Random thoughts

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Originally posted by AzCivic
Its basically do what is right(which the bible is teaches) believe in God, not just believe(cause the devil "believes" in God) but accept that he created you and I and is the ruler of this universe.
and show that you have faith by being baptized. Then all there is left is go to church to learn about all the stuff in the bible, and try to talk to friends/loved ones about it.

Or don't, and pretend that its possible for a universe to be created from nothing by nothing for no reason.

Realistically that's not far off from more mainstream stuff like catholicism. You said they don't judge people by their beliefs, but can't you believe in "god" without believing that the bible is all there is to it? Or to believe in "god" but not believe that he created us or is the ruler of the universe? See...if anything, that sort of church would piss me off more. The implication that you should "talk to your friends/loved ones" sounds just a hair shy of doing missions. I've read the bible front to back more than once...yet I don't have faith in the christian "god" and absolutely refuse to push my beliefs onto others. Besides...the bible (new testament and some of the old) was written decades if not centuries after the periods it discusses, most of which are simply parables of how to live your life...not literal stories. I've been baptised...yet I do not attend church or care what any church has to say. I think the big problem is that people absolutely refuse to combine religion with common sense. For instance...evolution. Why hasn't anyone ever suggested the possibility that "god" created life and then that lifeform evolved? If you're to take the bible literally and it all starts with just Adam and Eve, then we would all be related. We'd all be brothers and sister. Think about that the next time you get laid. Or, in respect to the creation of the universe, that no one will ever know how it happened and should shut the fuck up about it. Although...you mention it being created from nothing...if there was nothing then where does "god" come from? Something can't come from nothing so "god" would have had to have come from somewhere as well. Things can't just "have always been". I'm a die hard agnostic. I find that most people who claim to know who, what, or if "god" is are incredibly arrogant and self serving. With such knowledge you might as well BE "god".