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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm not sure you two are on opposite sides of this one? ^

You have to teach, but religion isn't needed for the teaching. [/quote]

I believe that religion is needed for the teaching. Otherwise, whose laws/ rules/ guidance would we use, other than God's? Do you really want man making up rules for us to live by?[/quote]

Who do you think made up religion?  It was man.  If there was a supreme being, he would have made up one good religion  instead of so many different ones all over the world. What  religions have in common is an injunction to be kind to each other -- that's the simple morality that came from humans, no matter where they were.

Plus, outside of religion, Man has made innumerable rules -- they are called laws and they apply to everyone in a particular society, irrespective of what, if any Gods they worship.  [/quote]
What if the Bible is true, and that supreme being -- God -- did "make up" ONE true religion. And what if, as the Bible says, there is a devil who counterfeited it and tried to lead everyone astray. Of all the religions in the world, only ONE bases salvation on faith in a sacrifice of God Himself as sufficient. (That would be Christianity.) Every other religious system in existence bases salvation on a set of works. Hmm... When you worship Christ, you're saying to God, "I cannot be good enough to be in your presence, but thank you that Christ is, and thank you for belief in that to be what you consider as righteousness." It's a great offer from a loving God. Maybe consider that no other religion says this. It's work, work, work, and still die in your sins.[/quote]

Quite a complicated story -- sounds like something humans made up.  An all-intelligent, all-powerful, all-loving god could do better than that[/quote]

On the contrary. The story of Christianity is so awesome, powerful and unbelievable, it could never be made up by humans. Take the example of God coming to us, on earth in the flesh. For centuries the Jewish people had waited for a savior who would deliver them, expecting of course that person to be a mighty ruler or king. That's human logic. In fact, He came in the form of a baby born to humble beginnings to a poor family. That is the constant surprise of our God Almighty.[/quote]

Actually,  there are  myths from other cultures about babies born of virgins - on Dec 25th, no less, who were later crucified and then resurrected.  That shakes the faith of some Christians, But others who know about those myths understand that the stories were placed by the devil to confuse people when the real savior came along.[/quote]

Oh of course. You again. The atheist with an answer to everything

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