Gramsci wrote:One question:

Does anyone here, apart from Matt, actually believe in God according to the Christian faith?

A simple yes or no.

No

Gramsci wrote:One question:

Does anyone here, apart from Matt, actually believe in God according to the Christian faith?

A simple yes or no.

A simple "yes or no" doesn't really do it for me.

If the question is "do you believe in God?," my answer is "yes." If your question is "do you believe in God according to the Christian faith?," my answer is "probably not."

Gramsci wrote:One question:

Does anyone here, apart from Matt, actually believe in God according to the Christian faith?

A simple yes or no.

The Christian faith? Which one, praytell, might that be?

alandeus wrote:

Gramsci wrote:One question:

Does anyone here, apart from Matt, actually believe in God according to the Christian faith?

A simple yes or no.

The Christian faith? Which one, praytell, might that be?

Um, that religion that some people believe in. You might have seen it on TV.

Or is this a Protestant/Catholic thing you are bringing up.

Either way, it's a simple question you need not complicate.

Yes or no.

DrAwkward wrote:

Gramsci wrote:One question:

Does anyone here, apart from Matt, actually believe in God according to the Christian faith?

A simple yes or no.

A simple "yes or no" doesn't really do it for me.

If the question is "do you believe in God?," my answer is "yes." If your question is "do you believe in God according to the Christian faith?," my answer is "probably not."

You just went and complicated it for yourself.

Earwicker wrote:You just went and complicated it for yourself.

Yeah, i know.

BUMP.

There's a difference between simple anti-christianity, as in not believing the most crucial points, but then there's the rabid anti-christianity, where all believers are painted with the same brush. I've seen it happen on this board.
I'm Anti-Christian, but I can see it's helped people on a personal level, and some good has come from it. It's a sharp double edged sword.

I gave up on Christianity years ago, and all religion. But there will always be some sort of worship, and "church" with it's own laws, and guidelines, even from the most innocuous like some western version of Tao, to the insane worshiping of the State. I believe it's in human nature to deify, and worship.

I have had and still actually have dealings with Christians who are psychotically dangerous creeps in my dealings with them. I hope their more mellow and pleasant tempered brethren seek them out and help perhaps to reveal their blindness to the "satanic" side of their nature, because I don't feel that has to be my job.

Also, Bjorn of ABBA might like to weigh in on this

http://abbamikory.blogs.com/abbamikory/ ... s-ath.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_is_not_Great

The author of this book was on Russert this evening. I'll be getting it out of the library tomorrow. Well-reasoned.