How well do you know God?

@Zigortools: You're last sentence was perfect. Religion without rationality is like science without humanity. I could not possibly agree more. I am as baffled by close minded religious zealots as you appear to be. Radicalism (regardless of what religion it's in) is both ridiculous and self serving and in no way, to my best recollection, has ever helped those people that it purports to support. The Scriptures that my beliefs are based on tell me to "Study to show yourself approved" and to

Nature is much more then the logic that comes out of the manipulation of nature for man's purposes. To understand the "causes and effects" of nature one would have to leave there mind open to the political and historical contradictions implied in the nuances of " belief systems" which oftentimes are so myopic as to not understand the propagandistic(manipulative)
nature of stories i.e. mythologies as a function of political and economic hiearchal fictions all of which by the way is the very fa

As i have stated in as simple a form as possible as soon as people especially self proclaimed "evangelists" start " Sharing Christ" as the terminology goes it becomes political whether they want to accept that reality or not. Simply put as "humans" a reality the most stupid and ignorant religious will not face about themselves or others we tend to lie, like to dominant others, are greedy, judgmental, not intelligent, anti- intellectual, power hungry and violent . What is usually termed "e

All religions are really nothing more than an intellectual dead-end in human evolution ... gods have no part in any form of cosmic or universal reality - I know who and what I am! You'd see my point if you had spent 65 years of your life focusing on understanding what reality is all about instead of following some myths ... take my word for it, Roosevelt

"Yes, humanity maybe just an intelligent form of infestation of planet earth ... a thinking fungus". Franto, I know, in your heart of hearts, you don't believe that. The smile in your profile shows someone who knows Love and Hope in Good Times and bad times. The man in that profile pic is no "thinking fungus" but the expression of an Intelligence and a Love that existed before Time, Space and Nature. Your smile betrays your seeming callous and pessimistic cynicism.

All religions are fabrications of the human mind. As there are many cultures and traditions, there maybe just as many varieties of religions. Yes, humanity maybe just an intelligent form of infestation of planet earth ... a thinking fungus, but only to think about how to us every thing for it's own purpose with little care for the rest of nature ... the only constant in nature is change ... and man with his nuclear capability can bring about drastic change to planet earth faster than the time i

SOMEBODY KNOWS GOD LIKE I KNOW HIM! I AM NOT ALONE.

Arthur and Franto, if God is Nature then there is no explanation of why we are here except for the law of cause and effect, which demands there be an intelligent "First Cause" motivated by Love otherwise we are all "freaks of Nature" with no meaning or purpose. I am convinced that God loves us unconditonally, therefore we can love in some measure as well according to our Faith. As imperfect and flawed as I believe the Bible to be, It's Words have lifted me from great sadness, insecurity and remo

With all due respect, whether you personally believe Christians have a responsibility to share Christ or not is actually irrelevant to the fact that they do. Again, it comes down to whether you believe or not. I don't live my life to debate the point. Again, I offer to help you learn about the subject should you so desire to do so. Have a great day.

Jesus' Message is simple and personal. Religious organization is political and impersonal

Hi, Fred, the most irritating and infuriating aspect of christianity is that Christians believe that they have a monopoly on God. There are millions of good people who do not even know that the christian God exists but I do not believe that they will not receive God's benevolence. It is this proprietorial attitude of christians that has been the root cause of all the wars in the last 1800 years. Any religion that claims infalibility is not a religion - it is a cult, a cult with the propensity to

"If God were so easily defined, would not we be making God in our image?" - what a good question, Manoj, but don't you see, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT WE HAVE DONE! The priests tell us that mankind was created in God's own image. REALLY? So, of what use would arms, legs and genitals be to God? What possible use would he make of a digestive system? (Brings a whole new meaning to "holy crap", doesn't it?) If we accept creationism, God existed in a void for an eternity before deciding to change it. A voi

Franto - a very valid comment and one with which I have some sympathy. My belief in God stems from what I see around me and, as you have clearly stated "nature in all her might and glory does very well with out any gods". The question I always come back to is, since Mother Nature is probably the oldest god ever acknowledged by mankind, isn't her demotion evidence of the hunger for power of the priesthood? The God who is promoted and sold in the Bible is a shade, He is simply the base essence of

Roosevelt, me, an agnostic? What a strange conclusion to draw from my defence of my beliefs. I have no doubt at all that God exists - what I doubt is the claims of the priesthood to have distilled His story and intensions from pretentious scrawlings by those who would profit from Him. The organised churches have one, irrefutable factor in common - they are ALL greedy and aquisitive. Whatever they have, they want more. Why is it so difficult to believe that such avarice and the evil that has eman

A very "hot" article and a very robust debate in the comments section. A great read. I deliberately did not contribute (although I liked it by clicking on the "hypocricy" tag yesterday ) because it touches on a topic that is a bit controversial: the hypocritical nature of the church - the Bishops, priests, pastors, (catholic) fathers... and the congregation. I may sound a bit harsh and off topic, but I have found people with cleaner - I hope you all get what I mean - hearts in a Pub (Bar) than a

Reality knows no such thing as gods .... nature in all her might and glory does very well with out any gods also! So it's quite clear that gods were created by some guys in the dark ages when a good education was not being offered and logic did not yet exist .... it's all out dated mythology no emotionally well balanced person has any requirement for any gods of any kind!

Manoj, though I am a Christian, I have great respect for the teachings of Gautam Buddha. Many of Buddha's teachings are the same as Jesus's teachings. You have obviously converted to Christianity through Christian Fundamentalists. I am a Liberal Christian. Hold on to the belief system that gives you comfort, moral guidance and inspiration. I do not believe that "every word" in the Bible is Divinely inpsired. You obviously do believe that "every word" in the Bible is Divinely Inspired. Keep The

Hi Roosevelt,
I do not, in any way, claim that I understand God - simply because I can not. But I was a hindu before I saw the Truth, so, for me the concept (human) of 'defining' God [who is by very nature undefinable in human terms] as a single-multiple entity is not so strange. Still, I think I can not give testimonies here to prove God's godhood/power.
And, as I said before, I do agree with the Old Coot about priesthood defiling Christianity... for a majority of professing christians, it ha

Gerry, I sometimes argue semantics but not where religion is concerned. Anybody who needs to quote the lies promulgated by a greedy and corrupt priesthood is in difficulty straight away since there are so many escape clauses. I do not believe anybody has the "responsibility" to represent Jesus Christ. We have an option to live the life that we believe He intended for us or to call into question the lies and embroidery that have been created and accepted by a population that has been indoctrinate

Roosevelt, I look at the bible as a collection of fairy stories - something like the lies and misstatements that abound in modern day marketing - that has been passed on as inspired writings recording the words of God. I do not see why Manoj and I cannot agree that we both know God. Each of us has a different relationship with God. Some of us believe that He has little direct interest in us as individuals but a great concern about the way we develop as a group. One verse in a man-made abominatio