Side effects of Religion.?

[dknorth57]

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Ofcourse man can live WITHOUT God. Like wise, man can live WITH GOD. Its just a matter of choice..

man thinks he can live without God, but everything we have is made and sustained by God. But that's not what the book is about. It's not about if you can keep breathing and walking. It's a book that looks at the effects of living a life apart from a conscious connection to God. It's not about religion either. It shows that without our connection to the eternal, life loses it's meaning and it's value. Were atheism has ruled, human life has been de-valued. People are no longer seen as creations of God, made in his image. Humans just become higher animal forms, therefore they are disposable. Morality crumbles when there is no ultimate accountability to God. People can then be just used for utilitarian purposes and disposed of without consience as can animals and plants if there is no God.

And life loses it's purpose. After all, what is the ultimate purpose in life if we are all meaningless products of chance with no destination and no connection to the eternal?

[dknorth57]

more like clash of the titans.

...but with the respective faithfuls doing the "dirty" work in whoever god's name they cry out.

Yes, that's been true of a lot of religions. But it isn't true of what Jesus Christ taught. He taught us to forgive one another, and to love your enemies. And He lived what He taught unlike so many other religious leaders. He loved His enemies, he died for them on the cross. He didn't curse them in return. He said, Father forgive them for they know not what they do. He gave the parable of the Prodigal son that showed what God is like, waiting and longing for his sinning son to come home, and when he came home His father welcomed him with open arms, and through a party with a lechong baka.

You want an example of true religion that does good for the world? It's Christians who are not hung up on religion but who love and follow Jesus Christ. That's not exactly a religion. It's a relationship with the living God.

How do I know it's true? Because of the resurrection of Jesus which is a historically establish event. He predicted that He would die and rise again in 3 days and he did. That sets him and his teaching apart from all the rest. If His prediction to rise from the dead was true, we can trust everything else he said.

[Tirong-say]

There is nothing wrong about religion, it is just a tool, It's up to someone if he would use it or not, most of the time Religion became a victim of abuse and even branded as the cause why negative perspective of life happens, but actually it's purpose is to enliven one's faith nothing more nothing less.The side effects is of man's doing not by religion.

[kebotDiNaMute]

Isn't your religion a man made religion by ingkong?

Obviously REg... Your religion is pure man made... to control man is to control God... therefore you make your own god, then you control your member... maybe you start to meditate on that... then /fart... hahaha!

[kebotDiNaMute]

and let me add, an ADD contender of the "crown"

bad as in bad effects = Pien

Too bad Mods is very patient on you... aw good for you diay! nevertheless, problem without religion is that you think you are smarter... is it? hmmm.

[kebotDiNaMute]

more like clash of the titans.

...but with the respective faithfuls doing the "dirty" work in whoever god's name they cry out.

It becomes dirty when it is out of context... but without morality as what you believe.. there is no such thing as dirty... if it works its gud for YOU... thats what makes the job a big difference...

So whats dirty again? maybe you want to define it in your own definition... by the way ITS ALL ABOUT YOU. right?

[Hellblazer 2.1]

ayaw na lag tubag sir, kay iya ra nang gamiton against you.

[Lovely Charm]

Too bad Mods is very patient on you... aw good for you diay! nevertheless, problem without religion is that you think you are smarter... is it? hmmm.

maybe our Mods spared me cause they knw that im attacking the "Insult to human dignity" here,

[diehard96]

that monotony of bitterness has gotten boring already.

[kebotDiNaMute]

maybe our Mods spared me cause they knw that im attacking the "Insult to human dignity" here,

Nope! you are attacking people in a cute way... hmmm... is there a cute attack? hopefully you are... So you are the ambassadress of human dignity now? (korek ba ang term) You speak for them... well a person like me don't agree with you... I hope you have an appointment so i can make my silence. hmmm!