Good point though....My choice would have been the Ancient Greek religion, as the Olympic Gods rocked!
I met a girl on the internet once. She was great, you know - smart, sexy, uninhibited...Of course when we finally arranged to meet she turned out to be a 13 year old paraplegic boy....I\'m not gonna lie, the sex was disappointing....
You don't drink coffee, eat chocolate? I'm disappointed in you Tiwa!Good point though....My choice would have been the Ancient Greek religion, as the Olympic Gods rocked!
What if it isn't a story? Or more interestingly, how did it just happen that the same idea of the gods (being trinitarian in nature) popped up in all those different religions all over the world?
it's written under the assumption that a) God exists, and b) the existence of God is common knowledge, having been established much earlier.
Arguing that there are angels and the devil is like arguing that in this supposed company theres a guy in the basement whose job is head of robotics, hes likes his coffee black with no sugar, and hes a bit of a dick................oh and his name is bob
Remember that at its core, the Bible - particularly the Old Testament - is presented as an account of God's interaction with humans. It isn't written to convince one of the existence of God, or to establish the idea of a God - it's written under the assumption that a) God exists, and b) the existence of God is common knowledge, having been established much earlier.
A steady stream of devoted evolutionists continued to gather in this small Tennessee town today to witness what many believe is an image of Charles Darwin—author of The Origin Of Species and founder of the modern evolutionary movement—made manifest on a concrete wall in downtown Dayton."I brought my baby to touch the wall, so that the power of Darwin can purify her genetic makeup of undesirable inherited traits," said Darlene Freiberg, one among a growing crowd assembled here to see the mysterious stain, which appeared last Monday on one side of the Rhea County Courthouse. The building was also the location of the famed "Scopes Monkey Trial" and is widely considered one of Darwinism's holiest sites. "Forgive me, O Charles, for ever doubting your Divine Evolution. After seeing this miracle of limestone pigmentation with my own eyes, my faith in empirical reasoning will never again be tested."
London's iconic red buses could be plastered with the slogan "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life," in an atheist advertising campaign responding to a set of Christian ads.Comedy writer Ariane Sherine, 28, objected to the Christian adverts on some London buses, which carried an internet address warning that people who rejected God were condemned to spend eternity in "torment in hell".She sought STG5 ($A12.90) donations towards a "reassuring" counter-advertisement - and received the backing of the British Humanist Association (BHA) and atheist campaigner Professor Richard Dawkins.The campaign has already smashed its STG5,500 ($A14,215) target and the slogan is planned to hit the side of several London buses in January."We see so many posters advertising salvation through Jesus or threatening us with eternal damnation, that I feel sure that a bus advert like this will be welcomed as a breath of fresh air," said BHA chief executive Hanne Stinson.Dawkins said: "This campaign to put alternative slogans on London buses will make people think - and thinking is anathema to religion."A Church of England spokesman said: "We would defend the right of any group representing a religious or philosophical position to be able to promote that view through appropriate channels."However, Christian belief is not about worrying or not enjoying life."Quite the opposite - our faith liberates us to put this life into a proper perspective."A spokesman for Transport for London told AFP they had not received such an advertisement application and would wait to view it before deciding whether it met their advertising guidelines."No advertisement of this kind has been submitted to TfL at this time," he said."If approved, then it will appear on our network."
A question for everyone - what would it take to change your mind - eg christians becoming Atheist or Atheist becoming christain (dont care about damn agnostic fence sitters)
a well reasoned logical explanation of the christian faith based on near indisbutable factif god himself came down from teh sky and it was blindingly obvious it was not some crazy awesome hoax even then i would still want a reasoned explanation of why i need to pray at churchmy guess is god would be like "no all that shit is complete BS" in which case i wouldnt become a christian
