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@opmania wrote:

In the beginning God created among other things the heavens and the earth

 

if you can believe that one diety has created all things

 

why can you not believe that all things are there and have always been there in relation to the heavens and earth

 

but you believe that the heavens and the earth are a result of a BIG BANG where NOTHING became SOMETHING.

 

and that creatures evolved during the passage of time an are still evolving

 

it's much easier to believe that man evolved from apes  {?? not even evolutionists believe that} that to think that an almighty spirit made man and woman from his  bone

 

the biblical account of history is base on man's interpretation of event's which is always subject to error

 

another man has interpreted these events in a completely different light with the total exclusion of the son of God

 

which is predominently what christianity is based on

 

IMO the Bible was written more along the lines of a legal system written by a very smart fellow in the attempt to bring order and perhaps domination into a lawless society

 

The fear of God keeps many people on the road to righteousness more so the threat of hell - there is NO HELL of torment so I'm not worried about that.

 

people need a faith to support them through lifes perils how many people turn to God in bad times and how many people turn away from God in bad times

 

If there was a God would you think that priests might know it more than anyone else {why? they have no more knowledge than anyone else - except what has been taught to them by the previous generation of priests - and to most of them, it's just a JOB} and that he might be watching when they molest children and strike them down with such vengeance because they are supposedly messengers of God

 

evolution is very logical ,practical and believable Not to me it's not! It's totally illogical that all of the millions of intracies in life have come abaout by ACCIDENT

 

as opposed to a vengeful God and a world full of vengeful believers

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