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Author Topic:   Religious fundamentalism through the ages
riVeRraT
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Message 5 of 16 (202110)
04-25-2005 7:57 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by clpMINI
04-21-2005 9:01 AM


I don't think so
I believe in God.
My social pressure growing up told me to believe in God also, but I didn't really know if he existed or not for the first 38 years of my life. The way it was taught to me sure as hell wouldn't have led me to believe. I had a personal experience with the Holy Spirit, that led me to believe in what I believe so strongly in today.
If this was ancient Greek times, I probably wouldn't have made it this far without believing, they would have killed me or something.
My point is now we have a freedom to choose, why should I believe in anything?

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riVeRraT
Member (Idle past 438 days)
Posts: 5788
From: NY USA
Joined: 05-09-2004


Message 9 of 16 (202446)
04-25-2005 11:08 PM
Reply to: Message 8 by clpMINI
04-25-2005 6:29 PM


Re: I don't think so
I think it would be impossible to answer that.
I believe we are the sum of our experiences. I had to go through what I went through to bring me to this point. I thank God for calling me out. The bible tells us that coming to him is not just merely a human effort.
I am at a place of peace and content, even though some things are harder for me now, trying to do his will.
I don't want to judge other people's belief's in God, I do not know what they know. But God will judge them based on what they know. So it's all relative to me. I just want to do my job, and that's love God, and love others.

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