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Originally Posted by Guest
You are right on many accounts. That's why many of us do not put our faith so much in a religion per se, as in a relationship. I practiced a religion my whole life but never really "knew" God. It wasn't until I started studying the bible that I realized the difference between religion and having a relationship. Just like a person who calls himself a Christian is not a perfect person, religions created by man will not be perfect either. It is just a means to practice what we believe with other like minded people and to enjoy fellowship and worship God communally.
I'm not sure if this makes sense to you because I find it difficult to explain it myself, but I understand your skepticism. We have all been where you are at one point or another in our lives. It's something you have to come to yourself through seeking, if one desires.
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As you get older and "wiser"...you figure out that the religion you were raised on is just a bunch of bullsh!t...but you can't shake the premise of "God".
Found your own "religion" make it 5,001 different sects with different "interpretations" of a book of fictional stories.
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Originally Posted by Guest
You don't believe...........so it's not true?
I suspect that you find our Faith much more disturbing than we find your disbelief. . . . 
Carl in Tampa
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Backwards again...
It's not true...so I don't believe.
I find your faith irrational.
What "disturbs" me is the extent of how right Barnum was...there are millions of suckers born every day...especially if you can get to them when they're vulnerable infants. What "disturbs" me is how strong conditioning done on infants is and how long it lasts. What "disturbs" me is that they use these same techniques on our children in school. They frame it in the context "Everybody feels the same way, you should too". It's the way the "news" is presented too.
We are lied to constantly, from every source. It's no wonder the incidence of psychiatric illness...and need for "calming" drugs...and of course...the need for a "God", a "spirit" to guide us.