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@Ember: oops forgot to quote your post sorry
idk i might try that but like i've prayed before and it never really helped? idk maybe i will though

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Originally Posted by JoMarch (Post 547018)

heyyy i usually don't want to get into religious conversations
but in my opinion the bible was written to be pretty poetic
not everything in there is solid hard fact. plus, ppl change their minds about facts as years go on. like ppl used the think the world was flat and the earth was the center of the universe and stuff (i'm bad at making my point but anyway)

like the bible says things about homosexuality being wrong and slavery being acceptable
i don't believe that. i think ppl back when they wrote the bible needed something to believe and a way to get people to follow laws and stuff or something. or that just as time went on people realized that they were wrong before but by then they were like "no we can't change the bible it's holy"

i mean i still believe in the bible but not 100% i think it's more stories and poetic liberty

what i do believe in is a god who listens and loves everyone
again this is all my opinion and stuff
i think that like god loves everyone and he's not going to send you to hell
i think you go to hell if you don't believe in love
not necessarily that you don't believe in god bc he knows that there are a lot of religions and when you get up there you are going to see the god that you believe in from your religion not somebody else's god
or that's what i think
anyway so i think the people that go to hell are the ones who don't believe in love or have done something awful (i.e. murdering someone innocent) and not repented and been truly remorseful
god doesn't just go "you sinned? you don't believe in me? go to hell" i think

also about him letting ppl do terrible things
i think that he gave ppl free will and was like "ok im giving you the choice you can do whatever you want but remember to believe in love and i'll always be here if you need me"
so then when terrible things like murder and terrorist attacks happen
god isn't not being there or letting that happen
those ppl made their choice they chose not to believe in love and hurt others

also if a natural disaster happens i think thats just science and the world not god punishing ppl also natural disasters sometimes help to remind ppl to love each other and help each other and stay human (not that i'm saying they are good just that you can find the good in a bad situation)

idk if you're following me or not

yeah so that's basically what i believe and imo you don't have to believe in the bible to believe in god esp one that loves everyone no matter what
so yeah

sorry about that if anyone is bothered by my views my apologies that's just how i feel
once again i don't usually talk about religion but felt like i should contribute but idk if it was better that i shouldn't have sorry

okay good luck issac i hope everything works out

edit: religious ppl please don't be offended by my lack of capitalization (and grammar people) idk why i just don't capitalize things usually if its important to you that i capitalize words peratining to god (God) i will go back and do so

ya tbh i think that's what i'd believe in, if anything Christianity-wise

yoU MISSPELT MY NAME THO OMG not actually a big deal at all haha just everyone does omg

thank you c:

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Originally Posted by L.S.Trendom (Post 547020)

@Ember: oops forgot to quote your post sorry
idk i might try that but like i've prayed before and it never really helped? idk maybe i will though

ya tbh i think that's what i'd believe in, if anything Christianity-wise

yoU MISSPELT MY NAME THO OMG not actually a big deal at all haha just everyone does omg

thank you c:

okay cool

rEALLY I DID
oh ok isaac sorry i'm so bad at spelling but i'll try to remember that for future
sorrryyyyyyyy! even if you think it's not a big deal aha sorry

no problem c:

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Originally Posted by JoMarch (Post 547018)

omg thank you I agree so much

Eh my parents are ticking me off because they say I can't cut my hair

And I want a pixie cut

And blegh evidently getting just a freaking haircut is going to make me lose all of my feminity and I can't ever get married or have children (which I'm not planning on anyway).

So I'm being rebellious and using hairgel and bobby pins to get my hair into the most rebelliously masculine hairdo possible and now I look like wally cleaver

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4QxhL08vzc...0/Tony+Dow.jpg

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Originally Posted by JoMarch (Post 547018)

i agree with basically everything you said.

i have been raised protestant and i agree with stuff from the bible but the thing is there are certain controversial topics from the bible (like homosexuality) that my parents have mixed feelings/strong feelings about that i disagree with but i kind of don't want to be open about.

i have not really disagreed with my parents on much because i want to believe that they're right, and i love my parents.

what i've deduced from that is if i was born into a family of a different religion, i probably would have just gone along with it and wouldn't have second thoughts. so that makes me question whether i really believe in the bible.

another thing that has made me wonder about what i believe/don't believe in related to the bible is the fact that i feel like the main reason why i believe in it is because i'm fkin scared of the idea of going to hell. and then it makes me think that maybe i'm being selfish and i only believe in christianity bc i don't want to go to hell and that it's better to just be a christian/have a religion than thinking there's no such thing as God and being wrong and going to hell.

i don't even know what i'm saying anymore but yeah those are kind of my thoughts and where i'm at religion-wise.

I'm alone.
It hurts, but I live...

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Originally Posted by mysterygirl (Post 547060)

I'm alone.
It hurts, but I live...

same
(*splits cookie and gives half to you*)
feel free to shoot me an email if you ever want to talk okay

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Originally Posted by L.S.Trendom (Post 547015)

it's okay ^-^

okay first of all i'll have to research it more first 'cause like… nah I'm not just gonna change my world view based on one v biased source.
And like… still. Even if like every single detail is right and such, there are still explanations other than God. *shrugs* (which probably sounds like… idk stubborn? But like from my point of view, even just them getting really lucky seems more plausible than everything in the Bible being true.)

idk *shrugs* Just like… grah I can't see myself believing in that. A loving God, maybe, but not the Bible and everything in it.

I feel… I dunno. Right now, I guess I sorta maybe believe in like… there was like a Consciousness that created the universe, leading to the Big Bang and such, and like… that's the reason we're conscious, like various tentacles protruding from that Consciousness giving us like emotions and shit?? idk.
but like Biblical God? idk like… it seems so unbelievable. And like—and I know this isn't what you believe, but a lot of Christians do—if He sends people to Hell? Fuck him, honestly. And maybe just like fuck him in general for letting bad shit happen to everyone.
(wow that was probably really offensive i apologise)
and tbh i feel like most people don't believe in God bc of those listed reasons, but because they were raised to believe?

ahhh today I am feeling… just-woke-up-y. Work still sucks lol and I am possibly getting a third job. Sam… ahh we are just friends now *shrugs*
how are you? ^.^

but like shouldn't they be not terrifying??
mreh like… it's not so much I'm scared it'll hurt too much to live through. But more like what's the point of living through anything if I end up alone?
*hugs* thank you. okay

Certainly not everything in the bible is true. It's more like situations that are created to teach a lesson, as people have previously said. That can be misleading to a lot of people, but those lessons are actually really helpful.
I'm obviously biased because I'm a Christian, but even I believe that it's incredibly....unbelievable. Sometimes I find myself doubting. But then I realize that both views are unbelievable. For example, having a figure such as God create the universe is just as unbelievable as having everything come from nothing, aka the big bang. It's hard to believe that all of this that we live in came from something the size of a pinprick and that everything came together so perfectly to create life. And where'd the pinprick even come from? Both sides and both beliefs are incredibly unbelievable and at a level, even atheists have their own beliefs. Both religious people and atheists have to believe in either side, so I guess you could call atheists religious....I dunno where I'm going with that thought. Sorry. Way off track XD So yes, what I'm trying to say is they are both unbelievable and that it's totally understandable that you're having trouble deciding.
Personally, as for the hell thing, I believe it's just people who have done something utterly horrible, such as murder. But I also believe he's very forgiving. That's why I also believe in purgatory. I don't know if you know about that, not everyone believes in it, but it's where you can go and basically do time for your sins.
And I completely agree with JoMarch on the whole 'free will' thing about God letting bad things happen to people. For example, if you were the one committing the crime, you can't just blame God because you committed the act.
There are some things in religion that can be kind of iffy where you have to choose what you believe, such as with homosexuality. I dunno why I added that I just felt like it.
Sorry if it sounds like I'm pushing my beliefs on you, that's really not what I'm trying to do. I guess I'm just giving you a side of the story :\ I don't really know if it will help but I hope it does.
Just give yourself time to think things through, after all, you have your entire life to decide. I really hope you find what you want to find though and I want to wish you luck with your decision c:

What pisses me off is that I only feel lonely when I'm around people.
Otherwise I feel fine.
But when I'm talking to people... I don't know.
I wish I had a best friend. Someone who trusted me and I trusted and just clicked. Someone who I could tell secrets to and rely on and who'd be there for me and who'd rely on me too.
Idek. Screw this.

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Originally Posted by saphiremoon (Post 547065)

(*gives cookie*)
I really don't have many words of comfort because I'm in the same position but from what I hear, it gets better.

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Originally Posted by saphiremoon (Post 547065)

email me if you need anything ok?