Do you believe in god?

[Lululioness]

yes

waattt....

 

[Ceroria]

I believe in God and science. Sure, diamonds and stuff are made through scientific processes, but where do the things needed for the processes come from?

Also, a fundamental Catholic belief is that we have free will to make choices.

I'm just straight up Christian, having a strong belief in God . You're post is very good and made me smile while everyone else was all like: "dood der no god u think der gy in sky lol u nub". I feel as if our denominations of Christianity, yours being Catholic and mine being Baptist, or whatever other you'd like to call it, there are many that are incredibly similar. But, yeah, xD. I really think the only difference is that you guys focus more on Mother Mary than us? Am I right?

 

[Ceroria]

That's because it originally was a philosophy until a man brought himself into the equation. It was the beginning of the mix of Daoism and Confucianism up until about 300 BCE when it became a religion in Eastern Asia. As it started to migrate more East (Towards the Qin and Han Dynasties in about 350-400 BCE and right before the fall of the Han dynasty) it started to gain influence. Once the fall of the Han dynasty came to pass due to a large population drop (small pox and meseals) and the emperors just being puppets and figures used by the generals, there was no more need for Confucianism(which I find HIGHLY interesting). This brought forth the large spread of Daoism and Buddhism. However, while this was happening in the new three Chinese regions, Christianity was becoming the official religion of Rome.

*UPDATE


You just explained exactly what I've been thinking for the past few days. Have you ever noticed how perfectly the Human body was made? Think, what is the use for fingernails... But then think how weird and ugly our fingers would look without them. Do we really NEED eyebrows for ANYTHING? No. We would look REALLY strange with just one nostril... Everything seems to work out TOO perfectly for there not to be something governing the existence of us. I hope I didn't just offend anyone with the physical issues that they may have listed above, but if you are one of those people, the reason people think you look weird (sorry, but people are rude and will think you look weird) then it means that it's irregular. I might be spamming this thread, because I'm just going through the thing and replying to any message I seem fit to reply to so sorry if I am spamming xD I'll try to edit it all into one thing once I catch up to the end

*UPDATE

I am a strong Christian. Well, in my religion I believe that only God can decide if I am a Christian or not. I am a human which means I will fall to temptation. To be a Christian you have to stray away from temptation. I, like most people, will occasionally fail to do so, so I can only consider myself a follow in the Christian faith. I have always been highly interested in God and my religion. My grandfather is a pastor, as was his Dad, brother, etc. There is a long chain of religion in my family. People could argue that I believe in God only because my family branded me with a cross when I was born. If any of you know who Freud is, he was a Psychologist who believed in a thing called the Id, Ego, and Super Ego. When you are a child and do not make decisions for yourself you are in the Id stage. When you can finally think and understand for yourself, you have reached the Ego stage. This means you have developed a free will and will start to actually create ideas and think. A Super Ego is when you think too much and care too much. You try to do your best to follow your own examples and help others achieve Super Ego. If you know me very well (passed my try-hard comedic preference and actually KNOW my intellectual and caring side) you will probably assume me to be this. You might called me ego-tistical and self absorbed or self unaware for calling myself this, but I truly believe it due to how much I relate to these characteristics. When you reach the Ego and Super-Ego stages is when you will probably decide on what religion you are. I was always raised in church, as it was probably assumed. When I was about 5-8 I would sit in the front row of my grandfather's church every Sunday and listen to his sermons. I was so absorbed with the majesty of the Lord Jesus Christ as I knew him. I never once questioned his existence. However, as I started to develop my Ego (which was WAY too young for someone to do at the age of 6, but again if you knew me you would clearly see this. People with higher IQ's will reach their ego and super ego a lot faster than people with lower IQ's. I have an IQ of 150 - Genius level) I started to think for myself and I did realize FOR MYSELF that I truly did believe in God and all of his works. To this day I want to be a missionary to spread his word and teachings in the Bible to countries and places that are less fortunate. When I grow old, I want to become a Pastor myself and help people be saved.

*UPDATE - Guys, Religion is like... MY topic.... Expect this to be an extremely long post.

You gave people two options. Do you believe in God? Yes or No. I know that I automatically saw this as "Christian or Atheist" as most people did. You seem to be forgetting the option of "I have a religion other than a monotheism that believes in the Christian/Jewish God." I have seem many people say that they are Buddhist or Hindu.

Guess what... *UPDATE

I would like to share something I have come to realize about Hinduism. If you REALLY look at the main points of Hinduism and Christianity (This does also pertain to Judaism, because I haven't yet found a connection to Jesus yet through the two religions) they are a lot alike. Hinduism focuses on what Christians would call "angels." In Christianity, each angel has a name and a story. You know Lucifer? He was the angel that is now called Satan. Anyway, Hindus do have a singular being that is above the "angels" in their religion, but I have understood that he is not highly recognized in today's Hindu teachings. I have kind of gathered that Hinduism and Christianity could highly be the same thing just taught differently. Most of them follow the same practices. You see, once Christianity reached India and China they actually developed some of the rituals from Hinduism that Christians call "Fasting." There is a lot more evidence to prove this theory, but like I just said. It's a THEORY and I could be dead wrong, I don't know. It's been awhile since I've looked into it much.

*UPDATE

Catholics! Some of you said that you are Christians. Sorry, but if you are Catholic you are not a Christian. A Catholic, like a Jew, is not Protestant. If you don't know what that means, look it up And start paying more attention in church.

*UPDATE

If you are an atheist looking at a Christian and getting your opinion off of them, you're probably already wrong in your opinion right there. I know, wrong opinion? You're an idiot for saying that. But hear me out. There are MANY denominations in Christianity. I have been raised Pentecostal. No, not the type of Pentecostal that isn't allowed to cut their hair and can only wear skirts. We're not amish. Anyway, if you are basing your opinion off one or a handful of Christians, you are probably not getting a good judgement. I would really look into the religion and each individual doctrine before you make a final decision.

Conclusion

Yeah, that might have been a lot of information for some people. It looks as if some of you might want to learn a little bit more about your own faith before you start running off and telling people that they are wrong for not believing. You can't pass judgement when your own judgement is wrong! Bye guys! Drive safely!

First off, sorry for double posting but I kinda... Don't know how to edit in double quotes... . But you sir, just explained EXACTLY what I am thinking!!!!! I knew you were a christian, as you had mentioned it once on skype when I had you added for the Survival faction #Seekers (that was a long time ago ) but yeah. Your words are... very intimate on stuff that I had been thinking about when I had seen this thread. And about the catholic thing, it seems to me as if (no offense to any Catholics, really) but it kind of seems like they just Hail Mary and everything is alright. And, but, by reading this, I was just rethinking everything that happened at a camp I went to over the summer, which is like... the highlight of my summers, and I was like, why not quote this and be all like "You sir are awesome". So there ya go, applesauce muffins!

 

[JohnnyGoesSmash]

For a start, why do you want to know why we believe in god? Give a reasoning for that, and this is internet. We don't share out personal information like this.

 

[TheOfficialWils]

For a start, why do you want to know why we believe in god? Give a reasoning for that, and this is internet. We don't share out personal information like this.

So your not willing to share the minor information like if you believe in God but you are willing to post your photograph on the show yourself thread and you have most likely posted other things around the site aswell.
The reason he posted this was that he wanted to debate a bit and learn more about the topic in general through the medium of discussion.

 

[JohnnyGoesSmash]

So your not willing to share the minor information like if you believe in God but you are willing to post your photograph on the show yourself thread and you have most likely posted other things around the site aswell.
The reason he posted this was that he wanted to debate a bit and learn more about the topic in general through the medium of discussion.

If this thread was a debate, then don't start a debate with me about personal information. It's my decision, therefor I decide what I do and don't do. End of.

 

[Mooclan]

If this thread was a debate, then don't start a debate with me about personal information. It's my decision, therefor I decide what I do and don't do. End of.

You didn't have to get involved. You could have ignored the thread.

 

[Spike11]

I'm heartless, sorry

 

[TheOfficialWils]

If this thread was a debate, then don't start a debate with me about personal information. It's my decision, therefor I decide what I do and don't do. End of.

Just pointing out the flaw in your comment but your right it is your choice. It was just a bit pointless posting that comment wasn't it?

 

[JohnnyGoesSmash]

Just pointing out the flaw in your comment but your right it is your choice. It was just a bit pointless posting that comment wasn't it?

I have the rights to give out my own opinions. Don't start a flame with me.

 

[TheOfficialWils]

I have the rights to give out my own opinions. Don't start a flame with me.

I am talking not flaming. All you said was that you weren't going to give your opinion; the comment added nothing to the discussion.

 

[Qualia]

I have the rights to give out my own opinions. Don't start a flame with me.

Stahp m8e