Not exact matches
Did it ever once occur to your limited mental processes that those who kill in the name
of their relgion are not following their
religion, and therefore are quite possibly not truly
followers of said
religion?
Why don't you learn what the various
religions actually teach instead
of drawing your conclusions from the misguided «professed
followers» who simply use their religious beliefs to make their actions acceptable to the dumb masses.
The second category he calls «circumstantial evidence ``, which, if he was shown any
of these, might cause him to rethink his position even if he doesn't convert: a genuinely flawless and consistent holy book; a
religion without internal disputes or factions; a
religion who's
followers have never committed or taken part in atrocities; a
religion that had a consistent record
of winning its jihads and holy wars.
That being said, I know that people will ALWAYS
do terrible things, but hopefully by getting rid
of organized
religions we would make it hard for terrible people to geta footing and develop
followers to spread the scale
of those bad things.
per vertssss; american living here in canada in niagra falls; the niagra parway is beautiful and the houses magnifigant and there is this huge huge mcmanision called precouis blood 16 plus bedrooms with own bathrooms horse farm top
of the line cars in the back very very elegant; guess who lives there priests so thanks for your donations the perverts are living well your not but they are hahahaha people are so stupid to give these freaks any money; and you are totally illiterate if you think these people have any connection to god; i would have to say that god will probly punish the phony pervs and any
followers they may have; obviously they know the
religion is phony or they wouldnt be
doing what they
do
What holds more value to you: the words
of your
religion's founder and most prominent
followers -LRB-- words that came straight from God), or laws that constantly change with times and are decided by people who don't follow your
religion?
Just because there were (likely) more «Christians» than
followers of other
religions, doesn't give them the right to display any symbol in a more prominent fashion than those
of the
religions of any other person that died in that event.
Weeellll, I wouldn't go so far as to call the Catholic church the whore and the Protestant church the false bride, but I
do see your point and agree with you that much
of institutional
religion is not at all what God intended or wanted from
followers of Jesus.
The sad thing about the Christian
religion is that it doesn't give it's
followers the blueprint or architecture
of their souls.
Conceding to believers that they can redefine the term «
religion» to encompass «atheism», or whatever other ideas they wish to encompass within the word, if that suits their purposes in trying to put anyone who doesn't believe in their god or any god into the same category as themselves, grants to them the opportunity to dismiss anyone who doesn't believe in their god as holding a religious belief no more valid then their own and to classify you as just another
follower of a «false
religion» unlike their own, which is the «true»
religion.
Phelps is himself the Anti-Christ living among us in our own time, fomenting dissent through the false use
of religion, leading his
followers to
do evil in the name
of God, as though Phelps is anointed — he is anointed all right, by the Devil himself, to
do evil in a way that only the Devil can
do so well.
Religious freaks appear in world history FIRST and are the original offenders - and in particular,
followers of religions based on the belligerent Jewish «god,» going around telling everyone to «turn or burn,» «If you don't convert we'll torture or kill you,» or you'll be an outcast, etc., etc..
Even people
of other
religions don't flinch in the slightest when I say «communion reminds me that God became human as Jesus, walked among us, and died for us on a cross» and that «we are
followers of Jesus.»
Paul's new
religion did not fit well with the Jewish beliefs held by the
followers of Jesus (led after the crucifixion by Jesus» brother James).
If you
do something stupid and reckless, and you are a mainstream
follower of a
religion, you are honorable and brave.
Not only
do you have no evidence anything you said is true, you ignore the fact that there are
followers of hundreds
of religions who are every bit as convinced what they believe is true as you are convince what you believe is true.
And when it comes down to what Jesus intended his
followers to be and
do, and what the
religions of the world
do (including the
religion of Christianity), there are a few major differences.
We live in a rare time and country where we can choose for ourselves how much or little Religion we want in our lives, but the
followers of most
religions just don't understand the word no!
We don't all understand what it means to be a
follower, and we don't all understand the wisdom
of God or
religion.
They don't have any more understanding
of God, than any
follower of any other
religion.
The truth is that St Paul has the most to
do with the diversity
of the early Christian Church (
Followers of the Way), but today
religion is used politically and otherwise to divide humans into «us» as against «them».
(Originally they
did not conceive
of themselves as starting or belonging to a new
religion, since this was not even a formal concept in their self - understanding, but as
followers of the hodos, or the «way.»)
Again, your remonstrations about «peace» just ring hollow when we look at what
followers of your
religion are instructed to
do to «infidels».
A great light
of religion shone on the minds
of the hearers
of Peter, so that they were not satisfied with a single hearing or with the unwritten teaching
of the divine proclamation, but with every kind
of exhortation besought Mark, whose Gospel is extant, seeing that he was Peter's
follower, to leave them a written statement
of the teaching given them verbally, nor
did they cease until they had persuaded him, and so became the cause
of the Scripture called the Gospel According to Mark (49).
«Cult» — The word
followers of larger, older
religions use to label beliefs or non-beliefs they
do not approve
of.
plz leave people alone im a phd
of the o'ccult i am a
follower of aleister crowley i've read the bible & the koran & i remember that ur god
of the so called bible said judge not 4 2 judge is 2 be judge leave islam alone just because
of 9/11 99 %
of americans can not get over the past most people r still carryin on over pearl harber & that was 69 yr's ago get over this ur so called christans need 2
do what ur jesus said 4give 4giveness is the way 2 hevan there r nuts in all religons but most people r in hell 4 judgeing others that ur lord - god is the 1 who judges so let him
do his job &
do what jesus said turn the other check his job is 2 lead ur life as he
did 4giveness islam is a great peaceful
religion true islam is peaceful loving & 4giveness is the greast america grow up
those without sin cast the first stone, who are any
of you to judge and condemn anyone, The One and Only true God, that is alive today having died for all sin, arose and still forgives, you
do nt need to know how God existed you only believe, why
does everything that people
do nt understand need to be explained, God will take care
of Eddie Long and our job as a true
follower and Christian
of Jesus Christ, The Christ, not a
religion but a relationship, will continue to pray for all those involved.
But if I take it to be a true representation, as the
followers of false
religions do, I will be led astray.
Is the church composed only
of those who call themselves Christians, or
followers of Jesus, and who accept a certain dogma; or
does it consist
of those who dwell in the Spirit, by whatever
religion or label they identify themselves, those who live according to the principle
of love for one's fellow man, and
of recognizing the holy spirit within each?
No group
of people has
done as much good for the planet — and yet the blind
followers of this new «no
religion except what is currently politically correct»
religion are ready to hang any Christian on the closest tree.
and about hitler, he was against a particular
religion because he believed that
religion was wrong and rallied people against the
followers of that
religion...
does nt that sound like republicans today?
2) while many uninformed pundits like Blue — again by their own choosing and lack
of initiative — get confused by the thousands
of religious faiths, understand the following: don't get bogged down by the thousands
of off - shoots,
of the three major (by
followers)
religions in the world, being Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, all three subcribe to the same core Abrahamic (Old Testament) beliefs.
instead
of blaming
religion we should stop being blind
followers and start
doing our part, namely that what God told us to
do, to read for ourselves, to question what is being taught under prayer and based on knowledge
of the Bible, knowing that If He really is God, and the Bible is His word, it can not contradict, and if it seems to
do so, then maybe i should question my understanding
of it before questioning Him!
I have also read as many
of the sacred texts
of other
religions as I can find, something a True Believer would not, as a rule,
do, since they have found the One True Religion, just as the
followers of all other
religions have.
@Joe R.... yeah... not so much... see we atheists don't believe there is no god, we know... its the
followers of said
religions that want to believe there is a god... sad really.
Do most
religions encourage their
followers to act goodly towards others, and have many
of them contributed to many charitable actions throughout history?
The
followers of those
religions believed just as strongly that their gods were real as so many Christians, Muslims, Hindus, etc.
do today.
But we'd
do well to define what «cult» actually means, both inside the Christian church - i.e., Christians use the term largely to differentiate other
religions which deviate from orthodox, historical and Biblical Christianity - and outside, where it's thrown around to describe everything from
followers of Kevin Smith films to any organization that's secretive and raises boat loads
of money.
Like many Christians and
followers of the Abrahamic «revealed»
religions, Deanna Laney falsely believed God ordered Abraham to kill his only son because he, God, wanted to know if he, Abraham, had enough faith in God to
do it.
Mark was a
follower of Christ but
did nt believe in man made
religion.
Please think about the reality
of what
religion does, keeps its
followers scared to break some rules or you will be banished to some really bad place.
why don't you start with why humans invented
religion in the first place, the origins
of the books
of the bible, the multiple «christ» (copied) stories throughout the history
of time, fossil evidence
of evolution
of man and all species, all the discrepancies in the bible, knowledge
of all the gods that humans have believed in through recorded history, the political uses
of christianity in the time
of it's origin, the fact that every other
religion has
followers who believe just as strongly in their own god / book, that fact that if you had been born in another part
of the world you would be a different
religion and going to «hell», and that a good, kind, omniscient god wouldn't allow all the suffering and evil to happen, and wouldn't need «help» as christians like to tout... and then we'll get to all these ridiculous fools.
For example, here is a sentence that describes the confusion among the
followers of Jim Jones's People's Temple: «Every one
of them was steeped in traditional
religion, and they left it because they found a group
of people that loved them, that gave them more answers, that cared for them, that generated warmth — when all they
did was sit in pews and have meaningless things told to them so they could go out and live meaningless lives.»
Though most
of these sites are not religiously involved, some people are coming up with religious sites that will help their
followers be able to date online without the exposure
of meeting people who
do not believe in their
religion.
As these
religions continue to evolve,
followers get lazy and rely on the power
of god (s), relics, rituals, writings, etc to
do the work for them.
IMO, Patra is a negative example
of a religious
follower: someone who adopts a
religion not by way
of a personal spiritual journey and genuine conviction, but for social reasons, such as to please someone (in her case, Leo), looking outside oneself to find the answers, to be led and told what to
do.
How
did this ancient
religion grow from a loose group
of individuals following an itinerant preacher into a massive movement with millions
of followers?
What
do I need to look out for so I can spot «
followers of the «green
religion».».
Likewise their student body is comprised
of followers of many different
religions (and none at all) and
does not force them to covenant to behave as good Catholics should.