Belly35
Posts: 9,716
Nov 15, 2009 7:49am
I’m up every Sunday for Church and Bible study and on Wednesday early morning Men’s group. I have a strong faith and have raised our family with that same dedication to the Lord. I’m not perfect and have my faults but try hard to correct my wrongs to do right.
My faith in God has provided me with many blessing and has given me with strengths to over come much diversity. Without my faith in the Lord I would not be the person I am today and my family would be only a shell of who we all are.
Are you or are you not a believer in God and why?
My faith in God has provided me with many blessing and has given me with strengths to over come much diversity. Without my faith in the Lord I would not be the person I am today and my family would be only a shell of who we all are.
Are you or are you not a believer in God and why?
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Keith
Posts: 155
Nov 15, 2009 8:06am
I have a strong spiritual belief and express it in a way that is right for me.
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ss7
Posts: 256
Nov 15, 2009 8:13am
I am a believer. It was just the way I was raised.
believer
Posts: 8,153
Nov 15, 2009 8:30am
I'm in hence my handle!
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wizecracker
Posts: 139
Nov 15, 2009 8:54am
I believe i God as well.
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Gobuckeyes1
Posts: 497
Nov 15, 2009 9:03am
I believe in "God".
I'm not sure I subscribe to "God" as he is presented in the Christian tradition anymore, but I do believe there is a force in this universe that is greater that ourselves. I just have a hard time believing that this "force" cares about what I do on a daily basis.
I'm not sure I subscribe to "God" as he is presented in the Christian tradition anymore, but I do believe there is a force in this universe that is greater that ourselves. I just have a hard time believing that this "force" cares about what I do on a daily basis.
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Nov 15, 2009 9:37am
Yeah, I'm more of a spiritual believer than a religious person.
*Sorry gobuckeyes
*Sorry gobuckeyes
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Gobuckeyes1
Posts: 497
Nov 15, 2009 9:50am
Why are you sorry? I have absolutely no problem with people who believe differently than me, and I am totally open to the possibility that I am wrong. I am also totally open the possibility that I might be persuaded to change my beliefs in the future.CenterBHSFan wrote: Yeah, I'm more of a spiritual believer than a religious person.
*Sorry gobuckeyes
No need to be sorry.
salto
Posts: 2,611
Nov 15, 2009 10:19am
Believer, but don't agree with a single faith having all of the answers. I feel most people today proclaiming to be "religious", do so out of convenience. These are the individuals that go to their service on Sunday and leave those morals at the door when they leave.
coyotes22
Posts: 11,298
Nov 15, 2009 10:25am
Believer
Was born Southern Baptist
Raised Independent Fundamental Baptist
Was born Southern Baptist
Raised Independent Fundamental Baptist
GoChiefs
Posts: 16,754
Nov 15, 2009 10:30am
I'm a believer..although I do not go to church as often as I should.
OneBuckeye
Posts: 5,888
Nov 15, 2009 10:34am
The price you pay for being wrong if you don't believe is greater than the price of believing and being wrong. I believe!
iclfan2
Posts: 6,360
Nov 15, 2009 10:39am
I believe.
CenterBHSFan
Posts: 6,115
Nov 15, 2009 10:46am
gobuckeyes,
No, that's not what I meant. I guess I just can kind of relate with the indecision of it all. Been there and done that.
No, that's not what I meant. I guess I just can kind of relate with the indecision of it all. Been there and done that.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Nov 15, 2009 11:09am
Agnostic?Gobuckeyes1 wrote: I believe in "God".
I'm not sure I subscribe to "God" as he is presented in the Christian tradition anymore, but I do believe there is a force in this universe that is greater that ourselves. I just have a hard time believing that this "force" cares about what I do on a daily basis.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Nov 15, 2009 11:10am
I have a feeling many people would say the same thing.gochiefs wrote: I'm a believer..although I do not go to church as often as I should.
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tigerfan82
Posts: 342
Nov 15, 2009 11:10am
I am in.............God is number one in my life............
redfalcon
Posts: 1,088
Nov 15, 2009 11:11am
I am not. There are several reasons, but mainly because I think science and history have shown enough evidence to call religion into question, I find most of the organized religions to be full of politics and corrupt, religion seems to me that it was created to control the masses, according to the bible, 6.5 billion people on earth right now are destined for hell, and I think that believing just to avoid hell isn't really what a god would want anyway.
ernest_t_bass
Posts: 24,984
Nov 15, 2009 11:15am
I have had many spiritual ups and downs in my life. I was raised in a strict Christian home. I went my own way, probably b/c it seemed like religion was forced upon me. B/t my Frosh and Soph years of college, I rededicated myself to the Lord. I fell again. Hasn't been the same since. I have had some hurt in my life, and that has hardened my heart tremendously. I go to church, not too often, and I don't deny the Lord. I just don't openly profess like I once did. I've prayed that God will soften my heart, but I think I'm too stubborn. I've gone sober, and that is a step, but I just don't know if everything is for the right reasons.
There are many things that I have a hard time with in "religion." How "good" people, who literally do less wrong than Self Righteous people, but don't believe, can go to hell. That's my hardest thing.
There are many things that I have a hard time with in "religion." How "good" people, who literally do less wrong than Self Righteous people, but don't believe, can go to hell. That's my hardest thing.
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I Wear Pants
Posts: 16,223
Nov 15, 2009 11:24am
I don't think it works that way.OneBuckeye wrote: The price you pay for being wrong if you don't believe is greater than the price of believing and being wrong. I believe!
BORIStheCrusher
Posts: 1,893
Nov 15, 2009 11:34am
My belief is simply that you should be a good person and do the right things, not much more to it. I don't need to reed a book or sit in church to figure that out. If there is a God is he really going to punish me for that?
hasbeen
Posts: 6,504
Nov 15, 2009 11:46am
I believe in a higher power, but think organized religion is a joke.
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Tinkertrain
Posts: 407
Nov 15, 2009 12:12pm
Pascal's Wager eh?OneBuckeye wrote: The price you pay for being wrong if you don't believe is greater than the price of believing and being wrong. I believe!
The problem with Pascal's wager is that it relies on the belief that the god you choose to worship is the correct god to worship.
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tigerballonline
Posts: 125
Nov 15, 2009 5:24pm
Born again. Not for what I have done, but by the Grace of God to me.
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Upper90
Posts: 1,095
Nov 15, 2009 5:44pm
Eh, I believe in a God, in a Higher Power, that created everything and all. From THAT standpoint.
But, I DON'T believe that there's someone up there, sifting through prayers, deciding which ones to answer, and which ones to ignore. I won't knock anyone that puts stock in that, but that just never made much sense to my personal life.
But, I DON'T believe that there's someone up there, sifting through prayers, deciding which ones to answer, and which ones to ignore. I won't knock anyone that puts stock in that, but that just never made much sense to my personal life.