(June 18, 2013 at 1:46 am)Esquilax Wrote:(June 18, 2013 at 1:31 am)Polaris Wrote: What gringo? Hitler did have a history with the Church, but I see it not that he believed, but that he used the beliefs of the Christian majority in Germany to achieve his own goals...
Because, lemme guess, no True Christian would commit atrocities, huh?
Awfully convenient, that time traveling telepathic power you have, that allows you to see into the hearts of men long dead in order to tell us the truth, that his beliefs didn't match the actions we use to confirm his beliefs today.
(June 17, 2013 at 11:22 pm)Palko Wrote: If I was an atheist, I would be living life to the fullest for myself, now and every second I breathe, because there is nothing at the end. Your life on earth will end at any time and then the world will forget your name and no one will care.
What a wonderful reality!
Who says I don't just like having these debates?
Besides, just because in time the memory of me will fade doesn't mean my existence was any less meaningful. It doesn't happen less, because it won't persist; it's up to me to make my life the best one I can.
And really, if I wanted to, I could broach the idea that your life is just as troubling, since you believe this life to be just a test run, a giant cosmic joke with the real thing yet to come. But we both know that's not true, and that nothing that comes after, or before, could diminish the precious few years we have in this reality, the only life we know for sure we have.
Quote:However, I do believe in a loving, heavenly Father who is both merciful and just and this is my motivation in life, to give to others, to love people. Hope brings peace,
And your god doesn't have the market cornered on hope.
Because I'm of the belief (well most political scientists as well) people just use religion as an excuse to go to war and the politicians are the ones who are irreligious simply using the beliefs of others to fill their own selfish desires for wealth and power.
But if we walk in the light, as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, His Son, purifies us from all sin.