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[Mighty_Tiger]

The Book of Mormon made me like frogs

 

[Cultured_Bogan]

@Mighty_Tiger I've never laughed so hard in my life.

 

[voice_of_reason]

I think we've successfully answered the question of why religious threads are closed.

 

[Harvey]

I think we've successfully answered the question of why religious threads are closed.

Cause god works in mysterious ways?

 

[tigerbalm]

@Blacknwhite



I think a dearly missed clever dude said it best, “Heaven is a fairytale for people afraid of the dark”

In my opinion(!) that sums up both the deeply religious all the way to the folk hedging their bets on a afterlife.

 

[Tim Sheens]

My wife is religious, which is fine and generally a good thing, but falls down sometimes when she doesn't follow the good things espoused by that path faithfully. Her fellow believers come knocking on my door and be greeted in the normal polite tone, with "no thanks, not interested, enjoy your day" or similar from me.

Having been brought up in a Christian household and considering the general platform of religions, to me there are so many that don't deserve the right to belong, let alone lead. Any one of them that is racist, intolerant of other faiths, greedy, or lacks compassion, particularly so for the poor and/displaced, is not worthy of association with faith for mine.

To bring geography and political persuasion into the mix, right wing ideology and proper Christian values are poles apart, so much so that one cannot have both.

 

[diedpretty]

Rarely seen at other times but as soon as religion pops up you can bet your house on them chiming in…

Love it - it sort of encapsulates the whole religion debate through time memorial.

 

[BZN]

G'day @Sart0ri: for me personally, I choose to believe God exists. and is the Creator of the Universe.

Why do I believe this to be so? because I was told by people that I 'trust' that it is the truth.

I stated in a previous post that I am currently a non-practicing Christian.

I don't feel a need to go to church as I feel I can be, or at least try to be a decent person, and I don't feel God will punish me for not going to church.

I don't consider myself to be a Bible basher, although at times my wife doesn't appreciate me talking about religion when a particular topic may come up on the TV or whatever.

I guess the point I am trying to make is that what you choose to believe is due to you trusting the source that you 1st heard it from...eg...how many of our forumers have wanted to 'for the want of a better word' crucify Ryan Matterson, because they have believed what someone has said about him wanting out of Wests Tigers as he is not being paid enough $$$, OR he wants out because he is a wimp and can't handle Madges tough love training. BUT neither of these theories have been proven because no one from H.O. has said anything official. All you have heard is rumors, someone has told you something that you feel you trust, and you believe it because you choose too.

It's the same for my belief in God 😛oint_up: :fa-smile-o: .

 

[happy_tiger]

The issue I have with organised religion is the disgusting acts that have been done in the name of religion over the centuries, the amounts of deaths that can be directly attributed to religion. Then you have the disgusting behaviour of the Catholic Church, behaviour that still continues today. I have no doubt that their is not a god, what almighty being would allow people who claim to be his representatives on earth to display such conduct in their name?

And the same could be said about Political Parties .......how many sports supporters have been killed because of who they support ....where do you draw a line

What a rubbish comment, organised religion has actively tried to cover up disgusting behaviour by its members. The Catholic church was moving priests from one church to another to hide their sins. The highest member of that church in this country now lives in a cell. Guess what he is still an ordained member of that church.

The Communist Party has killed how many people .......

 

[Sart0ri]

Why do I believe this to be so? because I was told by people that I 'trust' that it is the truth.

I stated in a previous post that I am currently a non-practicing Christian.

I don't feel a need to go to church as I feel I can be, or at least try to be a decent person, and I don't feel God will punish me for not going to church.

I don't consider myself to be a Bible basher, although at times my wife doesn't appreciate me talking about religion when a particular topic may come up on the TV or whatever.

I guess the point I am trying to make is that what you choose to believe is due to you trusting the source that you 1st heard it from...eg...how many of our forumers have wanted to 'for the want of a better word' crucify Ryan Matterson, because they have believed what someone has said about him wanting out of Wests Tigers as he is not being paid enough $$$, OR he wants out because he is a wimp and can't handle Madges tough love training. BUT neither of these theories have been proven because no one from H.O. has said anything official. All you have heard is rumors, someone has told you something that you feel you trust, and you believe it because you choose too.

It's the same for my belief in God 😛oint_up: :fa-smile-o: .

I would prefer to look at the evidence with an open mind and come to my own conclusion, but this is a case where there is not a lot of strong evidence.

Science has not been able come up with a convincing theory for what caused the big bang or what was happening before it. Maybe someone or something did create the universe. At some point in the future we may solve this mystery with science or maybe the someone or something will show up and say "Hi!"

Another quote -
“It’s almost as if science said, “Give me one free miracle, and from there the entire thing will proceed with a seamless, causal explanation.”’ The one free miracle was the sudden appearance of all the matter and energy in the universe, with all the laws that govern it.”
― Rupert Sheldrake, The Science Delusion: Freeing the Spirit of Enquiry

 

[Spud_Murphy]

If I may be so bold as to quote a passage from the Bible...*Jesus wept*.(John 11:35)

 

[Tiger_Steve]

If I may be so bold as to quote a passage from the Bible...*Jesus wept*.(John 11:35)

Mate that is sooooo funny!

 

[GNR4LIFE]

The Book of Mormon made me like frogs

That’s the only theatre show I have ever been to. I’m thankful for it.

 

[BZN]

Quality post @Sart0ri :fa-smile-o:

 

[BZN]

How so? @Mighty_Tiger as I haven't seen the movie or show.
I do know however, there was some great music and comedy in it.

And talking of 'respectful' comedy...I remember seeing a sticker somewhere depicting Jesus as a soccer goal keeper diving to his left to stop a ball going into the net with a caption underneath saying...JESUS SAVES!!! :soccer: :smiley: :fa-smile-o: :smile: :fa-smile-o: :soccer:

 

[Tigerboy]

What is this thread going to achieve besides making enemies amongst Forumers?

Yep. I have very strong opinions on this matter.... and I can't think of one thing that would be achieved by expressing them.

Lucky for you that your faith and belief in your own opinions seems to be so unshakeable.

 

[cochise]

The issue I have with organised religion is the disgusting acts that have been done in the name of religion over the centuries, the amounts of deaths that can be directly attributed to religion. Then you have the disgusting behaviour of the Catholic Church, behaviour that still continues today. I have no doubt that their is not a god, what almighty being would allow people who claim to be his representatives on earth to display such conduct in their name?

And the same could be said about Political Parties .......how many sports supporters have been killed because of who they support ....where do you draw a line

What a rubbish comment, organised religion has actively tried to cover up disgusting behaviour by its members. The Catholic church was moving priests from one church to another to hide their sins. The highest member of that church in this country now lives in a cell. Guess what he is still an ordained member of that church.

The Communist Party has killed how many people .......

And guess what? I don't support the Communist Party either so I am not sure what your point is apart from other organisations are morally bankrupt too so its ok that religion is.

 

[Mac]

I think Rowan Atkinson hit the nail on the head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9NCyGaxoDY

)

 

[happy_tiger]

The issue I have with organised religion is the disgusting acts that have been done in the name of religion over the centuries, the amounts of deaths that can be directly attributed to religion. Then you have the disgusting behaviour of the Catholic Church, behaviour that still continues today. I have no doubt that their is not a god, what almighty being would allow people who claim to be his representatives on earth to display such conduct in their name?

And the same could be said about Political Parties .......how many sports supporters have been killed because of who they support ....where do you draw a line

What a rubbish comment, organised religion has actively tried to cover up disgusting behaviour by its members. The Catholic church was moving priests from one church to another to hide their sins. The highest member of that church in this country now lives in a cell. Guess what he is still an ordained member of that church.

The Communist Party has killed how many people .......

And guess what? I don't support the Communist Party either so I am not sure what your point is apart from other organisations are morally bankrupt too so its ok that religion is.

Did I say you were a Communist .....only Commie on here is @Geo

 

[Guest]

Because it often gets personal very quickly.

What CB said - unfortunately there are a few people on here who can't discuss things rationally and we're not going to tolerate personal attacks on one another.