What can you learn from old civilizations Gods?
Karen and I just finished watching Troy the movie and what’s of most interest to me is how they portray the worst decision made based of their belief in Apollo. A God that no one today believes in.
If you look at the world today you see people making bad decisions based on their belief in God. A God who doesn’t even have a name. It would be like naming your dog “JD” for just dog.
I’m telling all of you believers out there, one day, when future civilizations look back upon your beliefs, they will criticize the decisions you made based on a God that no one believes in. I sincerely hope we are beyond the point where future civilizations will believe in any God at all. History has shown that we are almost there. Think of all the prior civilizations and the large number of Gods they believed in. The number of Gods kept getting smaller and smaller until the majority today are only hanging on to what I hope is the last one.
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May 22nd, 2009 at 1:55 am
Two things here: first, God does have a name, it is somwhere in Exodus I believe: God’s name is Yahweh.
Second, Christianity, and our God, are the only ‘religion’ and deity to have lasted through the ages, from the dawn of time. And it will continue to go on FOREVER.
May 23rd, 2009 at 10:24 am
Mike, yes I know god’s name but 99.99% of the population doesn’t know it so god might as not have one. Christianity is slowly dying like all the other religions before it, the evidence is everywhere. Have you seen the atheist bus campaign. Non-believers are now in full force to keep people from being brainwashed like you are and to keep you from brainwashing others.
Don’t you see? Religion may have served a purpose for ignorant people but those days are winding down. The internet allows people to be less ignorant about everything.
Mike, I know you have the best intentions but you’re mistaken, you’re beliefs misguided and your gods are imaginary.
May 25th, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Again, I disagree. I am NOT brainwashed, I have done my homework. And it is MY choice to believe. Yes, I grew up in a Christian home; however, I did not simply blindly follow along. I’ve done research, and at every turn I have proven to me that God most definitely does exist. Christianity is not dying either; it’s is actually growing, and quite rapidly.
Religion is not for ignorant people; otherwise, the majority of humanity, if not all of it, would be atheistic. On the contrary, the vast majority of the world’s population believe in one god or another.
I am not mistaken. My beliefs are not misguided. And I don’t have ‘Gods’, I have A God, who is not imaginary.
And I can prove that he exists: Take a leaf. Study it, all its complexities. Now look at the complexities of everything else around you, on this planet alone. In your backyard alone. Now tell me that everything just suddenly one day popped into existence, and one day will eventually pop out of existence again.
I can also prove that Christianity is the right way and ONLY way:
Take every single other religion: what are they based off of? Sacrifice, idols, appeasement. The fundamentals of every other religion is that one must appease their god, so as to gain favour with them, so as to pass on to heaven or the next existence or whatever it may be.
Christianity, however, does not do that: The very basic and most well known fundamental of Christianity is that God is merciful and graceful, and that by such grace and mercy He has saved every single believer, regardless of their sins.
Mistaken? Misguided? With all due respect, I believe it is you who are mistaken; I don’t know if you read something and took it out of context, or what happened to make you an atheist, but I’m sorry it happened.
“You can’t convert away from true Christianity. Anyone who “converts” away from following God was very, very, very likely – in fact, almost positively – never a true follower of Christ to begin with.” -Ian, The Mind and Soul of Ian http://www.iansmindandsoul.blogspot.com/
May 28th, 2009 at 10:30 pm
“You can’t convert away from true Christianity”, do you know how many times I’ve heard that lame excuse? That’s total bull.
Your reasoning in your comments is proof to me and every other atheist that you are brainwashed.
I think you need to do some more research.