snookslayer: Beware Laura! the intellectuals are out to pounce. Modern man will not accept what he cant see. Those who beleive in a higher power CAN AFFORD TO BE WRONG.
the only reason people choose to believe in a higher power is because acknowledging the existence of one would mean answering to one. It would mean having a conscience, having love for others, and it would mean that in the end there will be punishment or praise for how we lived our life on earth.
kissmedeeplyPetitcodiac, New Brunswick Canada15,139 posts
Ambrose2007: Now you really got me riled - mentioning those damn Canadians (I'm up here right now, and those terrible border guards had the nerve to ask me where I was going and what I'd be doing up here! )
lovinglaura: the only reason people choose to believe in a higher power is because acknowledging the existence of one would mean answering to one. It would mean having a conscience, having love for others, and it would mean that in the end there will be punishment or praise for how we lived our life on earth.
That sounds like the opposite of having a conscience. If you have a conscience about something you care about doing right by it because you believe it is right - not because you fear being punished or rewarded.
Ambrose2007: That sounds like the opposite of having a conscience. If you have a conscience about something you care about doing right by it because you believe it is right - not because you fear being punished or rewarded.
Do you truly believe that love for others comes from being commanded to do that by a god - that you care about something because you're being commanded to care??
Wouldn't that make a mockery of what love and caring truly are?
rodolphoamsterdam, North Holland Netherlands3,401 posts
lovinglaura: the only reason people choose to believe in a higher power is because acknowledging the existence of one would mean answering to one. It would mean having a conscience, having love for others, and it would mean that in the end there will be punishment or praise for how we lived our life on earth.
So can I get my 70 virgins if I repent now to your church?
Oh oops you're christian right.
Do you really think if you stand before God and say you are christian you are any better then a jew or a muslim?
IMO its the people who believe in one god but dont hold on to their pity thoughts of who's religion is right that will get in heaven first.
lovinglaura: the only reason people choose to believe in a higher power is because acknowledging the existence of one would mean answering to one. It would mean having a conscience, having love for others, and it would mean that in the end there will be punishment or praise for how we lived our life on earth.
i don`t believe in god because i`m scare of the punishment...
i believe cos i chose to believe
and i don`t try s to convince others to follow my believes
I am very much a Christian and will say I would rather believe in and worship Christ and find out at the end that he did not exist than not believe and find out he does. its your choice to believe or not.but I know from very personal experience that he does exist and is still in the business of miracles
kissmedeeply: Yeh eric had to go to the border to talk to immagration about staying longer and working and stuff like that..
but hey he is working now and they are helping him to stay and doing the papers..so some arnt to bad
Right - seriously, J, they have treated me very well, and have even advised me on how to become a Canadian citizen. The last 10 or so trips they've just basically waved me through.
Now the Americans... They've strip-searched my car a couple of times, and often treated me rudely...
kissmedeeplyPetitcodiac, New Brunswick Canada15,139 posts
Ambrose2007: Right - seriously, J, they have treated me very well, and have even advised me on how to become a Canadian citizen. The last 10 or so trips they've just basically waved me through.
Now the Americans... They've strip-searched my car a couple of times, and often treated me rudely...
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