Talking about religion - Round 2!

[Karen]

Its kinda cool if you think about it, pagans of many sects will work together, but you don't see a groups of Catholics, Mormons, and Jehovah's Witness' doing to many things together.

That may be true of the individuals you know, but I have been part of many ecumenical gatherings where peoples of various branches of the Judeo-Christian tradition worked together. Happens all the time!

I am Methodist, by the way, which is a branch of the Protestant church.

[JenBKR]

That may be true of the individuals you know, but I have been part of many ecumenical gatherings where peoples of various branches of the Judeo-Christian tradition worked together. Happens all the time!

Me too - happens quite a bit actually

[Argranade]

I would say I'm pretty much just a regulare Christian,

But I belive God, Jesus, The lord ect ... is all one person, It may sound weird that jesus would pray to god him self but that's what I belive and I learned about it threw church.

I also belive god was not born on Christmas becase there's no snow in jerusalem and almost all the photo's I see of the manger have snow and baby lambs which does not make sence because lambs are born in the spring.

In some bible photos I don't see snow but I see lambs, sand, flowers ect .. this I belive and from the baby lambs part I would say he was born in the spring around April, again that's what I think because that's the time of year baby sheep are born NOT in mid december lol.

How did god come to be? .. how was he created? how did this happen? I was taught he came as a thought expressed it was just a unnatural phenomenon that came to be, I also wounder who thought of this thought? lol ... it's kinda confusing for me but all I know is that I belive in god with all my heart and know he's real with in me.

[JenBKR]

I also belive god was not born on Christmas becase there's no snow in jerusalem and almost all the photo's I see of the manger have snow and baby lambs which does not make sence because lambs are born in the spring.

Actually that is true, the actual date of Jesus' birth is not known, but it is believed to be in springtime. The holiday celebrating His birth (Christmas) was made on Dec. 25th to coincide with a pagan holiday.

[smokey the elder]

I'm like Twisterdog; I believe that there is a Supreme Being, who manifests him/her/itself in different ways throughout the ages and to different folks. I am not very religious per se, but my beliefs resonate most with polytheistic philosophies. A different aspect of Deity speaks at a different time, as needed. I have come to think that many organized religions attempt to quantify the Infinite, which is of course, impossible!

[lady_zana]

I also belive god was not born on Christmas becase there's no snow in jerusalem and almost all the photo's I see of the manger have snow and baby lambs which does not make sence because lambs are born in the spring.

I think the snow in the scenes is mostly so that pictures look like what what we would expect. We have the idea of a "white Christmas" so they put snow in the pictures to make it more "Christmas-y". I have also seen pictures of the Virgin Mary where she is very pale skinned with blue eyes.....while no one knows what she looked like, she probably didn't look like a little white girl

On that note, a few years ago, scientists and historians were working together to find an astrological signs that might have been the Star of Bethleham and I think they decided it would have been in April/May based on the location and descriptions of the star in the Bible.

Christmas is about the time of the Pagan Yule holiday and many of the traditions, such as Christmas Trees and spreading holly around come from the Pagan traditions because when many of the pagans at the time converted, they began a new religion but took parts of their old religion with them.

[Sophist]

I have been part of many ecumenical gatherings where peoples of various branches of the Judeo-Christian tradition worked together. Happens all the time!

Agreed... for example, my church makes a lot of efforts to do service projects in conjunction with other religions, and we hold several large choir festivals and other such things were all religions and groups are welcome to join in.


I also have been involved in a lot of activities through my church that are intended to include and benefit the community as a whole, and not just church-goers.

[sumbirdy]

I am a Christian and believe in the Bible. I believe that Jesus died for my sins. I believe the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one. I don't believe in reincarnation. I think that you only have one life and that's it. I believe that you should only worship God, the Father, and have no other gods before him, as it says in the Bible. Basically I believe everthing the Bible says.

[Cubby'sMom]

I am a Catholic and I believe in the Father, Son and Holy Sprit(or ghost). I believe in the saint and the Bible. I also believe in only worshipping God and having no other gods before him. I believe in Heaven, pergatory (sp?) and hell. I'm not gonna go into much detail about it, it's too complicated

Oh and about the emo kids a lot of them actually don't practice wicca and everything, at least not with my experience. I know many of them(they used to be happy, I've just known them too long ) and they just cut themselves and talk about how much life hates them. They wear black clothing and wear emo hairstyles, and if they break up with a bf/gf they want to die. That's my experience with emo's

[IRescue452]

What you are describing with the emo kids you know is called Dependent Personality Disorder. Its something that was largely ignored for a while and is showing in today's younger generations. It can be quite serious and only gets worse when people ridicule them. Its no laughing matter. Self-injury is also nothing to take lightly. My girlfriend is a self-injurer. Its a coping mechanism. There are some emo kids who do it just as a trend though, and I hate it because once you get something as a trend, the real problem is passed off as just looking for attention.

[Cubby'sMom]

What you are describing with the emo kids you know is called Dependent Personality Disorder. Its something that was largely ignored for a while and is showing in today's younger generations. It can be quite serious and only gets worse when people ridicule them. Its no laughing matter. Self-injury is also nothing to take lightly. My girlfriend is a self-injurer. Its a coping mechanism. There are some emo kids who do it just as a trend though, and I hate it because once you get something as a trend, the real problem is passed off as just looking for attention.

Well, most of my friends are posers. I'm not someone who shrugs it off or thinks it's funny if it is the real thing. I have had a friend who tried to kill herself in front of my house. Just most of my friends are posers, so it just annoys me most of the time. If they're really trying to hurt themselves, I get alarmed.

[junescrater716]

Dude Poser and EMO is not a religion! lol

[wolf_Q]

I am from a LDS (mormon) family (I didn't know there were others on this board), but I haven't been to church in at least 10 years. So if anyone has questions, I am not really the one to ask. Before anyone assumes, no we do NOT practice polygamy, and it is not a cult.

Organized religion just has never worked that well for me. I do believe in God, and that there is "life" after death, I cannot dismiss the existence of the other side, if that makes sense. But I don't believe that being a member of any certain religion is an automatic ticket to heaven, I think being a good person is the most important thing. Those are my beliefs, I'm not speaking for a specific religion, just myself.