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Originally Posted by Vicious
I am the same way. I do not attend church....ever. Never the less I do have a very strong belief in god and jesus. I believe that faith is in the people, not the building....
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I don't wanna 'interrupt' the discussion. I just wanted to state something to Vicious, and anyone interested.
Note that the following is due to my Islamic beliefs:
This points out one of the shortcomings of the 'current' Christianity. In Islam, there is no such thing as faith in a building or whatnot. Yes, I know in Christianity ppl aren't supposed to believe in a buliding, I mean what comes with (or in) it. For example, how can priests forgive you for your sins? Only God can do that. When you ask for forgiveness you should pray to God, and not to some guy that abondoned some of the blessings (marriage, etc) given to him by God, and whom also might be doing all kinds of crazy stuff. Child abuse anyone?
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Originally Posted by thunderbird
Science and religion never seem to get on ....
I believe in Darwin's conclusions won't spend hours talking about it as i'm not here for that, but nobody could change my way on the subject and I wouldn't try and change others
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Also, something to thunderbird. If you mean science and religion never seem to get along, you should probably do a little research on the early days of Islam. You will find that it is not only the religion that most strongly pushes people toward science and sceintific research, but that Muslim scientists have made books that served to enlighten the (then) dark ages in Europe. And those books have been the cornerstone for science and scientfic progress in Europe for hundreds of years.
I don't want to sound like I'm trying to make people become Muslims. I'm just stating facts, and differences...