Ruby
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Post by Ruby on Feb 6, 2023 18:27:21 GMT -5
I go to a Christian school but I'm not a Christian so that means I have an unbiased opinion about Christian things. There are so many things in Christianity that make no sense at all. Today my class talked about Abba and how God wants us to see him as a daddy more than a father.  I don't know how one is different than the other. Dad or Daddy or Father I still have the same problem with God. I have a dad and his job is to take care of me. Why doesn't God have to take care of us? If he claims he does take care of us then he's doing a pee poor job of it. People are starving and are homeless and in the middle of wars. My dad makes sure I have food and a home and am safe. Why doesn't God have to do the same thing? And why abba? Why not Zeus? You know what the problem is as I see it? If you're a Christian you don't get to ask the REAL questions so religion makes a person dumber and not smarter. |
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Post by Vince on Feb 6, 2023 19:26:43 GMT -5
I wouldn't necessarily say you are unbiased.
But I agree that there are lots of things about Christianity (and many other religions) that make you scratch your head.
I like your questions. Keep asking them, and keep trying to find the answers!
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Addy
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Post by Addy on Feb 6, 2023 19:52:41 GMT -5
I don't know about making you dumber unless you have blind faith. Faith like a child is kind of dumbing down and that's what we're told to do but I think most people question. Those who don't question think people used to ride dinosaurs to work. Lots of dumb and it isn't really all about religion. Some people want to keep people dumb so they don't figure out what's really happening in the world.
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Post by charity on Feb 6, 2023 20:49:56 GMT -5
God's ways aren't man's ways. If a parent does everything for you and doesn't allow you to fail, then you'll never learn.
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Brit
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Post by Brit on Feb 6, 2023 23:02:39 GMT -5
God isn't logical and we're all biased.
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Post by Tatiana on Feb 6, 2023 23:58:03 GMT -5
Ruby do you drive your theology teacher insane?
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quinn
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Post by quinn on Feb 7, 2023 9:55:59 GMT -5
I believe God doesn't give us what we want but what we need.
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Post by Kittykat on Feb 7, 2023 10:29:39 GMT -5
I'm with you Ruby.
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mandy
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Post by mandy on Feb 7, 2023 14:27:25 GMT -5
My grandmother says this life is a test to see if we should go to Heaven or Hell. Me and tests don't get on very well so I figure I'll flunk this one too. I hope there are funny people in Hell. How can Hell be a fire that burns you if you don't take your body with you when you die?
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Post by Vince on Feb 7, 2023 15:31:57 GMT -5
Could be it's all in your head. Maybe dead is dead and that's the end.
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Rosie
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Post by Rosie on Feb 7, 2023 18:31:43 GMT -5
That is a depressing thought. To much happens for dead to be dead.
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Post by Vince on Feb 7, 2023 19:26:18 GMT -5
But for some people it might be liberating if they are consumed by a fear of eternal punishment in the afterlife.
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Post by Tatiana on Feb 8, 2023 0:45:51 GMT -5
What a bunch of heathens.  |
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Post by charity on Feb 9, 2023 12:06:26 GMT -5
Believing that we will understand the mind of God is human arrogance.
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mandy
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Post by mandy on Feb 9, 2023 13:37:33 GMT -5
Why does God want to be so hard to figure out?
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I don't know how one is different than the other. Dad or Daddy or Father I still have the same problem with God. I have a dad and his job is to take care of me. Why doesn't God have to take care of us? If he claims he does take care of us then he's doing a pee poor job of it. People are starving and are homeless and in the middle of wars. My dad makes sure I have food and a home and am safe. Why doesn't God have to do the same thing? And why abba? Why not Zeus? 
