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Qs about being religious thread

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In real life lately, I have had a lot of good questions from non-Christians (Muslim, Jew, Hindu, etc) about being Christian and our beliefs. If anyone has questions, feel free to ask them here. I am open to respectful discussions on this matter here or in PM. I am a Christian, but I have soul searched on this topic a lot over the years..

Awnyy
almost 8 years

mt01 says

It may take years to find out why it happens, but it happens for a reason. God is always in control.


Does that means that im not responsible of my actions? By your words, i am not in control.

Also the really pseudo intellectual saying "everything happens for a reason" is one of the worst mindset you can have regard your life and basically it means yolo but said in a tumblr way
KinkajusRevenge
almost 8 years

Awnyy says


KinkajusRevenge says


mt01 says


JohnnyBravo says

If God controls everything why do kids get bone cancer? What purpose does that have? Your God seems like a bit of a ...


we get bone cancer to go live with him? I actually had some health issues like 1.5 years ago, and this might have saved my life having what happened. I believe that God really worked in my life there because of this.

Bad things happen to all of us. It may take years to find out why it happens, but it happens for a reason. God is always in control. At some point, I will probably get cancer and die. It will be sad to leave family and friends then, but I will see them again in heaven and I will get to go to a great place to live with God


I think bad things happen due to the choices that people make. Sometimes our bad choices effect ourselves, and sometimes they effect others. There are many variables which lead to someone getting cancer. Things like health, environment, radiation exposure, chemical exposure, genetics, etc.

God is in control of things, but he also lets us make our own choices. When we choose poorly, happens.

God understands more variables than we do. He can cause things to happen that make us be in a certain place at a certain time which will present us with choices to make.


So god has power over the environment but i can make my choices freely, correct? Do you think it would be wrong to say that your environment influence your choices; so is god deciding which choices i will make anyway considering i will be more inclined to make certain choices depending of the circumstances and setting he put me in?


He can make a choice really easy. Or he can make a choice really hard. But it's still a choice.

It's like, if someone gave you the choice between dying and eating a donut, which one would you choose?
Awnyy
almost 8 years

GentIeman says

I don't think you can identify as anything without it being based off a cultural construct in a post Marxist world.


Well yeah maybe my question wasnt great
Awnyy
almost 8 years

KinkajusRevenge says


mt01 says


JohnnyBravo says

If God controls everything why do kids get bone cancer? What purpose does that have? Your God seems like a bit of a ...


we get bone cancer to go live with him? I actually had some health issues like 1.5 years ago, and this might have saved my life having what happened. I believe that God really worked in my life there because of this.

Bad things happen to all of us. It may take years to find out why it happens, but it happens for a reason. God is always in control. At some point, I will probably get cancer and die. It will be sad to leave family and friends then, but I will see them again in heaven and I will get to go to a great place to live with God


I think bad things happen due to the choices that people make. Sometimes our bad choices effect ourselves, and sometimes they effect others. There are many variables which lead to someone getting cancer. Things like health, environment, radiation exposure, chemical exposure, genetics, etc.

God is in control of things, but he also lets us make our own choices. When we choose poorly, happens.

God understands more variables than we do. He can cause things to happen that make us be in a certain place at a certain time which will present us with choices to make.


So god has power over the environment but i can make my choices freely, correct? Do you think it would be wrong to say that your environment influence your choices; so is god deciding which choices i will make anyway considering i will be more inclined to make certain choices depending of the circumstances and setting he put me in?
GentIeman
almost 8 years
I don't think you can identify as anything without it being based off a cultural construct in a post Marxist world.
Awnyy
almost 8 years

mt01 says


kev says

Do you see your faith as sort of your identity or just one small piece of it? How do you feel about people seeing you as being just a Christian as opposed to, for example being mt01, who likes epicmafia sports pizza and also happens to be a Christian?


I struggled a lot with faith over the years, and my thoughts on this have changed a lot through this. My end realization was that God has controlled every single thing that has happened in my life both good and bad and he has done this for his purpose, whatever that may be. Its amazing when you see what he did and finally realize why something happened.

To answer your question, being Christian is my identity. God has done so much for me and shaped me into what I am, or my whole identity. Yeah I have other interests and passions too. Who knows why I do things like play EM, but God probably has a reason for this too.


How do you feel identifying yourself by a cultural construct?
illuminati
almost 8 years

somethingwhatever says

im still waiting on the atheist suicide bomber


Euh, perhaps you'd like to speak to the Tamil Tigers.
groundhogday
almost 8 years
Looking at somethingwhatever say things is like looking through a time warp to thirteen year old me and I hate it
GentIeman
almost 8 years
I'm not even religious, but I don't understand atheist loathing for faith.
groundhogday
almost 8 years
Both my grandpas are doing ok
KinkajusRevenge
almost 8 years

johnreid says

Under your beliefs , if someone does not have faith or belief in your God will they not go to heaven?




That is the majority view held by Christians. Some are agnostic about this question.
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What did he die of
groundhogday
almost 8 years
My grandpa didn't actually die from gamma radiation
groundhogday
almost 8 years

fairyprincess69 says


groundhogday says

did they end up letting you play on mafia scum fairyprincess69?


yes, thank god. they're awfully strict on there. feels like i have to watch every single damn thing i say in case i trigger any sensibilities.


stay safe fagfoot
groundhogday
almost 8 years

numb says


groundhogday says


numb says


groundhogday says

i'm sorry, i don't mean to be insulting. i'm not saying you're a bad person. i'm sure you're not. i just think that the way people tend to advocate against religion is very underhanded


im not offended im just saying you're being hypocritical.


i don't see how


please reread.


done
numb
almost 8 years
has anyone here seen the Ask A Mortician youtube channel? it's great
johnreid
almost 8 years
Under your beliefs , if someone does not have faith or belief in your God will they not go to heaven?
numb
almost 8 years

elephantasm says


numb says

please reread.


i stopped following at this point but i think you are probably being trolled in case you don't already know that


im home sick on summer vacation, either way it's something to do
deletedalmost 8 years

groundhogday says

did they end up letting you play on mafia scum fairyprincess69?


yes, thank god. they're awfully strict on there. feels like i have to watch every single damn thing i say in case i trigger any sensibilities.
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numb says

please reread.


i stopped following at this point but i think you are probably being trolled in case you don't already know that
deletedalmost 8 years

somethingwhatever says


fairyprincess69 says


somethingwhatever says

i trust things i cant understand, true, but i dont have complete faith on them and dedicate my life to them


atheism is just the other side of the coin. while it's true you don't "dedicate" yourself to it because it's not a belief system but rather a rejection of one, you still live without true morality [in God's opinion] because you trust there is no deity. I have faith that there is one.


this makes no sense, why would i care if i dont live according to gods true morality since i dont belive in him?


my point is that you are hypocritical because you do make judgments based on faith. you choose to have faith based on science - which we know is not infallible, being that the meta changes every so often [notable examples being flat earth, evolution, 4 humours] but you still indulge in sin and other profane things regardless.

God is what seems to be the most valid source of the creation of the universe. I have faith in that. You have faith in the opposite, but its the same coin.
numb
almost 8 years

groundhogday says


numb says


groundhogday says

i'm sorry, i don't mean to be insulting. i'm not saying you're a bad person. i'm sure you're not. i just think that the way people tend to advocate against religion is very underhanded


im not offended im just saying you're being hypocritical.


i don't see how


please reread.
somethingwhatever
almost 8 years
THE HOLY SPIRIT WORKED THROUGH MT01 TO BRING US THIS THREAD!!!
somethingwhatever
almost 8 years
god made mt01 made this thread how can it be a mistake @Miguel?
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This thread was a mistake.