In Immigrant Areas, a Culture Clash Over Gay Marriage

[ZeeWolf]

Originally Posted by razark

Gods in general:
I have not been convinced that any of the gods that have been described to me exist.

Specifically the god of the bible:
If he exists and he and his actions are as described in the book, I find him to be an immoral creature, deserving neither respect or worship. The existence of hell is part of why I hold that view. Even if I were to take the framework of the creation/fall/redemption story as true, I still see no need for it, other than as a threat to coerce people to conform to the god's commands.

Ok, If (I am assuming) you read the bible and you have considered what
was said and then decide to reject it then it's all said and done - what
can I say?
But what got the hook in me was what I read about the disciples. At first
after the death of Christ they hid in fear of the Jews. But once Christ
appeared to them they no longer feared the Jews a went out and faced
the worst the Jews could do to them even death. To simply say they saw
Jesus after his death on the cross and that he in fact rose from the dead.
Now you have to understand if they would have just went underground
so-to-speak the Jews would have let them live. But they went boldly out
to face a certain death from those who hated and had a blood lust for
Christ and those who followed him.
And then the more I studied the more I became convinced of the historical
authenticity of the accounts given in the bible. Now, there is no looking
back for me.