Jerry is my god.
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Jerry is my god.
In Tulsa I met a girl whose dad worked on the NIV which was new. She gave me a New Testament. I wore it out
Recently went New King James. I like it. Not a fan of the old KJ
Recently went New King James. I like it. Not a fan of the old KJ
The new KJV seems like a decent compromise from what little I have read. I just don’t like NIV.
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I believe in something but I have zero faith in any organized religion at this point in my life. As I tell Mrs Nacho when she gets cynical about all the bad things done in the name of religion, organized religion has probably far more good overall. I don’t trust it because there’s a person with an agenda between me and whatever higher power/creator/god/spirit is out there.
I think he probably existed in real life and had some good teachings.
But still your ancestors weep.
The Throbber's stance on religious beliefs is exactly the same as on the jab or abortions - you do you on whatever aligns with your personal variables. But also, I'm gonna let me be me and stay off my lawn.
You want to be a devil worshipper or a Muslim, thats fine. But it's not your job to come into my house and tell me how to live and why my flavor of spirituality doesn't match your definition.
My spirit, my choice.
Had an extreme Bible thumper evangelical try to tell me why his path to salvation was superior to mine and that I needed to improve my walk a few weeks back
I told him me and the real Big Guy talked and that the Bible thumper should fuck off.
You want to be a devil worshipper or a Muslim, thats fine. But it's not your job to come into my house and tell me how to live and why my flavor of spirituality doesn't match your definition.
My spirit, my choice.
Had an extreme Bible thumper evangelical try to tell me why his path to salvation was superior to mine and that I needed to improve my walk a few weeks back
I told him me and the real Big Guy talked and that the Bible thumper should fuck off.
Why? Koreans are mostly either Budah Baker or Christian.
My Korean phase begot my Indian phase, which begot my French phase...
I’m polite whenever the doorbellers for Jesus come by handing tickets out for God. The Mormon kids get excited when I tell them I’m from Desert ( @89ute ) . But then they get the sads when I abruptly say I’m a devout atheist.
7th Day Adventists are usually shocked as they aren’t used to that rebuttal. Usually they just get a no thanks as opposed to “there is no god”.
The one type of organized religion that was helpful to me was a pastor speaking to a small group and interacting with questions and conversation.
I could also go with Agnostic, I guess, I mean there is no evidence of a theoretical thing NOT being true...
I appreciate religion. It's interwoven with human history and is the driver of many of the societal norms we accept today. Humans needed something to explain events they could not explain: death, illness, weather, natural disasters. What are those lights in the sky? What's this sun and moon thing? How to explain? God did it! Of course it became abused to benefit certain people. If you don't show up at church and give me 10% of your money you're gonna end up in hell has been a very effective sales pitch.
However, we know shit now, have the ability to communicate globally and share information, have a scientific process and can explain things which were previously unexplainable. Except for death. So it continues to give us something to look forward to after we die. Pick your flavor of ice cream on what you have to do to enjoy whatever awaits in the great beyond.
I was raised a Christian Scientist, married a Catholic, been to Methodist and Lutheran church (other relatives), have a former mormon brother in law, visited mosques in Egypt, been to mass at JP2's church in Krakow, work with plenty of Hindus & Muslims and know plenty of MadSon's chosen ones. It's cool, y'all do you, until you cross the line to evil.
I just don't think any of them are right. The images and data being retrieved by the Webb Telescope has reinforced this with me even more. There is no possible way to contextualize how large and old the universe is. The number of events that have occurred in the universe is beyond our ability to comprehend. And when there are that many events, galaxies forming and dying, matter smashing into other matter, at some point you get the combination of the right shit smashing together and forming our galaxy to get what we have on this planet.
We're just atoms. It's not that fucking complicated.
I appreciate religion. It's interwoven with human history and is the driver of many of the societal norms we accept today. Humans needed something to explain events they could not explain: death, illness, weather, natural disasters. What are those lights in the sky? What's this sun and moon thing? How to explain? God did it! Of course it became abused to benefit certain people. If you don't show up at church and give me 10% of your money you're gonna end up in hell has been a very effective sales pitch.
However, we know shit now, have the ability to communicate globally and share information, have a scientific process and can explain things which were previously unexplainable. Except for death. So it continues to give us something to look forward to after we die. Pick your flavor of ice cream on what you have to do to enjoy whatever awaits in the great beyond.
I was raised a Christian Scientist, married a Catholic, been to Methodist and Lutheran church (other relatives), have a former mormon brother in law, visited mosques in Egypt, been to mass at JP2's church in Krakow, work with plenty of Hindus & Muslims and know plenty of MadSon's chosen ones. It's cool, y'all do you, until you cross the line to evil.
I just don't think any of them are right. The images and data being retrieved by the Webb Telescope has reinforced this with me even more. There is no possible way to contextualize how large and old the universe is. The number of events that have occurred in the universe is beyond our ability to comprehend. And when there are that many events, galaxies forming and dying, matter smashing into other matter, at some point you get the combination of the right shit smashing together and forming our galaxy to get what we have on this planet.
We're just atoms. It's not that fucking complicated.
It's extraordinarily complicated, regardless of belief.
Superior row peter puffer logic.
I concur.
I suspect more than a few of us tall Vikings oarsmen never truly accepted the Christian God. And Thor is just for comic book movies.
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Left off a pole option:
MikeDamone
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You left of those who claim to be atheist but have the government as their lord and savior and are more fanatical about it than any religion or cult.
That said, I find militant atheists (which are most of them) way more annoying than evangelicals
That said, I find militant atheists (which are most of them) way more annoying than evangelicals
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What does this thread have to do with politics? You either believe in God or you don’t.
MikeDamone
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Nothing. Just missing a pole option that applies to a large part of the population. I’m just trying to be inclusive of ALL religions.
MikeDamone
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Some say it takes more faith not to believe than to believe.