Recent content by kylelevi

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As someone else stated earlier, it seems that most of the people who are disillusioned with religion grew up Catholic. There are many more "denominations" that are nothing like Catholicism. I'm glad that you aren't blaming God for what happened. The encouragement and support that you can...

For someone who doesn't put their faith in God, to hear that God wrote the Bible through men, sounds like fantasy, I understand that. There is a lot about Christianity that can only be accepted through faith. And the faith comes through seeing, and most importantly letting, God work in your life.

Great post. Out of curiosity, do you read the Bible regularly? I'm not trying to prod you into an argument...I honestly want to know. Also, what brought you to the conclusion that religion is crap? Was it a human fault, or a God thing?

No, we're not brainwashed. We just have a different set of beliefs than you. I'm not here to try to convert anyone...I just want to share my story and experiences with those of you who have commented in this thread, and any one of the thousands of people who have read this thread but haven't...

I myself would not say that a person like that is good. If a person commits those actions, then repents and truly gives it up to Jesus, then whatever that person did is between them and the Lord. If someone who says that they truly love the Lord, and then does such things, does seem very...

Being a Christian does not in any way make you a perfect, law-abiding, baby-kissing member of society. I, on a daily basis, sin. I harbor resentment towards people, I am jealous of other people's belongings or accomplishments, and I mock people. I speed, I roll through stop signs, and I tell...

Since you are inquisitive and are obviously intelligent (absolutely no sarcasm intended), please read a short book entitled "More Than a Carpenter" by Josh McDowell. He set out to scientifically disprove the Bible but ended up becoming a believer in Christ. If you are interested, pm me and I...

Word.

Lewiston, anyone?

The examples that you gave are a perfect illustration. They are Old Testament, products of the pre-Christ Jewish culture. Even in the New Testament, not everything is to be taken literally. Jesus says that if your eye causes you to sin, that you should gouge it out, for it is better to go...

There is a slight static sound in my front stage when playing sine waves or low level program material. It is not distortion per say...what it sounds like is static that is only present when there is signal going through the system. When playing a zero bits track, it is silent. I bypassed the...

That is the difference between the Old Testament and the New Testament. The Old Testament was written before Christ was born...it was written to prophesy his coming. There are so many prophesies that had to be met unconditionally that it was the only way to convince the people of that time...

Some churches are like that. There are plenty that teach expositorily....that is, straight out of the Bible, seeking to explain the text in a way that applies to us today. If you teach straight from the Bible, then there is no room for interpretation of the principles set forth by God himself...

To all of you who said you believe in God but not religion, do you believe what the Bible says? By the way, I believe in God, I know and love Jesus Christ, but I also hate the term "religion" . Religion is a set of rules and traditions that most of the time have nothing to do with what God has...