Who's to say that I don't repent and ask Jesus for forgiveness?
And there are many different forms of Christianity. It's seen as more of a faith rather than a religion. I for one am Seventh Day Adventise. While someone else may be of the Chruch of England or a Baptist.
And I don't wish to argue about this; my beliefs are personal. I'm trying to piece things together from not only a faith-driven perspective but a scientific basis so that things work for me logically. If I wanted to argue about my faith, I'd be chatting on a religion thread or something. This, however, is a meaning of life thread, and I've voiced my opinion about that without wanting my faith questioned.
*EDIT* Oh! And thank you Dragon Wing, I totally agree with everything you just said. <3
-- Edited by XtreamCrazy at 20:05, 2008-03-24
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Andrea: ....I think my kidney laughed. Sye: Your bladder told it to stop. 83
Yes, Dragon Wing is right. I my self am a part-Christian. I believe in God and Jesus, but not the aledged creation of the world. I believe in the Big Bang. I do, however, want to know, what caused the Big Bang and what was going on before it. If my theory of Time being like a wheel, the Even Biger Death End Of Everything Bang was before the Big Everything Exist Bang.
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This is Bob. He is a limecat... FEAR BOB! Click my dragonz! "Bob" the dragon was actually a girl, so I let her go I like purple... it's purple. I, like my friend Dani, support these pairings Tessidy, Sethidy, Calric, Seck, Ricy, Duri and Cassless (Sorta XD) And these which she doesn't, Frev, Lock, Lexarchis and Frob!
Don't slap yourself Techfan! Self harm won't do you any good. D:
Why don't we get back on topic?
So from a biological perspective, reproduction is our main agenda, for without it, mankind would dwindle away. We were born from our parents' need to make babies, and we are born to ourselves make babies, and our children will be born to make babies as well.
Yay, babies. 8D
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Andrea: ....I think my kidney laughed. Sye: Your bladder told it to stop. 83
I believe that there are other ways of punishment... Like deprivation of keepsakes and such... *baby sister throws a tantrum* Shall I take your DVDs away? Hmmm?? *baby sister stops crying and sulks* There ya go. ^__^
But I for one am thankful that you didn't. 8D
I'm gunna surrogate my best friend's babies because I don't want her getting stretch marks on her tummy. 8D
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Andrea: ....I think my kidney laughed. Sye: Your bladder told it to stop. 83
I know you meant self punishment; you could take away your LU DVDs (or something) as a form of punishment, rather than hit yourself. D:
Odie: Atlanta, did you know that violence is the first resort of a limited mind? Atlanta: No, I didn't. Herry: Me neither!
(Fans of Class of the Titans will probably be the only ones who get this)
I thought surrogacy is where the ovum from one woman and the sperm from her spouse are planted in another woman for her to give sustinance and birth to the resulting child? The third party's genes don't come into it, do they?
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Andrea: ....I think my kidney laughed. Sye: Your bladder told it to stop. 83
''Did you know that violence is the first resort of a limited mind''
Absoloutely not! It wouldnt really effect me to take away my own things, I feel more pain slapping (or flogging) myself. I just prefer physical punishment for myself, that doesnt mean I have a limited mind.
Being a former Christian myself, back to the Bible topic, it DOES say you can't take bits and pieces form other religions. "Thou shalt not worship false idols."
Other people: Referring to other religious beings.
My argument: Believing in the slightest part of another religion is to believe in another God(dess), therefore, from a Christian standpoint, a false idol.
Other people: No, not really.
Then we agree to disagree.
Edit: I'm just being crabby right now, and that's my "depression ADHD" (stupid psychologist, I'm BIPOLAR!!!!) talking, but as far as I'm concerned, life has no meaning whatsoever. We've been given life, solely to live it out and do what we want with it.
Dangit.
-- Edited by dOMITUPSYK at 02:03, 2008-03-29
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Herr A: We didn't put a Christmas tree up, nothin'. We went to the beach. It was wonderful. BUT... I got in water up to my... crotch area, and when that wave hit ALLLLLLLL my business went running towards my intestinal tract...