You ever wonder how insignificant we really are.....

[mahon83050]

I guess I struggle with my religious faith (Christian) and alot of things don't make sense to me. One is: There are over 5 Billion people on this earth at any given time, hundreds of millions die everyday and hundreds of millions are born every day. You and I are just a grain of sand on a beach. We are insignificant.....Not to mention, the trillions who lived before us.

Don't you think heaven would be a bit overcrowded?

How can a "loving" God care about so many people all at the same time and love equally when there are so many of us to deal with?

Not trying to start a religious debate, just something to ponder.

 

[spider_007]

How can a "loving" God care about so many people all at the same time and love equally when there are so many of us to deal with?

there is no limit to his power

that's if you belive in him

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[Nighthawk]

But I'm a unique snowflake!

 

[Francisco d'Anconia]

...How can a "loving" God care about so many people all at the same time and love equally when there are so many of us to deal with? ....

By realizing that we are not all equal. It's hard to accept but no one is equal to anyone else, we are all unique individuals with unique experiences no matter how hard some people try to be like everyone else. So I would believe that whatever deity you choose to worship would love you individually.

"There is nothing as unequal as the treatment of unequals equally."

 

[backbreaker]

You ever wonder how insignificant we really are.....

not really

 

[PeterNorthisawesome]

I guess I struggle with my religious faith (Christian) and alot of things don't make sense to me. One is: There are over 5 Billion people on this earth at any given time, hundreds of millions die everyday and hundreds of millions are born every day. You and I are just a grain of sand on a beach. We are insignificant.....Not to mention, the trillions who lived before us.

Don't you think heaven would be a bit overcrowded?

How can a "loving" God care about so many people all at the same time and love equally when there are so many of us to deal with?

Not trying to start a religious debate, just something to ponder.

Well you believe in that 2000 year old mythical book. That explains a lot, religion=communism.

God doesn't exist... no FACT OR PROOF. You should try science sometime, full of EVIDENCE that backs the fact.

Or you can just commit suicide, since noone including your family and friends probably won't care. Since we are all are SO INSIGNIFICANT. God I hate pessemists.

 

[mahon83050]

Well you believe in that 2000 year old mythical book. That explains a lot, religion=communism.

God doesn't exist... no FACT OR PROOF. You should try science sometime, full of EVIDENCE that backs the fact.

Or you can just commit suicide, since noone including your family and friends probably won't care. Since we are all are SO INSIGNIFICANT. God I hate pessemists.

There is evidence that states there is NO God? Since when?

There are plenty of scientists who are Christians.

 

[PeterNorthisawesome]

There is evidence that states there is NO God? Since when?

There are plenty of scientists who are Christians.

So what that there's is plenty of scientists who are Christians, they were plenty of Nazis who were Christians... your point? You are all brainwashed like the 80% of Americans who don't even go to church or read the bible. Bible contradics itself many times. In a few hundred years, Christianity will be looked as another PAGAN RELIGION just like all those Greek and Roman religions.

There is more evidence that supports that there is no god than the existance of god. Maybe you will be the first christian to answer this... if the Christian God really wanted to spread his teachings and existance why did he wait until 2000 years ago? Why send Jesus? Also if God is omnipotant can he create a stone that he cannot lift? If he can create a stone he cannot lift then he cannot lift the stone, meaning that he isn't omnipotant.

 

[mahon83050]

So what that there's is plenty of scientists who are Christians, they were plenty of Nazis who were Christians... your point? You are all brainwashed like the 80% of Americans who don't even go to church or read the bible. Bible contradics itself many times. In a few hundred years, Christianity will be looked as another PAGAN RELIGION just like all those Greek and Roman religions.

There is more evidence that supports that there is no god than the existance of god. Maybe you will be the first christian to answer this... if the Christian God really wanted to spread his teachings and existance why did he wait until 2000 years ago? Why send Jesus? Also if God is omnipotant can he create a stone that he cannot lift? If he can create a stone he cannot lift then he cannot lift the stone, meaning that he isn't omnipotant.

Christianity is not going to disappear anytime soon. I don't know why he waited until 2000 years ago.

 

[PeterNorthisawesome]

Christianity is not going to disappear anytime soon. I don't know why he waited until 2000 years ago.

...ok maybe another 300 years and it'll be GONE! People in the future will laugh that people actually believed in Jesus and the CHRISTIAN GOD. Seriously, there's Judaism, Hinduism, Buddasm, Islam and another 30 other religions. Why did you pick Christianity? What proof do you have that your god is the real one and that all the other religion is fake? If God really did exist he would send a real angel or himself, to end all religious wars.. wouldn't he? Why wait to judge people when they're dead?

The only differance between religion and cult is the NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING IT.

Richard Dawkins

 

[mahon83050]

...ok maybe another 300 years and it'll be GONE! People in the future will laugh that people actually believed in Jesus and the CHRISTIAN GOD. Seriously, there's Judaism, Hinduism, Buddasm, Islam and another 30 other religions. Why did you pick Christianity? What proof do you have that your god is the real one and that all the other religion is fake? If God really did exist he would send a real angel or himself, to end all religious wars.. wouldn't he? Why wait to judge people when they're dead?

The only differance between religion and cult is the NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING IT.

Richard Dawkins

Why? Christianity is the largest religion in the world. Jesus was sinless and committed many miracles and was prophecised before hand. It seems like the correct religion to me.

As for Islam, Muhammed was a warmongering pedophile who was not sinless and Did NOT perform any miracles. I don't understand why people believe in Islam. It is illogical to follow a religion founded by a violent man......

You bring up some good points, and your questions are the same ones I usually ask myself. I guess I am an agnostic. I think everyone out there really is agnostic, everyone has their doubts.

 

[PeterNorthisawesome]

Why? Christianity is the largest religion in the world. Jesus was sinless and committed many miracles and was prophecised before hand. It seems like the correct religion to me.

As for Islam, Muhammed was a warmongering pedophile who was not sinless and Did NOT perform any miracles. I don't understand why people believe in Islam. It is illogical to follow a religion founded by a violent man......

You bring up some good points, and your questions are the same ones I usually ask myself. I guess I am an agnostic. I think everyone out there really is agnostic, everyone has their doubts.

So if you were born in ex. Iraq and was raised on Islam then you probably would believe in Islam instead of Christianity right? Since the majority of the people in Iraq are Muslim.

Are you sure that Jesus was born sinless? Why would they call his mother the Virgin Mary when she obviously got knocked up by some random dude. Do we even know who Jesus' father was? There are some accounts that he had a lover and they had sex. Isn't sex before marriage a sin according to the bible?

Well I think it all comes down to who wrote the bible and what people did before the bible. Do the "non-believers" before Jesus and the BIBLE burn in hell if they didn't know God's existance? Bit unfair to be punished for something you didn't know about. Why didn't Jesus himself write the bible? Why did he leave it up to hundreds of corrupt priests to write GOD'S TEACHINGS?

 

[Sir Juanalot]

A pessimist is just someone who has been living for too long with an optimist

 

[mahon83050]

So if you were born in ex. Iraq and was raised on Islam then you probably would believe in Islam instead of Christianity right? Since the majority of the people in Iraq are Muslim.

Are you sure that Jesus was born sinless? Why would they call his mother the Virgin Mary when she obviously got knocked up by some random dude. Do we even know who Jesus' father was? There are some accounts that he had a lover and they had sex. Isn't sex before marriage a sin according to the bible?

Well I think it all comes down to who wrote the bible and what people did before the bible. Do the "non-believers" before Jesus and the BIBLE burn in hell if they didn't know God's existance? Bit unfair to be punished for something you didn't know about. Why didn't Jesus himself write the bible? Why did he leave it up to hundreds of corrupt priests to write GOD'S TEACHINGS?

You are asking me questions that I do not have the answer to. I often ask myself the same exact questions. However, you do not sound like an atheist, just an angry agnostic.

 

[PeterNorthisawesome]

You are asking me questions that I do not have the answer to. I often ask myself the same exact questions. However, you do not sound like an atheist, just an angry agnostic.

Yes then why do you believe in Christianity? You probably was raised and feared into believing that if you didn't follow it, you would burn in hell. Yes I'm not an atheist, agnostic is closer... without the angry part. Why would I be angry? If I was angry I would claim that religion is the root of all evil in the world and that Christians should be persecuted and the bible burned.

 

[djSlvt]

Souls get recycled my man. In previous life I used to be a lizard.

 

[mahon83050]

Yes then why do you believe in Christianity? You probably was raised and feared into believing that if you didn't follow it, you would burn in hell. Yes I'm not an atheist, agnostic is closer... without the angry part. Why would I be angry? If I was angry I would claim that religion is the root of all evil in the world and that Christians should be persecuted and the bible burned.

Yes, that is the way I was raised.

 

[Mandiblard]

Christianity is not going to disappear anytime soon.

Yes it is, along with all religion. And along with 3/4ths of humanity. Religion is the cause of most of the worlds violence and soon its going to be brought to a head in a very ugly way.

 

[mahon83050]

Yes it is, along with all religion. And along with 3/4ths of humanity. Religion is the cause of most of the worlds violence and soon its going to be brought to a head in a very ugly way.

The only religion that is the cause of violence these days is ISLAM.

Every major conflict in the world today is because of ISLAM.

Yes, Christians have done bad things in the past (Crusades, Inquisitions) etc. but Christians have been rather good the last 500 years.

 

[Bad_Lil'Pixie]

How can a "loving" God care about so many people all at the same time and love equally when there are so many of us to deal with?

Maybe if you thought of God in a more powerful sense or as omnipotent and all-powerful as He truly is.

Yes, I could see how impossible it would be for a man to love equally all people.

But if you viewed God as the most holy, supreme power that He is, then you would know and see he has no confines or limits. It is said that he knows the count of hairs on your head; I don’t know that about the person I love most.

It is hard to perceive His power especially if you think of him in a common-man sense.