What I've Learned From...

[Tamago]

sounds like your GF ran into the wrong SDA's. there's always bad apples in religion.

and yes, most of the shit in the world traces back directly to the roman catholic church, sadly.

[gokartride]

Originally Posted by Tamago

most of the shit in the world traces back directly to the roman catholic church, sadly.

I prefer to think abuse of power and overinflated egos is more to blame. This happen in many places.

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by gokartride

I prefer to think abuse of power and overinflated egos is more to blame. This happen in many places.

yup. so religion is to blame. who cares which fingers get pointed at which churches?

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Tamago

sounds like your GF ran into the wrong SDA's. there's always bad apples in religion.

and yes, most of the shit in the world traces back directly to the roman catholic church, sadly.

hahaha, yeah, their SDA church has only been around for I think two years.

I'm not defending Catholicism by any means, as I do not agree with certain things they do (I was baptized as a Catholic, however), but that's why I don't believe in religion any more. To me, religion simply wants you to be a member of theirs, and instills fear onto their followers. And it seems like each religion belittles each other. Imo, there is not right religion to get into heaven/hell/what have you. You (you as in the general, not you Tamago) believe in what you believe in, and that's fine my me, as long as you can respect other people's beliefs.

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

hahaha, yeah, their SDA church has only been around for I think two years.

I'm not defending Catholicism by any means, as I do not agree with certain things they do (I was baptized as a Catholic, however), but that's why I don't believe in religion any more. To me, religion simply wants you to be a member of theirs, and instills fear onto their followers. And it seems like each religion belittles each other. Imo, there is not right religion to get into heaven/hell/what have you. You (you as in the general, not you Tamago) believe in what you believe in, and that's fine my me, as long as you can respect other people's beliefs.

by just going to church one day a week, your odds of "making it to heaven" are about 1 in 7.

religion is not the answer.

think of it like this.

some of us went to school and learned and excelled. Church is just Religion School

and some of us do better being home-schooled.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Tamago

by just going to church one day a week, your odds of "making it to heaven" are about 1 in 7.

religion is not the answer.

think of it like this.

some of us went to school and learned and excelled. Church is just Religion School

and some of us do better being home-schooled.

hahaha, by me going to church on Sunday makes my odds of going to heaven 0 in 7, and a bazillion in 7 in the eyes of SDA's since I'm not going to church on Saturday.

I'm sorry, but the bible never says anything about Monday, Tuesday, etc; but rather, First Day, Second Day, etc. So who is to assign Sunday to First Day, and Saturday to Seventh Day?

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

So who is to assign Sunday to First Day, and Saturday to Seventh Day?

go look at your calendar buddy.. i don't understand why people have a problem getting their head around this.

[Kaotic Lazagna]

Originally Posted by Tamago

go look at your calendar buddy.. i don't understand why people have a problem getting their head around this.

I realize that, but isn't our calendar based on non-Christians? So why would Christians utilize it and base the biblical days onto it?

[Tamago]

Originally Posted by Kaotic Lazagna

I realize that, but isn't our calendar based on non-Christians? So why would Christians utilize it and base the biblical days onto it?

think about it.

if non-christians designed our calendar THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO and religion has adopted it, without changing it to their benefit (catholic church actually attempted to change the calendar, and the USSR tried a 5 day week which was a disaster) don't you think that makes it MORE legit?