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  • eMMI
    eMMI Posts: 6,262
    sgossard3 wrote:
    i have a feeling that the new wave of catholicism ive seen with my generation is gonna be different... all the catholics i know are sick of the dogma and the hypocracy and are very casual about mass and everything... especially the ones that went to catholic school... as much as i have problems with the church ill probably still raise my kids catholic just because its a nice moral foundation... when approached the right way (i just wont let them be alterboys :D)

    yey! :) I really hate it when people judge all Christians based on Catholics so I'll be more than happy to see the times a-changin'.
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  • iluvcats
    iluvcats Posts: 5,153
    SomethingCreative wrote:
    i believe in god...It seems like life would sort of miserable without belief in something bigger. The church may have its problems but god seems to be a pretty cool dude

    Amen, brotha :D
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  • Gremmie95
    Gremmie95 Posts: 749
    iluvcats wrote:
    Am I the only pearl jam fan who believes in God?

    if you don't want to hear it, just change the subject. If they persist, tell them politely you are not interested (I read this in a magazine.)

    you act like they robbed a bank or something.

    No, your not.
  • sponger
    sponger Posts: 3,159
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Whatever you think about religion personally it's pretty fucking rude and ignorant to impose the idea that this guy needs 'protecting' from it. Get over yourself.

    That's quite a collection of baseless accusations you have there.
    reigning champion

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  • Nothingman54
    Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    Dumbest thread ever.
    I'll be back
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    "To one who has faith, no explanation is necessary. To one without faith, no explanation is possible."

    -St Thomas Aquinas

    we should leave this debate at that... use that quote on your preachy friend to make him look like a hypocrit... along with my favorite bible passage Matt 6:5-6 (about keeping your faith to yourself)
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

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  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    iluvcats wrote:
    Am I the only pearl jam fan who believes in God?

    if you don't want to hear it, just change the subject. If they persist, tell them politely you are not interested (I read this in a magazine.)

    you act like they robbed a bank or something.

    I do as well........the only thing that frustrates me about some Christians is the ones that cannot come up with any of their own thoughts. I also cannot stand the people that go around talking about how they are saved and a better Christian than the average person yet they go out and do drugs, get drunk, fight somebody, sleep with random girls/guys, etc.


    By the way, I am a very liberal Christian.
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • writersu
    writersu Posts: 1,867
    SomethingCreative wrote:
    yeah I guess there's a few of us haha...I'm not exactly "IN YOUR FACE" about it but I feel very strongly about my beliefs


    I agree. But if you have ever read anything I have ever said about God or Jesus, then you already know that I think he most likely thinks most beleivers are arrogant as shit. So, I try to not be in your face but I try to use my faith as my anchor.
    Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......


    Together we will float like angels.........

    In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
  • writersu
    writersu Posts: 1,867
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    I do as well........the only thing that frustrates me about some Christians is the ones that cannot come up with any of their own thoughts. I also cannot stand the people that go around talking about how they are saved and a better Christian than the average person yet they go out and do drugs, get drunk, fight somebody, sleep with random girls/guys, etc.


    By the way, I am a very liberal Christian.



    yeah, me too. believing in Jesus is what makes you want to live life a way that is pure for you. living life in a way that looks like you still need all of the things that you need when you are trying to fill up some internal gaps and claiming to know what following Jesus is just looks like you still are lost. Those people are just name dropping if you ask me. And when you see people who are lost, sad, broken, you show them love, not pity or self righteous preaching. No one wants to be us following Jesus if we are assholes.

    The only people I truly have to say I despise are the ones who are rude. Regardless if they are Christians or not, they just get to me if they are mean to everyone.
    Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......


    Together we will float like angels.........

    In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    writersu wrote:
    yeah, me too. believing in Jesus is what makes you want to live life a way that is pure for you. living life in a way that looks like you still need all of the things that you need when you are trying to fill up some internal gaps and claiming to know what following Jesus is just looks like you still are lost. Those people are just name dropping if you ask me. And when you see people who are lost, sad, broken, you show them love, not pity or self righteous preaching. No one wants to be us following Jesus if we are assholes.

    The only people I truly have to say I despise are the ones who are rude. Regardless if they are Christians or not, they just get to me if they are mean to everyone.

    What do you not agree with the church on?
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    I'm starting my own religion, and I'm the god of it. Tell your friend he's most welcome, and I accept most credit cards.
  • pjoasisrule
    pjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    I'm starting my own religion, and I'm the god of it. Tell your friend he's most welcome, and I accept most credit cards.

    Scientology part 2?
    Alpine Valley 2000
    Summerfest 2006

    "Why would they come to our concert just to boo us?" -Lisa Simpson
  • FinsburyParkCarrots
    FinsburyParkCarrots Seattle, WA Posts: 12,223
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    Scientology part 2?


    Nah, I don't want some jackass like Tom Cruise following me around. Now, Scarlett Johansson ....
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    FinsburyParkCarrots wrote:
    Nah, I don't want some jackass like Tom Cruise following me around. Now, Scarlett Johansson ....

    Come on, you could call it "Kabollocks".
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.
  • writersu
    writersu Posts: 1,867
    pjoasisrule wrote:
    What do you not agree with the church on?


    see, I can't speak for "the church" as a whole. That would be presumptuous.

    I have just seen a lot of people look down on others for living life ways that are not really good ways instead of trying to love those people and maybe really showing them what Jesus would look like if that is what we are trying to live our lives like.

    There are many good Christians who attend all sorts of churches and if their life is truly showing an example of Christ's love, then they are doing what is right in that regard. Going to a certain church doesn't make you more in touch with Jesus. Being "saved" doesn't make you closer to Him either. I believe our hearts and our attitudes are what make us truly believers or not. And while Jesus got mad in the righteous anger ways, the ways that we should get mad when some innocent person gets beat up, raped, murdered, abused, or when some priest molests a young boy while hiding behind the cloth, I do not believe that He ever got mad just because people did not agree with Him. Even the pharisees who pushed His buttons big time were responded to calmly when they tried to corner Him in His responses.

    And while some would think this is disrespectful, I think in His mind he was thinking "assholes", only in Biblical words.

    sorry I love Jesus and respect Him 100% but I think we have done to Him what we do to other "stars" in our lives and idealize them beyond belief.


    (I can almost feel the eggs getting thrown at me now........)
    Baby, You Wouldn't Last a Minute on The Creek......


    Together we will float like angels.........

    In the moment that you left the room, the album started skipping, goodbye to beauty shared with the ones that you love.........
  • Kilgore_Trout
    Kilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    writersu wrote:
    sorry I love Jesus and respect Him 100% but I think we have done to Him what we do to other "stars" in our lives and idealize them beyond belief.


    (I can almost feel the eggs getting thrown at me now........)
    A) youre absolutely right

    B) eggs? havent you read the responses of the crowd your dealing with here? not exactly jesus fanatics :D
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

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  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    long red wrote:
    Don't you just want to punch him in the fucking throat? Brainwashing is alive and well.

    Slap him and say "snap out of it"!!! Brainwashing......what assholes!!
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • in_hiding79
    in_hiding79 Posts: 4,315
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Just live and let live. If your friend is happy then you should be happy for him. Different strokes for different folks. Atheism can be its own form of brainwashing.


    Please Explain this too me....is there such a thing of thinking to logically???
    And so the lion fell in love with the lamb...,"
    "What a stupid lamb."
    "What a sick, masochistic lion."
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:
    Come on, you could call it "Kabollocks".


    :D OH MY that's PERFECT!!! :D
    NOPE!!!

    *~You're IT Bert!~*

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    The currents will shift
  • Rhinocerous Surprise
    Rhinocerous Surprise Posts: 4,423
    Jeanie wrote:
    :D OH MY that's PERFECT!!! :D

    :p Thankies. I've thought long and hard about different ways of poking fun at religion, and that was as highbrow as I got. :D
    Smokey Robinson constantly looks like he's trying to act natural after being accused of farting.

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