I just realized now that while I did respond in this thread, I didn't actually answer the original question :P
I grew up in the same religion (and even specific church) that I am a part of today. When I was a child, I would go along to church and participate in Sunday School every week, and...
I appreciate what you say here about the Abrahamic God, because all of these awful things do happen in the Bible, and it seems like many of the Christians I've met (I can't speak for Jews and Muslims) try to shove it under the rug (myself included, though I'm trying to think about it more...
I don't really understand why he chose to format his video in the way that he did - going in, I expected something more along the lines of reading each one out in its entirety and then comparing and contrasting the similarities and differences. The alternating list-read style didn't give me much...
I agree with Shiranui117, in that people are going to have differing beliefs within religions. This isn't in and of itself a bad thing, because discussing different opinions and viewpoints is what leads to a better understanding of the truth. However, it can become poisonous when we start...
Sorry, I used the wrong word in my first message - by mistake I meant they screwed up by choosing disobedience, not mistake as in accident - my bad. I agree with you that if not for deliberate sin, the world would still be at peace.
When I went to a religious high school I would wear a cross necklace every day, but now that I'm in a secular university I've found that I hardly ever put it on. Like Katzpur, I'd rather someone get to know me as a person first, and then maybe later add the information that I'm a Christian.
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No, I believe that there would be a true Heaven on Earth, with all creatures living in harmony. However, I believe that because God knew that Adam and Eve would sin, leading humankind down this more destructive path, he must have created the Earth in spite of, or maybe even because of, that...