Christians

[Stedric]

I'm an agnostic, and I think quibbling over religion is a really stupid thing to do.

[Gumby]

this was the coolest teacher i've had... he use to tell us about his telescope in chile and different part of the world and he'd talk about smoking alot... so I knew he just got really baked and look at the sky all night long. A dream job of mine. I don't think it'll be a book writing find, but it's a big one... he kinda let it slip one day and told us jokingly not to tell anyone. But I'm thinking it's been a year or so.


and stedric, the only thing worse about quibbling about religion is quibbling about quibbling over religion, so go post on a different thread if you don't want to talk about it ok

[amsterdam]

that wii be a book deal for sure.

[Gumby]

from what i can remember him saying... and i went high to that class all the time, was that it wasn't anything special in the sky but it was that way because it was so far away. It looked like an average star but when they tried to look at it specifically they realized that it was much further away but still as bright and big. But imagine if you were the guy who found the biggest thing ever, that's gotta just be cool in itself. I hope that he does get a book though, great guy

[amsterdam]

very cool!i

[sawleaf]

I am a Christian, but to me religion is a very personal thing. You are wasting your time if you think you can preach to others and they will understand your views automatically. This site is full of thousands of different people with many different view points, and you can't expect everyone to agree with your views. Just live your life for the Lord and don't push your views on anyone else. Everyone has different views and I respect and accept others for who they are. I personally don't take the Bible literally. To me, it is not so much a history book, as it is a guide book. Yes you are right, there are a lot of people who stereotype Christians and really know nothing about Christianity, but can you blame them for their ignorance? There so many different types of Christians out there and most people form stereotypes based on bad experiences. People get the wrong idea about Christianity, because it is warped now. Organized religion is what causes people to stray from the true meaning of it. Wheather it be Islam, Christianity, Buddhism, etc. No religion starts out bad. It is man who corrupts it, yet we always like to blame the religion.

[Gumby]

sawleaf you're the first and best christian i've met who has faith.... I admire you. I was a christian, but then stopped believing when i started questioning, but the fact that you believe that and are a christian is a great thing. I wish christianity was what you think it is... this world would be a better place.

would i be a hyprocryte if I said that you should go around and preach what you believe and orginize a church around it... j/j

[sawleaf]

sawleaf you're the first and best christian i've met who has faith.... I admire you. I was a christian, but then stopped believing when i started questioning, but the fact that you believe that and are a christian is a great thing. I wish christianity was what you think it is... this world would be a better place.

would i be a hyprocryte if I said that you should go around and preach what you believe and orginize a church around it... j/j

Wow thanks! I'm not the preaching type, so I'll pass on that. It's good to question things though. That's how you learn and form your own personal opinion on things. It's the acceptance without questioning that has caused organized religion to become corrupted.

[mrdevious]

. I wish christianity was what you think it is... this world would be a better place.
j/j

Well, christianity, islam, buddhism, Taoism, judaiism (sp?) and many others are wonderfull things, but so long as the world is full of people who are ignorant, judgmental, and closed-minded, these faiths will never reach their full potential. This is why buddha was so adament about freeing yourself of ignorance and greed, they're two of the main causes of religions being bastardized.

EDIT: ah, and thankyou sawleaf, that's what I was trying to get with buddha's view on ignorance, is that he discouraged blind faith in place of logical thinking.

[sharpezor]

well put sawleaf!