Arriving to your views of Religion

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Latvia
July 27, 2010 3:33pm CST
I wish to know how you as religious person or not, came to be this way. What or who influenced you and why. For me, I do not have any faith at all in God, the Bible or anything to do with religion. How I make this conclusion for my self is several reason. First, I live in Estonia, the worlds number 1 country to not believe in religion with I think only 12-18% of any Estonians having any kind of faith in religion and this goes back to the times when Christianity began. Second, some years ago I study Greek Mythology in school, that being known I have read the Bible. Once I saw how similar the Bible is to Greek Mythology, and knowing Greek Mythology out dates any known type of religious Bible it was easy for me to see the Bible is nothing more than these same Greek Myths were relived through the Bible, only some names and places changed. Just a few examples, 1) Noah's Ark, this is almost the exact story of the Myth of the Great flood of Babylon in Greek Mythology. 2) God, this sounds very similar to Zeus, god of the sky. 3) Devil, also described in Mythology as Hades. 4) Hell, sounds much like purgatory controlled by Hades and where all humans go after death to be judged and either rewarded by passing on to Zeus' domain or punished by remaining to serve Hades in purgatory. I can go on and on about the similarities, but I think maybe you see my point by now. Third reason, Science. To explain this I will give you what science tells me that the Bible says must not be true. 1) From what I know of the Bible and what creationist tell is, Man just out of thin air appeared one day, like poof, magic. This to me does not seem possible at all. Life is evolution, just as we evolve today we did as well trillions of years ago from bacteria to where we are now. 2) The Bible implies the Universe is a mere 6000 years old, yet, science shows repeatedly in many species of life this can not be. The dinosaurs alone is proof of this living Millions of years ago, not thousands. 3) The stars, if the farthest star to Earth is about 10 Billion light years away, then how can we possibly today see that very light from this star when it would take 10 Billion years for the light to travel here for us to see? Again proof to me the the Bibles approx 6000 year since the creation of the Universe is false. My view of the Bible. It is a collection of stories based on Mythology written by 100's of authors as meanings to life before the technology and understanding of the world, the Universe and even man kind we know today. I think the Bible does offer something more though. I think it can teach about morals and can show a path to living an clean honest life. But to take anything it says as literal... well read above.
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@artizan (195)
27 Jul 10
hi there... from your list of why not religion you seem to have already discarded it as a possibility, so are you asking some one to give you their views and experiences so as to discard or are you open to other rationalistions and theories...?? taking it as the latter i will engage in your points, and what you make of it., i leave in God's hands to bless you with... Firstly as a christian am well aware of regional spiritual and goegraphical spiritual territories., where there is a lack of teaching of Godly awareness, of a closing of minds and social and culteral dis belief. So in response to your information will start praying that there will be a breakthrough in your land that the light may find you all and bless you... personally it must be difficult to break away from your cultural tradition and become different and the odd one out, never the less believe the truth will set you free... As for greek mythology, i also read it as a child and found it awsome and a place where my imagination could be nutured and encoured to be creative., to think that the Gods with so much power could actually talk and walk with you, but as i also attended an informal childrens teachings of jesus, found that in comparrison the God's of Greek Mythology showed to many human signs, of anger and jealousy and seemed to be just angry bigger grown ups., where the teachings of Jesus left me in complete wonder and awe, that some one who could be so selfless and kind and just could reach out to ordinary folks touched my heart so much so that the mythical Gods, became tories that i liked to read about for entertainment, like any other story, but the life of Jesus, became real within side my heart and being... Just to let you know., I was the only one in my family who attended church, my brothers and sisters did not, neither did my parents.... Concerning science., well could go on about that for ever., as those who know me, well know. Science is actually prooving the Bible., and there is a study by scientists that has come from the recent findings that Einstien got it wrong, and now the modern day scientists in the field of quantum physics have taken his theory and made it better and are discovering more and more truths, and that Time...is the issue but you can look up this study for yourself, i have found it most enlightening, as the scientists involved, some not all, have come to know Christianity through science that they didnt have that belief before science gave it to them. The lectures are by the Koinona Insitute given by Chuck Missler, a scientist. Which answers your questions concerning the measurements not only of time and light years and the universe.. but corrects the science that came from Einstiens mathematical equations, that where slightly off.... So because of evidences and experiences of being a believer, have actual and every day reasons to believe that the Bible can be taken litterally..... I keep informed of scientific things, and other things outside of the Bible too, but not only is it alive and relevant, it contains more than what the scientists have proven yet. Best wishes and blessings You can always ask, for God to show himself to you, in a real and everyday kind of way... as you will have nothing to loose from that and everything to gain.... xx
@love_all (306)
• India
27 Jul 10
well to answer this point... i would say that I am a Hindu.. but have read most of the hindu books as well as the Bible.. they have thier own ways of preaching thier religion. but the fact is they all spread love, trust and faith be it with a single story or a number of stories..