Who has lost faith in religion?

[diminishedpower 10+ year member]

I concure. ^^^ I have been struggling over it the past couple of years and finally decided i couldn't belive blindly. And have even let it out to my best friends who one is full fledged christian. Personal choice.

 

[Gauntlet 5,000+ posts]

"So....what's it like in Heaven?"

"Oh...it's not bad......there's a shortage of chairs."

 

[Diplexers 10+ year member]

My problem is I am too scientific. I have too many theories about the evolution of living organisms in the universe to believe there is a higher puppet pulling strings on the universe to make it do his(or hers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif ) dance. Sorry, I was raised christian, but its just the way my brain works.

 

[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

I have too many theories about the evolution of living organisms in the universe...

"God does not play dice." - Einstein, to Bohr

 

[flakko 5,000+ posts]

Ha in a sense. But my mom is very religous, and I kind of grew up with the idea that God was nice to good people, and forgiving, and wouldnt do anything bad.

yea thats the problem with the modern church nowadays, the pastors give a watered down message saying, "if you become a christian everything will be hunky-dory and you wont have a worry in your life" in fact the bible says otherwise. Dangit i wish i knew the exact verses, but the bible says a christians life wont happy happy joy joy. They will encounter hardships, maybe even moreso than a nonbeliever. However, along with hardships comes time for healing and learning.

here leme quote a book i have here called "the case for faith",

"Yes i believe all suffering contains at least the opportunity good...but not everyone actualizes the potential. Not all of us learn and benefit from suffering; thats where free will comes in...'but just about every human being can reflect on his or her past and say,'i learned from that hardship. I didnt think i would at the time, but im a bigger and better person for having endured it and persevered.' Even people without religious faith are aware of that dimension of suffering. And if we can bring good out of evil without bringing God into the picture you can imagine how much more with God's help evil can work out for the greater good."

sorry its so long but i think it will be worth your read. Ive been in tonsa hard times too. These past couple months have been the toughest time of my life. I totaled my car, put my dog to sleep, lost my wallet with lotsa money, lost my glasses in the ocean (dont ask), and other things. I didnt look at these things and question God, i thought of these events as learning experiences a way for myself to mature as a human being. Just like i belive jack frost said in my car dent thread, "dents show the cars character" or something like that. same goes with human beings i believe.

and to quote limp bizkit "everything happens for a reason"

thats all i have to say before i go to bed. Anyone else feel free to add or criticize to what ive posted... gnite all

 

[m3rK201 10+ year member]

My problem is I am too scientific. I have too many theories about the evolution of living organisms in the universe to believe there is a higher puppet pulling strings on the universe to make it do his(or hers //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif ) dance. Sorry, I was raised christian, but its just the way my brain works.

Im the same way bro, buh i have feeling that mayb god doesnt like humans..Ever thought of that ??Just imagine god not likeing u..

 

[UndercoverPunk 5,000+ posts]

I don't think any of you can appreciate how hard it was for me not to start ranting. Fortunately I held back and this is all you're going to have to read from me in this thread.

 

[swaptrex 10+ year member]

i believe in God, i think that evolution theory is the worst take on life someone could have.

 

[MasterBlast 10+ year member]

I know i dont have faith for religion i dont think. also dont belive in the hole god thing im going to stick with the big bang theory of how we became to be

 

[tRiGgEr 5,000+ posts]

I don't get it. some one dies so there is no god?

Was that the whole basis of your decession. If it was you never belived in the first place...

 

[ighettoboyi 10+ year member]

^^ word. and the bible clearly says it's in times like this that your true faith really shows. good things don't happen to good people and bad things don't happen to bad people like everyone wants you to believe. personally i'd look at it as a tragic test, tragic, but a test nonetheless. best wishes. i for one believe everything happens for a reason

 

[squeak9798 5,000+ posts]

I find it funny that people who believe in God find evolution too far fetched.....yet it makes total sense for them to believe in a theoretical and ideological figure, and to believe that this figure made everything in the universe //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/waycrazy.gif.f4a380c3f94043939fd369defd9e6be2.gif

Aethiest here. Raised christian, lost faith moons ago, and haven't looked back.

 

[Heresy 10+ year member]

Religion was never a huge part of my life. I have been mostly athiest or agnostic most of my life but recently have explored more polytheistic beliefs which seem to fit better than the monothesitic modern religions. It also helps that I am in a relationship with a soon to be priestess in the pagan church. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/tongue.gif.6130eb82179565f6db8d26d6001dcd24.gif

 

[saywhat? 5,000+ posts]

this forum is like church now....****.....shutup already people. oh and i believe in god.

 

[swaptrex 10+ year member]

I find it funny that people who believe in God find evolution too far fetched.....yet it makes total sense for them to believe in a theoretical and ideological figure, and to believe that this figure made everything in the universe //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/waycrazy.gif.f4a380c3f94043939fd369defd9e6be2.gifAethiest here. Raised christian, lost faith moons ago, and haven't looked back.

i also find it funny that people who believe in the evolution theory are convinced that the world resulted as a big bang. everything living requires a creator, whether it be plants, animals, or human beings. hope aethiesm is going great! //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif