raphieMontella:

yh i do...
M an atheist..i dnt believe in a big sky daddy..
That stuff tries to show origins of certain claimed heavenly beings the son..the holy spirit..angels...etc...which i have no belief in..
Unless the bible/quran/book of mormon is rewrritten truthfully..
Even at that sef...u never can conclude

4kings:


well i dont believe in the mainstream view of 'the son','the holy spirit', the concept of grace and favour, but i believe there is a creator, in which we are all interconnected. And ancient practice(not religion) like chi energy for example confirms this.

raphieMontella:

possibly...m nt against the idea of a god controlling me...bt jst that the one presented by religion is false and man made

4kings:

Nah, i believe the orignal authors of the bible meant for the stories to be interpreted in a spiritual sense and not literally.
But this was corrupted(probably in most case not intentionally) to keep people in line through a reward system
If u know about the greek history, kundalini, chi energy, and most eastern metaphysical practices u will discover that they connect, and the forerunners interpreted what they realized with stories.

raphieMontella:

proof that the soul exists

Weah96:


No. Thats the point. Humans THEN lacked the technology to reveal a lot of natural phenomena. But a potential creator WOULD know everything and could use their ignorance to serve as proof to future skeptics.

Eddlad:

Do you believe in God?

raphieMontella:

possibly...m nt against the idea of a god controlling me...bt jst that the one presented by religion is false and man made

4kings:

I agree with you on that.
Why not search more on the subconciuos mind and what wonders it holds such as healing.(I suggest gregg braden on youtube)
And have u noticed that the placebo effect works somewhat like faith preached in mainstream religion?

Eddlad:


"could",are you in doubt because he didn't?.

This post is unclear

Weah96:


Yes. The fact that the claims in the text cannot be substantiated by reality, ie. no magic can be produced by following the directions in it, means that we are compelled to seek other kinds of proof.

Another kind of proof could be a clear revelation that only a non sm would have known back then.

Weah96:


Yes. The fact that the claims in the text cannot be substantiated by reality, ie. no magic can be produced by following the directions in it, means that we are compelled to seek other kinds of proof.

Another kind of proof could be a clear revelation that only a non sm would have known back then.

raphieMontella:

yes..i do knw that a positive mind is a boost to the immune system..speeds us reaction time of normal drugs... And gives the white blood cells an extra armoury in instances of no drugs etc..
The subconcious mind...
I do knw our beliefs tend to affect sm situations at times..bt i dnt really believe in magic miracles..unless it is an amputee being healed or a cojoined twin separated...
Then u can convince me of higher powers...
Because...even magic is a trickshow nt supernatural...

raphieMontella:

no i dnt..i dnt believe in any god presented by any religion

Weah96:


Don't be so sure. Gnostics used entheogens too.


https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262673553_Sacred_Plants_and_the_Gnostic_Church_Speculations_on_Entheogen-Use_in_Early_Christian_Ritual

Eddlad:




I wonder why people diligently pursue their jobs and courses and expect to find God for themselves after some half baked pursuit......

KingEbukaNaija:
Are there questions about God , the bible or Christianity that have been bothering you for a while now . Please post them so they can be addressed by knowledgeable Christians on this forum .

jadeus:

1) How do you know the Bible is the word of God? If you quote 1Timothy 3:16, please note that just because you were inspired by a tree to write a book doesn't mean that the book is the word of that tree. Also, this was referring to the Old Testament as the New Testament were not regarded as scriptures then. They were not even written yet. Remember, most of Christianity's doctrines are from the New Testament.

2) Why does evil exist if God is all good. A perfect being would be incapable of creating imperfection except it was what he wanted. Therefore, if God wanted imperfection and evil to exist, why does he blame man for man's imperfection when that was his will from the beginning.

realmindz:

Studying the bible deeply can make an atheist, so many fallacies, illogical events and contradictions.

The bible is all about the Jewish mythology and the jewish dictator Yaweh.

Christianity is a Kingdom standing against itself.

Weah96:


Because a potential designer is not a chemistry course under Dr. ( ).
Professors don't read minds or there would be no point for the exam.

Once again, do you have anything in the book to show that the persons writing were not high on sacred drugs or lying through their teeth about speaking to a creator?

Note that there are two issues to prove here. The first is that the writers spoke to a non human entity at all.

The second is whether the alien entity with whom they spoke did in fact create the universe.

Eddlad:


I made it quite clear early on,The crust of my post was to emphasize that not enough is done in search for God. God doesn't own anyone anything, "seek and ye shall find", not the other way round.

You doubt the bible itself and hence it's accounts, so how will my quote of it serve as proof of any sort?

Eddlad:


I made it quite clear early on,The crust of my post was to emphasize that not enough is done in search for God. God doesn't own anyone anything, "seek and ye shall find", not the other way round.

You doubt the bible itself and hence it's accounts, so how will my quote of it serve as proof of any sort?

Weah96:



You keep saying God God God without answering who is God.

I don't care that he's evil or is a megalomaniac. That's not the point. Genghis Khan was evil, and people served out of fear.

But Genghis Khan was real and punishment for crime was swift.

So tell me how do I seek your deity since the bible provides no evidence?

Eddlad:



I will take the last bit, I don't know how the rest pertains to what I have typed thus far.

You won't find any "evidence" that you won't doubt,the human mind was made that way and that's the reason why Christianity isn't based on evidence,it can be fabricated and twisted as need be.Won't you agree?

Eddlad:



I will take the last bit, I don't know how the rest pertains to what I have typed thus far.

You won't find any "evidence" that you won't doubt,the human mind was made that way and that's the reason why Christianity isn't based on evidence,it can be fabricated and twisted as need be.Won't you agree?

jadeus:


More than enough has been done in the search for God, yet we find nothing. Google the search for God and you will know that there are people who have spent their entire lives on the search for God. If there is a God that wants to be found we would find it, until then people should not believe in something that seems to be nothing more than a made up being. BTW, what would you say of a father that waits for his child to'find'him instead of showing himself without even being asked?

If you can prove that your God exists and is the good that the Bible talks about, your quotes from the Bible would not be taken seriously.

jadeus:


More than enough has been done in the search for God, yet we find nothing. Google the search for God and you will know that there are people who have spent their entire lives on the search for God. If there is a God that wants to be found we would find it, until then people should not believe in something that seems to be nothing more than a made up being. BTW, what would you say of a father that waits for his child to'find'him instead of showing himself without even being asked?

If you can prove that your God exists and is the good that the Bible talks about, your quotes from the Bible would not be taken seriously.

4kings:

What do u mean by evidence the human mind would doubt?
Don't u have a human mind?

Weah96:



Christianity not based on evidence? Jeez. So I've been wasting my time on NL?
I thought the bible was evidence that there is a non human designer.

Eddlad:


It is along with everything else in this world,but that's not what you want right?, and that's what I referred to in my last post.

Eddlad:


I do, I am confirming that the presence of doubts isn't new,the mind was made to be curious.

4kings:

Granted.
So what supernatural evidence has been doubted by the(some) human mind, for years now.