Can someone help me?

[Daniyal]

Originally Posted by oscar

There's only one religion in my house....... Oscar's religion

You Could Be Right Because According To Mitochondria DNA The Woman Is The True God / Goddess !

Originally Posted by xx_Janey_xx

I never cared much about religion....i thought it was aload of ....... but now i feel like im missing something and i have no idea where to start becuase there is such so much invloved in religion.... can anyone point me in the direction please?

Just find a bible and read the book of John, first two chapters several times for a few days, then come back here and start a thread with your questions. I'll try to answer you the best I can.

But be prepared, as many questions as I answer someone will come along and disagree with.

But you'll have to decide yourself.

[Daniyal]

Originally Posted by Jester

Just find a bible and read the book of John, first two chapters several times for a few days, then come back here and start a thread with your questions. I'll try to answer you the best I can.

But be prepared, as many questions as I answer someone will come along and disagree with.

But you'll have to decide yourself.

Ohhhhhhhhhh No The World Don't Need Another One Of You With Your Mind Set

[Daniyal]

The Inevitability of Fact ; Everyone seeks facts , truth , confirmation ; no one can really endure on blind faith or hopes . The stress and cares of life without facts about something , like not knowing the exact phone number of an important call or the address of a place you must be at , at a certain time . To not have facts to feel pain , fear , danger , but not know why or where to go to have it taken care of , that's blind faith , not a life to death that cannot ultimately be proven . Atheists cannot prove there is no God or Gods just as religious people cannot prove that their God or Gods exist by faith and belief only . And so they create other titles such as Pantheist or Pragmatist .

Facts are unavoidables , even if we only choose to have facts in our own existence . What is to be decided is , what evidence do we think is pertinent . How are we going to interpret the evidence and who finds it and will they really accept the facts over their blind faith ? Ask yourself , who is your mother ? She comes to mind because you know who she is . Now who is your creator , God , Lord , Allah , Rabb , JAH , Yahweh ? You don't get an exact . One is Fact and the other is Fiction until confirmed ......

[spot]

Originally Posted by koan

Isn't that the book you loaned me that I couldn't endure reading? (<-there's a smilie there) I found his assumptions, which he stated as fact, to be entirely misleading.

I'm wondering if I missed something in the OP. I thought she was stating an interest in exploring religion and most of what she's gotten in response are warnings against the endeavour.

I thought about buying ice cream last night and a bunch of people approached me in the supermarket telling me how bloated the dairy will make me feel. I bought it anyway. It was really yummy. If that had really happened, half a dozen people actually approaching me in the market and trying to talk me out of buying some Ben and Jerry's, wouldn't it seem odd? Yet we think nothing of going into a thread expressing curiosity on religion and trying to scare someone off.

If you read the thread I think you'll find most of us reacted to "i have no idea where to start because there is such so much involved in religion" by distinguishing religion from spiritual exploration and exercise, warning against the former (religion) while suggesting the latter (spiritual exploration and exercise) is far more rewarding. That, at least, was my intention.

I tend to associate the word "religion" with monotheistic belief in an omnipotent God. I wouldn't want it on my conscience that I hadn't warned an explorer from going near that path.

[Bryn Mawr]

Originally Posted by xx_Janey_xx

I never cared much about religion....i thought it was aload of ....... but now i feel like im missing something and i have no idea where to start becuase there is such so much invloved in religion.... can anyone point me in the direction please?

If you are looking for a Christian based starter course then look up "the Alpha Course".

It certainly runs here in the UK and I believe it also runs in several other countries and provides a grounding in Christian thought.

[OpenMind]

I have a feeling that this is one of those threads that has been started by one half of a duo. Good luck to them.

[spot]

Giving the benefit of the doubt is charitable.

[Bryn Mawr]

Originally Posted by spot

Giving the benefit of the doubt is charitable.

I'll remind you of that one oneday soon :-)

Originally Posted by OpenMind

I have a feeling that this is one of those threads that has been started by one half of a duo. Good luck to them.

That was my initial thought, but benifit of the doubt is a sound policy.