God does not wrong people
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It is too crowded for my liking. I want to be able to stretch out. Besides, those pointy things on their heads could become uncomfortable if placed wrong.
So to you, beavers are cape buffalo and mudholes are dams? oooookay then
Really? You needed a simple straight forward phrase interpreted? How about this interpretation ss. You are a trial but I have patience.
Nothing wrong with books, Ludlow. I am an avid reader and have a fairly decent sized library in my home. The trouble comes when people rely on the words in books rather than their own god-given brains to make choices in life.
I'm not real familiar with the Quran . My knowledge of Islam is pretty much limited to the five pillars which I studied many years ago. As far as the bible goes it is a collection of books written by several different men most of which are anonymous. Regardless of who is ascribed authorship. I've found positive messages in many of them and some things I don't agree with. To put the writings of fallible men up on an alter and revere them as being Gods word is just something I've come to not believe in. I think all three of the Abrahamic religions believe in the infallibility of the books. I guess they can do that if it's what they choose to believe.
but god didn't give them brains to understand, only brains to memorize and repeat.
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding - Proverbs 3:5
The manual says so.
I guess though it may be a thing where there is something to hold on to when life gets to be a bitch. We all need some sense of hope some time in our lives I would think. Many ways to look at things I guess.
I don't know what Bible you quote from. mine is the Good News. You are quoting from Leviticus - The Old Testament. Christians are directed not to forget the old testament BUT to follow the New Testament. My bible states only the word "you" in regard to disobeying His word. It does not state children. You need to obey and use the New Testament.
Oh Jeez, I think I just hit the red instead of the green, Lud. Ignore it, think Green. :smile:
I was raised in the Catholic faith. My entire family and the majority of our close family friends were all Catholic. I was christened and had my first communion ceremony followed by confirmation when I was older. I went to Catholic kindergarten, grade school and high school all taught by nuns. I sang in the church choir. In high school was a member of the Sodality.
Growing up I probably attended some kind of service or another twice a week, more frequently during holy days. From grades one to 8, we had a hour of catechism study every school day taught by a priest.
I was about as Catholic as could be and yet I never really bought into the whole thing. I went through the motions because it was expected of me and I had five younger sisters for whom I had to 'set an example.'
The thing about Catholics is they really value a good education and I thank my good graces that I was lucky enough to attend a Catholic school as I received a top notch education. Trouble is, the more educated I became, the more I questioned my 'faith'. There were just too many conundrums, disparities and illusions. For example, to me confession was no more than a license to sin. After all, no matter how 'bad' you were, all you had to do was chat with this guy behind the mesh, say a few prayers and you were on your way sin-free and totally guiltless. As if.
I married in the church and attended the major holy day masses, mainly for the benefit of my family as I lived in the same city and we all went to Holy Rosary Cathedral. As soon as my husband and moved across the country to BC, I dropped all pretense of being Catholic. I attended a couple of Midnight masses when home visiting my family, always did enjoy all the pomp and circumstance surrounding that mass and besides there's always a great party at someone's house after the kneeling and praying is done.
I casually studied a variety of other religions and identified with some teachings in many of them but none as a whole. Then I came across the Rede of the Wicca and felt an instant connection. An it harm none, Do what ye will. How simple is that and yet how all encompassing.
Karen Armstrong shares a similar story in her life as a nun in the book Spiral Staircase. It's a good book I recommend it to anyone who likes to read biographical stuff,
To be God obsessed is to be fanatical God does not intervene anyway
so good luck with that. God does not punish either our actions set out
the measure of punishment in the eyes of the law.
Taking life from a book written by who knows is not my preference in
life. Tyrants are often the people they accuse of being tyrants given the
same level of powers
so good luck with that. God does not punish either our actions set out
the measure of punishment in the eyes of the law.
Taking life from a book written by who knows is not my preference in
life. Tyrants are often the people they accuse of being tyrants given the
same level of powers
to be fair it's not all fire and brimstone. There are some fairly decent moral lessons in the stories and myths
He's trying not to fit in.
my upbringing and yours were very similar, catholic school, lots of inschool religion, all the ceremonies
and all the confessions, then all is forgiven, and I like you began questioning all of this as the
years went on, my husband was raised the same in an Italian family, we started our lives doing what
we knew would satisfy the families, but gradually completely backed off, our children had the
basic catholic teachings, but as they grew, we told them to find their own way with religion,
whatever they wanted, but we have not had anything to do with any religion, and feel so happy
and free because of it.
when I look back to my childhood in regards to being a catholic child, I see so many things that
are very counterproductive to the successful rearing of any child, the main one being fear,
'if you do this, this will happen to you', and its all rubbish.
If a god was merciful and just and all-powerful and all-seeing and all-that-other-hogwash it should have no need of fearful humans. Meh you have a malicious, immature, and unintelligent god who likes punishing babies and children.
Deception used to promote Islam and defeat non-believers. TheReligionofPeace - Islam: Taqiyya and Lying
Hubby says faith is simply the belief that what you hope to be true actually is true.
Andy Carnegie said, "He that cannot reason is a fool. He that will not is a bigot. He that dare not is a slave."
It looks like 3 of us were intended to be Catholic robo.... er people.
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