not really. there are christians who still think that they might go to hell.... faith is just letting yourself go and trusting that there's a master plan...Quote:
Originally Posted by straightXed
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not really. there are christians who still think that they might go to hell.... faith is just letting yourself go and trusting that there's a master plan...Quote:
Originally Posted by straightXed
That's what they tell you to manipulate you into keeping in line.Quote:
Originally Posted by collin
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Originally Posted by collin
Well there is no argument about his existance, he didn't exist. Your religion is full of lies and hypocracy. Keep complying with my request.
Way to miss the point. your whole religion is based on manipulation. Master plan - sounds like preaching to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by collin
sure it can. some people are going to not accept it. there aren't just 2 sides to this argument...Quote:
Originally Posted by kelly
not manipulation- trust in something we can't see and can't physically exist. and i'm still complying.Quote:
Originally Posted by straightXed
Well actually there is. Christianity is manipulative or not, whats the third side?Quote:
Originally Posted by collin
some parts/denominations are, some aren't. i'm not a huge fan of the whole denomination idea myself.Quote:
Originally Posted by straightXed
Its manipulation as you are coerced to believe it with fabricated stories. Without coercion why would you believe it something that can't physically exist?Quote:
Originally Posted by collin
You misunderstand how christianity is manipulative then, maybe you are blinded by faith. Do you believe that if you do wrong god will punish you?Quote:
Originally Posted by collin
because i feel something inside of me, that tells me its God, and i trust it because it feels 100% more real than anything else I've ever known, more real than even physical things.Quote:
Originally Posted by straightXed
i believe that if i repent, my sins will be forgiven.Quote:
Originally Posted by straightXed
No, people have told you that that feeling is god, and with indoctrination you have come to believe that its completely real, when in fact its just a suggestive feeling that you were open too but you could get the same feeling from a hypno annalyst. Speaking of hypno annalysts theirs a christian practice that has been set up to "cure" of being gay, how ridiculous are christians.Quote:
Originally Posted by collin
By who? God, you don't see how that basic idea of god is manipulating your actions and how you live your life?Quote:
Originally Posted by collin
actually, i choose to believe that it's god. i do agree that the "curing homosexuality" thing is absolutely ridiculous.Quote:
Originally Posted by straightXed