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View Poll Results: would you cinsider changing your religion or your religious beliefs? | |
yes
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no
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1st November 2009, 03:08 PM
|  | Contributor 47 
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Reps: 203,247,259,562 (power: 203,247,274) | | | Would you consider changing to a new religion?? Who here would actually consider Changing their relgious beliefs??
What would you need in order to make that change??
Thanks for your response.
Carey
__________________ 2 Timothy 2 : 23Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. 25Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will. | 
1st November 2009, 03:11 PM
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Reps: 622,365,155,739,938,304 (power: 622,365,155,739,949) | | Originally Posted by Carey Who here would actually consider Changing their relgious beliefs??
What would you need in order to make that change??
Thanks for your response.
Carey 
I was a Christian who became an agnostic who became a Jew. I think I've changed enough. I'm set now. | 
1st November 2009, 03:45 PM
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1st November 2009, 03:45 PM
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1st November 2009, 04:37 PM
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1st November 2009, 06:30 PM
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Reps: 23,153,761,362,864,508 (power: 23,153,761,362,873) | | | Yes, I'd consider it. However, I'd either need to see undeniable proof that my current religion is wrong, have strong personal experiances leading me to believe that I should be of another religion, or some sort of mix of such things. | 
2nd November 2009, 01:32 PM
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Reps: 203,247,259,562 (power: 203,247,274) | | | hmmmm I have 2 main reasons why I switched my athesit beliefs.
1. I was not totally ecstatically fulfilled and a peace with my life.
2. I thought about what if I was wrong. In the afterlife if I was wrong
that would be real bad but if I was right and I was stupid to believe the Bible I won either way. Because if I just stopped bein I would not know it but if I chose to believe and their actually was a heaven my bases were covered...hahaha
Then I the more I studied the more I knew the Bible was inerrant.
__________________ 2 Timothy 2 : 23Don't have anything to do with foolish and stupid arguments, because you know they produce quarrels. 24And the Lord's servant must not quarrel; instead, he must be kind to everyone, able to teach, not resentful. 25Those who oppose him he must gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance leading them to a knowledge of the truth, 26and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will. | 
2nd November 2009, 01:56 PM
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Reps: 159,784,663,935,918,112 (power: 0) | | Originally Posted by Carey 1. I was not totally ecstatically fulfilled and a peace with my life.
Well, if it's a matter of convenience, maybe you should have picked a religion that painted an even rosier picture?
For most people, it's not about what's more pleasant - it's about what's true. Otherwise, why not believe that a mysterious benefactor will donate a fortune to your bank account and quit your job on the spot? Certainly, that'd be more pleasant than work!
Just saying! 2. I thought about what if I was wrong. In the afterlife if I was wrong
that would be real bad but if I was right and I was stupid to believe the Bible I won either way. Because if I just stopped bein I would not know it but if I chose to believe and their actually was a heaven my bases were covered...hahaha
You know, Terry Pratchett once tackled Pascal's Wager quite humorously. He introduced one of the discworld's philosophers, who argued just as you did - "covering all his bases". Then he stated laconically that the gods of the discworld had created a special place for such cheeky opportunists, and that the philosopher in question woke in the afterlife to find himself surrounded by the pantheon - all of them smiling mischievously and holding cricket bats at the ready.
What's more: Pascal's Wager is not only morally and intellectually bankrupt, but also ought to cause you to worship whatever deity promises to reward you the most - or punish you the most severely if you displease Him/Her.
What if you are currently inciting the wrath of the unknown One True God by worshipping a God other than Him? Maybe He feels about Christianity the way YHVH felt about the Golden Calf - who knows? Then I the more I studied the more I knew the Bible was inerrant.
Curiously enough, I experienced exactly the opposite. | 
2nd November 2009, 05:00 PM
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Reps: 90,420,473,794,000,512 (power: 90,420,473,794,006) | | Originally Posted by Carey I have 2 main reasons why I switched my athesit beliefs.
1. I was not totally ecstatically fulfilled and a peace with my life.
2. I thought about what if I was wrong. In the afterlife if I was wrong
that would be real bad but if I was right and I was stupid to believe the Bible I won either way. Because if I just stopped bein I would not know it but if I chose to believe and their actually was a heaven my bases were covered...hahaha
Then I the more I studied the more I knew the Bible was inerrant.
But the OP question asks you to look forward, not back.
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2nd November 2009, 08:01 PM
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Reps: 90,420,473,794,000,512 (power: 90,420,473,794,006) | | | As for myself, I'd change from quasi-atheist to any religion that I deeply felt was spiritually true. But I'd prefer one that came with the least cultural baggage.
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