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re: How many thousands of years until current believers give up?
Posted on 6/2/16 at 8:19 pm to No Colors
Posted on 6/2/16 at 8:19 pm to No Colors
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Earth has been here for 5-6 billion years
this is exactly why i struggle with religion. so its been here for 6 billion years, yet im told to follow a man who came here just 2000 years ago? do you know how many thousand of prophets were before Jesus?
im a christian and go to churn and do my duty, however it does bother me. i think society is desperate for "something" to believe in to reassure ourselves that this whole life is not for nothing.
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Posted on 6/2/16 at 8:29 pm to dallastiger55
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yet im told to follow a man who came here just 2000 years ago?
Jesus was no more or less the son of God than you or I. He was a man who lived an exemplary life. A life that we should all try to emulate.
That's it. That's the key to "eternal happiness" or salvation, or heaven, or whatever you want to call it. Help people. Give of yourself. Love your enemies. Don't covet, or hurt, or tell lies.
That's religion. Or, that's the Christian religion.
This post was edited on 6/2/16 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 6/2/16 at 9:12 pm to dallastiger55
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this is exactly why i struggle with religion. so its been here for 6 billion years, yet im told to follow a man who came here just 2000 years ago? do you know how many thousand of prophets were before Jesus?
im a christian and go to churn and do my duty, however it does bother me. i think society is desperate for "something" to believe in to reassure ourselves that this whole life is not for nothing.
This is exactly where I was. And then I made a decision that I'd ask myself some questions that previously were off the table. And more importantly, I would let myself not feel guilty if my answers to those questions started painting a picture that the Christian God I had built my life around wasn't real.
In retrospect, looking back, that was the moment I was free.
Posted on 6/3/16 at 8:10 am to dallastiger55
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this is exactly why i struggle with religion. so its been here for 6 billion years, yet im told to follow a man who came here just 2000 years ago?
What makes you think the earth is 6 billion years old?
Posted on 6/3/16 at 1:38 pm to dallastiger55
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