Do you believe in God?

[ReasonableJeff]

I believe that Jesus is God.

I believe the Bible is the Word of God, however, I also believe that there aren't many Christians that really read it so chances are the "Christians" that you've encountered that are terrible....they aren't really Christians.


The foundation of following Jesus is that none of us are worthy, none of us have earned it....it's only by God's grace that any of us can come to know Him. If someone really comes to understand this, then there is no room for being judgmental or harsh....because all of us are on the same level, all of us are lost without Jesus.

I am glad that I have come to know God through the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross.

[bluefox4000]

Was raised Christian....never ever believed a word of it.....so no. i don't believe.

Mick

[LostAndSound]

I was baptized something but I can never remember what it was.

Either way I think religion can be beautiful and enlightening, but I personally don't partake in it.

I don't really believe in a higher being but at the same time I feel there could be something greater out there. For the most part I don't think about it too much. Just go with the flow of life cause there are chances that you only get to do this once! )

[Miles]

If God is a thing then She certainly believes in me. Maybe. Probably not. Probably. Definitely maybe not or not not. Yeah, that.

[sephirothtx]

religion, i could speak volumes if its ignorance, it's evil influence, the wars, the witch burnings, the pure genocide it caused, all in the name of yaweh, or jehova, or jesus, ect.

I was once very christian, i truly did believe, i prayed for everything, but like the mythos of santa and the easter rabbit, i grew up, became more educated, and grew out of it. I obviously don't beleive anymore, between the broken promises and dreams such foolishness caused, and how they treated me for being who i am, just couldn't put up with it anymore.

We watch worlds light years away form around stars from clouds of stardust and there is no god there, we have planets naturally forming around gravitational pull, and still absolutely no proof of any god what so ever.

And don't let me get started on what being, at the time, bisexual, with strong homosexual pulls, and christian was like.

There's no good reason to believe in god, all it does is lend ignorance to the masses that they use to ruin other lives. Whether it be through conquering others like Alexander the great, the catholic church, or adolph hitler, all beleivers in a single god, or if it's the jerks who stand outside a fallen heroes grave holding signs that claim god loves a dead soldier.

and well....

[Counselor]

Those soldier protesters you mentioned are WBC monsters, Phelps-Roper minions with a bad case of brain rot. They've been classified as a Hate Group by an equality association, I forget which one, and they won't ever be any better. I can only hope one day they take it too far, and people start to stand up to their hate in defense of being a decent human. The way I see it, those are the worst, the ones that don't physically harm, but abuse people with words and ideas.

[Pix]

[Miles]

Pix that pic just made my entire life forever.

[MTG]

On a forum where people from all over the world come together to embrace their differences and common beliefs about sexual orientation; who support each other when life deals them a hard blow and homophobia inevitably knocks on their door, I must say I am...hurt I guess? To find threads such as these. When I came here only last night I came to offer help to any I could when it came to finding who they are; because like many of us I know how difficult it can be. It always seems to be that the most down trodden groups of people, the ones you would think would say "I know how it feels to not find acceptance, so even though I do not agree with you good sir. I respect you, and I welcome you with open arms." I always find this not to be true. Like I said it hurts to have my beliefs looked down upon by strangers who assume I'm ignorant for my belief, or simply view the idea as ignorant in general. I have to say that this hurt is far worse when it comes to my religious views than when it comes to my sexual orientation as my love of a god, any god, in any form, is so much more a part of my life than the gender of my lover. I remember in high school I once attended Youth Pride in Boston with my school and like at any pride there were protestors. I remember turning to my girlfriend in full view of this man and kissing her just to spite him. Looking back on that day, on those actions I am filled with so much regret and I will be for the rest of my life. If I saw that man today I would beg him for his forgiveness. He was a very nice man, and only wished to share his views on the world; and though I do not agree with him, I do respect him. He was not the ignorant one that day, I was. And so I apologize today to the gay community for making us look terrible in the eyes of the world. The point of this I guess is to ask you not to believe what I do, but to have the decency and respect for me, and others who believe, to not look down upon me or my views. After all you've all been on the receiving end of the words 'disgusting' 'unnatural' 'freak', and you know how it feels. Thank you.

[UrbanBookworm]

Yup, I believe in God. I had a conversation like this with my ex- we both believe in God, but aren't too trusting of organized religion, at times. I believe God exists and is still active in peoples lives, it's just more likely that mankind wrote the religious texts and obviously manipulated them to benefit a topic at the time. To me, God exists, but the rules aren't published, so to speak- we should do things that feel right (from your heart). God gave us our feelings, he's the ultimate judge, he knows how we're using them.