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Originally Posted by Sex9
I was also raised christian(roman catholic to be exact, italian family--I am now a proud athiest) but I have a major issue with what you said...and I mean no disrespect what-so-ever...but you say "god helps those who help themselves" truly bothers me. Having the notion that there is a man in the clouds who is actively helping you would imply that "he" is actively involved in our lives(or supposedly the lives of the people that believe in him.) So if your god is involved in the lives of the faithful and giving them help.. that could only mean that he/she/it is ignoring helpless christian children who are in true desperate situations. Although being poor is not fun, around the world, or even in your neighborhood there are tons of people that are in a far worse conditions and with no options...there are kids dying of starvation in africa, there are kids right here being severely abused, there are millions of people with no options like your mother. So if your all loving/all powerful god is actually giving your mother these great options for work which she seems to be ignoring...what does that say about his/hers/its priorities?
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No disrespect taken. I can't answer your questions though, since I have asked those very same questions myself many a time. The point I was trying to make in my post was not so much that I believe there is a God sitting up there deciding who to help and who not to help. I was more saying that I get so tired of the people who believe that everything will be handed to them on a silver platter simply because they have faith.
I don't even know what I believe about religion anymore. The only thing I do know is that I can't take everything I was taught as fact. Growing up I was taught not to question the Bible and the things I was told in church and school. As I have gotten older though, I question everything. The tough part is that I haven't found the answers.
I do believe that faith in religion is a good thing though... whether I believe in that religion or not. I think it gives people something to believe in, something to look forward to, and helps keep many people on this earth in line because of their fear of retribution.