Love and Religion
By avidwhit
@avidwhit (1492)
Mexico
July 4, 2008 3:37am CST
I just read a post asking what can you do if the Jehovah Witnesses keep coming to your door even after you say your not interested. This strated my brain a thinking.
This post is not in anyway pointed to the Jehovah witnesses!
This is just a generalization.
I once heard a quote,"love for religion can take you to hell and faith in love with love can take you to Heaven". Do you ever meet people who can Quote a Bible better than you or are more religious than you? Have some of them ever tried to make you feel less than them or not been excepting of you because you wont or cant be on there Quote or religion level? Have you had the feeling that they wont like love or befriend you Because you havnt memorized as much Bible as them or because you are not part or will not be part of their religion? Do you pitty these people? Do you let them get you down so they can continue to feel up? Do you just Ignore them or just LOVE them? :)
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@elenahap (104)
• Croatia (Hrvatska)
4 Jul 08
That is a really nice quote, and a true one.
Me I don't care about quoting from the Bible, and nobody can make me feel less than them because of that.
There is only one thing that all we should remember, about any religion: If you are a true good person, that's all you need. And you will know when you are a truelly good person, with a clean heart, because your conscience will tell you.
Believers who try to manipulate other people with religion, for sure they feel it at least little bit, that small voice telling them "now you are doing something wrong", so they don't need me to tell them, or me to bother, or me to correct them.
This is true about any person that has a bad heart, he knows it, he feels it, even if he does not accept it.If he does not know it, then he is not bad, even if he is in fact doing something bad, he is just naive and ignorant and needs our forgiveness and guidance.
@avidwhit (1492)
• Mexico
5 Jul 08
Nicely worded reply! Sounds like your right on track with a great spirit and listing to the voice inside as well as having a clear conscience. In other words correct me if I am wrong but you just love them anyway by allowing for forgiveness and guidance?! Thanks for a great post and an honest reponse! Blessings.:)
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@ellie333 (21016)
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5 Jul 08
LOVE is the key no matter what religion or how well someone knows the Bible. I have my belief in God but I do not door knock but admire people who do do this. If my friends ask I will tell them but I don't as the saying foes 'Bible bash' I believe in God but I am not a church goer as I find hypocrisy within it. People will make a flower arrangement to look good at church but won't knock the door of a neighbour to check that they are ok. This I do not like. I never let people make me feel inferior in any way, we are all people, we are all different. I believe in acceptance, that is the key really. The best thing to do with an enemy is to prayer that they too find God so I would say I love these people. Ellie :D
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