When was America great ?

[Millhouse]

(07-12-2023, 09:00 AM)GMDino Wrote: As a recovering Catholic it has been fun to read through this thread.

None of you know.  I don't know.  We'll never know until we die.

You can BELIEVE but nothing you provide as "facts" can be proven until we die.

Whatever god did or does or didn't do is a "mystery" because it often contradicts what god did, does or didn't do in some other situation...especially when you have exactly one source for your information.

Whatever reason we are here I can't believe it is solely to live by 2000+ year old rules (sometimes, but not others depending on one's "belief) just to appease a god that already died for our sins...but says we are all still sinners who must appeal to him if don't want to suffer in pain for all eternity.

Why sin is inherited but salvation is not will always bother me.

But also if you lead a good life, help your fellow human but don't follow a couple of his rules you'll suffer anyway.

That is not a religion (well, I mean technically it is) it is a way of maintaining power and control over people so they remain subservient to the humans who "speak for god" and a god you sounds more like an abusive spouse than an all-knowing creator of everything.

At least to me.

This is where I feel a lot of religious folks get it wrong. Someone, let's say in India, who is genuinely kind and nice to others around, helping and just being an all around good person but had never heard of Jesus. Some folks would say that person because they never asked for salvation or forgiveness can not enter heaven. But a serial murderer and rapist could enter heaven by simply asking for forgiveness as long as they mean it. Massive logic fail there for me.