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Thread #106685   Message #2211133
Posted By: Georgiansilver
08-Dec-07 - 04:32 AM
Thread Name: BS: There aren't any Gods (not even Jesus)
Subject: RE: BS: There aren't any Gods (not even Jesus)
Much of what we believe in our insignificant lives is based upon our own particular pattern of learning and understanding. There are many things which can be proved or disproved using so called 'understood methods' but even those may not be accurate.
For instance, the Phlogiston theory of the 17thc held that phlogiston was a substance which was colourless, odourless, invisible....but was present in imflammable items....so that when the item was burnt, the phlogiston disappeared...leaving the true material......apparently it could be proved by combustion of various materials.    So, many people believed it until it was refuted. Now we have different views on combustion but who is to say they are right now?.
We have all developed some sort of belief (or unbelief) pattern with regard to religion and/or Christianity and we try to live out those patterns...believing that it is right to do so. When we do that, we also try to do what is expected of us which may also require us to evangelise. Which of us can say that is right or wrong without understanding where any evangelist is coming from?
Some will remember that I am a born again Christian...as such I am expected, as a disciple of Jesus, to spread the truth of the Gospels, just as disciples did soon after Jesus death. I try not to force it on to people but even when treated gently, some people are so against 'beliefs' of any sort, they feel they are being forced to hear something they don't want to.
Many people I meet with regularly, know that I am likely to talk about my beliefs and some suffer it, some humour me and many just accept me for who I am and what I believe. There are very few who reject me as a person. Those who do are treated with the same love, compassion, respect as anyone else and are entitled to their own views.
What really saddens me is to see people of integrity on here who battle against each other over such issues when provoked by someone who wants them to do just that. What saddens me more is that some feel that they have to put down the other person rather than the views of that person.

Best wishes, Mike.