<p>good for you, hoodhopper. faith is important when you’ve got nothing else to hold onto.
but how does god affect ur life? are u jsut gonna chill and wait for him to run ur stuff? how does that work?</p>
<p>That’s your choice. but dont try to say that im wrong and then give ****ty arguments to back you up. i have nothing against you as a person btu i do have a problem ith the athiest stereotype that you perpetuate.</p>
<p>TO Jyankees BTW</p>
<p>Read the title of this thread “I decided to let it go” Everyone, let this go.</p>
<p>hah…what iriony.</p>
<p>jenny: i pmed u</p>
<p>qwilde:</p>
<p>"god doesn’t follow logic, so the rock analogy does not apply to him. it may not convince you, but a christian will accept this answer. not because they are ignorant, but b/c they are ok with not having a solution that men could understand.</p>
<p>atheism is not attributed to ignorance. many of the most intellecutal people are atheists, but that do not make them better than people who choose faith. and as far as i know, Einstein, Darwin, and Hawkings all did believe in god at some point in their lives. einstein has the dice analogy, darwin rejected all his findings before he died (maybe this has nothing to do w/ religion, i’m not sure) and hawkings mentions god multiple times in his writing ( i don’t know if he is a chrisitian, do tell me if you know). intellectualism often does not mix with religiousness, but it does not make it superior."</p>
<p>Actually, Einstein and Darwin did not believe in God and neither does Stephen Hawking. Einstein’s “god does not play dice” was actually referring to quantum mechanics, not god.</p>
<p>Einstein: “It was, of course, a lie what you read about my religious convictions, a lie which is being systematically repeated. I do not believe in a personal God and I have never denied this but have expressed it clearly. If something is in me which can be called religious then it is the unbounded admiration for the structure of the world so far as our science can reveal it.”</p>
<p>Stephen Hawking:
“Yes, if by God is meant the embodiment of the laws of the universe”</p>
<p>Darwin also did not believe in god and outright rejected Christianity. </p>
<p>Darwin:</p>
<p>“I cannot persuade myself that a beneficent and omnipotent God would have designedly created parasitic wasps with the express intention of their feeding within the living bodies of Caterpillars.”</p>
<p>“I am sorry to have to inform you that I do not believe in the Bible as a divine revelation, and therefore not in Jesus Christ as the Son of God.”</p>
<p>Venkater, seconded. </p>
<p>And letmepass, cool I’m about to IM you.</p>
<p>yourbfwantsmee–you have no idea how arrogant you are. Go to church or something.</p>
<p>I did, this morning.</p>
<p>i believe that God knows what has happened, what is happening and what will happen, because he is God and he is all-knowing. However, he doesnt force people to do things simply because he knows whats going to happen. God already knows if you at some point in your life will do something (lets say commit murder). That doesnt mean that he controls your mind and moves you into committing the act (i.e. like the greek gods during the Odyssey). He simply knows. Once again it doesnt make sense logically but like i said thats part of faith and thats why having faith is supposed to lead to Paradise…high risk=high reward…except in this case the risk isnt that high</p>
<p>i believe that God knows what has happened, what is happening and what will happen, because he is God and he is all-knowing. However, he doesnt force people to do things simply because he knows whats going to happen. God already knows if you at some point in your life will do something (lets say commit murder). That doesnt mean that he controls your mind and moves you into committing the act (i.e. like the greek gods during the Odyssey). He simply knows. Once again it doesnt make sense logically but like i said thats part of faith and thats why having faith is supposed to lead to Paradise…high risk=high reward…except in this case the risk isnt that high</p>
<p>So, you believe in god so you will be admitted to heaven?</p>
<p>You are almost referring to Pascal’s Wager.</p>
<p>um, what is he doing with all this knowledge, btw? once again, just chillin? how does this affect us??? if we have no free will, why believe? why pray when things are decided? why even care when its all part of his plan?</p>
<p>Pascal’s wager is ridiculous. I won’t believe in God out of fear.</p>
<p>i have faith and have entrusted my life in Jesus. i may not do everything right or Christian, but i believe that Jesus died for my sins and thus by believing in him my sins are wiped clean.</p>
<p>Yeah, it’s a form of divine terrorism.</p>
<p>Darwin’s quote about the parasitic wasps is actually a counterexample for atheism. the parasitic wasp is simply a cog in the large wheel which is our global ecosystem. their non-existence would probably create a large growth in caterpillar population and gradually throw the entire ecosystem off balance. Just a small example of God’s larger plan.</p>
<p>I think the majority of you are afraid to admit that when you will die; that is it. No resplended block party in heaven, no next life, just death and nonexistence.</p>
<p>reincarnation</p>
<p>so, yourbfwantsmee, what were u grounded for again? did jesus forgive u all that too? hes quite a nice guy, no?</p>
<p>Hoodhopper that makes absolutely no sense at all! Why would “god” create a parasite who simply feeds and hurts another? Why wouldn’t he (or she?) simply limit the growth of the caterpillar instead?</p>
<p>Why can’t animals live peacefully? Why do they have to feed off each other? Could god have prevented that? If not then god is not all powerful. Wouldn’t you agree that the human population is growing out of control, so then should god smite us all and start anew?</p>