[citation][nom]jerreece[/nom]Shows how much you know...Jesus = God = Holy SpiritIt's called a Trinity. Three persons in One. One person in Three forms, yet one God. It's a hard one to grasp mentally, but you'll get it after a while.[/citation]
ok lets see..
fear = organized religion = Jesus = God = Holy Spirit = republican logic = WMD's = peace in the middle east = religous science = faith = magic = ignorance = bliss = white jesus = denial = delusions = lack of responsibility = the church = tax free multibillion dollar industry = the vatican = "holy men" shielding child molesters = hypocracy = contradictions = sad smurfs
or something along those lines. If their is a definitive god entity that created the human race for the sole purpose of worshiping him, then it seems like god has a combination of low selfesteem and an ego complex. If god cared that much, the vatican would have been hit by brimstone centuries ago.
God wasn't meant to be comprehended by mortal man, yet their are countless religions trying to define just who and what god is and why he does things the way he does while stubbornly refusing to consider that they might be wrong....or in all reality are almost certainly wrong. I'm almost completly certain that NO ONE has gotten the whole religion thing right, least of all the one that imagines amongst all the dark skinned middle eastern people 2000 years ago, the mircale took place of virgin becoming pregnant with the son of god who just happened to be a tall skinny white guy with light hair and eyes. That's not an obscene assumption at all is it?
much like saying god created the sun and the stars, the heavens and the earth, and in his infinite generosity gave life to mankind and surrounded them with all the things they would ever need to live and prosper....
but
this can't be all their is, right? life's hard, and kinda sucky....their must be more than this....there has to be....
OH I KNOW
it's a test....maybe....just maybe if spend the life on earth that god gave us that the creater of all life and all things "did just a dandy job" we'll get our reward....heaven. yeah god gave us the gift of life to waste reassuring him that he was just the cleverest omnipotent being and we're so greatful that in return....we will all EXPECT MORE FROM HIM.
we can't just die can we? what are we supposed to do? spend our lives servicing the advancment of mankind and assuring that god's gift isn't wasted as humanity kills itself off because we couldn't stop arguing about who's god is the RIGHT god. Maybe humanity is working towards some greater purpose as a whole....something that will be achieved by making the best use of our lives as possible instead of telling ourselves that we are entitled have a god give us more just because we say thank you enough times.
But hey, i could be wrong, someone could have figured it all out as to why we're here and i'm not arrogent enough to claim i know with certainty the details of something as massive as that without a shred of evidence to support the claim.
Stop presenting the interpertation of man, to be proof or evidence of the divine.
Be greatful for what you have and don't waste it.
be considerate of and able to show compassion to the rest of humanity
respect others beliefs as if they were yours and don't try to force them on anyone.
take responsibility for your achievments as well as your failures.
Don't confuse faith with expectation.
Don't ignore whats in front of you because it may disprove your beliefs....ignoring it doesn't make it go away.
But most of all, lose the attitude, stop thinking everyone is special and equal in all circumstances....and don't dictate what's immoral in gods eyes because lets be honest, there isn't one person alive today that would deserve a direct exlination from god.
and FFS STOP TRYING TO MELD SCIENCE AND RELIGION. how the hell is it that one can't even come to a technology site....something purely scientific without people inserting religious opinions (yes, that's what they are and if you can't accept that, let yourself be nailed to a wooden cross and die for our "sins" so you can find out for sure)
just keep it to yourself....or the hamster god of pudding and jello will smite you as you beg to be forgiven for the pathetic exscuse of a life you inflicted upon others. Like the last president who actually said santa and jesus were the same person.
yeah
voting for that idiot once can be forgiven, but twice....just give up now and don't make the rest of us suffer your mistakes too.
oh...and I like pie because splunge is for splunge.