Because if you don't accept Jesus as your saviour (which you can only do if you are a Christian), you are left with the original sin and probably a bunch of other sins all leading to the place of God's true love - Hell. That's one interpretation. |
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I been an athiest for awhile now. 7 years as a matter of fact. My family doesnt appreciate what I am and that Im going to hell. They said I should be ashamed of myself. That I shouldnt be passing that down to my children because it will "Poison" them. I love being an Athiest. It has giving me a clear mind and I been less stressed out. I believe that religion is a way for a "higher being" to control what the world does and how they work. I don't like the concept because I believe the stories of Christiansm and Buddhism. I just believe its bullshit and not truth... |
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Because if you don't accept Jesus as your saviour (which you can only do if you are a Christian), you are left with the original sin and probably a bunch of other sins all leading to the place of God's true love - Hell. That's one interpretation. |
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I think it was fairly natural when religious institutions were hugely powerful (many still are of course) to demonise the lack of any faith. |
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Well... there's no god so they're no sins. |
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Organized religion is almost entirely politics with some spirituality thrown in as almost an afterthought. What it basically amounts to is, "I don't like you not believing in my folklore, and I've been told that not believing in my folklore is bad, so I wish bad things to happen to you." |
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The Emperor Wears No Clothes: The book that everyone needs to read."If the words "life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" don't include the right to experiment with your own consciousness, then the Declaration of Independence isn't worth the hemp it was written on."- Terence McKenna
Right! I think it's important to remember how it all started. |
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Sin is such a arbitrary term. |
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Any God who places kissing his ass above respecting your fellow man is no God of mine. |
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ya gwan fok wid de Baron? ye gotta nodda ting comin. (Formerly known as Baking Nomad.)
I had a vague idea one time when the book I was reading mentioned the commandments. It only says to have "no other gods"; by that wording atheists are fine. |
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Originally Posted by Taosaur
Tell your parents to get knotted because if they were so concerned about you going to hell then they wouldn't have had you in the first place. |
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The starz...
The planets...
The intricate and dynamic machinery of nature...
Are you saying,
that all of this was created,
BY A MONKEY??????
That is such a good point. I never looked at it that way before. If I believed Hell is real and that most people go there, I would not have any kids. I would not want to create an additional soul if it had a likelihood of burning forever. It's just best not to create souls if that is what often happens. |
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How do you know you are not dreaming right now?
If you believe in some scriptures that are regarded as holy since some drunken people from millenias past wrote them, labelling them as word of some god by the way, then yes : it is a sin and you are a heavy sinner. |
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Jujutsu is the gentle art. It's the art where a small man is going to prove to you, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mad you get, that you're going to have to accept defeat. That's what jujutsu is.
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Lugggs and cuddles and hugs for all!!
I tend to see atheism as a sort of denial of the possibility of something larger than themselves..I am a firm believer that one must remain open to any possibility...words like coincidence and luck are sort of like short cuts to thinking..and that these events ARE connected to an individual...I wonder, do atheists take their nighttime dreams seriously? Do atheists entertain the possibility of premonition and other so called psychic phenomenon? |
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So you are open to the idea that the earth is a marble floating in an invisible ocean of gelatinous ooze? |
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I am a Christian and I wouldn't dislike someone because they are athiest. My best friend is an athiest. You believe what you want to believe. Sense you are athiest, why worry about if it is a sin or not because in your belief there is no sin. I would suggest sitting down with your parents and speaking to them about this in a calm manner and try not to get fired up. Good luck with your situation. |
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Live to fish, fish to live!
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Live to fish, fish to live!
Tell them that surely they will go to hell for their failure to raise you into healthy christendom. |
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The ability to happily respond to any adversity is the divine.
Dream Journal Shaman Apprentice Chronicles
White girl, you can ask her what the dick be like
And monster madness doing drive-bys on a fuckin fixie bike
Fuck it moron, snortin oxycontin, wearin cotton,
Oxymoron like buff faggots playin sissy dykes
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Live to fish, fish to live!
Is it normal in America that parents pay the fees for a college? I have paid all of my studies myself and so have most of my friends. |
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Jujutsu is the gentle art. It's the art where a small man is going to prove to you, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mad you get, that you're going to have to accept defeat. That's what jujutsu is.
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