Comments on: There is no God

By: Dana

Dana — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:06:41 +0000

Growing up I couldn’t say there is a God and I couldn’t say there isn’t a God. I had a vague notion of both good and evil existing, but nothing beyond that. I was brought up to respect the beliefs of others and to hope that they would respect mine, even though I couldn’t articulate what they were. We didn’t have to agree but should still be respectful to each other and see each others value and worth in themselves, not based on whether we agreed on anything or not. That was good and comfortable for over 30 years. Eventually I married and had children. I realized that they would ask me questions. I thought I should be prepared to answer them to the best of my ability. Where to find the answers to very big questions? I cautiously and suspiciously visited a local church. All of what was happening seemed very strange, although the people inside were friendly and very normal, speaking of the same day to day concerns I had. It was positive. I went a few times, then got very busy with my children and didn’t go again for a few years. One day I went back and had a similar experience of friendly, normal people who were there for reasons that I couldn’t understand. I asked questions and observed. All my seeking was intellectual, but not of the heart. Then one day, something truly profound happened. I can’t describe the moment, I just know there was a distinctly different before and after. Everything changed, and I mean EVERYTHING. I knew with every fibre of my being that God exists and how simple and profound ALL is. It was amazing and completely changed my life. And it was wonderful because all that I’d been taught as a child completely fit. I felt like I was coming home. So how am I different today? I love Him so much and because I know of His great love for ALL of us, I can love everyone around me, even when I may struggle with it. I know how important it is to try. So, back where I began, I can respect the beliefs of others, whether they are the same as mine or not, but knowing how great His love is for each of us, beyond respect, I can love them too. I can’t tell you what you believe. I can only tell you what I believe. Love and happiness to you on your journey.

By: Diarmuid

Diarmuid — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:45:25 +0000

Thats what makes life interesting.
Free will is ours to make that decision.
I, for one, have given this much thought and looking at the evolution of the universe and our planet in particular have come to the conclusion that our set of circumstances has been created, yes, CREATED for a purpose. For us in other words.
Think of all the cataclysmic events that have happened throughout history and beyond prehistory to put us right here right now. 6 billion plus of us.
Yes there have been devastating disasters documented during recorded history but
nothing in the order of the end of the dinasaurs which helped to clear the way for mammilian life, and ultimately us.
Then you have trillions of tonnes of vegetation decomposed billions of years ago
to fuel our lives in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. And the greatest reserves of oil and gas are in the hands or underneath the lands of fundamentalist Muslims in the middle East and Christians in the southern U.S.
And the book of Revelations predicts a clash of titanic proportions in the Middle East.
Which is fairly likely when we’ve eaten into the remaining stocks of peak oil.

As a farmer I can confidentally predict you wont feed 7 million people on declining stocks of oil. But then again I’m a redneck and science will have invented something else by then.
Well they’d better friggin start soon.

Buen Camino,hombre. Hope to finish it this year 2010

By: pip

pip — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:29:39 +0000

Hi, I read your article on no God, and thought I would share with you my views. I don,t believe in releigion and I don,t believe in the vatican and the pope. Because they keep riches and wear riches and don,t really share out there so called charities to the poor. If Jesus is to be believed he never once had any gold or luxurious or fancy buildings to live in. If this man existed what a great man he was with just his words and the clothes on his back. I don,t believe in the way christians behave as they preach about there beliefs and then when someone commits a sin they turn their back. I believe everyone commits and has commited sins there whole life and that mistakes are there for people to learn from. I believe everyone is given the thought that there is a god and believe people should search and discover the truth about god in their own world with out shouting look at me Im of this faith and that faith. I could tell you what I belive and what I,ve found out but then that would be to easy. So I say to you search your heart and soul and search for answers for yourself only and the rest will fall into place.

By: Tracy Saunders

Tracy Saunders — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 11:16:51 +0000

The introductory quote to Part 2 of P2H says this:
Every day, people are abandoning the church and going back to God.
Lenny Bruce

I liked it. I’ve already got into fisticuffs with a Priest on another forum!
They say there is no such thing as bad publicity! It certainly didn’t do Dan Brown any harm…….