Now that's a Great philosophy ! Half of the people in the world believe it. So it must be correct !~ You must be a shallow, devil worshiping satanist to disagree. Is there anybody in paradise you would like to spend eternity with ?

"Hell is other people" ~ Jean-Paul Sartre

"Yea, well it's pretty tough if you are people" ~ iCe

But which people are you today?

I am not Hell. I am not other people. Get it?

I'd rather say, every-one makes their very own hell.

Scott Stapp of the band Creed has been shown to be quite messed up, but he got one thing right: "I created my own prison."

Yep, that's right. But when you don't allow yourself to listen to the folks who offer to help you out for free, you stay in there

Yeah, helping others for free sucks. That's why I always pay religious leaders mega bucks so I can get the mega salvation. A calm peacefull life helping others for free is a dead end.....

Well, I love helping people, even for free. I've read once, that everything you do to others comes back to you threefold.

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Peace on Earth
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:14

"God and sinners reconciled”

looking forward to it

So god is more forgiving than the IRS ?

At any rate! AFAIK God forgives everyone who just simply accepts His grace and tries to follow His rules - while the IRS never forgives anyone :)

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“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:14

"God and sinners reconciled”

looking forward to it

So god is more forgiving than the IRS ?

What's the IRS?

What's God :) Apart from the root of all Christmases past, present and to come?

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Peace on Earth
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:14

"God and sinners reconciled”

looking forward to it

So god is more forgiving than the IRS ?

What's the IRS?

What's God :) Apart from the root of all Christmases past, present and to come?

IRS (USA) = Inland Revenue (UK)...the Grinch that stole everything else including Xmas.

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Peace on Earth
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:14

"God and sinners reconciled”

looking forward to it

So god is more forgiving than the IRS ?

What's the IRS?

What's God :) Apart from the root of all Christmases past, present and to come?

IRS (USA) = Inland Revenue (UK)...the Grinch that stole everything else including Xmas.

No, IRS=Father Christmas; 2 years ago they chased me with threats to go to court and then discovered they owed me over £2000. Do it again Inland Review! Ha Ha!

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Peace on Earth
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:14

"God and sinners reconciled”

looking forward to it

So god is more forgiving than the IRS ?

What's the IRS?

What's God :) Apart from the root of all Christmases past, present and to come?

IRS (USA) = Inland Revenue (UK)...the Grinch that stole everything else including Xmas.

No, IRS=Father Christmas; 2 years ago they chased me with threats to go to court and then discovered they owed me over £2000. Do it again Inland Review! Ha Ha!

Well, to get back to religion: I believe, that my god gives me everything I really need, the very moment when I need it most. Even money. Ok, the ways are strange sometimes, but I don't believe in coincidences anymore.

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Peace on Earth
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:14

"God and sinners reconciled”

looking forward to it

So god is more forgiving than the IRS ?

What's the IRS?

What's God :) Apart from the root of all Christmases past, present and to come?

IRS (USA) = Inland Revenue (UK)...the Grinch that stole everything else including Xmas.

No, IRS=Father Christmas; 2 years ago they chased me with threats to go to court and then discovered they owed me over £2000. Do it again Inland Review! Ha Ha!

Well, to get back to religion: I believe, that my god gives me everything I really need, the very moment when I need it most. Even money. Ok, the ways are strange sometimes, but I don't believe in coincidences anymore.

Excuse me, that was religion. What else would get the Inland Revenue to give back money?

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Peace on Earth
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:14

"God and sinners reconciled”

looking forward to it

So god is more forgiving than the IRS ?

What's the IRS?

What's God :) Apart from the root of all Christmases past, present and to come?

IRS (USA) = Inland Revenue (UK)...the Grinch that stole everything else including Xmas.

No, IRS=Father Christmas; 2 years ago they chased me with threats to go to court and then discovered they owed me over £2000. Do it again Inland Review! Ha Ha!

Well, to get back to religion: I believe, that my god gives me everything I really need, the very moment when I need it most. Even money. Ok, the ways are strange sometimes, but I don't believe in coincidences anymore.

Excuse me, that was religion. What else would get the Inland Revenue to give back money?

ok point for you :-)

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I just read that also the Wiccan folks try to be considered as a religion.
What is it about them?

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Perhaps I should edit the thread topic...? I see no religion here.

I could always come back and liven things up a bit... ;)

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I just read that also the Wiccan folks try to be considered as a religion.
What is it about them?

Wicca is a religion. They are making it up as they go along. Just like all religions have, and still do.

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So how do you all think you are right? If you were born in India you would likely be a Buddhist. If you were born in the time of the vikings you would likely believe in Thor. If in classical Greece then Zeus. If born to some American Indian tribe then likely some god on that hill. It all depends on where and when you were born. All of the religions that have ever been invented contradict each other all over the place. So who is right? It seems as if religion or a belief in a power higher than us is a psychological necessity. Since the beginning of time we have invented Gods for such things as the sun rising and other things which we have no control over or don't understand we attribute to a god.

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So how do you all think you are right? If you were born in India you would likely be a Buddhist.

Buddhism began in India, but did not flourish there. It has flourished in S.E. Asia. Indians are more likely to be Hindu or perhaps Muslim. Of course, in the past six decades or so, India has been divided along those lines. Hence, the existence of Pakistan and Bangladesh, if memory serves me correctly.

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All of the religions that have ever been invented contradict each other all over the place. So who is right?

The Jewish/Christian/Islamic God is the only God who claimed to be the creator of all things, is the only God who offers eternal life, and is the only God who left us His divine word in written form... Over time, with the exception of the mythical gods, all other religions have stemmed from one of these three religions... While I have nothing against the other religions, it's not very hard for the intelligent man to figure out which God is the one true God... ;)

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All of the religions that have ever been invented contradict each other all over the place. So who is right?

The Jewish/Christian/Islamic God is the only God who claimed to be the creator of all things, is the only God who offers eternal life, and is the only God who left us His divine word in written form... Over time, with the exception of the mythical gods, all other religions have stemmed from one of these three religions... While I have nothing against the other religions, it's not very hard for the intelligent man to figure out which God is the one true God... ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion

[quote] 1. Christianity 2.1 billion
2. Islam 1.3 billion
3. Secular/Atheist/Irreligious/Agnostic/Nontheist 1.1 billion
4. Hinduism 900 million
5. Chinese folk religion 394 million
6. Buddhism 376 million
7. Primal indigenous ("Pagan") 300 million
8. African traditional and diasporic 100 million
9. Sikhism 23 million
10. Juche 19 million
11. Spiritism 15 million
12. Judaism 14 million
13. Bahá'í Faith 7 million
14. Jainism 4.2 million
15. Shinto 4 million (see below)
16. Cao Dai 4 million
17. Zoroastrianism 2.6 million
18. Tenrikyo 2 million
19. Neo-Paganism 1 million
20. Unitarian Universalism 800,000
21. Rastafari movement 600,000[url]

Jeffrey, how can you say that religions such as Hinduism and Buddhism stem the Judeo-Christian-Islamic traditions? Essentially, that is what your post would imply.

Ninjadwarf, you mentioned Wiccans. Check http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Paganism#Wicca.

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1. Christianity 2.1 billion
2. Islam 1.3 billion
3. Secular/Atheist/Irreligious/Agnostic/Nontheist 1.1 billion
4. Hinduism 900 million
5. Chinese folk religion 394 million
6. Buddhism 376 million
7. Primal indigenous ("Pagan") 300 million
8. African traditional and diasporic 100 million
9. Sikhism 23 million
10. Juche 19 million
11. Spiritism 15 million
12. Judaism 14 million
13. Bahá'í Faith 7 million
14. Jainism 4.2 million
15. Shinto 4 million (see below)
16. Cao Dai 4 million
17. Zoroastrianism 2.6 million
18. Tenrikyo 2 million
19. Neo-Paganism 1 million
20. Unitarian Universalism 800,000
21. Rastafari movement 600,000

Now that you put that list in front of me, I have to wonder why there would even be any question as to which God is the one true God, that is, if you believe that there is a God...

Most if not all of these other religions texts were written by man and they don't even claim to have any divine inspiration nor a specific god that they worship... These religions are all about personal fulfillment or becoming one with nature or becoming one with the universe, not God... ;)

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It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .

Peace on Earth
“Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” Luke 2:14

"God and sinners reconciled”

looking forward to it

So god is more forgiving than the IRS ?

What's the IRS?

What's God :) Apart from the root of all Christmases past, present and to come?

Christians invented the winter solistis ? Cool, can the make the summer longer ?

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1. Christianity 2.1 billion
2. Islam 1.3 billion
3. Secular/Atheist/Irreligious/Agnostic/Nontheist 1.1 billion
4. Hinduism 900 million
5. Chinese folk religion 394 million
6. Buddhism 376 million
7. Primal indigenous ("Pagan") 300 million
8. African traditional and diasporic 100 million
9. Sikhism 23 million
10. Juche 19 million
11. Spiritism 15 million
12. Judaism 14 million
13. Bahá'í Faith 7 million
14. Jainism 4.2 million
15. Shinto 4 million (see below)
16. Cao Dai 4 million
17. Zoroastrianism 2.6 million
18. Tenrikyo 2 million
19. Neo-Paganism 1 million
20. Unitarian Universalism 800,000
21. Rastafari movement 600,000

Now that you put that list in front of me, I have to wonder why there would even be any question as to which God is the one true God, that is, if you believe that there is a God...

Most if not all of these other religions texts were written by man and they don't even claim to have any divine inspiration nor a specific god that they worship... These religions are all about personal fulfillment or becoming one with nature or becoming one with the universe, not God... ;)

Oh Pleasse ! How do you count atheist's ? If somebody is holding a gun to my head and asks me what my religion is----It's the same as yours my brother !

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