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Old 2nd November 2009, 11:14 PM
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If I found a religion that connected me to God better, sure...
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Old 3rd November 2009, 03:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Carey View Post
I was not totally ecstatically fulfilled and a peace with my life.
As it turns out, I'm quite happy with my life. At times life is very fulfilling and peaceful, and at other times it is not. However, at all times it is my life, and has meaning for me.

2. I thought about what if I was wrong.
Pascal's Wager is only a way to give up your integrity, which is sacred beyond measure. It is pure loss.

Then I the more I studied the more I knew the Bible was inerrant.
As with WickedWillow, I experienced the opposite.


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Old 3rd November 2009, 03:25 AM
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Originally Posted by Alizera View Post
If I found a religion that connected me to God better, sure...
Nice answer.

Personally, I'm very comfy being a Christian. The love, support and encouragement from the Holy Spirit is too wonderful for me to ever consider changing.
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Old 3rd November 2009, 02:29 PM
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hmmm

Originally Posted by Eudaimonist View Post
As it turns out, I'm quite happy with my life. At times life is very fulfilling and peaceful, and at other times it is not. However, at all times it is my life, and has meaning for me.



Pascal's Wager is only a way to give up your integrity, which is sacred beyond measure. It is pure loss.



As with WickedWillow, I experienced the opposite.


eudaimonia,

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Would you mind sharing what you thought to be errors in teh Bible??
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Would you mind sharing what you thought to be errors in teh Bible??
And the thread goes right off the rails....
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Old 3rd November 2009, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Carey View Post
Would you mind sharing what you thought to be errors in teh Bible??
I find that they mainly have to do with the parts that involve ink.

This line of conversation cannot end productively. The philosophical assumptions (supernatural, ethical, etc) of the Bible writers would not be shown to be true even if the Bible did not contain obvious contradictions or false statements about the basic shape of historical events. I am certain that the Bible writers and compilers at least tried to avoid such problems and kept them to a minimum. The problems of the Bible are much deeper than this.


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Old 3rd November 2009, 03:41 PM
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I was a Christian who became an agnostic who became a Jew. I think I've changed enough. I'm set now.
I'll say! And a belated "welcome to the tribe".
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Old 4th November 2009, 04:54 AM
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Hmm; I'd change my beliefs if I found they didn't suit me, or if the good Lady was pointing me in another direction. But I'm pretty happy with my current religion. I think a jump from being an Atheist to being Pagan was big enough for now. I'm just going to live my life and see where this path takes me, but I'll never be totally set in my ways. As I continue to learn my beliefs will surely change over time, just probably not as dirastically as they did the last time.
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The non-denoms I worship with can't get me to cut my denominational ties so I really can't see changing from Christianity as a whole.
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