people just remmenber how old the bible is, and olso remember that god said ,
quote " my ways is not your way" saying that and christ said
quote" im here to serve not to be serve" thouse are the most
importtant swords we should remember, the bible is there to just show us how to
live in this trying times and olso are there to help us guide us, how many
people have die in a belief that corapted man created to benefit there own needs
and selfishness, ever to get power or money, people have forgotten the true
meaning and what chist or god standsfore.
Many were exposed to a form of religion and at one time believed in God.
However, serious health or family problems or certain injustices they
experienced weakened their faith. For others, courses taught in schools of
higher learning have had a negative impact on their concept of God...
The most shocking denial of God"s authority comes from Christendom"s
clergy, who have substituted man-made traditions for pure Bible
truths...
"It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of
men as doctrines."--Matthew 15:9
Additionally, they have backed the bloodiest wars of the 20th century, thus
rejecting the Biblical command to display genuine love:
"By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among
yourselves."--John 13:35
The clergy have also denied God by turning their backs on his moral
standards--as evidenced, for example, by a steady stream of lawsuits against
pedophile priests. The situation of Christendom resembles that of ancient Israel
and Judah. "The land is filled with bloodshed and the city is full of
crookedness," the prophet Ezekiel was told, "for they have said,
"Jehovah has left the land, and Jehovah is not seeing."--Ezekiel
9:9
"Woe to those who are going very deep in concealing counsel from Jehovah
himself, and whose deeds have occurred in a dark place, while they say:
"Who is seeing us, and who is knowing of us?"--Isaiah 29:15
Just because fewer and fewer people are going to church doesn't mean that people
are losing faith in God. The church is unnecessary place that people come
together to listen to a preacher.
As for why many may be losing faith; A God that sends his creation (children) to
hell if you do not accept Jesus as your savior and Heaven if you accept him is
not appealing.
Hm... I think for most peple it give yourself "not cool" if you belive
in God. And, "what is God?" is often asked by them. Their parents and
society usually like this too. And we are live in modern life that many peple
thinks "need not God"..
So I think this is the reason why people lose faith/ have no faith..
If you think in terms of the main point of christianity and faith is to get into
heaven, and that being an individual event--- you cannot control whether someone
goes to heaven or not--- then why do you care? Really. To adhere to any religion
is to adopt some apathy for those who aren't following the same path.
Quote by asqwasqwI am a athiest because
for me, religion just does not make sense. Can you prove that religion exists?
Can you show me anybody who went to hevan? I simply do not believe in religion
because there is no proof that religion is actually true (like the tooth fairy).
In addition, modern day people view people from the olden days as silly because
they believed in some things that we know are not true. It might be the same
with us. Me, I think religion is just a type of hope and frankly, hope is
overrated.
yeah you have the same thoughts as me on it. I just think it's just something
for people to believe in, for people to think there's something after you die.
But I just think it's all a bunch of crazy stories written by some crazy guy
lol. I just don't think religion really helps in any way, it's caused so many
wars over thousands of years, people are killing each other because they have
different beliefs, and some religious people are just weird...they try to force
their religion unto you and try to change you and I don't like that. I just
don't want to be controlled by a book...you can be a good person no matter what,
religious or not. but yeah each to their own. I respect their beliefs, but
please respect mine and we're all cool
i think that people is loosing their faith ´cause there
are many big diffrences between past and present. think, nowadays we enjoy
technology, it has open the eyes of many people, if you read tha bibble you will
find many differences between this one and church. church its just a big
bussines that change depending on the circunstances, inthe past the church used
to punish the sinners but now they say that god forgieves everything. then,
there is people that can not believe in things unless they see them, actually
i´m one of those, there a million of posibilities, they
say that god make miracles but i think that you can maka miracles happen by
yourself. its not bad to believe but neither its to not believe, so i think that
people can do anything thet want, if they not hurt the others.
Quote by cheza2283Growing up today it
seems like fewer and fewer people are going to church. On the internet there
seem to be more and more self-proclaimed atheists. I went to a Catholic High
School growing up and even in there most of the students only practiced because
their parents made them and once they hit college they quit going to masses. I
don't understand today why there are so many people that are disbelieving in
God. I even find myself doubting in him and I wonder if it has to do with our
society and how it is portraying God and religion in general. If it is making it
sound not "cool" to the youth of America and that is why we are not
taking an interest in it. I just wonder what will become of religion over the
next couple of centuries. Will it be viewed as something of the past or will
some new God rise in its place? MTer's let me hear your thoughts on why you
think or don't think religion has dwindled down over the past twenty years! Why
families are not as much as part of the church as they used to be?
Good. Now it's guaranteed that we won't ever have to fall
into another dark age.
people just remmenber how old the bible is, and olso remember that god said , quote " my ways is not your way" saying that and christ said quote" im here to serve not to be serve" thouse are the most importtant swords we should remember, the bible is there to just show us how to live in this trying times and olso are there to help us guide us, how many people have die in a belief that corapted man created to benefit there own needs and selfishness, ever to get power or money, people have forgotten the true meaning and what chist or god standsfore.
Many were exposed to a form of religion and at one time believed in God. However, serious health or family problems or certain injustices they experienced weakened their faith. For others, courses taught in schools of higher learning have had a negative impact on their concept of God...
The most shocking denial of God"s authority comes from Christendom"s clergy, who have substituted man-made traditions for pure Bible truths...
"It is in vain that they keep worshiping me, because they teach commands of men as doctrines."--Matthew 15:9
Additionally, they have backed the bloodiest wars of the 20th century, thus rejecting the Biblical command to display genuine love:
"By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love among yourselves."--John 13:35
The clergy have also denied God by turning their backs on his moral standards--as evidenced, for example, by a steady stream of lawsuits against pedophile priests. The situation of Christendom resembles that of ancient Israel and Judah. "The land is filled with bloodshed and the city is full of crookedness," the prophet Ezekiel was told, "for they have said, "Jehovah has left the land, and Jehovah is not seeing."--Ezekiel 9:9
"Woe to those who are going very deep in concealing counsel from Jehovah himself, and whose deeds have occurred in a dark place, while they say: "Who is seeing us, and who is knowing of us?"--Isaiah 29:15
Just because fewer and fewer people are going to church doesn't mean that people are losing faith in God. The church is unnecessary place that people come together to listen to a preacher.
As for why many may be losing faith; A God that sends his creation (children) to hell if you do not accept Jesus as your savior and Heaven if you accept him is not appealing.
Hm... I think for most peple it give yourself "not cool" if you belive in God. And, "what is God?" is often asked by them. Their parents and society usually like this too. And we are live in modern life that many peple thinks "need not God"..
So I think this is the reason why people lose faith/ have no faith..
I myself belive in God ;p
If you think in terms of the main point of christianity and faith is to get into heaven, and that being an individual event--- you cannot control whether someone goes to heaven or not--- then why do you care? Really. To adhere to any religion is to adopt some apathy for those who aren't following the same path.
yeah you have the same thoughts as me on it. I just think it's just something for people to believe in, for people to think there's something after you die. But I just think it's all a bunch of crazy stories written by some crazy guy lol. I just don't think religion really helps in any way, it's caused so many wars over thousands of years, people are killing each other because they have different beliefs, and some religious people are just weird...they try to force their religion unto you and try to change you and I don't like that. I just don't want to be controlled by a book...you can be a good person no matter what, religious or not. but yeah each to their own. I respect their beliefs, but please respect mine and we're all cool
i think that people is loosing their faith ´cause there are many big diffrences between past and present. think, nowadays we enjoy technology, it has open the eyes of many people, if you read tha bibble you will find many differences between this one and church. church its just a big bussines that change depending on the circunstances, inthe past the church used to punish the sinners but now they say that god forgieves everything. then, there is people that can not believe in things unless they see them, actually i´m one of those, there a million of posibilities, they say that god make miracles but i think that you can maka miracles happen by yourself. its not bad to believe but neither its to not believe, so i think that people can do anything thet want, if they not hurt the others.
Good. Now it's guaranteed that we won't ever have to fall into another dark age.