Our server costs ~$56 per month to run. Please consider donating or becoming a Patron to help keep the site running. Help us gain new members by following us on Twitter and liking our page on Facebook!
Current time: January 24, 2025, 1:42 am
Atheist Forums › Community › Religion › Christianity v
Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.

Thread Rating:
  • 1 Vote(s) - 5 Average
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
Thread Modes
Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
Ryantology Offline
shitlord
*****
Religious Views: I believe in the great abstract.
Posts: 5598
Threads: 112
Joined: July 16, 2012
Reputation: 74
#481
RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
June 2, 2014 at 5:02 pm
(June 1, 2014 at 8:39 pm)Lek Wrote: I should have known it was those evil Republican conservatives and me who are at fault.

Yes, you should have known.
Find
Reply
Faith No More Offline
Better living through chemistry
*****
Religious Views: It's a drug like any other
Posts: 13051
Threads: 66
Joined: February 7, 2011
Reputation: 92
#482
RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
June 2, 2014 at 5:05 pm (This post was last modified: June 2, 2014 at 5:05 pm by Faith No More.)
(June 2, 2014 at 5:02 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote:
(June 1, 2014 at 8:39 pm)Lek Wrote: I should have known it was those evil Republican conservatives and me who are at fault.

Yes, you should have known.

It's pretty damn clear to everyone else.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
Find
Reply
Lek Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: Seek and you will find
Posts: 3520
Threads: 31
Joined: December 14, 2013
Reputation: 20
#483
RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
June 2, 2014 at 5:18 pm
(June 2, 2014 at 5:05 pm)Faith No More Wrote:
(June 2, 2014 at 5:02 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: Yes, you should have known.

It's pretty damn clear to everyone else.

I knew if I tried hard enough I could get you all to agree with me.
Find
Reply
Cyberman Away
Beta cuck male
*****
Religious Views: Frisbeetarian
Posts: 25314
Threads: 239
Joined: August 26, 2010
Reputation: 155
#484
RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
June 2, 2014 at 5:24 pm
I guess this thread's over, then. Want me to close it or something?
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
Find
Reply
Lek Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: Seek and you will find
Posts: 3520
Threads: 31
Joined: December 14, 2013
Reputation: 20
#485
RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
June 2, 2014 at 5:25 pm (This post was last modified: June 2, 2014 at 5:37 pm by Lek.)
(June 2, 2014 at 5:24 pm)Stimbo Wrote: I guess this thread's over, then. Want me to close it or something?

You're the boss.
Find
Reply
Cyberman Away
Beta cuck male
*****
Religious Views: Frisbeetarian
Posts: 25314
Threads: 239
Joined: August 26, 2010
Reputation: 155
#486
RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
June 2, 2014 at 5:32 pm (This post was last modified: June 2, 2014 at 5:37 pm by Cyberman.)
Can't be mine; I do not own a "the boss". Stick it in Lost Property.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
Find
Reply
Lek Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: Seek and you will find
Posts: 3520
Threads: 31
Joined: December 14, 2013
Reputation: 20
#487
RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
June 2, 2014 at 5:39 pm
(June 2, 2014 at 5:32 pm)Stimbo Wrote: Can't be mine; I do not own a "the boss". Stick it in Lost Property.

I thought you might say "I'm not Bruce Springsteen".
Find
Reply
Cyberman Away
Beta cuck male
*****
Religious Views: Frisbeetarian
Posts: 25314
Threads: 239
Joined: August 26, 2010
Reputation: 155
#488
RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
June 2, 2014 at 5:44 pm
Smile To be honest, there were a few ways it could have gone really..!
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
Find
Reply
GrandizerII Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: Not easy for me to summarize in a few words
Posts: 6610
Threads: 73
Joined: May 31, 2014
Reputation: 56
#489
RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
June 3, 2014 at 10:09 am
(May 31, 2014 at 7:43 pm)Lek Wrote:
(May 31, 2014 at 5:46 pm)Irrational Wrote: That's the point. I don't need a law to tell me that, human or divine. I am conditioned to provide love to others.

Do you love everyone in the world?

Missed that one.

No, I don't. My love is selective and conditional, but it is nevertheless, based on how I am wired by genetics/environment as an individual.
Find
Reply
Lek Offline
Senior Member
****
Religious Views: Seek and you will find
Posts: 3520
Threads: 31
Joined: December 14, 2013
Reputation: 20
#490
RE: Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.
June 3, 2014 at 9:37 pm
(June 3, 2014 at 10:09 am)Irrational Wrote:
(May 31, 2014 at 7:43 pm)Lek Wrote: Do you love everyone in the world?

Missed that one.

No, I don't. My love is selective and conditional, but it is nevertheless, based on how I am wired by genetics/environment as an individual.

So we're conditioned to love and to hate, but God desires that we love everyone. So he commands us, knowing that it is against our human nature to do so. Only through his power will we be able to do so.
Find
Reply


Atheist Forums › Community › Religion › Christianity v
Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.

Possibly Related Threads...
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
Brick If everything has a purpose then evil doesn't exist zwanzig 738 69248 June 28, 2023 at 10:48 am
Last Post: emjay
  How can a Christian reject part of the Bible and still call themselves a Christian? KUSA 371 102384 May 3, 2020 at 1:04 am
Last Post: Paleophyte
  The serpent, the tree of knowledge of good and evil, and the tree of life. Newtonscat 48 13412 February 4, 2015 at 7:25 am
Last Post: Homeless Nutter
  Yet more christian logic: christian sues for not being given a job she refuses to do. Esquilax 21 8086 July 20, 2014 at 2:48 pm
Last Post: ThomM
  you have to have faith..and there's a purpose k2490 16 6610 June 1, 2014 at 8:04 pm
Last Post: KUSA
  A club exists at my school for the purpose of evangelizing students Marnie 84 38115 May 11, 2013 at 6:59 pm
Last Post: catfish
  The Meaning of Pain & Suffering? ronedee 12 3601 March 15, 2013 at 1:57 pm
Last Post: thesummerqueen
  Relationships - Christian and non-Christian way Ciel_Rouge 6 6716 August 21, 2012 at 12:57 pm
Last Post: frankiej
  The meaning of "woman" in Galations 4:4 Barre 7 3674 December 10, 2011 at 10:27 pm
Last Post: Oldandeasilyconfused
  Regarding the meaning of adelphos in Galations 1:19 Barre 8 3190 December 10, 2011 at 4:44 am
Last Post: Barre



Users browsing this thread: 7 Guest(s)