Re: Did you ever start to wonder
Posted: December 23, 2013, 4:11 pm
[Lsrcr]Blind wrote:I'm a Christian but Christianity in its true meaning died out long ago. Catholicism, Protestantism etc. are just reflections of what Christianity used to be. Explaining and connecting all religions is a very complex process and I could write about it for hours but I'll try to shorten it so you can understand it: Basically all religions believe in similar things but they just use different explanations and points of view. A very good example is Islam. The islamic god is called Allah. Christians believe in the same god as Muslims except we call him God. If you spend some time researching all those religions you'll actually see a pattern and you'll be able to blend it into a bigger picture.*Sunday* wrote:You think doubting your religion is sin? No, blindly believing in everything you've been told is a greater sin than that. What do you think, why did God create evil, why doesn't he just show up on Earth so everybody becomes a believer? He wants to test you, to make your doubt your religion. Only if you doubt your religion you'll be able to see things objectively and then in the end you'll decide what you truly believe in. That is exactly God's plan, he gave us freedom to choose our own path. Doubting is just a human response when we believe something isn't true and we want to find the truth, the right path. Let me put it in an example: You want to find out if somebody is really strong, what will you do? Test him. He can say that he's strong as much as he wants but the truth will be found out when you test him. Same thing with evil. God tests humans with evil, if you manage to stay good and on the right path after all the tests you're good, if not you've turned to evil. You can say you're good as much as you want but in the end your actions are all that matters. Not really the best example but I hope you understand what I wanna say.So, do you believe in GOD, Allah, or whoever?
And don't be afraid to believe in any other religion than Islam. God surely has a reason why other religions exist. In fact, there is no right religion. Every religion just has a different way to view the same reality, all that has really changed is your point of view. Things can stay the same but if you change your point of view they seem so different. Even if you're not religious you surely have some morals. You surely wanna be a better person, don't you? Well, religion is all about that anyway, being better and closer to God. And in the end it all comes to how much you can love others and be good by heart. Nothing else really matters.
Anyway, I believe this topic should be moved to the R&C forum. This could easily turn into a debate.
But in the end it doesn't even matter. A person who hasn't contacted modern civilisation, hasn't heard of Christ, and lived in a tribe for his whole life can be a better Christian than the Pope. How? All he did was following his morals and he tried to live like a good person. If you try to be a better person you already believe in God. God isn't an old guy in the sky, he is your desire to be good. Think of good as a voice inside of you always leading you to the right path and trying to make you become a better person. If you start to think of God as such you'll be able to understand religion much better.
