Do you believe in God?

Yeah, even the most hardcore I know personally, I don't they ever once said "Christian Law should be the law"
Even if they believe it, they've never said it at least

Indeed, despite America being such a religious country we are pretty secular.

yes i believe in God, God is the Most Powerful Energy who Create the Universe include human

Well the old testament God was actually a vengeful God who let it rain with fire and brimstone if someone took a step down the wrong path ( not like the God in the new Testament who rarely intervenes), so in that respect Hell makes a lot of sense. As far as good stories go, I like the old testament God a lot more than the forgiving God in the new testament . I wanna hear about more people being consumed by giant tsunamies, great towers being crushed, people turned to stone and other adventures of that sort. Compared to that, Jesus is a rather dull character IMO.

^Oh yah say true.

Edited by UMUR - 23 Mar 2011 at 5:57am

SKwid wrote: And about that, if 'god' created everything, he also created heaven and hell,and this is my understanding of what the faith is. And it is the christian beleif that god loves everyone and wants to save them all,(so he sent his son to 'die', which is another debate entirely). So if god loves all of us, and wants to save us all, WHY DID HE CREATE HELL? Why not just have heaven, and save everyone?

EXACTLY! It's a simple line of logic that so many people oversee!

God initially created Hell for Satan according to Christian theology. My issue is how God can save people from Hell, but chooses not to. This video sums it up well... Denise really needs help:

J-Man wrote: SKwid wrote: And about that, if 'god' created everything, he also created heaven and hell,and this is my understanding of what the faith is. And it is the christian beleif that god loves everyone and wants to save them all,(so he sent his son to 'die', which is another debate entirely). So if god loves all of us, and wants to save us all, WHY DID HE CREATE HELL? Why not just have heaven, and save everyone?  EXACTLY! It's a simple line of logic that so many people oversee! God initially created Hell for Satan according to Christian theology. My issue is how God can save people from Hell, but chooses not to. This video sums it up well... Denise really needs help:

Nope, been an Atheist all my life, and it only grown stronger the older i become. My Atheism that is...

Yeah, what happened to the god of the old testament? The vengeful one that smote people and did such br00tal things? In the new testament he's so soft...

Well, they say having a kid mellows you out

SKwid wrote: J-Man wrote: ^ Do you get podcast for that show? I subscribe to that and the Non-Prophets podcast (a radio show also from the ACA) - Both are excellent! Matt Dillahunty is sheer genius.  I don't get podcasts. At all.  I guess i'm not hip enough

You can download the MP3's from here: http://www.atheist-experience.com/archive/

Yeah, I'm a fanboy.

I was raised a Christian and I consider myself one at heart(but have been disillusioned with it mainly because I do not agree with much of the core principles of the evangelical movement/religious right) but a Deist/Agnostic in thought in action who has always found a fascination in the occult, paganism and satanism(even though they are not one and the same).