common sense...

[Job8]

Atha,

You are rambling all over the place and are probably frustrated with a lot of things. Common sense has become rather rare today, so if you wish to apply common sense to this thread, please sit down and organize your thoughts. Evil men do create evil things and evil situations. Common sense would tell a person to shun evil and do good, but when people are controlled by evil forces, they do evil.

 

[SkyWriting]

do you really have any friends that aren't Christian? and then do you feel they aren't good enough to go to Heavin? THAT IS NOT TO SAY THEY DESERVE HELL.
this religion traps us
I need freedom from its theology...
to believe in the Creator I do, but I don't have to fear the one I believe in....

That is correct. You need not "fear." A better translation of the word "fear" is "respect for."
Climbing above 6000 m in the Himalayas: 10 to 12.6 deaths for every 100 mountaineers.
You should "fear" the mountain.
If you know your scripture well, you learn this oft overlooked bit of information:

19 because that which is known about God is evident within them; for God made it evident to them.
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood through what has been made, so that they are without excuse.

Note that this is for those even before Jesus came. What this is saying is that God has made Himself known to
all people at all times, and has never been dependant on any one church.
You are free to walk out of any church you don't feel comfortable in and join any other group......or not join any other group.

That will not change God. He will always be there, just for you.

 

[AtWhatCost]

do you really have any friends that aren't Christian? and then do you feel they aren't good enough to go to Heavin? THAT IS NOT TO SAY THEY DESERVE HELL.

this religion traps us

I need freedom from its theology...

to believe in the Creator I do, but I don't have to fear the one I believe in....

So you invent your own god?

 

[x141]

do you really have any friends that aren't Christian? and then do you feel they aren't good enough to go to Heavin? THAT IS NOT TO SAY THEY DESERVE HELL.

this religion traps us

I need freedom from its theology...

to believe in the Creator I do, but I don't have to fear the one I believe in....

Religion (in picture) is a serpent, once bitten you must follow the anecdote prescribed.

 

[AtWhatCost]

Sorry, I can't follow your argument.

I don't think it was an argument. I think it was a rant.

 

[Chad Farwell]

there is no common sense, only a sense that commonality is supposed to make sense