Why Worship?

....i'll make this quick.
okay, jesus was sent by god to DIE on the cross for us to repleanish good and well being to the earth i'm not gonna make this a list. ever since jesus was a child he made maricles happen for everyone and ANYONE...but of course, you can be any thing you like it's just not my problem i won't stop you...i DO pray for those like you (so don't BOTHER leaving an un wanted flame in my profile.)i'm just proving a point...that's all, every one has their oppinion and has the right to speak it out.

i wish the best for you,
precurser_stone

i guess i believe in god. im not this person who will scream and yell at un godly people. if its thier opinion thats ok. but i do get rather irritated when people say 'u fuking WHORES this bullshoot dont exist' i mean even if its not my beliefs, still. you can be a good person and have never read a bible in your life. well, im not exactly sure what my beliefs are. i never been to a church in a meeting even if i did, i was with someone else. yes ive been inside a chuch before, but you know what i mean. i never owned a bible, out of curiosity i would read a bit out of my grandma's bible. but never had one in my house. and growing up practicly everyone i dealt with was religious and i never understood. well getting back on track, you can have your beliefs, but dont shove it in others faces. deal? nuff said

"No suppose I'm right, God does exist. You go through life an athiest. When you die you are condemned to eternal suffering. Not to mention your ego's been smashed, realiazing your wrong."

All righty then; let me make sure I have this perfectly clear. Say someone on the other side of the world is the 2nd Mother Teresa, but they never hear of Jesus. They go to Hell. But a politician who spends his life scamming people is on the first-class flight to Heaven so long as he worships? If these are God's morals, then his morals are pretty screwed up. As long as you're good, religon shouldn't matter. And if God is the eternal savior, why would he create a pit of eternal suffering to toss half the world into? God shouldn't work that way.

If I'm wrong, and I go to hell, well frack god because I know i'm a good person. I know a lot of Christians who have morals looser than me. And if they're going to go to heaven, then I'll enjoy my time in hell.

Hmm, I'm a devout theist, but I will admit there is a chance that I am wrong.

Here is a little brain-food for you 'logical' athiests, suppose your right; there is no God.

Well, you go through life believing that then you die, and cease to exist. There is no pride, for you don't exist.

I, on the other hand live my life as a Christian and live up to my beliefs, I die. If there is no God, I cease to exist, there is no humiliation, just the stoppage of existance. I might have lost a bit of money/pleasure through life, but that's it.

No suppose I'm right, God does exist. You go through life an athiest. When you die you are condemned to eternal suffering. Not to mention your ego's been smashed, realiazing your wrong.

I on the other hand sacrifice slight amounts of pleasure and money, and receive asa result an ultimate happiness for all eternity.

In summary, I am giving up a finite amount of pleasure, for a chance to gain eternal bliss.

You, however are risking eternal suffering in order to keep finite pleasure.

Even you must admit, there is a chance you are wrong, and is not it worthwhile to stake the finite for the potential of receiving the infinite?

By the way, the arguement I just stated came from the reknowned physicist, mathmatician, and philospher, Blaise Pascal, who converted from atheism to Christianity for the above stated reasons.

I doubt many of you will listen to me, atheists can be very stubborn, but perhaps even one atheist saw the logic of this arguement and has taken it to consideration.

That would make the time tit took to write this worthwhile.

Y know whats amusing?that one of the "deadly sins" is pride and god sure is full of it."you shall have no other god than me"?

Great pic by the way! =D

I am an atheist and I have been for quite a long time, However there was a point when I did believe in god and the Bible and all that. So I can take a stand from both sides.

From my point of view the Bible was written not by god or Jesus or whoever, it was written by people trying to make sense of a world they didn't quite understand. Back when people had very little understanding of science and the world around them religion offered a simple explanation: god did it.

Now we live in a world where we do understand a lot about science, but there are still an infinite number of questions about the universe and our existence. People have choices in what they want to believe in but still tend to follow others.

Please try not to take this view. You should respect other people's views on religion. You can't change people's minds if they are made up. Obviously I respect your opinion but for every religious nut who bangs on and on about homosexuality or satanist or whatever the vast majority of people live their lives by their religious code.

Besides, the Bible lays down a lot of the laws and values we live by, like don't kill, don't steal and love your family and neighbours.

Though as I say all this I am still an atheist through and through. I stopped believing around the time of 9/11 and made up my mind not to put trust in a being which no one is sure exists. Even some religious people aren't sure.

Phew. Rant over. I just wanted to get this off my chest. Please don't discriminate people's faith, it's just as bad as racism and homophobia.

I agree with Juggakitty's point of view on the bible. However, I believe that the people who listen to it are anything but dumbasses. I think the path of their life led them to believe in the bible, which I believe to be a fictional story that people take too seriously.
I don't believe in "god" or the bible because, simply, there is no proof of this "god's" existance. Besides, every single act in the bible - each and every one - has a scientific or logical explanation.
The great flood, described in Noah's ark, for example, did not take its ideas from Noah himself. It was taken, as it happens, from science, as people would often wonder how fossils of fish would make it up mountains. It's actually due to landscape changes and things of that nature.
Plagues of Egypt: a volcanic eruption.
Adam and Eve. Impossible. Where do the dinosaurs fit in?
In my personal opinion, Religion was just there to explain the things that could not be explained. And now science is here to rid us of religion, and give us peace. All it will take is time.

So, nhwalker89...Tell me, exactly what did God do? He let the kid get beat/tormented/whatever enough to where he brought a gun to school? He gave everyone quite a scare, just to save your sister. Hmm. He certanatly didn't save others when they prayed for other's safety. He didn't keep my best friend's father from becoming a crack addict. He didn't keep one of my friends from being raped, even though I prayed. Oh, By the way, Jesus wasn't perfect. He was a great guy, but he wasn't perfect. Once upon a time he was hungry, and came across a fig tree. He knew that figs weren't in season, and that the tree didn't have any, so what did he do? He KILLED THE TREE. He could have easily made figs grow on it, but no. He killed it. And let's not forget how proud he was, what with"I am the way, the truth and the light" and "Why has God forsaken ME" However, he was a good man, and the world would be better if people were more like him, but unfortunatly, many "christians" aren't. They like to weave his sayings in with the crap from Leviticus and other hate-filled garbage like that, picking and choosing what they wish to follow. You know homosexuality? Look through the bible. Jesus neevr said a word for or against it. The anti-gay part in the New Testament was said by Paul. And to all the people who say it's a choice, you're very, very wrong. I can say that from personal experience, for I myself an a bisexual, and have fallen in love with a same-sex friend with NO say in the matter. And I'm fifteen years old. In order for it to be a decision, it has to change the entire chemical makeup of the brain, and a teen's brain is not developed enough to make such a thing happen without drilling it into their heads until they're thirty years old.

But I have said enough. Nice pic, but go easy on the generalizing.

so what if we live once.....we spend it on how WE want to.....if you want to party, get drunk and die the next day be my guest....but as for the other people..we spend it on somthing worthwhile...if your still calling me a phsyco.....then you can cal me it all you want...in hell.

if you think its all fake...so be it, but explain this...if its fake, then where do you go when you die...explain that..call me a phsyco if you wish..but look at yourself...whose the REAL phsyco here.....please respond...

I like the picture... it's one ppoint of view... let everyone think whatever they want to think okay?

I disagree with a lot of things in my religon, but I don't disrespect it. If you don't like a religon, don't diss it, you can state your opinion without making other people of angry. People who have reliogons aren't dumbass's, people who take time out of their days to annoy people who have religons are.

My sister was at school one day last year. A kid had a rifle out in his mom's car who worked there. When the bell rang to go to the next class he went out and got it. The class he would be heading to he sat right beside my sister. He was loading the gun in the bathroom when the vice princible heard him and called in SWAT. It was all over the local news in a couple of minutes. I had skiped since it was the last day of school. I prayed for my sisters safty. The lord knows what you say before you say it. He stoped him from ever getting to the class where he was going. She could be dead if it wasn't for him. That is why I worship. If it wasn't for him my life would be a wreak. There are places in my own life were he was the only reason I lived. Every day I live, I prey and It makes my life easier. Please, turn to God. Do you think your friend would try to convert you if he didn't really feel a conection to God!?

Ignore everyone who is outcasting you. I think this is a very good picture and it shoulders your beliefs nicely. I am Wiccan, and I used to believe what you believe. I just did not express it so... publicly ^-^; Faith is something people live for... if you have something left to live for, then go for it. If something else comforts you, then go for it. Just remember to live life without any regrets... if not for your soul... then your sanity :)

you all are blind... there is no god all mighty... puh leez...and even if by some freak accident there is, why would u waste your only life worshipping some weirdo that wants us to do everything his way? frack that... u only live once, live it up

I usually don't try to meddle in other people's business...I mean, I never try to bring people over to my side...if you're to come...then come on your own...but never insult him in front of my face, I ask. I hate to admit it, but theres a chance I could be wrong...but theres a chance you could be wrong too. I just hope that you live a life for others, no matter believing in a higher power or not.

ok ur just psycho...shut up and go somewhere ok?

OH, I forgot somethin'. Jesus died for u without asking for something in return, He paid price for all the things we've done wrong, all the shame and all the dark filthy secrets. Yes, He knows all 'bout 'em, but loves us anyway and He paid the ultimate sacrifice once and for all. If we are willing to open up our hearts and let Him take over He will change our lifes. The Jesus I know sure ain't a sissy (rent 'The passion of the Christ' and you'll see what I mean. Shalom, Jesus loves ya!! WOOHOO!

Err..ok, you wanna know somethin' 'bout Jesus? He doesn't want your money and He sure doesn't need 'em either cuz He's got the earth as His footstool, YAY! BUT what He DOES want to have is your heart, (rips it out and holds it tight, "Finally, it's MINE, MWA-HAHAHA!! MY PRECIOUSSS!). Seriously, He does. Shalom, Jesus loves ya (no matter what u think)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

sutibly speaking, WHAT HAS GOD AND JESUS AND ALL THOSE OTHER GUYS EVER DONE FOR US?<br />
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I mean we give this guy who is all powerfull credit for nothing at all, I mean what are people trying to prove by giving money to some guy who does not have any influence on our lives other than to give needless worship.<br />
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If people would only realise that the only real truth is that if we are to evolve, we must stop giving our time and attention to sombody who realy need it, like the poor or the hearing impaired or somthing like that.<br />
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