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On the "Global Warming is..." thread, I noticed people talking about God. That thread took a long time to load for me, so I am posting here.
People were saying that there is no evidence that God exists. Here are some questions:
1. Where did humans come from? Some of these ideas circulating *coughbigbangtheorycough* are just outlandish- something exploded and a whole race of humans was born? *skeptical snort*
2. Where did that ideas about religion come from? If God doesn't exist (which He does!) then where did these ideas come from? I believe that Jesus came down from Heaven to save the World from sin. And that is why He would save us from anything (@ people on GW thread). He loves us.
3. If we don't believe that there's something bigger than us, we really are in trouble. We start thinking that we are above everything else and all-powerful, and this isn't true. SOMEONE had to create everything in the universe, and if we don't at least acknowledge that then we have no hope.
I believe very firmly in God. I'm a Catholic and proud of it. People were saying that there's no proof that God exists. I disagree, with flying colors. There is so much proof from people everywhere that it's undeniable, in fact. I've prayed to God and He's pulled through in the most amazing ways. My friends agree with me; it's happened for them too, and many other people I know. We've all experienced miracles. I know I have.
Please post your opinions on God here. Summarizing my post: I very firmly believe.
submitted by Mary W., age 11, Bordentown, NJ
(March 21, 2009 - 1:27 pm)
(March 21, 2009 - 1:27 pm)
YES!!! Aliza, that's EXCACTLY the way I think about religion!! I'm a Japanese religion of which I can't remember the name, if I had to choose a religion. The way it works, everything that is older than 50 years old, natural or man-made, has a spirit or a god inside it/watching over it, and so if you cut down a tree, you offer a prayer to the spirit/god of the tree, offering apologies and promising to plant another tree to replace it. So, they don't cut down any more trees than they have to. (I'm just using trees as an example, it applies to everything) So, yeah, that's my religion. I guess that's polytheistic, but the number of god/spirits is never the same. But, there are some basic main gods, such as the Sky God, the Sun God, the Moon God, and other such things.
(April 24, 2009 - 7:05 pm)
Wow, that's cool, Jenni! :)
(April 25, 2009 - 7:36 am)
Which is why I try to follow it, Lena.
@Aliza: Yeah, the Japanese people took Buddhism and mixed it into their own domestic religion. On a random thread somewhere, you can see me referring to it as "Japanese-Buddhism," so, yah, it mignt have similarities to Buhdism.
(April 25, 2009 - 11:52 am)
Yes, that sounds a bit like the Buddha religion, too. They sweep the floor before they walkf on it so that they don't step on an ant or other bug, in case when they die they reincarnate as that insect. I sort of believe in reincarnation....I was thinking of the Greek and Roman gods and goddesses when I said polytheistic--Hecate is the goddess of witchcraft, crossroads, anything three, and a lot more. By far I think she is the most mysterious of them all. If you look her up on Wikipedia then you'll find a lot about her, but not anything very solid...which is why I like her. And the way her name sounds: Hek-ah-tee. And of course, Loki's right up there. I've always loved the god of tricks....
(April 25, 2009 - 8:36 am)
Yay!! I found it!! It's the Japanese domestic religion, called Shinto. And Buhddism mixed in, too.
(April 28, 2009 - 12:38 pm)
Sorry, sorry, I completely forgot about this thread. Okay here goes.
I firmly do not beleive in God. I don't see any real evidence that he exists. I am not one of those people who would laugh at somebody who does though. I mean if they want to beleive that they have every right to. I also beleive that if you are Christian you just believe in different things than me. I think that there is no right or wrong in religion; you believe what you believe.
Mary W. - You said that you prayed to God, and he pulled through for you in amazing ways. I don't want to be mean or anything, but how do you know that what happened wouldn't have happened if you hadn't prayed? Oh and about number three: I just thought that saying that you do not believe in God does not mean that you are the center of the world. You can still beleive that there are things higher than you, just not necessarily God.
(April 22, 2009 - 4:05 pm)
If you don't believe in God, how do you explain miracles? Like how Catholic saint's bodies, that are centuries old, remain incorrupt to this day? And the Eucharistic Miracle of Lanciano? (you can google that) And the cures at Our Lady's Grotto? And how Jesus revealed himself to St. Margaret Mary? And how Mary appeared to St. Catherine Laboure? They're all impossible without God.
(April 23, 2009 - 7:15 am)
I would comment but, as others have said, I don't wanna get too worked up
over this topic or get anyone angry. I will say simply, I do believe in God, and as
for Global Warming, don't you think it may be possible that the Earth simply goes
through cycles over the years? Like the ice ages for example, a natural process
thats happened to the Earth more than once and probably will again in the future.
( Sorry, that I broke my promise thingy about no comments...)
(April 22, 2009 - 5:18 pm)
All right, I will say this about Global Warming: if you want to learn more about it, read or watch Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth." I watched it, and it really opened my eyes. I suggest it even to people who don't believe in Global Warming, just so they can see what other people are seeing, even if they don't change their views.
(April 23, 2009 - 9:03 am)
@ Aliza: Please, PLEASE do not get me started on Mr. Gore; I'm sick right now and can't handle it. I'm not going to read or watch his work; I refuse to dish out my parents' hard-earned money to him, because who knows what he's using it for. ((Sorry, Administrators, I know you dislike political discussion.))
@ Mary Jo: *APPLAUSE* Yay, Mary Jo! *hugs* DITTO, AGREE!
@ Zoe: You said, "I don't want to be mean or anything, but how do you know that what happened wouldn't have happened if you hadn't prayed?" Because I DO. Saint Thomas Aquinas said, "To those with faith, no explanation is necessary. To those without faith, no explanation is possible."
So yeah.
(April 23, 2009 - 12:26 pm)
I think we've just about exhausted this discussion. We're going around in circles.
(April 23, 2009 - 5:14 pm)
I TOTALLY support you on your first comment above, Mary. And I SOSOSOSOSOSOSOOOOO know what you're talking about when you say "who knows what he's using it for." it's sad, isn't it!
(April 28, 2009 - 12:00 pm)
Yeah, I've seen the movie twice and it's really good.
(April 23, 2009 - 1:18 pm)
Same time!!!! (V)(*o*)(V)
(April 23, 2009 - 12:27 pm)
The latest Calliope issue, (my favorite so far) is on Catherine the Great. She had a close circle of friends, and apparently she had ten mock rules. One of them was "discuss anything, argue anything, but without bitterness or bad temper." If someone violated those rules, she imposed a fine.
(April 24, 2009 - 12:28 pm)