do you belive in god?
 

is just a question...

I am agnostic, I guess I am still not sure what to believe

Yes ... Not in the church but I do beleive in Jesus and God ;)

I believe theres an higher power... So yes I do :)

I don't believe in religion.

30th god thread.

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Yes,yes I do...Jesus is our saviour

what's yer sign?

No but i do believe Vitasoy is a worthless pos.

what is a god?

I know not of what you speak.

:(

yes, and surely he is me

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God is the name we give to things we can't explain.

Aliens are gods.

I believe in being greatful for whatever we are experiencing.

I believe in something. Just not sure what.

a dead question for a dead belief.

no.

if i could id kill people just to prove its not a sin.

no

If God is meant to be worshipped, don't we all in one sense or another believe in God...some worship the unseen, and others worship money :)

Just depends on what you define your God as.

I believe in spirituality but not one god per say.

Religion is the source of so much evil in this world that it scares me.

no.

I believe in the Creator. :)

I believe in god he is the father of all mighty.

yes

Yes, I do believe in God. You've got to keep the faith.

No, I believe man is the one who determines his destiny.

Did god create man or man create god?

yes

yes I believe in God and that Jesus is our saviour... too bad the church went wrong

3000th maybe.

I used to do but now I'm not so sure about religion anymore.. :(

What do you know about Jesus that you didn't learn from the Church?

I believe that I am my own god...I can make shit happen :winkwink:

no, I dont belive in any such religion, allthough I am christianized(word?) when I was small.......still dont belive in it.......

Baptized.

I don't believe.

everything... with all due respect I was raised Catholic but after I did some research I found that the Roman Catholic church has a lot of traditions that are against the Bible and that God/Jesus do not approve off.

I also think that the different churches that exist only make it harder for ppl coz in the end it boils down to one thing: Jesus
:2 cents:

I think that this is what Newton thought . Correct me if I'm wrong .

:)

I believe that religion is a better Idea to make money then selling sex WAY more people fall into that trap and here comes that offering plate.....

There is no such thing as "the Bible" devoid of Church influence though. If you read a history of how the New Testament was compiled you'll see that it is a hodgepodge of various thoughts and influences who in the period 100 A.D. - 370 A.D. or so and with many twists and turns for the most part were able to agree upon a standard New Testament.

Why were some books canonized and others weren't? Why do we read Matthew and Mark but not Thomas or the The Infancy Gospel? All of these books enjoyed popularity in various parts of the region and in various churches. Why were there purposeful (and accidental) deletions and additions especially during this time?

The most influential of the early church leaders, various "free thinkers" and various sects all debated each other and competed to get their beliefs canonized. Various councils of Bishops took votes on canonization and various Roman emperors lent considerable prestige to the views they most agreed with. Not beung hunted by the empire did a lot for your popularity. Of all the early Christian sects it was the Roman church, naturally, which understood this best.

yes i do, but not the way he is depicted by religions...
there's 2 definitions according to the dictionary
there's God and god note the capitalization
in all definitions, you ARE in fact your own god...however, according to the biblical referance, you are the son of God

GOD boozed a lot that day!!! :Graucho

don't get your undies in a twist dude, calm down... I was referring to the Roman Catholic church as we know nowadays. I think it is emphasizing the part of the church in religion way too much. The traditions used in the Roman Catholic church are sometimes in contradiction to the Bible and I do take the Bible above this.

Very powerful.... I feel the same way (re: too bad the church went wrong).

I believe in God and that Jesus is our saviour, too... and finally, have found a church that rocks. It's a methodist church where the theme of the ministry is 'Love All, Serve One'... simple and pure. I LOVE it :thumbsup

Hmmm. I'm completely calm. The questions I asked were rhetorical. ;-)

You are avoiding my gist of my thread however. You're wishing to take the Bible as "above" the Church and yet the canonized Bible was formed as a result of the Church. The Bible can tell you no more about the mind of God than the Church can.

What words in the Bible are those of Jesus? The ones with the red letters? Then which of the words in the non-canonical gospels are those of Jesus? Some, none, or all?

When were they right?

In the beginning God created Man - Later Man decided to return the Favor