according to Neopagan theology, Deity comes in whatever form(s) one is willing to accept. so choosing an aspect of Deity which feels right to you is truth, because that is the aspect of Deity which is communicating to you. sometimes Deity comes in the form of Isis, or maybe Jesus, or maybe Buddha, or maybe not as a god at all, but simply as the universe itself. any way you look at it, everyone has a relationship with Deity.
I like this but did not agree with it. You seem to have assumed the concept of God has some kind of provable basis. This of course is a monotheistic western concept which is morally bankrupt as far as I am concerned. It deserves to be ridiculed. However that does not keep me from believing in God. It simply makes me think of God in different categories.
God has been a part of man's experience since he first asked 'why?' . We created God from that question.
I have chosen Islam because by reading Quran you get to know that these are the words from God Himself nor any human can write stuff like this. Islam deals with every small and big aspect of ur life and everything written in it is so powerful that it really touches ur mind, body and soul..im not saying to choose Islam as ur religion but do read Quran with translation and u will get to know what im trying to say. Do try it for urself .
btw i also accept that Jesus probably was a real person, and I also don't think he was the "son of God". So yeah I "believe in Jesus"... I believe he was real and HUMAN. Just because he was real (he is mentioned in historical accounts of the Romans) that doesn't mean you have to swallow man-made Christian theology hook-line-and-sinker. plus all existing Christian sects are trinitarians, they only gained dominance by wiping out Arians and other older, more monotheistic early Christian sects.
@Razgriz590 I have never said that i wont change my mind, I would change my mind if there was evidence for a god or gods but I haven't come across any. Even if there were historical evidence for Jesus AND the disciples (which there aren't) that does not prove that he was divine and performed miracles or that he was god. So you still don't have any justification for believing what you do...
Or maybe you just want to believe what feels good for you, that's OK but IMO it's not honest to yourself.
@Razgriz590 So you only believe that it's true but you have no evidence for it, and there are many explanations for these events that don't violate Occam's razor and you choose to believe in the explanation that does violate Occam's razor by making too many assumptions about things that we don't know yet?
@MrOEZahed Yea right... What about Hinduism, Buddhism, Voodoo, Shinto, Jainism, Sikhism, Bahai, Zoroastrianism, Wicca, Roman mythology, Norse mythology, Juche, Taoism, Rastafari etc. etc. Only 3 religions? You gotta be kidding me, and then we have to choose between the thousands of denominations WITHIN these different religions damn....
@Razgriz590 Several problems with this. How do you know that the disciples even existed? Jesus could just have been an ordinary man that never rose from the dead and that the story about him is just a legend retold until people had added so many magical things into it that he became a god.
Even if the disciples believed that Jesus had risen from the dead, how do we know that they didn't hallucinate, or that Jesus just faked his death or they just thought he was dead when he just had passed out?
now i am born muslim so i deny Jesus as son of God (or w.e). i believe he is a mighty messenger of God. i also deny any other polygamous religions, so only option is Judaism and Islam, in Judaism u have to be born Jew to be a Jew. so guess which religion i would choose. it is not what u qouted: choose a religion which u think is right for u. it is actually researching and finding out which religion is right for u, dont be a lazy person. i chose my religion on both faith AND proof!!! Good Day :)
i chose my religion based on what my Quran taught, in other words im from mainstream Islam (sunni if u like). i deny athiesm since there is no 'real' proof of evolution, so what if we look or have DNA similar to monkeys (or w.e), we also have similar genes to cabbages(or w.e), thats just ridiculous. regarding big bang theory, its mentioned in the Quran so i dont deny it (except i believe God created the universe like that, not that it happened by chance). thus this leads me to Islam
@kidskillconscience no i do my research first lol...i think evolving from monkeys is a bit errr....ewww....yuck....so ofc i choose to believe in God. Then i choose which religion is right for me by researching (well not now but i did before)
That's the typical "raised in it" Sunni argument. It's very much like the way Christian think, circular logic, "we're the majority, we must be right" never look outsider your bubble. If you really want to understand why an educated, sincere Muslim is Muslim, ask a convert/revert, preferably one whose Shia and knows the metaphors in the Qur'an, not just the literal parts. They will be able to give a much more cohesive, and non-circular argument.
@salihm999 yes congrats we do have similarities to cabbage because we evolved from a common ancestor and differentiated when plants and animals split from a single group of multi-cellular organisms. also atheism does not =evolution also evolution has evidence in fossils and even observations we have seen organisms change over time a few examples are a species of salamander in california and a man-made example of change is wolves to dogs. evolution has tons of evidence it is true just as cont
I chose my "religion" (non-theistic semi-Taoism) because I was tired of being bashed by other Lutherans for asking questions :)
My idea is this:
If God exists, he is an escalator repairman. He doesn't get involved unless I have a major problem in my life that I can't resolve alone (brain surgery, relationship breakup, death in the family). Without getting on the escalator, he quietly works on it until it moves again. I don't even have to call him because he's watching.
i feel my intelligence seeping from my brain as i watch this. you arent even adressing your own fictional arguments properly. also your :advice thiests would give him" sounds more like advice non religious hippies would give him.
I didn't choose any religion - I'm a Christian, and you have some good points. The thing is - judging from your other videos i really don't mean to sound patronising, but you're missing out a few important things. Christianity is a relationship with God. A personal relationship of Love. That is what I base my faith on - My relationship with God is very, very real. But it's not a case of 'follow all his commandments and you'll get to heaven.' if you want me to go into that, I will.Does this help?
@Creature112 and so isn't the Muslim's, the Hindu's, the vikings who followed Thor, and the Greeks who followed Zeus relationship with God. Just having a relationship with "god" means nothing. One person hears Zeus, another Jesus, and another the C.I.A. How do we determine who is correct? One word, evidence.(more specifically objective evidence)
SO
The question is that sense all religions claim the same correctness, and all have little to no evidence supporting them, how do you choose?
But they will never admit it. I know christains that honestly said they would be Christians if they were born in Iran, and Muslims who families are muslims that swear their parents had no impact on their choice.
My Mom thought I should choose her religion.
GreatG0dOm 4 months ago
according to Neopagan theology, Deity comes in whatever form(s) one is willing to accept. so choosing an aspect of Deity which feels right to you is truth, because that is the aspect of Deity which is communicating to you. sometimes Deity comes in the form of Isis, or maybe Jesus, or maybe Buddha, or maybe not as a god at all, but simply as the universe itself. any way you look at it, everyone has a relationship with Deity.
RedDragon033195 7 months ago
I like this but did not agree with it. You seem to have assumed the concept of God has some kind of provable basis. This of course is a monotheistic western concept which is morally bankrupt as far as I am concerned. It deserves to be ridiculed. However that does not keep me from believing in God. It simply makes me think of God in different categories.
God has been a part of man's experience since he first asked 'why?' . We created God from that question.
hermenutic 8 months ago
I have chosen Islam because by reading Quran you get to know that these are the words from God Himself nor any human can write stuff like this. Islam deals with every small and big aspect of ur life and everything written in it is so powerful that it really touches ur mind, body and soul..im not saying to choose Islam as ur religion but do read Quran with translation and u will get to know what im trying to say. Do try it for urself .
Gohardesign 1 year ago
btw i also accept that Jesus probably was a real person, and I also don't think he was the "son of God". So yeah I "believe in Jesus"... I believe he was real and HUMAN. Just because he was real (he is mentioned in historical accounts of the Romans) that doesn't mean you have to swallow man-made Christian theology hook-line-and-sinker. plus all existing Christian sects are trinitarians, they only gained dominance by wiping out Arians and other older, more monotheistic early Christian sects.
susumu07 1 year ago
Here's a few ways.
Read the holy books of several faiths. Find translations that believers of those faiths consider reliable and accurate
Is there historical evidence for obscure places in the book?
Check for 'inconsistencies', and find if there's a way to see they aren't contradictions.
See how far the books agree with science. big bang, periodic table, plate tectonics, etc.
Did any specific predictions in the book come true soon afterward? Qur'an chapters 30 and 111 are examples of this.
susumu07 1 year ago
If religion is the word of God, that I know of no religion in the world that claims that God revealed to all of its nation and gave her the religion.
Apart from Judaism.
Judaism is the only religion that claims to the historic event in which God revealed to the whole nation and gave them the Torah.
Judaism is not based on one person or a prophet, but the entire nation which has seen God himself gave her his laws.
There is no such thing in the world!
moti4love 1 year ago
@Razgriz590 I have never said that i wont change my mind, I would change my mind if there was evidence for a god or gods but I haven't come across any. Even if there were historical evidence for Jesus AND the disciples (which there aren't) that does not prove that he was divine and performed miracles or that he was god. So you still don't have any justification for believing what you do...
Or maybe you just want to believe what feels good for you, that's OK but IMO it's not honest to yourself.
lilmarome 1 year ago
@Razgriz590 So you only believe that it's true but you have no evidence for it, and there are many explanations for these events that don't violate Occam's razor and you choose to believe in the explanation that does violate Occam's razor by making too many assumptions about things that we don't know yet?
lilmarome 1 year ago
@MrOEZahed Yea right... What about Hinduism, Buddhism, Voodoo, Shinto, Jainism, Sikhism, Bahai, Zoroastrianism, Wicca, Roman mythology, Norse mythology, Juche, Taoism, Rastafari etc. etc. Only 3 religions? You gotta be kidding me, and then we have to choose between the thousands of denominations WITHIN these different religions damn....
lilmarome 1 year ago
@Razgriz590 Several problems with this. How do you know that the disciples even existed? Jesus could just have been an ordinary man that never rose from the dead and that the story about him is just a legend retold until people had added so many magical things into it that he became a god.
Even if the disciples believed that Jesus had risen from the dead, how do we know that they didn't hallucinate, or that Jesus just faked his death or they just thought he was dead when he just had passed out?
lilmarome 1 year ago
now i am born muslim so i deny Jesus as son of God (or w.e). i believe he is a mighty messenger of God. i also deny any other polygamous religions, so only option is Judaism and Islam, in Judaism u have to be born Jew to be a Jew. so guess which religion i would choose. it is not what u qouted: choose a religion which u think is right for u. it is actually researching and finding out which religion is right for u, dont be a lazy person. i chose my religion on both faith AND proof!!! Good Day :)
salihm999 1 year ago
@salihm999
" n Judaism u have to be born Jew to be a Jew."
not at all ! everyone can be a jew.
moti4love 1 year ago
i chose my religion based on what my Quran taught, in other words im from mainstream Islam (sunni if u like). i deny athiesm since there is no 'real' proof of evolution, so what if we look or have DNA similar to monkeys (or w.e), we also have similar genes to cabbages(or w.e), thats just ridiculous. regarding big bang theory, its mentioned in the Quran so i dont deny it (except i believe God created the universe like that, not that it happened by chance). thus this leads me to Islam
salihm999 1 year ago
@salihm999 So you believe what the Qu'ran says because the Qu'ran says so? Don't you think thats a little circular.
kidskillconscience 1 year ago
@kidskillconscience no i do my research first lol...i think evolving from monkeys is a bit errr....ewww....yuck....so ofc i choose to believe in God. Then i choose which religion is right for me by researching (well not now but i did before)
salihm999 1 year ago
@kidskillconscience
That's the typical "raised in it" Sunni argument. It's very much like the way Christian think, circular logic, "we're the majority, we must be right" never look outsider your bubble. If you really want to understand why an educated, sincere Muslim is Muslim, ask a convert/revert, preferably one whose Shia and knows the metaphors in the Qur'an, not just the literal parts. They will be able to give a much more cohesive, and non-circular argument.
susumu07 1 year ago
@salihm999 yes congrats we do have similarities to cabbage because we evolved from a common ancestor and differentiated when plants and animals split from a single group of multi-cellular organisms. also atheism does not =evolution also evolution has evidence in fossils and even observations we have seen organisms change over time a few examples are a species of salamander in california and a man-made example of change is wolves to dogs. evolution has tons of evidence it is true just as cont
lonewolfM16 7 months ago
there are NO PROF that jesus or god existed or exist
fetahans 2 years ago
So... which religion did he choose... I mean I REALLY want to know! Which religion is right?
jaywolfe82 2 years ago
I chose my "religion" (non-theistic semi-Taoism) because I was tired of being bashed by other Lutherans for asking questions :)
My idea is this:
If God exists, he is an escalator repairman. He doesn't get involved unless I have a major problem in my life that I can't resolve alone (brain surgery, relationship breakup, death in the family). Without getting on the escalator, he quietly works on it until it moves again. I don't even have to call him because he's watching.
Henrik
KirneH004 2 years ago
i feel my intelligence seeping from my brain as i watch this. you arent even adressing your own fictional arguments properly. also your :advice thiests would give him" sounds more like advice non religious hippies would give him.
randalfwarren 2 years ago
Well then propose a good factual argument. I asked for people to rebuff the arguments I gave. How CAN you choose your religion?
kidskillconscience 2 years ago 2
I didn't choose any religion - I'm a Christian, and you have some good points. The thing is - judging from your other videos i really don't mean to sound patronising, but you're missing out a few important things. Christianity is a relationship with God. A personal relationship of Love. That is what I base my faith on - My relationship with God is very, very real. But it's not a case of 'follow all his commandments and you'll get to heaven.' if you want me to go into that, I will.Does this help?
Creature112 2 years ago
@Creature112 and so isn't the Muslim's, the Hindu's, the vikings who followed Thor, and the Greeks who followed Zeus relationship with God. Just having a relationship with "god" means nothing. One person hears Zeus, another Jesus, and another the C.I.A. How do we determine who is correct? One word, evidence.(more specifically objective evidence)
SO
The question is that sense all religions claim the same correctness, and all have little to no evidence supporting them, how do you choose?
TheGunslingr 1 year ago
LOL, 'Well that's just silly'
i love your voice man
hellofrankie117 2 years ago
It's a damned good question. I get the feeling that statistically most people end up in religions in this order;
1: Religion of Family.
2: Majority religion of Country.
TheTruePooka 2 years ago
But they will never admit it. I know christains that honestly said they would be Christians if they were born in Iran, and Muslims who families are muslims that swear their parents had no impact on their choice.
Denial is in egypt it would seem.
TheFluffyDuck 2 years ago 3
So who are you to know otherwise?
Tokkemon 2 years ago