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Why do you believe?

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Why do you believe?
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Why do you believe?
November 30, 2012 at 9:58 am (This post was last modified: November 30, 2012 at 9:59 am by Gooders1002.)
Its a simple question: Why do you believe in your religion?

I would like a brief explanation of why you believe what you believe. And maybe when did you start believing and to you have complete conviction that your faith is true or is is a culturally believe. Do you actually believe in your heart 100% what you believe?
I am not looking for holy book quotes or because I do or god commands it, or any BS like that. I would like a proper answer and if your not willing to give me one, don't bother posting.
"Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful" - Edward Gibbon (Offen misattributed to Lucius Annaeus Seneca or Seneca the Younger) (Thanks to apophenia for the correction)
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RE: Why do you believe?
November 30, 2012 at 7:28 pm
(November 30, 2012 at 9:58 am)Gooders1002 Wrote: Its a simple question: Why do you believe in your religion?

I would like a brief explanation of why you believe what you believe. And maybe when did you start believing and to you have complete conviction that your faith is true or is is a culturally believe. Do you actually believe in your heart 100% what you believe?
I am not looking for holy book quotes or because I do or god commands it, or any BS like that. I would like a proper answer and if your not willing to give me one, don't bother posting.

No theists are anywhere near capable of providing the info you seek. Really, you don't ask much... But it's too much.
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RE: Why do you believe?
November 30, 2012 at 8:00 pm
Because "Screw logic!" has a nice ring to it. Big Grin
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RE: Why do you believe?
November 30, 2012 at 8:00 pm
This isn't hard to answer lol. I believe because Christianity is true. History has verified it over and over again. Chrisitanity on planet earth has been the theme of religion for the last 2,000 years. When did I start believing? When I studied the facts and learned for my self.
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RE: Why do you believe?
November 30, 2012 at 8:21 pm (This post was last modified: November 30, 2012 at 8:21 pm by Voltron.)
(November 30, 2012 at 8:00 pm)The truth Wrote: This isn't hard to answer lol. I believe because Christianity is true. History has verified it over and over again. Chrisitanity on planet earth has been the theme of religion for the last 2,000 years. When did I start believing? When I studied the facts and learned for my self.

How has history verified it to be true over and over again? And what facts did you study?
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RE: Why do you believe?
November 30, 2012 at 8:31 pm
"How has history verified it to be true over and over again? And what facts did you study?"
Lol, ask the the scolars of today they are my facts.
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RE: Why do you believe?
November 30, 2012 at 8:31 pm
(November 30, 2012 at 8:21 pm)Voltron Wrote:
(November 30, 2012 at 8:00 pm)The truth Wrote: This isn't hard to answer lol. I believe because Christianity is true. History has verified it over and over again. Chrisitanity on planet earth has been the theme of religion for the last 2,000 years. When did I start believing? When I studied the facts and learned for my self.

How has history verified it to be true over and over again? And what facts did you study?
Must have studied some hard facts....
The dinosaurs.
Hinduism.
Greek mythology.
Physics.
Biology.
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RE: Why do you believe?
November 30, 2012 at 8:34 pm
(November 30, 2012 at 8:31 pm)The truth Wrote: "How has history verified it to be true over and over again? And what facts did you study?"
Lol, ask the the scolars of today they are my facts.

Which scolars?
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RE: Why do you believe?
November 30, 2012 at 8:36 pm (This post was last modified: November 30, 2012 at 8:38 pm by Voltron.)
(November 30, 2012 at 8:31 pm)The truth Wrote: "How has history verified it to be true over and over again? And what facts did you study?"
Lol, ask the the scolars of today they are my facts.

I asked you.
And what scholars? Since you brought it up.
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RE: Why do you believe?
November 30, 2012 at 8:47 pm
(November 30, 2012 at 8:31 pm)The truth Wrote: "How has history verified it to be true over and over again? And what facts did you study?"
Lol, ask the the scolars of today they are my facts.

Just out of interest.

Would you consider the conquest and brutal slaughter of the south american natives through sowrd, gunpowder, slave labor, inquisition and smallpox in the name of the Spanish crown and the catholic church
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proof of christianities truth and power? or catholic truth?

Would you consider Cromwells brutal slaughter of the Irish catholics by a puritan army as proof of calvinist christianities truth?


You would also have to acknowlege the conquest of north africa by the arabs aswell as the fall of constantinopel as proof of islams truth.
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Or what specific historic events prove your god to be the truth for you?
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