I am preparing to write an article on this guys. But I have already written one in the debates section about if the Bible is true or not. I think you will find it very interesting.

nustadventist:
Are you an Adventist? I am just looking at your username. I am a Seventh Day Adventist. So naturally I wonder if there was another on. Anyway, I think Christianity is a r3eal religion. There is none other like it. I can say that all the others are alike. They have multiple gods, and worship them in a way that Christianity does not.

As far as the Bible. People say it is actually a hoax written over time by copycatters. I beg to differ. Look at the genealogy of some of the books. Are people going to say that someone spent their whole life thinking up names top put in a book? No! The book is real, so are the people in it that were written, and therefore, the Bible is true. That is using the law of deduction I might add. If, then.

Religion is peoples choices,
and that alone.

People should not care if people follow their religion, another or none at all.

Therefore which one is "superior" is irrelevant.

I'm not religious. . . .i'm an Atheist, Heretic, non-believer or what ever you want to brand me, BUT i'm HAPPY with my choices and see myself as a stronger person for not havign to believe in a higher power.
Science and Fate and MYSELF rule my life. I'm a good person. I don't need others telling me i'm not because i don't believe in THEIR god. . . . .

My opinion:

Religion should be a personal choice, and personal practice, it should not be forced on anyone, preached, or compared.
Comparring and QUESTIONING OTHER PEOPLES BELIEFS is just PATHETIC and PETTY.
Its like Children in a playground saying whos toys are better . . . . .

If you really find yourself questioning others beliefs . . . . then maybe you should have a long deep look into your life and its meaning/point . . . . . .

dit: I noticed Goosestaf's posted while I was writing my reply, I agree 100% with him.

In my opinion Christianity and the Bible can go right down the drain with all other religions. Faith is something personal and should not be forced onto other poeple, which is what religious poeple do, they don't get off the back of poeple who differ in opinion from so called "non-believers". O course this is a broad generalization and there are exceptions. But if one looks at the history and evolution of religion, it has done more bad than good to the world and it still is doing more bad than good. Faith is very personal and it should stay that way. Poeple who need to convince other poeple how right and better there believes are, belong right down the toilet with religion, because essentially that is what religion is: brainwashing of the masses.

Personally I don't need religion to tell me what is right and wrong, as free mind I can form my own opinions and decide to lead a "good" life without harming anybody around me. Religion, by dictating me my belives takes away that freedom.

Yes some poeple actually are inspired by what they read in the Bible or the Koran, or any other such book and some poeple actually make some good out of it, but most poeple don't and a lot of poeple (a whole lot more than those who do good) use the holy books to justify their acts of ignorance and intolerance. If you have faith in such and such God, fine, but keep it to yourself, respect my freedom of faith the same way I respect your freedom of faith. If your faith prevents you from doing such and such things, say an abortion, then don't do it but leave me alone, my faith is different and if I do it, as long as it doesn't affect you I have the right to follow my faith. Now poeple will say but I have the right of free speech and I can proclaim my opinion... yes, but this is not about the right to free speech, this is about respect and tolerance. Respect my faith as I respect yours. Religion, in most cases, takes away that respect for other poeple's faith.

This post has been edited by Blacklaser: Mar 31 2006, 11:54 PM

Although, i agree with the statements that say, religion isnt something that should be considered better than other things. But, rather, taught in a way where the information is out there, and have people choose whether they want to accept such information. For those who think their religion is better, mind you, they're just playing the "religion game". I, for one, state facts that have been falsified (by science or whatnot), and try to eliminate ignorance, based on actual evidence. Again, it all depends on how well everyone else handles such information.

I don't think there is a superior religion. As a non-believer (christian orthodox by birth) I am sure there isn't a very big difference between the 2 main religions: Christianity and Islam. History made the dfference between those two. In Europe Christianity lived throught what we call the Dark Ages and I think that period made Christianity much more mature religion. They changed their view from "Earth is the center of the Universe" and kill anybody who says different to "Maybe the evolution theory is true?!?".
Meanwhile in the far east nothing changed everything remained and still is like it was in the 14th century. But there is no way you can say a religion is better. Yeah the Christian world is far more richer then the Islamic world, but that is not entirely because of religion. History is the main player. If we were born in Africa we would have still starved like people do right now.
So basicly what I want to say: There is no superior religion; and if you think deeply you'll realise that the difference between them is not that great. They have the same objective: give people hope and enforce some rules (and as a personal opinion... the sum of that two ultimately leads to control of the people; fact seen in the dark ages)

This question has already been answered here.

I don't think any religion is the "one true" religion. But who really cares? You follow your religion, I'll follow mine. It doesn't really matter, as long as everyone is happy.

It's like saying "You know, this math book has unproven formulas, but who really cares, it makes my equations look nice and everybody's happy, right?"

Quoting sweet_princess:

WHY WAS "AS WAS SUPPOSED" WRITTEN IN BRACKETS?
Because your translators felt that wihtout this interpolation the "little lambs" not well grounded in faith, might slip into an error of believing that JOSEPH the Carpenter was the actual physical father of Jesus Christ.
Some other versions of the Bible HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE BRACKETS.
IF THIS WAS A TRUE HOLY SCRIPTURE THEN WHAT RIGHT DO PEOPLE HAVE TO CHANGE THE BIBLE?? IF GOD SENT DOWN A HOLY SCRIPTURE HE WOULD MAKE SURE AND PROMISE THAT IT WOULD NEVER EVER BE ALTERED BY HUMANS....LIKE THE HOLY QUR'AN! YES, IT HAS NOT BEEN ALTERED FOR MORE THAN 1400 YEARS.

The general logic of the example still applies.

On another point I would like to add something. Christianity (as most people view it), is just another religion. However, faith in Christ is on a whole new level.

These statements are useless. First of all, people have never changed the Bible. Would you like to know why people have never changed the Bible? Well, No. 1: God didn't send it down from heaven as you stated. The entire Bible has been compiled and written by human beings. So really, God never sent down a book for us to change in the first place.

No. 2: there is a difference between translation/clarifying (clarifying would include adding those brackets), and changing the actual text.

No. 3: it would be majorly wrong if an all powerfull God allowed humans to make changes to the text. Surely, He would not allow that to happen... after all He sustains everything in this world.

Thats all I have time for... bye bye....