I have a Faith and Associate myself with a religion

Leaving Lozzo's thread about Jesus and Easter I thought it would be equally interesting to start this thread for the purpose of discussion.

I have found more and more people seem to be scared of religion, faith etc as they don't understand it, on the surface it appears flawed and flaky, that is not my experiance when you ask questions and dig a little deeper.

anyway

I am a Christian.

I believe in Jesus, God & the Holy Spirit.

Its not straight forward, in fact its pretty damn complicated.

I am far from perfect.

My religion does not make me stupid, uneducated, naive , blind to fact, ignorant of explanation or foolish.

So ask a sensible question and I will try and answer it.

If you wish to religion bash or troll please take that elsewhere.

Thank you

[Bibio]

good on you if it brings you comfort.

Originally Posted by 454697819

My religion does not make me stupid, uneducated, naive , blind to fact, ignorant of explanation or foolish.

Of course not.
Nobody with an ounce of sense would suggest it.

Not least because that would be putting the cart before the horse.

Originally Posted by 454697819

If you wish to religion bash or troll please take that elsewhere.

I'd rather talk about bikes.

These threads never go anywhere nice and always wind up alienating sections of a forum and sowing discord.

I was brought up around Christianity. Some would say it was forced upon me as a child. I got confirmed as a teenager, but in my later teens wondered why I was spending so much time worshiping something I didn't actually believe in.

I'm now an atheist. I make my own footsteps and own guidelines/rules.

Got nothing against religion apart from I truly believe it causes more damage than good. I totally understand why people turn to religion (having spent so many years around it).

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[arc123]

what branch of christianity do you worship?

What are your thoughts on other forms of christianity?

what are your thoughts on Jehovah's Witness?

Originally Posted by arc123

what are your thoughts on Jehovah's Witness?

Hey! You leave those Jehovah's alone ... they were there for me when I had no one to talk to. They would visit every Sunday whether I asked them to or not. They were always cheery, even after I could see their ears bleeding after me asking "Why?" for the one millionth time, they never asked for a cup of tea or food and they would always send a new friend (victim) every week. Funny thing is, they just stopped turning up. i looked out for them for a while but they never knocked my door again. I thought I glimpsed someone passing my front window a few times, but it was a bit of a blur ...

[Bibio]

Originally Posted by Runako

Hey! You leave those Jehovah's alone ... they were there for me when I had no one to talk to. They would visit every Sunday whether I asked them to or not. They were always cheery, even after I could see their ears bleeding after me asking "Why?" for the one millionth time, they never asked for a cup of tea or food and they would always send a new friend (victim) every week. Funny thing is, they just stopped turning up. i looked out for them for a while but they never knocked my door again. I thought I glimpsed someone passing my front window a few times, but it was a bit of a blur ...

hhhahahaaaaaahahahahahaaaaaaaa. thanks m8 that cheered me right up

Numbers, what in your view is a sensible question about religion/Christianity. A lot of the questions I keep coming up with in my mind are a little unfair as they are more directed and the proponents of religion or somewhat simplistic. For example, How can God exist if there is so much suffering in the world, like the catholic priests who are unaware of the innocence of childhood?

[Bibio]

suffering is man's doing for his sins and not god's will.

Originally Posted by ClunkintheUK

Numbers, what in your view is a sensible question about religion/Christianity. A lot of the questions I keep coming up with in my mind are a little unfair as they are more directed and the proponents of religion or somewhat simplistic. For example, How can God exist if there is so much suffering in the world, like the catholic priests who are unaware of the innocence of childhood?

the biblical god is neither omnipotent nor omniscient.

With regards to the priests that's a failing of man judge them by their actions of paedophilia not their words professing to be "men of god"