^^^^ Tripe. (and that's being generous)

 

You sound like someone who feels like....well...their religion is being attacked.

As a preacher, it is important for me to not come on too strong when having religions discussions with people that do not go to my church. So if I may ask one more question (I feel like I have been bombarding you).

 

You say you don;t believe in god and that is does not affect your life. Do you believe that if you did believe in God, that it would influence your daily life?

 

I haven't thought about changing back. But back when I was religious, it caused a lot of confusion/stress/anxiety/etc for me. I don't know if I did ever believe. I was baptized, even was a deacon once (lord help them lol) But even as a child in sunday school I asked a lot of questions and was never satisfied with the answers. I think it did affect my daily life, because for me, the belief in god (however tenuous) brought with it an additional set of beliefs...heaven, hell, ten commandments, etc and the admonitions that christians should live christians lives. So yeah, that was a daily thing and often an unpleasant thing as the values and such did not coincide with how I was seeing the world and what I felt.

I have actually felt the same way. When I see bad things happen to good people that I love.

^^^^ Tripe. (and that's being generous)

 

Full of tripe...

I have actually felt the same way. When I see bad things happen to good people that I love.

 

Lot of people experience that. Working on the answer leads different people in different ways.

Full of tripe...

 

Wow, you put a lot of thought into repeating someone else's post. Congratulations.

odin's a bastard and a half.

 

Hope there are no Norse God worshipers amongst us.

 

His eye patch is pretty cool.

Wow, you put a lot of thought into repeating someone else's post. Congratulations.

 

Focus your time and effort on your target practice and leave the thinking to us academicians. Thanks a bunch! Odin bless you.

Focus your time and effort on your target practice and leave the thinking to us academicians. Thanks a bunch! Odin bless you.

 

Good grief. That's probably the most condescending thing I've read on here.

Focus your time and effort on your target practice and leave the thinking to us academicians. Thanks a bunch! Odin bless you.

 

Now I know why I'm glad my kids are no longer in school. Thank God!

Good grief. That's probably the most condescending thing I've read on here.

 

That's okay, I can handle it.

Now I know why I'm glad my kids are no longer in school. Thank God!

 

It's not always easy to undo the damage of 18 years in just four short years but we try.

It's not always easy to undo the damage of 18 years in just four short years but we try.

Unfortunately the damage comes when they get to college, well, depending on the "teacher".