Which religion do you believe in? Why (optional)?

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I'm still figuring out what I want to believe in

Is it really a matter of wanting though?

Either you're convinced or you're not convinced.

I don't believe in anything.

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Is it really a matter of wanting though?

Either you're convinced or you're not convinced.

I'm convinced that Quantum probabilities would be the death of me.

edit: in all seriousness I used to believe in a collection of chinese superstitions like jiuweihu and shizz lmao I was wild back then

Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and rose again after 3 days. His resurrection proves he was the only man who lived twice and was 100% God in the flesh as well.

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Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins, was buried, and rose again after 3 days. His resurrection proves he was the only man who lived twice and was 100% God in the flesh as well.

What's the evidence for the resurrection?

I'm an athetist,no religion resonates with me.

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What's the evidence for the resurrection?

I don't know. I just literally believe what the Bible says regardless of the translation.

I’m a Latter-Day Saint/Mormon, which is a branch of Christianity, so that’s what I put. I mostly believe in it because that’s what I was raised in my whole life, but also because I think it makes a lot of sense for Heaven to have different degrees to it and not just be a clear cut case of only Heaven or only hell if that makes sense. Have a great day/night!

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I’m a Latter-Day Saint/Mormon, which is a branch of Christianity,

ah ah you wish it was! but that's not what other Christians say!

Atheist. I don't believe some old guy from the beginning of time is deciding who gets to go to "heaven" or "hell". I don't believe in those places either. Seems more like some fantasy novel some old guy wrote and decided "everyone should live like this" while inserting his bs political views.

This is not the shame anyone for believing in whatever you want to believe in. I am just explaining my views

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Atheist. I don't believe some old guy from the beginning of time is deciding who gets to go to "heaven" or "hell". I don't believe in those places either. Seems more like some fantasy novel some old gay wrote and decided "everyone should live like this" while inserting his bs political views.

Now that's a twist.

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ah ah you wish it was! but that's not what other Christians say!

Yesn’t. It depends who you ask. First of all, it depends on what and who you define a Christian as. Different people have different definitions, so that’s a part of the reason for people disagreeing. Personally, I define a Christian as anyone who believes in Christ and tries to live by His example.

Also, this is a VERY interesting statistic you might find fascinating:

* Out of all LDS people, 97% believe that LDS people are Christians. 3% do not.

* Out of the general public, it’s almost a 50/50 split as to whether Mormons are Christians.

Personally, I believe that they are, but I’m undoubtedly biased and some may consider my definition too broad. If you or other people don’t consider them to be, I can wholeheartedly understand why and hopefully we can agree to disagree.

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Now that's a twist.

maybe he was gatekeeping homosexuality

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Yesn’t. It depends who you ask. First of all, it depends on what and who you define a Christian as. Different people have different definitions, so that’s a part of the reason for people disagreeing. Personally, I define a Christian as anyone who believes in Christ and tries to live by His example.

Also, this is a VERY interesting statistic you might find fascinating:

* Out of all LDS people, 97% believe that LDS people are Christians. 3% do not.

* Out of the general public, it’s almost a 50/50 split as to whether Mormons are Christians.

Personally, I believe that they are, but I’m undoubtedly biased and some may consider my definition too broad. If you or other people don’t consider them to be, I can wholeheartedly understand why and hopefully we can agree to disagree.

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I think the main issue comes from the fact that Mormonism adds a new prophet and a new revelation. For some Christians it cannot be Christianism to add a new holy book to the Bible. I can understand the reasoning of both sides. I think it's all made up stories anyway so it's not that important to me.

If anything, it seems to me Mormonts are usually quite open and peaceful people so it's what matters most to me.

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Why?

After my Christian aunt passed away in the most painful and tragic way I stopped believing in anything

She was a Saint, she gave her life to God, she was the most humble and good person ever.

She was more than Christian she was part of the church, had friends of the church everything about her life was surrounded by the church

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I think the main issue comes from the fact that Mormonism adds a new prophet and a new revelation. For some Christians it cannot be Christianism to add a new holy book to the Bible. I can understand the reasoning of both sides. I think it's all made up stories anyway so it's not that important to me.

If anything, it seems to me Mormonts are usually quite open and peaceful people so it's what matters most to me.

Thank you for being so mature and open minded in this discussion and sorry if I came across a bit too hostile in my reply. I forgot about that issue. I can understand both sides of the issue as well and am willing to respect both sides and answers, as long as there is logical reasoning behind them, which you more than provided.

Thank you! I’m glad you’ve had good experiences with the people in the Church. Have a great day/night!

Atheist, I've seen enough to not believe in religion

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sorry if I came across a bit too hostile in my reply.

don't worry, you didn't came across as such. plus, it was me who was a bit provocative to test the waters . but it's all good, no worries.

im a musie

I'm generally atheist. I'd like to have solid proof before believing things.

(yes I had also calculated the parallax for myself to verify the distance of the sun and moon, etc and had phoned a friend for a measurement on the curve of the earth a la Eratosthenes)

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I'm generally atheist. I'd like to have solid proof before believing things.

(yes I had also calculated the parallax for myself to verify the distance of the sun and moon, etc and had phoned a friend for a measurement on the curve of the earth a la Eratosthenes)

You've watched these flat earth debates, haven't you?

I'm an Atheist because of the lack of evidence.

islam is the religion

muslim is islam's followers

I don't believe in any religions but I do have some beliefs like the afterlife.

Well I was raised Catholic. Started to refuse going there age 15. Still can't get married in a church if that were something I wanted to do. Now sometime after that I really didn't believe in anything but then I had a vision of the future in the form of a pic of JAC jagaciak in Versace in a dream, and I start ed believing there was something after that. Then I got obsessed with astrology whatever that is and I got into asteroid astrology and there are a lot of talks in the places I visited AabOUt starseeds and aliens and twin flames and anywayz I still wholeheartedly believe in astrology and that's the only thing I believe in.I was looking into different religions in college and the ones that drew me in the most were Taoism,Buddhism and Celtic paganism/ druidism but I didn't follow through with joining anything.

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Well I was raised Catholic. Started to refuse going there age 15. Still can't get married in a church if that were something I wanted to do.

Aren't you baptized? It should be enough to get married in a church.

I believe in jichoo supremacy

but in all seriousness I'm agnostic athiest

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Aren't you baptized? It should be enough to get married in a church.

I was explicitly told at the time I couldn't withouth the confirmation

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Atheist, I've seen enough to not believe in religion

God wants us to love. it's humans who refuse to love and commit atrocities.

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God wants us to love. it's humans who refuse to love and commit atrocities.

He's all about love but condemns to eternal torment those who happen to be unconvinced by an old book, which is a bit sus.

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You've watched these flat earth debates, haven't you?

I was caught between to people that I knew that had a furious debate. one was in canada at the time so I told him to measure the shadow of a meter stick and I snapped a pic of mine held up with a bubble level and we commenced the calculation over video call.

and then he claimed that the sun and moon were painted on the "dome of the sky" and I was like A) paint ain't that bright and B) measure it out for me, you got a security camera pointed at the sky anyway, just hand me the footage from jan 1st and june 1st. and I measured out the angles and let him verify it and I did my math proof and he took a week off from school for a legit, doctor noted existential crisis. He was homeschooled before HS. Broke his world 2 weeks into 9th grade lmao. but he's aight now.

I didn't know for sure for myself so that's why I proposed the math proof instead of pushing nasa links like my friend did lmao at the time I wanted to see for myself as well.

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He's all about love but condemns to eternal torment those who happen to be unconvinced by an old book, which is a bit sus.

And since he is omniscient, wouldn't he know who is going to end up in hell? Which makes it all seem even more sadistic. First he creates someone he knows is going to be a nonbeliever and then he condemns the nonbeliever for being the way he created them.

Religion starts to get controversial so it's a subject that I generally dodge. I was raised in Christianity and still believe that there is God and an afterlife.

I'm not someone who tries to force my beliefs on others or tells others what is right or wrong.

Probably the only time you'd hear me say this outside of those that know but I thought I would put that out there since I've been dodging saying this on this forum for so long.

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He's all about love but condemns to eternal torment those who happen to be unconvinced by an old book, which is a bit sus.

That's what I believe. sorry, bro.

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The historical evidence for the resurrection of Christ is very good. Scholars such as William Lane Craig, J.P. Moreland, Gary Habermas, and others have done an especially good job of detailing that evidence. See William Lane Craig's Reasonable Faith and The Son Rises, J.P. Moreland's Scaling the Secular City, and Gary Habermas' The Case for the Resurrection of Jesus and Did Jesus Rise from the Dead?, a debate with then-atheist Anthony Flew.

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