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The main reason(s) I stopped being a Christian
ThisisOverload:
--- Quote from: Humble Narcissist on September 04, 2020, 04:03:58 AM ---There can be a God AND Christianity be a lie as well. There are many religions.
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I kind of agree, that's what bothers sometimes. Like if there are over 100 religions practiced today and ALL of them think they are right and the others are wrong, then how does that work? Does each religion have a different Heaven or eternity? I have a hard time believing in a single God or Gods, but anything is possible.
I had a discussion with my mom many years ago, i was dating a Buddhist at the time, her and her family were very religious and some of the kindest people I've ever met. They lived to help people and never said anything bad about anyone. I had been dating this girl for about 3 years and my mom approached me about religion, she told me that it bothered her that i was living a Buddhist lifestyle and that she was afraid i would not go to heaven. I kind of laughed it off; i had been living a Buddhist lifestyle and still do to a degree, it's not just a religion it's a way of thinking. I used to go to the temples and hang out with the Vietnamese monks, they were very cool to chat with, you could ask them literally anything and they would give you their thoughts, i didn't have to agree with them, but it was nice to hear an unbiased response.
Anyway, i was thinking about getting married to this girl and my family went nuts, they wanted a Christian wedding and thought that having a Buddhist ceremony was out of the question. Also, if we had kids would they be Christian? My family was all up in my shit over this stuff. To me these things aren't very important, i just wanted to have a good life. To my family i was going to hell if i didn't follow Jesus, they were very upset that i refuse to follow that path.
I never got married to this girl, but still to this day i think the Buddhist's have a better idea of Life in general. It's amazing how different they are from Christians and the Islamic faith.
Humble Narcissist:
--- Quote from: ThisisOverload on September 04, 2020, 09:58:56 AM ---I kind of agree, that's what bothers sometimes. Like if there are over 100 religions practiced today and ALL of them think they are right and the others are wrong, then how does that work? Does each religion have a different Heaven or eternity? I have a hard time believing in a single God or Gods, but anything is possible.
I had a discussion with my mom many years ago, i was dating a Buddhist at the time, her and her family were very religious and some of the kindest people I've ever met. They lived to help people and never said anything bad about anyone. I had been dating this girl for about 3 years and my mom approached me about religion, she told me that it bothered her that i was living a Buddhist lifestyle and that she was afraid i would not go to heaven. I kind of laughed it off; i had been living a Buddhist lifestyle and still do to a degree, it's not just a religion it's a way of thinking. I used to go to the temples and hang out with the Vietnamese monks, they were very cool to chat with, you could ask them literally anything and they would give you their thoughts, i didn't have to agree with them, but it was nice to hear an unbiased response.
Anyway, i was thinking about getting married to this girl and my family went nuts, they wanted a Christian wedding and thought that having a Buddhist ceremony was out of the question. Also, if we had kids would they be Christian? My family was all up in my shit over this stuff. To me these things aren't very important, i just wanted to have a good life. To my family i was going to hell if i didn't follow Jesus, they were very upset that i refuse to follow that path.
I never got married to this girl, but still to this day i think the Buddhist's have a better idea of Life in general. It's amazing how different they are from Christians and the Islamic faith.
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Be thankful they blocked your path to marriage.
ThisisOverload:
--- Quote from: Humble Narcissist on September 04, 2020, 10:03:04 AM ---Be thankful they blocked your path to marriage.
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I am. ;D
Agnostic007:
--- Quote from: ThisisOverload on September 03, 2020, 02:43:12 PM ---I was raised in a very religious household in Texas. Everything revolved around the Bible and Jesus, it was insane. I studied the Bible and went to church every Sunday until i was 18 and moved out of my parent's house; not because i wanted to be religious but because i was forced to. Living in my parent's house it was required. I spent years arguing with myself if God was real and if religion was anything more than a method to control people. I have come to the conclusion that being forced into religion all my young years made me have a fear of God, it made me want to be a better person and not do anything bad. I now understand that was the entire point, it's a method to control people. All religion does is make people fill themselves with something they don't understand, it gives them something to work for. Now i have no issues with religious people, i think it's good for humanity to be scared of heaven and hell, makes people more docile. But i can't stand it when it's forced down my throat.
My ex-girlfriend's parents were the most religious people i've ever met, but my GF wasn't very religious, we felt "kind of" the same way about it, but she believed in God, i'm agnostic. They were from El Salvador, came here in the 90's. They were 7th Day Adventists, and believed that the end of days is very near and Jesus would be here soon. I went to their house for the first time, her mother talked about God the entire time, for hours. Everything i said she responded with God is coming soon, prepare yourself. Like i told her she had a nice home, i was just trying to be nice. Her response was "this is not my home, i'm preparing my home in heaven". Stuff like this for hours. Before i left she asked me to come into the living room, she handed me a Bible as the rest of the family surrounded the room; they started taking turns reading scripture, then it was my turn. I read a few lines and stopped, they picked up where i left off. Then they wanted to sing songs, this went on for about 45 minutes. When we left i was in shock, i told my GF i thought her family was crazy. She agreed. They lived like this every day; all day long they would text Bible versus to each other, like a hundred times a day. One time i invited them over for dinner at my house, her father accused me of being an alcoholic because i had a wine cabinet and a few bottles of liquor in my kitchen. They went nuts, told my GF she had to leave with them and go pray in the car. I have a couple more stories, but if you read this far you got the point. Needless to say our relationship didn't last long. I went to church with her once, the pastor did nothing but scare everyone into believing the world was going to end soon, like maybe a few weeks. She told me that's how it works and it's always like this. Then he went on a sales pitch asking for money, the guy drove a M5 BMW. What a weird world we live in.
I believe there is something bigger than us, something more powerful, but it's not an imaginary man in the sky. God was created by man. Just my opinion. I have no issues with religious people, i just find it so odd personally.
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I tend to agree. There may be something bigger than us, but I'm pretty certain if there is it won't be ANY of the religions we know on earth. I believe we created them all.
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