Recent content by Amira

This is just sort of speculation, because I was taught about all religions from early childhood, but I was never told what to believe (for which I am very thankful to my parents), and I have thought about religiosity, God etc. quite a lot before coming to any conclusion, and I am still open to...

(treeoflife;49521) I have a question for atheists.If a person tells you, "I do not believe God exists," you obviously have a mutual common ground with them. Do you require them to have knowledge, reason, or some form of valid explaination for this belief, or do you "accept them into the fold,"...

The Bible was largely put together in the 4th century by early Christian theologians (you can look at, for example, Athanasius, Jerome and Augustine from that period) as the Christian church started to organize better and grow. But I do not think we can call them really Catholics, because the...

Dear RaddSpencer and Wakka, I do agree that especially nowadays a mistake in the Bible would be noticed very soon. Possibly 600 years ago it might have taken a bit longer, because books were not very common. And of course anyone could just write something and call it the Bible, but it would not...

Dear everyone,I thought I'd post another questions for you all to ponder, and to explain to me hopefully. This time about the Bible. This may have also been discussed before, but it does not seem to have been discussed recently. First of all, do you think the Bible is something that should be...

I have been away for a while (oh, another project... ), but I just wanted to thank everyone for their replies.

(Saint Gutfree;42279) My apologies if we're off-topic, but threads going off-topic seems to be a common occurance on these forums. I know: two wrongs don't make a right, but if most folks don't mind in other threads, why is it a problem here? Dear Saint Gutfree,I am sorry it took a little while...

Dear Saint Gutfree,I do not wish to be rude, but if I may point you to my first post, the purpose of this thread was not to start a debate on evolution vs creationism. There are too many of those as it is (so if you do want to debate this, there should be no trouble finding such a debate). If...

Dear Jackie D, 1. a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, esp. when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, Religion is defined in dictionary.com as being a two phase thing. According...

Dear Jackie D, religion to me is just another thing to fill peoples minds and time with ritual and nonsense. I do not believe in religion, I believe in God. And it is God who gets me through the difficult times....please read the posts I have put throughout this forum, I am NOT a supporter of...

Dear Jackie D, perhaps a better way of putting it Amira, would have been that there will come a day when family, friends, philosophy won't be enough to get you through a time of need or trouble. I don't discount the need for people and knowledge in our lives regarding the deeper more meaningful...

Jackie D:Ok, thanks.

Jackie D:I was just wondering, where are those definitions from? Do you know which dictionary or encyclopaedia? Not that it's very important, just curious.

Dear Jackie D: The problem with your theology here is that a person who has a relationship with Christ is not necessarily a religious person. Religion does not equal Christianity....Christianity is an inner change made manifest to the outside. It is a living and very real relationship with...

I think religion can be a source of comfort and support in difficult times. And I think it is probably that what most people look for in times of difficulty. For me those are things like family, friends, philosophy and humour.