Monotheism

[jtwhite]

This is NOT an "is God real" debate!

I don't think this has been created before, but if it has, I'm sorry.

Monotheistic religions primarily consist of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. I'd been thinking lately, most people who believe in these religions consider themselves to be under the same God. (e.g. A Christian believes in the same god a Muslim does.)

I'm very interested in this. I'd like to know your views on this.

[ichwar]

That is quite wrong. Muslims do not worship God as the Christians do, otherwise why would the Muslims be trying to kill Christians because of their belief. My religion makes it very clear that no other religions worship God.

[zen-r]

It's all about elitism.

"My god is better than your god" and "only our story book/ bible/ whatever can be correct, & all your story books/ bibles/ whatever must be wrong"

Of course, you're all wrong & there is no god at all. But that isn't the message religious types want to hear, so they continue to ignore the facts & cling to their hand-me-down beliefs.

That is quite wrong. Muslims do not worship God as the Christians do, otherwise why would the Muslims be trying to kill Christians because of their belief. My religion makes it very clear that no other religions worship God.

"do not worship God as the Christians do" - does not answer the question, as it merely says that that their method of worship is different, not that they believe in different fictitious Gods. You will have to try with a different answer, if you want to answer jtwhite's question.

"why would the Muslims be trying to kill Christians" - Lol. Yes, like the Christians don't also have a long & bloody history of wars, killing & murder themselves.

I seem to remember ichwar making the comment that it is necessary for the Israelies to kill the Palestinians over here; http://forums.x10hosting.com/off-top...tml#post550570

This just shows how warped religion actually is, that different "faiths" are all about intolerances & nothing about "beliefs", & that whether people believe in the same imaginary god, or a different one, religion still amount to the same pile of ....nonsense.

[ichwar]

Once again, you present a flaw in your thinking. The Israelis are NOT Christians. They're just another nation that the Arabs are trying to over run.

[zen-r]

I never said that they were Christians.

I pointed out what you said about the killings.

[ichwar]

Anyone has a right to fight in self defense do they not? Maybe you'd let someone walk up to you and shoot you through the head in the name of peace, but you can't expect everyone to act that way.

[zen-r]

The conflict over there has nothing to do with self defence. It has to do with fighting over land, & the willingness to live with people of one's own faith, but not to live with people of the other faith.

Anyway, this is going off-topic.

[ichwar]

You're right. This is getting off topic so I shan't say any more on the war, but post what you just posted here over in the other thread and I'll answer it there.

[popedurell]

Of course, you're all wrong & there is no god at all.

I'd like to clarify something.
Atheists (I.E. you) believe that there is no God. In saying so, they believe that there is no Heaven or other form of afterlife. They also believe that consciousness, and the ability to think (the cause of which, I might add, has yet to be discovered), are a natural thing which has developed in us some time since we were little piles of sludge.

Based on these beliefs, atheists also then believe that when you die life just ends, and there is nothing more. Do you know what a deep, dreamless sleep feels like? Of course not, because you are not aware of it in any way. That is as close to "nothingness" as any human can ever feel (in life).
Have you considered what "forever" means?

All together, this adds up to the conclusion that life has no point, no purpose; that the universe and all existance is just some sick joke we must suffer through.

Late at night, I want you to think about what it would be like to NOT EXIST...forever. Imagine the feeling of KNOWING that you will never ever feel or think anything ever ever again after you die. Is this what atheists believe? Based on this sort of belief set, the only thing one could possibly do is build up some sort of legacy à la Napoleon or Hitler or Elvis or even Michael Jackson, and become a legend of sorts. Even that means nothing, because in a few thousand years humans will have gone extinct

I used to not believe in God, but after pondering I decided that if I kept that up I would go bat-**** insane (who is to say I haven't already? but I do feel a little more happy now) Now I no longer fear death, I just regard its eventuality with a sort of gentle sadness.

And another thing to clear up, Christians worship Christ, and God as the Father of Christ, something Muslims don't do.

[zen-r]

Thanks for that -NOT!

Not only are you trying to tell atheists what they think (instead of just telling us what you think) but you have completely ignored the original poster & the actual subject of this thread.

If you wish to post that stuff, kindly put it in the correct thread. This one will do you nicely ;

http://forums.x10hosting.com/crossfi...lieve-god.html

I note that you have explained your reason for believing in a god as per the usual one ie. you need there to be a god, for your sake, not because there is anything to actually show there really is one. This is the whole point. God is a man-made invention.

While you're there, perhaps you could try to answer the points & questions I made in my various posts towards the end of that thread. Not one person who believed in these imaginary gods managed it, or even attempted it. Why? Because religion is based on nonsense & no-one can justify it.