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Originally Posted by Eastspur  Let me start out by saying WOOHOO!!! Finally somewhere where I can share my ideas without being looked at like I'm crazy. I embrace logic and reason which in my family and group of friends is "out-of-the-norm". I firmly believe that people who follow organized religion (which living where I live means baptists for the most part) do so out of fear. Fear of rejection, fear of death, or maybe both. Maybe some people never ask why, maybe some people don't know how. I quickly learned I'm wasting time trying to use reason with people who do not reason. I tend to agree with Jefferson that even god has to accept reason over fear. I love debating, I love being proven wrong. I do often find myself debating with Christians and I always respect others beliefs.
Some days I believe in a God, other days I don't. So basically I don't know. 
Other thoughts I have... which are just thoughts.
Would an all powerful god really create us to follow a book? Seems so... silly.
Belief gets you into heaven while a good person who doesn't believe goes to hell. If this is true, then I have no wish to live eternity with a God that can let good men go to hell. I would rather burn with the good men. Yeah iv heard the arguments. Sorry I'm being blunt. As you can tell, I have a lot to vent.
Oh and I love quotes.
Travis
age: 23
Texas
Umm first post so be gentle  |
Congratulations on breaking the slave shackles of religious dogma, doctrine, fear and ignorance! No one religion or book owns God/Creator/Universe or whatever you wish to call it. You have also become aware that fear is not a natural condition for humans and thus not the way of God/Creator/Universe. Keep up the good work and continue to seek your truth and thrive. You have evolved quickly for a 23 year old in the middle of the bible belt. If you want a radically different take on God than what you were brought up with, I suggest you read "conversations with god" book 1, by Neale Donald Walsch (its not religious at all). Welcome to the forum.