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Re: Belief in God without Religion? - July 12th 2009, 08:26 PM
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Originally Posted by Annoni View Post
Second, yes God minds very much if you mix and match beliefs. Do you know why?
The world is stuck under this childish notion that WE define who our God is. We control Him, and we can alter reality with our beliefs. If we believe reincarnation, there will be reincarnation.
Imagine the disappointment you would have when you end up Hell when you die.
Why would God care which human perception of him and "his word" we follow? God is entirely beyond human comprehension, so no one religion can claim to have Him pegged. I am of the belief that God and faith are universal (almost all theistic religions are right).

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The thing about Christianity is you cannot pick and chose what and what not to believe. It's either all true or none of it is true. You either believe God, or you believe He is a liar. I can tell you I believe God, because for me there is to much evidence of His existence to call Him a liar, when the book is the WORD of God. So to eliminate any part of the Bible is eliminating what God Himself said.
I completely disagree with this. I was raised Roman Catholic and I still identify as that. However I don't think that in order to be Christian you have to believe in the Bible word for word.

God's word as written in the Bible was inspired by the Holy Spirit, not written by Him. There are many things in the Bible that do not apply to society today. There are many things in the Bible that do apply and that one should try to emulate when living their life. Custom and convention (the semantics of religion) are created by man, not God.

I think that God wants you to be a good person, to love others and yourself, and to have a relationship with Him. How you do that is entirely up to you.