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Pick the one that fits your beliefs best:
ATHEIST - Does not believe in God 3 (14.3%)
AGNOSTIC - Believes we can't know for sure 6 (28.6%)
DEIST - Beleives in a removed God 2 (9.5%)
Believes in Personal God 1 (4.8%)
JEWISH 0 (0%)
Believes in CHRIST 9 (42.9%)
MUSLIM 0 (0%)
OTHER (explain) 0 (0%)
Total Votes: 21
What Is Your Belief In God?; Try this one - hopefully it works!
Topic Started: Oct 24 2004, 01:51 PM (673 Views)
teryt
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Sorry the 1st one didn't work!

Realizing there are overlaps here, pick the one that fits most closely. Feel free to offer comments, explanations, etc.
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Colleen - Cold Lake Alberta
Can you explain to my simple mind, what a 'personal god' is?
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Chris - San Antonio TX
Christianity, and its many flavors, is unique in adopting a personal God--private religion to guide each individual. Most other religions are social, like Judaism or Islam or Buddhism or Hinduism--systemic religion to guide the group.

Christianity is thus unconstrained and liberal and part of what Bush has called the global democratic revolution. Others are more constrained and conservative.
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I guess that I am agnostic.
Any truthfull person must admit that no one knows.
I envy those with unshakable faith.
Makes life so simple.
I often hope there is a Heaven and Hell because I think if there is, there is going to be a lot of "Christians" down there.
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Colleen - Cold Lake Alberta
I voted that I am Christian but as of late, I've really been tested personally about my interpretation of the bible vs others' interpretations.
I was baptised as a Catholic but my father for some reason has been an atheist for about 40 yrs now. My mom grew up with the Church of England or Anglican I guess is the closest. My daughter goes to Catholic school but I chose it not for the religious aspect, but for the french immersion program that the public school didn't offer. I leave it to her and the teachings of the priests and others within the catholic system to help her determine what she wants to believe later in life.
I have attended just about every denominational church in our town, even attended a Jehovah Witness meeting with a friend. I've yet to find comfort and a sense of belonging in any of them. I'm searching for my God but don't know who his is. I guess I keep my faith to myself and hope that someday He'll let me know what denomination I really belong to.
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I believe in Polls. :devil:
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Question.. If I am willing to admit that man may have created God in his own image and that means that God exists, how do I answer the poll?
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Oct 25 2004, 12:58 AM
Question.. If I am willing to admit that man may have created God in his own image and that means that God exists, how do I answer the poll?

That makes you either a firm "Atheist" or an "other." By my definition, God is a Supreme Being, and isn't something we created. So if one thinks we created the idea of God, then He would not really exist, except in our imagination.
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Chris - San Antonio TX
Isn't saying "Supreme Being" and "isn't something we created" and "He" and "really exists" limiting?

Man seems to have had trouble with that throughout recorded history.
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Something I read a long time ago, apparently from a kid's logic, that still makes me think today:.
"God can create an universe so big and so massive that even He could not move. So he is somewhat limited in what he can do"
The teacher said: God's mighty power has no limit"
The kid replied: "Then, he can't make a big enough universe" ;)
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olstuf
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I am surprised that none of the ladies haven't questioned the use of "He" Chris. :poke:
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tomdrobin
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The power of good and evil is demonstrated every day. And, for that reason I think there must be something beyond ourselves. But, to state emphatically what the truth is regarding the meaning of life, is not being honest with self. IMO the Christian religion make the most sense, but that doesn't mean that the doctrine is %100 true. BTW, IMO most Christians fall very short of the life Christ proclaimed.
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olstuf
Oct 24 2004, 09:25 PM
I am surprised that none of the ladies haven't questioned the use of "He" Chris. :poke:

If you know me you know I'll have to go find the source limiting God to male. Is it an artifact of language? English has only he and she but why not it? Of to search....
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olstuf
Oct 24 2004, 08:25 PM
I am surprised that none of the ladies haven't questioned the use of "He" Chris. :poke:

I'm one of the ladies so I'll give my take on this.

The God that I believe in has no gender. He is not in human form. Jesus, I believe, was human and a male. This is one of the many problems I have with the bible as we know it. It was written by how many people? Translated how many times before the KJV we use today? Who's interpretation of language put those words on my bible's pages?
Just one of the crossroads I have with my faith. Its not that I don't believe, its that I don't belive the bible in many, many cases.
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olstuf
Oct 25 2004, 02:25 AM
I am surprised that none of the ladies haven't questioned the use of "He" Chris. :poke:

Actually I use "He" in an all-inclusive sort of way. He created both male & female as an expression. I believe the name "El Shadai" in the OT can be translatted the all suffecient udder. Hafta go look that up.
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