God, what if you aren't real?
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Thread Topic: God, what if you aren't real?
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care_bear19 NewbieOkay, so resently (as in last week) I told my 'friend' in church I was bi. (Not that I hide it, i'm very open about my sexuality but this was a new church and it just happened to come up) and the next day the preacher decided to talk about Gay marriage and how wrong it is. I wanted to get up and leave but my parents wouldn't let me. My parents know about me being Bi, my (step)dad says he doesn't care. My mom had a hard time accepting it, but eventually came around. But neither of them agree with gay marriage. One day i asked my mom "If I was marrying a girl, would you come to the wedding." She didn't even hesitate when she said "no. As much as i love you i still think its wrong and a sin."
How can loving someone be so wrong? And it even says that God knows every mistake you will ever make before he "creates" you. If that's true and he really does hate homosexuals... why would he make them??
I watched this movie called "God's not dead" with my parents one night. At one part this girl is talking with a preacher and he says
"Does God make mistakes?" and she said no. And he said "God made you, right? God doesn't make mistakes, you're obviously created for some reason." So obviosly "God" made Homosexuals. (????)
Not saying that i don't believe in God... I'm not sure what i believe. They say God made the Earth in seven days but... How long is Seven days to a divine being? A day on Earth isn't the same amount of tie as a day on Mars, so seven days to God could be seven billion years to us.
My grandmother's side of the family is extremely religious. I have a kinda-cousin (it's complicated) who is also bisexual and a few years ago (i was too young to remember) she came out to them. They literally sat her down and told her she was going to burn in hell and tried to send her to camps to "get straight". My mom said i can't come out to that side of the family because she doesn't want to have to go up there (my mom is very protective) -
care_bear19 NewbieBut if i don't believe in God then it basically just oblivion after death. If i do... then that means i'm going to burn in hell for eternity. I guess it comes down to the lesser of the two evils.
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Very important to note two things: the first is that human interpretation, unlike tge word of god, is totally up for debate. Its not THE truth, its just words and its validity is measured by your logic, not their insistance.
Secondly, your whole argument is basically sementic. Your assuming a hypothetical position based on linguistics, and definitions, not logics and observations. -
Let's just say that I had a large post ready but my battery died before I could post it.
I have a lot to say on this matter so don't kill it before I can correct somethings that are in my expertise. -
The bible was written by men thousands of years ago. Times were different back then and the voice of God was wrongly interpreted by these men. The Bible was not written by me.
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LaughMachine Novice@ I am god: really? Aren't you god?
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Yes I am God but the bible is not my words.
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Goodness... Now my friends must believe god! You are! *prays*
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Bless you, child.
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Beverlyreagan NewbieWHAT IN THE WORLD IS THIS!!! God whatnif you arent real?!!?!?
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care_bear19 Newbief--- it. Imma live how I want to, I'm tired of following something based on the possible delusions of ancient people. (If someone told you today that they could here God wouldn't you think they were insane? People were more gulible then) I have my own morals and standards I don't have to follow anyone else's. I am who I am, I can't and won't change for anyone but myself. I'm a person of science (coughi'mageekcough) and if you can't give me real tangleable, beyond a reasonable doubt evidence then I'm done. Also, I'm done hiding my sexuality for ANYONE, I'm proud of who I am and as much as I respect my parents and love my family if they can't accept who I am then that's their problem. I respect everyone's opinion, weather you support LGBTQ or not is completely up to each person and I'm not going to try to make people accept it, as long as they are respectful about my opinion i will be about theirs.
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Then seriously don't make these threads, if you make the thread then people are going to give there opinions and correct you.
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Care bear..You had to put real thought into the desicion to follow your own heart?
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care_bear19 Newbie@small, i didn't mean it like that, i wanted people's opinion on this particular subject since the only opinions i really have are from people who believe. Most of my friends either don't take the conversation seriously enough or say that they believe but don't really have answers to my questions.
@Slim_t, to a certain extent, yes. I've never been "ashamed" or kept my sexuality a secret besides to my extended family. But I'm also a very closed person. I usually think with my head instead of following my heart. I tend to put others before me and don't really look at things for myself. My family has always done the whole religion thing and i've always supported them but it wasn't until recently that i really, truly looked at it myself. I guess i always just followed what i thought was "normal" until i got older and started seeing things differently. And pressure from parents to believe in God was very strong. As much as my parents annoy me or irriate me, i still want them to be proud of me. But i'm ot going to pretend if i don't actually believe in God. -
Thats actually fairly rational, if a bit overly dramatic
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