to you,if i cant offer a good point of view in the feture i will keep my stupidity to my self i promice.

Quote From: elffie

I don't know how to say this without offending someone.......but I do not believe in the Christian version of God.  I believe, that when early humans wandered this Earth, they worshipped what they saw, the sun, the moon, the stars.  Afterall, the sun does have great importance in our lives.  Now, science has concluded what exactly the sun and moon are, but I still choose to use these as my symbols of the God (sun) and Goddess (moon).

 

The God, to me means someone, or something that is apart of us.  So, in a way, we are worshipping a part of us, life.  Afterall, we are created by man and woman (can't leave out the Goddess).  I believe my ancestors saw what was around them and believed it to have a supernatural power.  Nothing needs a supernatural being, as I now understand, but it is nice to belive in some higher power, so I was drawn to a religion that I have felt close to my whole life. 

 

Hope this helps. =)

Quote From: elffie

From what I have read, it went something like this......Panthiestic beliefs, to Polythiestic beliefs, to Monothiestic beliefs.  I think that's the correct order. LOL  It's late....LOL

 

From what I have read, Pagan beliefs predate Christian beliefs by approximitly 2,000 years.  I hope I am not offending anyone by saying this.

Quote From: purplepenny

I for one found Afraids willingness to be humble and understanding to be VERY Christian.

Quote From: afraid

but how could this be possible when there is not but [ 1 = one+0=1 god? isn't it just possible we all see god differently? after all mosses saw god as a burning Busch, i didn't see the burning Busch as mosses saw, but he was in the presence of the [ 1 =one and only god there is, so the same god mosses loved so much is the same god i too love, he hasn't come to me as a burning Busch, but hes still the same god,god gives life god gives food god gives water god gives love, so no matter how we each see god we are talking about the one and only god there is, doesn't matter how we see him in our hearts, all that matters is to open our hearts to him,god is the giver of all no matter how great or how small he gives all, and remember there was a time when even Satan walked in the presence of god, it wasn't till he fell to evil that god cast him away, but even Satan was given a chance to change.yes we all worship the same god, we just do it in different ways, the only thing that really is important is to worship god no matter how he leads our hearts,god chose different paths for each of us to follow,all religions that worship god are true as long as there keeping god above all others,its the religions that leed you away from god that are false,the pagans hole the tree dear to there hearts as a symbol of god, the tree is a living thing in which god him self created,could it be the pagans keep the tree as a symbol of god because that is how god came to mosses, hence a burning bush in which we know a bush grous in to a tree,you know i will not tell some one who whorships god in what has been dubed a pagan way that they dont worship the one and only god there is,if i do that i my self am claming there to be more than one god, not the pagan that holds a tree as a symbol of god, think about what i said and see if it comes clear to you as it has to me.

Quote From: fanofrobin

It is probably much longer than that.

Quote From: fanofrobin

I understand what you are saying, although it is a little hard for me to read.   I guess I misunderstood what you believed.  I thought you had implied you are a Christian.  I mean no disrespect in that.  I think that it is admirable of you to see another's point of view.  I do not agree with some of the points that you have made, but because you are understanding I am sure you will accept that.