Quote:In other words you caved into the pressure of the instituations around you.
Not at all.

A brillant quote from Betrand Russel, 'No one can believe in God if they have seen a child die.' See a child die, would be very sad, however this doesnt prove there is no God, just our understand and perception of God is, perhaps wrong...
Quote:Thats utterly bizzare and proves my point about christians being bound by a doctrine teaching them to blindly follow their rulers as passive slaves.No. If you want to talk about the Bible, understand how theology works.
Quote:Eternal hell is not a pagan belief, find me a couple of pagan religions around the levant who thought that, because I can tell you with absolute sincerity that the egyptians didn't think that, and no other religion had more influence on the damn hebrews than theirs.
In Greek mythology etenal hell was called Kronos, the worst of the worst places. Hades was the afterlife in greek mythology, a place where one lived forever. So yes there was such a thing as eternal hell...
Its ok to have doubt, just dont let that doubt become the answers.
You dont hate God, you hate the church game.
"God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed." Saint Augustine
Your mind works very simply: you are either trying to find out what are God's laws in order to follow them; or you are trying to outsmart Him. -Martin H. Fischer
You dont hate God, you hate the church game.
"God is not what you imagine or what you think you understand. If you understand you have failed." Saint Augustine
Your mind works very simply: you are either trying to find out what are God's laws in order to follow them; or you are trying to outsmart Him. -Martin H. Fischer