So religious people. why don't you believe in other Gods? (Revelation, belief)
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I love to feel good! So much so that I want everyone else to feel as good as I do.
I am only sad that so many choose to believe ridiculous claims about our Lord (like he somehow "oppresses") to the point of denying themselves the joy, peace and serenity they could be experiencing in a relationship with him that I do.
You deny the wonders of the Olympians, there is nothing left to say.
Gldn can be as Epistemologically Gnostic about God as you are about "Nature" since they are equivalent . . . including the existence of consciousness (which we are evidence of in "Nature").
As a Christian I try very hard to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ, which are of course in the Bible
Unfortunately, there are some who read the Bible literally or out of context at times, which can do a great disservice to God's word.
The reality is, not all who call themselves "Christian" are, and even those that are do not always agree on context and Bible interpretation.
I would suggest that it is wiser to never assume anything about any person without first giving them the chance to speak for themselves.
You as a Christian say that you followed the teachings of your messiah and yet you also say that some of those who call themselves Christian take his teachings literally and out of context and then you'd make reference to the fact that they're not Christian. So tell me, who or what is a Christian? Is it one who follows the teachings of your sacred book literally or not? You see this is where it gets very confusing, some Christians claim that others are not real Christians, so what is a real Christian?
In response to your last sentence; that's good advice but you contradicted yourself with that statement because your very first response in this thread was not to listen to others and assume that everybody was Christian when they're not.
In response to your last sentence; that's good advice but you contradicted yourself with that statement because your very first response in this thread was not to listen to others and assume that everybody was Christian when they're not.
As what I have copied and bolded below was my first post in the thread I have no clue what you are talking about I didn't assume anything about anyone. I just stated something about myself in response to someone else acting incredulous in another post that God and his followers communicate with one another
Personally, I talk to God all day long, off and on depending on what's going on.
2 billion Christians and 14 million Jews, give or take
And how ever may Muslims perceive Allah...and, any others that perceive whatever single God they may believe in.
Someone may even perceive something such as "The Great Plucked Chicken Deity", that laid the "Universe Egg", from which all creation was derived....that would be "God" to them.
And if ANYONE at ANY TIME had/has the perception of "God"...then "God" exists...since "God" IS a ENTITY that is perceived.
Thus..."God" exists. My apologies in advance to those that get all twisted up over the declaration that "God Exists". That is just how it goes down in this world...no matter what some may think about that.
"God" is whatever anyone perceives "God" to be...so "God" (or No God) is a unique perception to EVERYONE. Since "Belief" or "NonBelief" are like snowflakes: No two exactly alike.
2 billion Christians and 14 million Jews, give or take
And I suppose you going to say that it's because it's "written in their sacred book"....... You know just because it's written in a book doesn't mean it's true.
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I love to feel good! So much so that I want everyone else to feel as good as I do.
I didn't assume anything about anyone. I just stated something about myself in response to someone else acting incredulous in another post that God and his followers communicate with one another 