Atheism & Agnostic Beliefs On The Rise In U.s.

Yeah......religion is taking a horrible beating in America today. Kids have been raised to hate it, even when they attend church(!!!!????!!!). It's a matter of being 'cool'. It's not cool to be religious right now. You can be religious, but you can't admit it, publicly, and remain cool. I hate this trend.

Exodus 4:11 And the Lord said unto him, Who hath made man's mouth? or who maketh the dumb, or deaf, or the seeing, or the blind? have not I the Lord?

In the New Testament, we see that demons, not Yahweh, are to blame for a wide range of handicaps, mental illnesses and diseases, ranging from muteness to leprosy. Exorcism, prayer and faith healing (not professional medical attention) are the recommended cures.

It has nothing to do with being cool, I live in a rural community with a Christian family, and a GF with Mennonite parents. How cool do you think me talking about my beliefs are?

The Christian victims mindset is hilarious, if you aren't given free reign over everything, to do exactly as you please and place everyone else's ideas second, then you're being persecuted.

Meanwhile I couldn't even go have a beer on Thursday night in Abilene without being told I was going to hell and having propaganda shoved in my face when I left, but they're one ones who's personal freedoms are being infringed on.... right.... :beat:

God caused all the scientific reasons for these to exist and he had to explain that to the people of that time in terms they could understand.



Again, explaining them in the way the people could understand. This could just as easily be used to prove that Jesus was a medical genius and that he taught his disciples how to heal, as well as cast out demons. There are many cases in which exorcism works.

But here you show some anti-Christian bias, seemingly unprovoked, openly.

He could have simply said "he was born that way", had he actually understood it

and exorcism often does work, the physcosematic mind is a crazy thing, funny there seems to be very few uses for exorcism (outside of horror movies) in the Non Christian or modern worlds.

I could say Apollo told the Greeks about the sun in a manner by which they'd understand by claiming it was his fiery arrow he shot into the sky every morning.

or I could just say that's BS, you follow?

well this is a forum for debate, I'm much less vocal in my "real" life

But you're not talking about Christians here when you say stuff about people trying to convert you, right?

Hey, just think how much your liver appreciates those kind folks. Look at the bright side.

I know what Christianity should be, I also know that 98% of christians aren't that. And by that measure (and by the measure that the bible says some pretty ridiculous stuff from time to time) I think that Christians should stop warning everyone else they're going to hell. We all know when we point one finger we point three others back at ourselves.

but your still better because you get exclusive access to life's after-party

That's cute but that particular concept of christanity is one of the more insulting things you can say about as a perfect and timeless god.

picture it

God creates Humanity because he wants someone to be with, he creates them for that specific purpose.