i'm not knocking anyones faith or religion but can you tell me honestly?
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yes! A REALISTIC HONEST PERSON ON THIS GD DAMND SITE! my aunt died a few years ago and was dead for a while. she came back and said she saw nothing as well. but ask anyone else in my family, and she saw a miraculous light with angels reaching out to her. i guess the fact THAT YOU WERE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE isn't a big enough "miracle." now you have to lie!
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Are you aware of how personal a question this is?\n\nMy own concept of God and of religion is that it is an intensely personal matter.  One of the reasons is that we all have different ideas of what is "rational" to believe, what is appropriate to do, etc.  If I told you what my pathway to God has been, you would evaluate that as whether or not that would work for you, or whether you approve or not.\n\nAnytime you tell someone something private, you are inviting their evaluation, or at least their comment.  Since I do not need this evaluation or comment, and since I doubt my path to God would work for everyone, I will keep it to myself.\n\nSpecifically, I am confident that a born-again Christian would disapprove.
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No, both sides need to be known.  Just because you aren't of that faith doesn't mean you don't know about it or had dealings with it.  Plus there are those on this site with a theology background or are currently studying it in college.  They can give insights most can't.
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i don't feel like i try to push my faith down anyone's throat..... i answer questions with my honest opinion... i hope that i might open someones eyes, or make them question things a little deeper, or help them see something more clearly..... hard to imagine anyone has changed their faith, but maybe some faiths have been strengthened, and some narrow mindedness has been weakened...... btw i am a christian.... :) and there are lots of narrow minded christians that i hope become less narrow minded....lol
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You can't because Faith is believing that in God's revealed word and trusting Him without outside influence. (However I could point you to some facts not listed in scripture that support the Bible, and also aren't the values in the Bible good, before some guy rattled off all these really great values, but they are nothing with JESUS.\nGive a specific question I will answer it specifically, email me.
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I'M NOT CONCEDED SO YOU TELL ME!
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How do I know if I'm doing what my store manager wants of me? I ask him, and then I listen to the answer. If he wants me to change something, I do. Same thing goes. If you want to know if you're in the right religion, pray sincerely, then sit down with your Bible. Compare what your religion teaches with God's word. Does it match up? Why or why not? Can you find more than one Bible verse to back up the teachings? Are you finding that some verses seem to contradict others? Does what your religion teaches make sense of a loving God? Do they use His real name (Psalms 83:18)? Why or why not? 1 Peter 3:15 says we should always be ready to make a defense to anyone who asks a reason for the hope within our hearts. Can you prove to me, from the Bible, what you believe? \n\nI am giving YOU a new commandment, that YOU love one another; just as I have loved YOU, that YOU also love one another. By this all will know that YOU are my disciples, if YOU have love among yourselves.” (John 13:34,35) Does your religion TRULY love EVERYONE in that religion? Are there racist problems? Can you find peace at every church that claims to be of your religion, everywhere in the world? \n\nOh, and if your pastor/preacher/minister can't answer your questions and says "it's a mystery" you might want to consider changing churches. There ARE answers, and you CAN find them. God would not ask us to worship Him, to believe in Him and not allow us to get to know him. We could hardly love and worship someone we don't know or understand, now could we?
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If you just met me, how would you know what I believe in ?? So how could you possibly judge whether, or not I'm immoral ?? Oh, by the way, I'm Agnostic. ~~~
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I do not know. Only God knows the true heart of an individual.
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Can u see ur own heart.u can't. So u can't say God is not present.
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I don't care to define them. I just know that they're out there and I'm thankful for the good they they may do for me.\n\nBeing agnostic, I don't think it's possible to know. I don't think anyone can know, since there is and will never be any evidence of anything, only faith. And I really don't think faith is good enough to hold such strong, rigid beliefs over. But something had to have created all of this, and something must account for there being religion almost every known culture, even those that have been in isolation.
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I don't know.\n\nI've learned more about what other's think and why they believe as they do.  I've been challenged to think about and answer questions I hadn't considered.  But my faith remains.
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There is no way we can. Some people refer to faith, knowledge is not faith. Faith is a belief, just like I believe chocolate tastes nice. \nSo in the end.. there is no way to 'know'.
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i am not sure but i think it is christianity
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I don't just believe, I "know" from deep within. I can't look at all of the good around me, all of the gifts I've been given, the lessons I've learned, and the "coincidences" that appear right as I need them and not believe. But, I also don't push my beliefs on others. I consider myself an "independent spiritual" as I do not lock in to one religion but take wisdom from numerous religions. God loves everyone whether they believe or not. I find that things go best when I remind myself to relax and trust in God's plan.
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You don't know for sure if ANY of them are "right". That is what "faith" really is about.
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you can not fully be a believer in anything without asking questions.  if you are blindly calling yourself a member of a religion without asking questions, you are not a real believer.  if you are not willing to ask questions then your faith is not strong.  only real belief is strong enough to withstand questioning.  so if someone does not or will not question then they cannot say they truly believe.  even religious teaching tells you to find the truth and gain knowledge.  the only way to do that is to question what you believe.  the apostles questioned their faith and they walked and talked with jesus.  st. augustine, st. thomas of aquinas, john the baptist, martin luther, and others all questioned their faith.  so do it and see where you really stand.  anyone who doesn’t is an idiot without the capability of thought or understanding who blindly follows anything.