Do you wish you could believe in a Deity?

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Sejanus, Idk where you get your ideas of God, but he is none of the above, he is a merciful loving all powerful being, definetly not hateful or overbearing as to suggest...

Read the bible.

[Theonewhoanswersyourquestions]

Sejanus, Idk where you get your ideas of God, but he is none of the above, he is a merciful loving all powerful being, definetly not hateful or overbearing as to suggest...

Read the bible.

I have read the bible multiple times through and through, and while yes, God does punish humanity, he is merciful and loving, but I really love when atheists try to use te bible against us because then I can show how bad you have misinterpreted it

[Violet]

Sometimes I wish I could believe in a god of something. Unfortunately for me, faith in a magic old guy who lives in the clouds that grants wishes is a no-go. Not to mention paying lip service to hypocritical, small minded, jack asses in the church is also a big fat non-starter.

Believe in me. I am a rather proper god of madness and death, with an open mind that accepts *anyone*. I'm also fairly young, if that helps you any.

I don't have a church... but if you were to start one for your respect of me: the only jackass within it would be... yourself

[Minimalist]

It seems a lot of you hate our religion, and Jesus the most, why is that? What has our Gid done to you to deserve this hate?

There is no fucking god.

You assholes, OTOH, are eternally pissing people off.

[Violet]

I have read the bible multiple times through and through, and while yes, God does punish humanity, he is merciful and loving, but I really love when atheists try to use te bible against us because then I can show how bad you have misinterpreted it

Merciful and loving.

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Child-slaughtering (orders), woman-raping (orders), homosexual-murdering (law), organ-mutilating (circumcision), civilization-destroying (too many), species-annihilating (floods and apocalypses oh my), mind-twisting (Babel, anyone?), life-ruining (Job), 'child-sacrificing' (recanted order, he didn't have the scones), slavery-forcing (Cain/Abel, Jacob, Israel in general), hell-sending (...), tortures upon tortures (From his only son (many times), to poor Job, to the family of the firstborn sons, to those he 'curses' such that they will not bear children (lol)), and many many more horrific things that he has done, or has ordered be done... and I'm not even adding the stuff his champions do.

I don't think so, kid. You should get out of abusive relationships.

[OhWord]

God is the answer, and I hope you discover that before it is too late

[Theonewhoanswersyourquestions]

It seems a lot of you hate our religion, and Jesus the most, why is that? What has our Gid done to you to deserve this hate?

There is no fucking god.

You assholes, OTOH, are eternally pissing people off.

You want to believe that go ahead, I just hope you see the truth, because obviously I can't persuade you, but I really truly hope you see God

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I have read the bible multiple times through and through, and while yes, God does punish humanity, he is merciful and loving, but I really love when atheists try to use te bible against us because then I can show how bad you have misinterpreted it
[/quote Wrote:Merciful and loving.

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Child-slaughtering (orders), woman-raping (orders), homosexual-murdering (law), organ-mutilating (circumcision), civilization-destroying (too many), species-annihilating (floods and apocalypses oh my), mind-twisting (Babel, anyone?), life-ruining (Job), 'child-sacrificing' (recanted order, he didn't have the scones), slavery-forcing (Cain/Abel, Jacob, Israel in general), hell-sending (...), tortures upon tortures (From his only son (many times), to poor Job, to the family of the firstborn sons, to those he 'curses' such that they will not bear children (lol)), and many many more horrific things that he has done, or has ordered be done... and I'm not even adding the stuff his champions do.

I don't think so, kid. You should get out of abusive relationships.

God does not order these things to be done, he give humanity punishment for what they do, and you just see them as tyrannical doings, Gods work is done on a much larger scale for you to understand, this is the same as if you do something your parents don't want you to do, the spank you, it gives you pain and should tell you not to do it again, but humanity as a whole is as a child, and does not learn from one punishment, so the punishment gets worse as the sin in the Earth continues to grow, it sucks, but if humanity wasn't such a terrible race, it be a whole lot better but God gives us the mercy to continue to live the way we want, if God was not kind and merciful, he'd FORCE us to bow down to him, and forcefully command us in life

[Violet]

God does not order these things to be done, he give humanity punishment for what they do, and you just see them as tyrannical doings, Gods work is done on a much larger scale for you to understand, this is the same as if you do something your parents don't want you to do, the spank you, it gives you pain and should tell you not to do it again, but humanity as a whole is as a child, and does not learn from one punishment, so the punishment gets worse as the sin in the Earth continues to grow, it sucks, but if humanity wasn't such a terrible race, it be a whole lot better but God gives us the mercy to continue to live the way we want, if God was not kind and merciful, he'd FORCE us to bow down to him, and forcefully command us in life

Holy shit: that was one sentence, and I cannot help but wonder regarding your reading comprehension (you think he didn't order they be done? What?! XD).

As a curiosity... how is trafficking for 'punishment'? Is it harsh enough? Maybe we aught do it to all of the little ones... get them right ripe for a world where they know what to not do~ A lovely little rape ring for every step out of line, oh I can see it now: world peace. That'll teach 'em good, it will.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1QZq-wKaBWc

But then... shouldn't we go further? System has to work.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Sometimes I wish I could believe in a god of something. There is a character in my favorite book series (The Dresden Files) who is a Knight of the Cross. He carries a sword that has a nail from the crusifiction worked into the steel. He and his two brethren are the fist of God on earth.

The way he takes comfort, and the way he is so sure and certain of his place in the world because of his faith is beautiful and inspiring.

Unfortunately for me, faith in a magic old guy who lives in the clouds that grants wishes is a no-go. Not to mention paying lip service to hypocritical, small minded, jack asses in the church is also a big fat non-starter.

Do you ever wish you could have faith in something? Humanity, even though it is pretty screwed up sometimes, still gives me real hope. But sometimes I feel a little empty.

Thoughts?

You sound like a person searching for the love he was always meant to have. God is the way. He is the light and spiritually, he is the only thing you will ever need. Don't use the church's many failures as an excuse to give up an eternity side by side with a Creator who loves you.

Yes, we have been known to be hypocritical and small minded, but many of us want only to save you from a place meant only for the devil and his vile demons.

You can be that knight. You can fight a spiritual fight for Jesus Christ. Maybe you could be the one to bring these wayward souls on this site to Him.

Stop trying to shoe horn God into your life and simply accept Him for the amazing deity He is!

Talk to me. I will try to answer as many questions as i can.

I feel sorry for you that you need your imagination in order to feel as loved as you apparently are.

I've got all the love I could ever want from my friends and family.

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Read the bible.

I have read the bible multiple times through and through, and while yes, God does punish humanity, he is merciful and loving, but I really love when atheists try to use te bible against us because then I can show how bad you have misinterpreted it

'Try'? I actively can. The bible is an incoherent mess and thus any attempt to defend it alway strays into the realm of interpretation and apologetics.

Your god commits omni-cide and you try and defend it as loving?

Yeah no thanks. Only a sucker would actively sign up to an abusive relationship.

[Esquilax]

God does not order these things to be done, he give humanity punishment for what they do, and you just see them as tyrannical doings, Gods work is done on a much larger scale for you to understand, this is the same as if you do something your parents don't want you to do, the spank you, it gives you pain and should tell you not to do it again, but humanity as a whole is as a child, and does not learn from one punishment, so the punishment gets worse as the sin in the Earth continues to grow, it sucks, but if humanity wasn't such a terrible race, it be a whole lot better but God gives us the mercy to continue to live the way we want, if God was not kind and merciful, he'd FORCE us to bow down to him, and forcefully command us in life

And if any other being decided to use slavery, genocide and so on as punishments, you would label them a monster. Why does god get away with treating everyone so much worse than you expect any given human to treat you?