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If you want to participate in this test, try to keep an open mind and don't automatically assume that everyone else is stupid because you believe in something. Well, you can do that but try to keep it out of the thread, it'll keep it interesting and allow for an intellectual discussion of religious idealogy as it applies to you. Take it here: http://www.zenhex.com/quiz.php?id=1257 Just so you know, this is me: New Aged/Wiccan An it harm none, do as ye will. You are a fluffy bunny. You wouldn't harm a fly. Actually, you might demonstrate to SAVE the flies! Than again, you're probably busy casing love spells, using a psychic talent, being a Vegetarian or trying to save the Rainforests. Either way, you're harmless. Combine Wicca with this and you have my religious ideals laid out perfectly. Holy Roller Jumping, dancing, praising and speaking in tongues are just some of the many things you do to honor your god. If you meet one of the un-saved, you pray for them. You are kind, caring and full of Christ's love. Perhaps a bit obsessive, but at least you're true to your faith. PRAISE THE LORD!
Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" Atheist You are Godless! You could care less about religion. As far as you're concerned, if you can't see, touch and kick something, it's not real to you. You're day-to-day activities consist of eating, working, sleeping and the occasional Internet or coffee shop debate. Lastly, if anyone chooses to preach at you otherwise, you will either leave or debate them until they finally shut up. -- Whee?
Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" Agnostic You've probably studied loads of different religions, but you're just not sure if any of it is true. Evolution makes some sense to you, but it doesn't satisfy you. Lastly, your personality is one of question, but you won't go out of your way to find -The Truth- It's more of a hobby.
All of the possible quiz results for this quiz:Fundamentalist Christian (You scored 0) Modern Satanist (You scored 1) Atheist (You scored 1) Agnostic (You scored 4) New Aged/Wiccan (You scored 2) Pagan/Occultist (You scored 2) Agnostic You've probably studied loads of different religions, but you're just not sure if any of it is true. Evolution makes some sense to you, but it doesn't satisfy you. Lastly, your personality is one of question, but you won't go out of your way to find -The Truth- It's more of a hobby.
Average Christian You're not going to become a minister anytime soon, but you do your best to live your life in a Christian way. This means that although you probably don't attend church every Sunday, you do your best to follow the Ten Commandments, help the needy and generally be an all around good person. Who needs to follow the entire bible anyways? It was written ages ago, and Christ transmuted it by giving his life.
Occult sounds so negative...
Holy Roller Jumping, dancing, praising and speaking in tongues are just some of the many things you do to honor your god. If you meet one of the un-saved, you pray for them. You are kind, caring and full of Christ's love. Perhaps a bit obsessive, but at least you're true to your faith. PRAISE THE LORD!
This quiz is better. That quiz was nothing but a bunch of convoluted answer choices barely different from each other written in a mocking tone of religion in general and Christianity, Satanism (though a sick religion, a bona fide religion nonetheless), and atheism specifically. It doesn't even incorporate a wide range of different possible religions. The grammatical errors in the answer choices only serve to make the quiz look even more ridiculous.
LOL a would think more people are today would be Agnostic then any others.
Your Results: Atheist You are Godless! You could care less about religion. As far as you're concerned, if you can't see, touch and kick something, it's not real to you. You're day-to-day activities consist of eating, working, sleeping and the occasional Internet or coffee shop debate. Lastly, if anyone chooses to preach at you otherwise, you will either leave or debate them until they finally shut up. (I got 7 for atheist, and 3 for agnostic...)
You are Godless! You could care less about religion. As far as you're concerned, if you can't see, touch and kick something, it's not real to you. You're day-to-day activities consist of eating, working, sleeping and the occasional Internet or coffee shop debate. Lastly, if anyone chooses to preach at you otherwise, you will either leave or debate them until they finally shut up. Not exactly fitting, but close. * Fundamentalist Christian (You scored 0) * Holy Roller (You scored 0) * Average Christian (You scored 0) * True Christian (You scored 0) * Modern Satanist (You scored 2) * Theistic/Traditional Satanist (You scored 0) * Luciferian (You scored 0) * Devil Worshipper (You scored 0) * Atheist (You scored 4) * Agnostic (You scored 1) * New Aged/Wiccan (You scored 0) * Pagan/Occultist (You scored 0) * Discordian (You scored 0) * Category Unknown (You scored 3)
Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" Theistic/Traditional Satanist Priding yourself on individuality and honor, you are a true servant of Satan! You retain your devotion even when people mock at your beliefs. To you, Satan is real! Not a concept as defined by the Church of Satan. I just bubbled in the funniest answers.
LOL I answered all the questions, and then got: ERROR: There is a problem with how you got here. Unfortunately this page does not know which quiz you were taking. :twisted:
I got that the first time too. Had to take it again.
Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" Atheist You are Godless! You could care less about religion. As far as you're concerned, if you can't see, touch and kick something, it's not real to you. You're day-to-day activities consist of eating, working, sleeping and the occasional Internet or coffee shop debate. Lastly, if anyone chooses to preach at you otherwise, you will either leave or debate them until they finally shut up.
Decline of religion -> decline of society -> less people in the army -> total chaos, the barbarians are here! (I refuse to take that quiz, by the way.)
Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" Atheist You are Godless! You could care less about religion. As far as you're concerned, if you can't see, touch and kick something, it's not real to you. You're day-to-day activities consist of eating, working, sleeping and the occasional Internet or coffee shop debate. Lastly, if anyone chooses to preach at you otherwise, you will either leave or debate them until they finally shut up. Well yea...there was some guy trying to convert me to Christian once, and basically I just mumbled and mumbled and mumbled until he went away.
Aprime Decline of religion -> decline of society -> less people in the army -> total chaos, the barbarians are here! (I refuse to take that quiz, by the way.) Lord of the Flies?
All of the possible quiz results for this quiz: * Fundamentalist Christian (You scored 0) * Holy Roller (You scored 0) * Average Christian (You scored 0) * True Christian (You scored 0) * Modern Satanist (You scored 0) * Theistic/Traditional Satanist (You scored 0) * Luciferian (You scored 0) * Devil Worshipper (You scored 0) * Atheist (You scored 0) * Agnostic (You scored 9) * New Aged/Wiccan (You scored 0) * Pagan/Occultist (You scored 1) * Discordian (You scored 0) * Category Unknown (You scored 0) Agnostic You've probably studied loads of different religions, but you're just not sure if any of it is true. Evolution makes some sense to you, but it doesn't satisfy you. Lastly, your personality is one of question, but you won't go out of your way to find -The Truth- It's more of a hobby. Belief-o-matic (hydra's quiz) 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) 2. Liberal Quakers (94%) 3. Secular Humanism (94%) 4. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (93%) 5. Theravada Buddhism (81%) 6. Neo-Pagan (78%) 7. Nontheist (73%) 8. Bahá'í Faith (68%) 9. New Age (67%) 10. Taoism (65%) 11. Reform Judaism (58%) 12. Mahayana Buddhism (57%) 13. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (53%) 14. New Thought (49%) 15. Orthodox Quaker (48%) 16. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (42%) 17. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (40%) 18. Scientology (39%) 19. Jainism (38%) 20. Sikhism (32%) 21. Jehovah's Witness (28%) 22. Orthodox Judaism (25%) 23. Seventh Day Adventist (25%) 24. Islam (19%) 25. Hinduism (18%) 26. Eastern Orthodox (9%) 27. Roman Catholic (9%) [/edit]
Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" Pagan/Occultist Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law. Spending your entire life searching various forms of philosophy and religion, you choose to observe everything and believe little. You're personality is one of truth seeking, nature respecting and god/goddess accepting. Lastly, you don't judge anyone, but if annoyed, you will exact some form of revenge. You don't believe in the Three-Fold Law. ^ not really me tho... Science > religion. Edit: but there are a few things that seem "magical" to me... hmm...
How did the Belief-O-Matic do? Discuss your results on our message boards. 1. Unitarian Universalism (100%) http://www.beliefnet.com/story/80/story_8041_1.html
Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" Atheist You are Godless! You could care less about religion. As far as you're concerned, if you can't see, touch and kick something, it's not real to you. You're day-to-day activities consist of eating, working, sleeping and the occasional Internet or coffee shop debate. Lastly, if anyone chooses to preach at you otherwise, you will either leave or debate them until they finally shut up. Average Christian (You scored 1) Modern Satanist (You scored 2) Atheist (You scored 7)
I took that zenhex.com quiz. Average Christian You're not going to become a minister anytime soon, but you do your best to live your life in a Christian way. This means that although you probably don't attend church every Sunday, you do your best to follow the Ten Commandments, help the needy and generally be an all around good person. Who needs to follow the entire bible anyways? It was written ages ago, and Christ transmuted it by giving his life.
hydra1945 Satanism (though a sick religion, a bona fide religion nonetheless) Clearly you don't understand true Satanism, basically it's ethos states that in order to avoid evil you can't just rely on a deity and someone dying to absolve you but instead you have to recognise evil (Satan) in order to make a consious effort to avoid it, in fact Satanism originated as a branch of Christianity.
Hehe. Funny. "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" hydra1945 The grammatical errors in the answer choices only serve to make the quiz look even more ridiculous. It is supposed to be ridiculous/funny. :rolleyes:
Phoenix - Aeon hydra1945 Satanism (though a sick religion, a bona fide religion nonetheless) Clearly you don't understand true Satanism, basically it's ethos states that in order to avoid evil you can't just rely on a deity and someone dying to absolve you but instead you have to recognise evil (Satan) in order to make a consious effort to avoid it, in fact Satanism originated as a branch of Christianity. I'll like to add to this... As you might have noticed on the quiz, there are two times of Satanism...the Traditional Satanism and the Modern Satanism. Traditional Satanism is what most of us think of when we hear the word Satanism, with rituals and stuff. I don't know too many details, as it is not my concern nor my business. Modern Satanism simply means to put oneself above god. To believe that I am greater than god would make me a Modern Satanism. With that being said, I am a Athiest, thank you very much. I do not believe in the existance of god and therefore I am not above something that does not exist.
Even if you don't believe in God, you should still capitalize his name in reference to him.
Average Christian You're not going to become a minister anytime soon, but you do your best to live your life in a Christian way. This means that although you probably don't attend church every Sunday, you do your best to follow the Ten Commandments, help the needy and generally be an all around good person. Who needs to follow the entire bible anyways? It was written ages ago, and Christ transmuted it by giving his life. Its very accurate for me =), although a few of the questions didnt have the choices I would have put.
Aircraftkiller Even if you don't believe in God, you should still capitalize his name in reference to him. Even if you don't believe your name is 3 words, you should still capitalize all three in reference to yourself.
Sort of an inside joke from mIRC, I guess...
Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" True Christian You are humble, gracious, kind and extremely Christ-like. You believe in the bible as your law, but read it in its original language. Perhaps you're not a scholar, but you're not an armature either. You normally don't feel church is acceptable for your form of worship, and if anyone believes different from you, you might try to learn something from them.
Just as I suspected Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" Average Christian You're not going to become a minister anytime soon, but you do your best to live your life in a Christian way. This means that although you probably don't attend church every Sunday(WRONG I go every Sunday.), you do your best to follow the Ten Commandments, help the needy and generally be an all around good person. Who needs to follow the entire bible anyways? It was written ages ago, and Christ transmuted it by giving his life. BTW: Jake you must have lied through your teeth on that test LOL.
I wouldn't comment on that, to be honest.
There are consequences for your actions. If not brought by yourself, by the others who dwell around you. It is human nature to be both good and evil.
From the atheist point of view, though, the ultimate consequence is all the same: death. What the hell is the point of living if you're only going to die in the end?
hydra1945 From the atheist point of view, though, the ultimate consequence is all the same: death. What the hell is the point of living if you're only going to die in the end? The enjoyable times in life.
The point of life? Naturally, life is meant to continue life-- to evolve and reproduce. To pass on what we've learned to the new generation. After this comes death, the inevitable end.
Scamp The enjoyable times in life. ...which are all still meaningless since they will die in the end, too. Quote: Naturally, life is meant to continue life-- to evolve and reproduce. To pass on what we've learned to the new generation. After this comes death, the inevitable end. Continue life--for what purpose?
So? Why not enjoy them why you can? Live in the moment.
*See signature* Now try to explain me how is that enjoyable.
To each his own?
Why should you care if I was to kill you right now, Scamp?
It would end his life... and he's busy living...
Why should I care? It was meaningless to begin with.
What should make you think there is anything more to life? The fact that you can think up some theories? The promises made by some age-old book? The religion fed to you from birth?
What have you got to lose? I'd rather live my life believing in something rather than nothing. What if the Christians are right, and there really is a Heaven and a Hell, and Jesus really was the Son of God and died for all the reasons he said he did? I'd say you're pretty much screwed when you get to the gates of Heaven and God says "I made you, yet you didn't believe in me, and now you want into paradise? I'm sorry, but go to Hell (literally)."
True, that would be the more logical path... but I just cannot draw myself to believe in something i dont believe in. I can't force myself to be a christian. And why not be buddhist or islamic?
Aircraftkiller Even if you don't believe in God, you should still capitalize his name in reference to him. Why?
hydra1945 What have you got to lose? I'd rather live my life believing in something rather than nothing. What if the Christians are right, and there really is a Heaven and a Hell, and Jesus really was the Son of God and died for all the reasons he said he did? I'd say you're pretty much screwed when you get to the gates of Heaven and God says "I made you, yet you didn't believe in me, and now you want into paradise? I'm sorry, but go to Hell (literally)." I bet god greets you at heaven with a guitar. Then he would play a really awesome solo, and I'll tell him to teach me to play it. The solo would even make Steve Vai drool.
More like God starts beating you on the head with his guitar for not believing in Him.
Then I would ask Satan to teach me some black metal. :twisted: But oh wait, I don't believe in him either, so he'll beat me over the head too.
sniper12345 Aircraftkiller Even if you don't believe in God, you should still capitalize his name in reference to him. Why? Because he is a higher religious being. Just like you would capitalize Allah if you were refering to the Musilum religion. Quote: And why not be buddhist or islamic? Because religion isn't a "believe what you feel like this week" thing. You can't go around saying stuff like "Allah, it's been real cool hanging with you and all, but I just got done talking to Buddah and he seems like a real nice guy. I'm gonna go hang with him for a bit". Or, "Sorry Buddah, but I gotta let ya go. Jesus is my homeboy now". You wouldn't have your priorities set straight. It's a "What you believe is right" thing. Just as Christians, Musilums, and Buddists believe that their religion is the right one. But then again, considering your test results, you really wouldn't care about that since you really don't seem to care much about religion anyway.
All of the possible quiz results for this quiz: Fundamentalist Christian (You scored 1) Holy Roller (You scored 1) Average Christian (You scored 2) True Christian (You scored 5) Pagan/Occultist (You scored 1) Second Test: 1. Mainline to Conservative Christian/Protestant (100%) 2. Seventh Day Adventist (88%) 3. Eastern Orthodox (87%) 4. Roman Catholic (87%) 5. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (Mormons) (86%) 6. Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants (83%) 7. Jehovah's Witness (82%) 8. Orthodox Quaker (81%) 9. Bahá'í Faith (75%) 10. Orthodox Judaism (73%) 11. Sikhism (63%) 12. Islam (60%) 13. Liberal Quakers (57%) 14. Reform Judaism (43%) 15. Christian Science (Church of Christ, Scientist) (41%) 16. Hinduism (39%) 17. Unitarian Universalism (39%) 18. Jainism (25%) 19. Nontheist (25%) 20. New Thought (20%) 21. Mahayana Buddhism (19%) 22. Theravada Buddhism (19%) 23. Neo-Pagan (19%) 24. Secular Humanism (15%) 25. New Age (14%) 26. Taoism (14%) 27. Scientology (9%) I answered the questions as honestly as I could...
I remember one time in gym, we were standing in a circle discussing religion. This one kid said he was an atheist. Another in the group pointed at him and was like "SATANIST!", as a joke. The first kids like, "What are you talking about? Satan doesn't exist." The second kid was like, "Ya but... uh...". It was quite humerous. People who just don't even understand stuff. Nonetheless I'm surprised how many people on here are atheist. Do you guys truly beleive in disbeleif, or do you just do it to be "cool"? It irks me that I know so many atheists who just think beleiving in a god is un cool. So they go around proclaiming their an atheist.
hydra1945 What have you got to lose? I'd rather live my life believing in something rather than nothing. What if the Christians are right, and there really is a Heaven and a Hell, and Jesus really was the Son of God and died for all the reasons he said he did? I'd say you're pretty much screwed when you get to the gates of Heaven and God says "I made you, yet you didn't believe in me, and now you want into paradise? I'm sorry, but go to Hell (literally)." Exactly. PERHAPS my religion is all a joke (of course I highly doubt that). What have I lost by believing in something? Wouldn't it be more comforting to think that there is more to your life than just the physical part? I mean, I'd much rather believe that I could be rewarded for my actions rather than believing that my life came from an explosion and after I die I go into the ground and cease to exist at all. That right there should get you to at least explore religion.
Anyone who claims they don't believe in anything just believe they don't believe in anything. I took the quiz, and I feel it's inaccurate because I read what it said about me and it was not me. It said I was a Christian, which I am, but it said "I believe that anyone who does not obey a law in the bible shall burn in hell", which is definitely not something I would say or think.
Quote: Quote: And why not be buddhist or islamic? Because religion isn't a "believe what you feel like this week" thing. You can't go around saying stuff like "Allah, it's been real cool hanging with you and all, but I just got done talking to Buddah and he seems like a real nice guy. I'm gonna go hang with him for a bit". Or, "Sorry Buddah, but I gotta let ya go. Jesus is my homeboy now". You wouldn't have your priorities set straight. It's a "What you believe is right" thing. Just as Christians, Musilums, and Buddists believe that their religion is the right one. But then again, considering your test results, you really wouldn't care about that since you really don't seem to care much about religion anyway. I agree with your point, but according to hydra i should go believe in God because he might exist and heaven might exist. So I was asking [him] why not believe in Buddah or Allah?
icedog90 Anyone who claims they don't believe in anything just believe they don't believe in anything. I took the quiz, and I feel it's inaccurate because I read what it said about me and it was not me. It said I was a Christian, which I am, but it said "I believe that anyone who does not obey a law in the bible shall burn in hell", which is definitely not something I would say or think. Fundamentalist Christian? That's what I had originally, but that's not who I am so I went back and tweaked my answers to better describe myself.
Incognito Fundamentalist Christian? That's what I had originally, but that's not who I am so I went back and tweaked my answers to better describe myself. Ah, yes, that is what it was. I don't really like Fundamental Christians because of how they are so uptight and... Fundamental... I might as well tweak my answers too, because I think I would be somewhere between Holy Roller and Average Christian.
I'm not Fundamentalist. I certainly don't look down at others. I have athiest friends who are more "goodie goodie" than I am. Some of those I didn't read close enough and read all the way, so I hastily picked some. Then when I saw fundamentalist christian I knew something was wrong, so I went back and fixed my mistakes.
There is not any way of saying whose beliefs are correct. Maybe they all are, or maybe none of them are at all- every religion in history has claimed to hold the keys to eternity and salvation, but the only way you'll ever find out for sure is to die and see what happens. That said, I, while I do believe in life after death, do not believe in the existence of deities. I also do not believe there was ever a "beginning" of time, or that there can ever be an "end." Time simply exists. Good and Evil certainly exist, but they aren't quite as polarized for me as they appear to be for many others. Believing in something is important- but that something could pretty much be anything that you feel gives your life meaning. It isn't quite as simple as telling someone they believe in nothing, because- well, they are obviously capable of tsome form of thought, therefore they must have some kind of beliefs; to believe in nothing is to not exist at all. Perhaps their idea of what constitutes a religion is different than your own.
Agreed with NukeIt15. It's kinda...heh, I don't know the word for it, but all the ones that have died and know the truth aren't back to tell us.
<print current_thoughts_raw> Nice reply NukeIt. It's interesting to think it like this: A higher power is often thought to be "everywhere". Many gods in different religions have a power that's in the nature itself, and even the Christian God is described as omnipresent (As far as I know). Now, if the god is everywhere and everything, does it really matter what you believe into? Don't you believe into the "true" deity, or at least to a part of it, by believeng into ANYTHING? God isn't often described very well for obvious reasons, so it's an interesting question. Of course this kind of thought is a bit childish and illogical (what are heathen gods then? Or "the bad god" (Like Satan) which is in many religions?), but it's a thought nevertheless. I guess you could also think that the god could be somekind of balanced force, both good and evil. This way you could believe either in it's good side or the bad side, but when you start to think more of that, it'll get very complicated. At least for me. "(Un)holy Deity!" Went kind of off-topic there... Ö_ö
I'm one of those people who believes in God creating the universe, but also I believe in the big bang theory and the evolution theory. I believe in evolution/the big bang because there is sufficient evidence for me. For example, look at how similar humans are compared to apes (comparing DNA). But also, I've thought, "where did it all come from in the first place?" I mean, what was before the beginning? Which also leads me to the question "How did God come into existance?". Of course they are impossible to have a 100% correct answer, but I like thinking about these sorts of questions from time to time =)
Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" Holy Roller Jumping, dancing, praising and speaking in tongues are just some of the many things you do to honor your god. If you meet one of the un-saved, you pray for them. You are kind, caring and full of Christ's love. Perhaps a bit obsessive, but at least you're true to your faith. PRAISE THE LORD!
My personal belief over the course of time is that there is no god and never has been. In response to scythar, I don't think he is described very well because he does not exist therefore cannot be described. you'll see pictures and images depicting jesus and other biblical characters all the time. that's because these are characters described to have lived, and given descriptions to base the images from. perhaps these people do not have descriptions, and we can only make our own judgements on how they looked. People used to believe things like the rain coming down from the sky is "God's punishment on us for our sins". well, study has proven rain comes naturally in a process of saturation, evaporation and conversion (cloud water to rain water). people believed a great many things when they didn't know otherwise. furthermore, in the modern age of science and research, we discover more and more about the world and how it works. How can a planet just be created out of nothing through a phantom that we have never seen and never will? Quote: 1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2 And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. 3 And God said, Let there be light: and there was light. 4 And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness. etc... if these teachings were supposed to educate people, they would mention actual elements that exist, like the sun, and the constant rotation of earth which gives us light in the first place. if fact like this exists and is proven, why does it tell otherwise? However, I think the bible should still be read because we can learn from it. adam and eve speaks of human greed overcoming the will to follow rules (eating from the one bad tree). samson and delilah talks of love making a man foolish in his judgements. (although that doesn't seem to be one of the key teachings) http://www.virtualchurch.org/samson.htm if any story in the bible is true, it would be the stories of actual people; it tells of men and women who lived and breathed on the earth.
Quote: I don't think he is described very well because he does not exist therefore cannot be described See, but that's what you believe. You believe that he dosen't exist. Many other people however, like myself, do believe that he does. Quote: People used to believe things like the rain coming down from the sky is "God's punishment on us for our sins". Says who? The only time God ever sent rain down upon the earth to punish the sinners was for The Great Flood. Just because it rains every few days dosen't mean that we are being punished. Quote: How can a planet just be created out of nothing through a phantom that we have never seen and never will? How can a planet just be created out of a giant exploding ball of mass we have never seen and never will? This argument about what created the universe has become pretty much moot. Creationists can't explain how God came to being. And the Evolutionists can't explain how their giant ball of mass came into being. An age old debate that only time will answer.
It's hard to think how God has always existed, or how the universe was created, that's because this is too complicated for our minds and not understandable. Just because we're Humans, doesn't mean we can try to understand everything. I'll also state again, you only believe you don't believe in anything.
bigejoe, i won't debate the big boom theory. knowing little about the solar system (as one does), i have a theory that (edited out, i don't think it's accurate from reading up on it). does the bible even talk of space?? also, as far as planets go, what we DO know is that in either of the other surrounding planets, most of them are either too cold or hot for prosperity. The bible isn't even that specific on it, it just says "in the beginning, God created the heaven and earth". now i'll agree that there are things we cannot and probably won't be able to explain for a long long time. but why is it the bible talks of God saying let there be light, and there was light; if we can now prove how light and dark exist, doesn't that make that part of the bible a lie and put the whole context of the bible into question? If it lies from the start, who are we to trust the rest of it? I'll say again, the bible is an educating book (from what i have read so far) to read but what one such as myself must remember is that there are educated truths we know, that the bible speaks of otherwise. On a human level, such as the story of samson and delilah, it's good read. remember the story of a man who created a pathway through the ocean for people to escape through, which then collapsed back down on the pursuers? god seemed to be ever present in this time, and miracles seemed to happen.. why do they never happen now? The bible talks of the need to remind people that he is the one true god. if this is so, why are there no reminders now of who we should keep our faith in? there are too many holes and questions people cannot answer. as for your first section of reply, i value your choice of thinking for yourself so don't take this is a challenge to your faith.
I'll just say that I guess you'll have to find out yourself. Also, you should try reading some prophecies.
Take the quiz: "WHAT RELIGION BESTS SUITS YOU?" Fundamentalist Christian The bible is your absolute law and anyone who goes against it, or you... Is an evil sinner deserving of Damnation in the pits of Hell! You are judgmental, cruel, heartless and un-Christ-like. Perhaps the one truly deserving of The Eternal Lake of Fire shall be... YOU! All of the possible quiz results for this quiz: Fundamentalist Christian (You scored 3) Holy Roller (You scored 0) Average Christian (You scored 3) True Christian (You scored 1) Modern Satanist (You scored 0) Theistic/Traditional Satanist (You scored 0) Luciferian (You scored 0) Devil Worshipper (You scored 0) Atheist (You scored 1) Agnostic (You scored 0) New Aged/Wiccan (You scored 1) Pagan/Occultist (You scored 0) Discordian (You scored 0) Category Unknown (You scored 1)
icedog90 I'll also state again, you only believe you don't believe in anything. Let me put this straight with you. I don't believe in any 'higher power'.
Average Christian You're not going to become a minister anytime soon, but you do your best to live your life in a Christian way. This means that although you probably don't attend church every Sunday, you do your best to follow the Ten Commandments, help the needy and generally be an all around good person. Who needs to follow the entire bible anyways? It was written ages ago, and Christ transmuted it by giving his life. * Fundamentalist Christian (You scored 0) * Holy Roller (You scored 1) * Average Christian (You scored 3) * True Christian (You scored 0) * Modern Satanist (You scored 0) * Theistic/Traditional Satanist (You scored 0) * Luciferian (You scored 0) * Devil Worshipper (You scored 0) * Atheist (You scored 1) * Agnostic (You scored 2) * New Aged/Wiccan (You scored 0) * Pagan/Occultist (You scored 3) * Discordian (You scored 0) * Category Unknown (You scored 0) Well, this was a bit unexpected but I guess it is true.