My mom is trying to convert me to Christianity!

[SyR1S]

im not speaking to anyone in particular im jus speaking my mind

SyR1S Reviewed by SyR1S on 11-09-2006. My mom is trying to convert me to Christianity! She came over last night, and we dicussed what it meant to be a Christian, and how she thought I was wrong for denying Christianity. I told her that I would gladly join the flock if she, or anyone else could convince me it was the right thing to do. I'm fairly open minded, and Christianity along with a number of other spiritual schools of thought have been on my mind for ages. I have several Bibles, along with many other books on other types of spiritual beliefs. Kabbala, paganism, Rating: 5

[SyR1S]

All religion starts from the same basis, as a guide to life. From there, it gets distorted, and beliefs and teachings change. All religions stemmed from one. Even most Eastern religions accept the fact that Jesus was a real person, son of God or not.

I was talking about god


Excuse me? How has it been proven wrong? How can science prove or disprove history? If that was true, we wouldn't be wondering if Darwins Theory was true or not. What about Noah's Ark which was found on the top of the mountain and is now on public display? That proves that the Bible had merit

Dinosours have been proven to be alive, were do we get our fossil fuels from? Evolution is not a complete proof but its getting there. The bible says that man was the first thing on the planet (well somthing like that, but certaintly not dinosours)

Show me proof that God, Jesus, Heaven DON'T exist. There is no proof for either side of the argument. It comes down to faith, and what one believes.

With that reasoning, tell me The boogy man doesnt exist. You dont have proof he doesnt. Anyone can jus make somthing up and say its real

[SyR1S]

All im trying to say is people who blindly think that there christian religion is 100 percent true are ignorant. An example is, im not saying the christian religon is Not real im jus saying people shouldnt be telling everyone it is the only thing that would oblige someone to do that is if they had evidence to back it up which christian do not.

I would edit and add this in to the other post
but theres a dumb 5 minute edit rule.

[JunkYard]

I can't neglect the good stuff in the Old Book, lol! I completely understand what you're saying, and agree to a point. (I'm not Christian, btw)

They're a stubborn bunch, them Christians, and very hard to reason with. Then again, there are atheist just as narrow minded...SyR1S

Much Love,

[SyR1S]

And people that blindly believe that it's not real, and tell everyone that's it's not are also ignorant, as they have to evidence to prove it.

It goes both ways.

Im dont blindly believe its not real i hope your not talking about me because thats not it but what is this evidence they have to prove it?

[JunkYard]

yes...some of them.

[SyR1S]

and you jus proved my main point by it going both ways for athiest, what im trying to prove is all religons are ignorent in some way having only one beliefe and disbeleiving all the others.

[JunkYard]

and you jus proved my main point by it going both ways for athiest, what im trying to prove is all religons are ignorent in some way having only one beliefe and disbeleiving all the others.

ignoring the others could be viewed as ignorant, yes...I agree!

A closed mind is nothing more than a self imposed snare, imo.

Much Love,

[SyR1S]

Once a person is so set on their beliefs which make them happy, they want to spread the word, and they wont listen to people who tell them that what they believe isn't real.

It's not ignorance, it's human nature!

I think people should try to free the minds and look at the big picture, what you THINK is real isnt alwase real.

[MelT]

Quote:
I've noticed such a trend in eastern philosophy and religion. I believe this is because the western world itself has been crumbling morally; we realise this and blame the "belief system" that is most popular, but in actuallity I think it's a cultural flaw.Quote

Response: "I don't think the world is "crumbling morally". I think, on the contrary, that we've made great advances toward becoming more moral over the centuries. And this has a lot to do with rejecting ideas that have traditionally been promoted by religious institutions (especially Christian ones), such as slavery, sexism and homophobia.>>

Well said. Christianity uses the same tactic over and over, playing on people's fears that the world is getting worse and that we're all in danger,and wouldn't it be nice if we were all christians?...

There are no more wars or problems in the world (apart from global warming) than there've ever been. We're not on the rocky road to destruction, but instead realising that religion itself is the prime cause of most conflicts. We're thankfully growing out of the need for it. Does that mean that we'll all end up without morals and that the world will turn to evil? Of course not. On the whole, most of society plays the moral game much the same as it has for thousands of years with or without religion.

I'm not religious, but try to live a moral life. And yet as a non-christian I'm thought of as the enemy, a sinner, and not as worthy or good as a christian. What could be more destined to create strife and division?

If you look at this area of CC you'll notice that the same posters continually troll for debates and threads about christianity. It's the same on all other boards. We dont get any other religion selling door to door like that. And every time it's the same message - 'we are right, you are wrong and a sinner if you don't believe us.' Can religion ever be good in light of this?

Religion kills. Stop the war now.

MelT