Originally posted by: confused1234
why dont you believe in the bible. what would happen if you keep convincing yourself that god doesnt exist only to find out when you die he does and you go to hell. so i say believe in god because if religion is wrong NO BAD can come form it and if religion is right so much good can come from it
Wow.....welcome to P&N.....oh wait, you didn't post this there, did you?? :roll:
Sadly, you're another poor soul who has missed the subtle distinction between religion and faith in a higher being. IMHO, more atrocities have been commited in the name of religion than any other reason in the world. Luckily, there's an equal amount of charity and goodness that seems to happen because of it. Still, I don't believe in organized religion, as it's my opinion that all it does is screw up faith.
Faith, on the other hand, is your pure belief in a higher being, power, God, whatever you wish to call it. My personal faith falls in line pretty much with the teachings of the bible, although I see way too much interpretation by man happening to bother with organized religion. And I do believe that if there's ever going to be a day of reckoning with God, that there's going to be a LOT of
religious people that will be in for a great big surprise that day.
And that's all I have to say about that.
