Evolution and Creationism both have equal value and scientific evidence to support them.

[sniper762]

out of all the religions i have studied and the many different scriptures and books (all which are only faith based), i chose christianity via the kjv as the basis of my spirituality.

 

[Autodidact]

out of all the religions i have studied and the many different scriptures and books (all which are only faith based), i chose christianity via the kjv as the basis of my spirituality.

No, really? How shocking! Where did you grow up, sniper?

 

[sniper762]

nc and va "the bible belt"

 

[Autodidact]

nc and va "the bible belt"

So what you're saying is that you were raised by Christians, in a Christian area, and by incredible originality of thought, grew up to be a Christian?

 

[sniper762]

nope, my parents were not christians and i had no christian influence as a child. my interest in religion started when i got grown, thus my desire to study.

 

[painted wolf]

So what you're saying is that you were raised by Christians, in a Christian area, and by incredible originality of thought, grew up to be a Christian?

Now now... I'm sure Sniper spent a great deal of time visiting local Synagogues, Mosques, Temples and pagan circles... After all no one claims to have studied religions without actually experiencing their practices.

Just as I'm sure he's read several of the dozens of variants of the Bible. I'm not Christian and I have two different translations myself.

Just out of curiosity... Sniper, which of the two lineages for Christ do you agree with?
Which version of the Creation do you think is more accurate Genesis 1 or 2?
What do you think is the best experimental scientific evidence supporting the creation story?

wa:do

 

[Autodidact]

nope, my parents were not christians and i had no christian influence as a child. my interest in religion started when i got grown, thus my desire to study.

Really. And here I thought you said you were raised in the southern United States. What religion were your parents, sniper?

What Buddhist sect did you study?

 

[Storm]

Really. And here I thought you said you were raised in the southern United States.

So was I, and not as a Christian.

 

[Autodidact]

So was I, and not as a Christian.

And lo, you're now not a Christian.

 

[Storm]

And lo, you're now not a Christian.

Nor am I a deist, as I was raised. People do find religions as adults.

 

[Autodidact]

Nor am I a deist, as I was raised. People do find religions as adults.

Me neither--I was raised Jewish. Some do, the exceptions. Nevertheless, the fact remains, the single most predictive factor in someone's religion is what religion they were raised in. More importantly, if you're raised in a country of X's, growing up to be an X does not demonstrate courageous iconoclasm.

 

[Storm]

Me neither--I was raised Jewish. Some do, the exceptions. Nevertheless, the fact remains, the single most predictive factor in someone's religion is what religion they were raised in. More importantly, if you're raised in a country of X's, growing up to be an X does not demonstrate courageous iconoclasm.

Agreed. I just don't see any reason to doubt sniper's honesty when he says he wasn't raised Christian.

 

[sniper762]

my parents were not religious at all.

the difference between mathew and luke's genealogy is apparantly due to one's result of research being different than the other's. some believe that one researched mary's genealogy while the other joseph's. i disagree. any ways, through careful matching of the two accounts with the ot genealogy there are 64 generations from jesus to adam.

as for my studies of religions, its all been through years of reading and internet research along with diligent prayer. i have no first hand experience with buddiism or any other eastern religion. my only first hand religious experiences have come from attendance in several protestant, and lds churches.

 

[Autodidact]

Agreed. I just don't see any reason to doubt sniper's honesty when he says he wasn't raised Christian.

We shall see.

 

[Autodidact]

my parents were not religious at all.

the difference between mathew and luke's genealogy is apparantly due to one's result of research being different than the other's. some believe that one researched mary's genealogy while the other joseph's. i disagree. any ways, through careful matching of the two accounts with the ot genealogy there are 64 generations from jesus to adam.

as for my studies of religions, its all been through years of reading and internet research along with diligent prayer. i have no first hand experience with buddiism or any other eastern religion. my only first hand religious experiences have come from attendance in several protestant, and lds churches.

That's what I thought you meant by your years of research and study in other religions--not. Were your parents atheists, sniper?

 

[Danmac]

Me neither--I was raised Jewish. Some do, the exceptions. Nevertheless, the fact remains, the single most predictive factor in someone's religion is what religion they were raised in. More importantly, if you're raised in a country of X's, growing up to be an X does not demonstrate courageous iconoclasm.

This is also true about atheism. When parents are atheists, the chances that their children will be atheists is much greater. That is because most parents brainwash their kids to believe what they want them to believe. Don't give me that free thinker bit either.

 

[Storm]

This is also true about atheism. When parents are atheists, the chances that their children will be atheists is much greater. That is because most parents brainwash their kids to believe what they want them to believe. Don't give me that free thinker bit either.

Atheists don't brainwash their children any more than theists.

 

[Autodidact]

This is also true about atheism. When parents are atheists, the chances that their children will be atheists is much greater. That is because most parents brainwash their kids to believe what they want them to believe. Don't give me that free thinker bit either.

What freethinker bit?

I think you're right, Danmac, atheists are also more likely to have atheist children, but I've never met any who make their kids go to atheist buildings once a week to learn atheist songs, or who threaten their children with eternal hellfire for not being atheist.

 

[Danmac]

Atheists don't brainwash their children any more than theists.

I would say both are guilty as a rule. There are exceptions, but they are minor. You may not force your child's belief, but don't we attempt to influence them to believe what we prefer for them to believe?

 

[Autodidact]

I would say both are guilty as a rule. There are exceptions, but they are minor. You may not force your child's belief, but don't we attempt to influence them to believe what we prefer for them to believe?

And how many atheist parents do you know? Or what research have you read?