LightofTruth
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it's not for everyone.Bully for you!
I can only speak from what psychologists and social workers say.
Mine argued too - but we didn't live in single-parent poverty without
a father figure.
I do not respect their beliefs, but there is not much that can be done about it. We have to live with them. Salix is much milder than myself.Let me ask you this, "what's the difference between someone who believes that slavery, owning another human being as property, is ok and someone who believes that there's nothing wrong with slavery?"
That isI do question what the authors of Scripture wrote. And I find the answers in the same Scripture.
I don't have any particular goal other than doing my duty (dharma) while I am alive and have a little fun. After my death, I will merge into the environment. But tell me, for what reason your God made imperfect copies so that they all suffer in the world? Is that not sadistic?Why would God make humans a perfect copy? Can Perfection not make something imperfect?
My journey back to this Perfection means I suffer little in this transient illusory world, knowing what my goal ultimately will be .. not so dissimilar to your view I believe!
Sad, but divorces bring their own problems. In India, the general concept is to continue for the sake of children. What is the guarantee that the next marriage will have no problems?Listening to one's parents rowing is not pleasant especially when it was usually my sisters and I who got the blame. My mother had a row with my father when he was on his deathbed, even though she knew he only had hours left to live! So much for 'born again' Christians!
while I am alive and have a little fun
Life isn't all suffering. It can be fun. As you stated above.But tell me, for what reason your God made imperfect copies so that they all suffer in the world? Is that not sadistic?
I don't have any particular goal other than doing my duty (dharma) while I am alive and have a little fun. After my death, I will merge into the environment. But tell me, for what reason your God made imperfect copies so that they all suffer in the world? Is that not sadistic?
Have you read the Bible? The deeds attributed to the god character are evil.
Actually different parts of the scripture teach different things, that is the reason why different sects teach different things, because they emphasise different parts of the Bible.
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 denies the resurrection, Daniel preaches it, and In Luke Luke 23, one of the thieves crucified next to Jesus says, “‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ Jesus answered him, ‘I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise’” (verses 42-43) which evidently point to heaven being a spiritual reality.What concrete examples of this can you offer?
Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 denies the resurrection, Daniel preaches it, and In Luke Luke 23, one of the thieves crucified next to Jesus says, “‘Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.’ Jesus answered him, ‘I tell you the truth, today you will be with me in paradise’” (verses 42-43) which evidently point to heaven being a spiritual reality.
That tells very highly of your God.Everything suffers in this world.
Why did God make us go through this course, because we chose it.
Yes. It seems (to believers) that he has not.I don’t think God has done anything evil.
That tells very highly of your God.
Listening to one's parents rowing is not pleasant especially when it was usually my sisters and I who got the blame. My mother had a row with my father when he was on his deathbed, even though she knew he only had hours left to live! So much for 'born again' Christians!
To the contrary it appears you are confused, Ecclesiastes 9:5-6 from the Jehovah’s Witness Bible says;It appears you are confused. Ecclesiastes 9:5, 6 only speaks to the condition of all who are dead while other scriptures speak to the resurrection hope
believe that if you ask the long dead Jesus to come into you heart you will get into heaven, and everyone else, however good or decent, will end up in the fires of hell.
You seem to have different definition for the word evil than what I have. I don’t think God has done anything evil.
The definition of evil which I think applies to the god character, profoundly immoral and wicked. synonyms: wicked, bad, wrong, morally wrong, wrongful, immoral, sinful, ungodly, unholy, foul, vile, base, ignoble, dishonourable, corrupt, iniquitous, depraved, degenerate, villainous, nefarious, sinister, vicious, malicious, malevolent, demonic, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, fiendish, dark, black-hearted;You seem to have different definition for the word evil than what I have. I don’t think God has done anything evil.
Not all Christians are bad, my own three girls are very moderate in their take on the faith, but I still think it would be no loss to the world if that and all other religions where done away with.Don't judge Christianity by those who breach its most basic principles.
Do you believe there are no negative effects at all from this, which people need to process in their lives in order to heal from them? Some even through professional counseling? Is this what you are suggesting?