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Recent content by NormalRyan

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    Actually worried about HELL?

    The bible was written over a 900 year period, the reason I don't think those passages make much of a difference is because I am not a biblical literalist. You can quote me verses all day long, but if in the end it means that God is a big mean ogre then I'm not going to believe it. An all...
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    Actually worried about HELL?

    Your preaching to the choir, ha.
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    Questions about mass...

    That is exactly what I was looking for and I thank you for the help :-).
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    Prayer is what we need

    In an odd way I can't help but be happy to see fundy's attack liberal Christians as hard as they attack atheists. I have been an atheist for years (currently reconsidering) and I take solice and am saddened at the same time in knowing that their antics are so bad it sloshes around in the same...
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    Prayer is what we need

    That made me laugh so hard I wheezed a little bit, yes wheezed not whizzed.
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    Questions about mass...

    I have never attended a Catholic service because when I previously was a Christian I was an Evangelical Christian. However, for many years I have been an atheist and would like to attend church again. I am considering attending a Catholic church next to the apartment I moved into but I have...
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    Secular or Christain Nation

    I would certainly say this isn't a Christian nation. The constitution says "no religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust" (Art. VI), and "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"...
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    Prayer is what we need

    I see that liberal Christians endure almost as much intolerance as atheists/humanists. Keep up the good fight sirs and ma'ams.
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    Since we're all going to hell

    I chuckled loudly at that :yum:
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    Actually worried about HELL?

    Perhaps I already said this, but if God is suppose to be a loving God, then he would just make people be put into oblivion and be bored to death for a 100 years or something then if they said I'm sorry they could come to heaven. However, eternity in a lake of fire just for doubting something...
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    Actually worried about HELL?

    The way I see it is that if God sends people for hell based on the lack of information that he has provided us, then that is not a God that anyone should show admiration. Eternal torment for a simple misunderstanding? There is no way I can believe that, so I choose not to believe in a literal...
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    To non-literal hell people...

    The way I see Strobel and McDowell is that they are hateful fundamentalists who have read some William Lane Craig stuff then filtered it through their conservative world view to create work that even a lot of Christians question. I think conservatives are wrong but I don't automatically assume...
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    To non-literal hell people...

    You actually made some really good points. Until 15 posts I won't be able to give any links to what I am talking about thought. If you are actually interested search google for Godman Myth or read The Jesus Mysteries or The Christ Conspiracy: The Greatest Story Ever Sold by Archarya S. Oh and...
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    Name some liberal churches...

    I am completely out of touch with what churches are in my area. That church is about a 5 minute walk from my apartment and the Presbyterian church is right accross the street from me. (granted I just moved here after I got married a month ago)
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    New Member Here!

    The replies are very appreciated. I was beginning to get concerned that no one would welcome me.