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themickey said:
If you are looking for darkness you will find it in religion.
The Christian church is just one of hundreds if not thousands of religions.
The christian church is a man made organisation, full of contention and splits.
Once in it is easy to be trapped by dogma, rules, regulations, expectations, conformity, group think, bondage, bs.

Oh! Except the church you go to, it has it right.
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You talk about church all the time, but being a Christian is about having a relationship with God. Church is a nice benefit though.:)
 
userque said:
Did you research it?
Did you ask around in the main religion forums of the internet?
Did you research those responses?
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Yes, no (I only participate in a small number of trading-related Internet forums), and NA.

I couldn't find anything specific to this (accidentally getting run over on you way to church), but I did find sites with unsatisfying answers like
https://www.christianity.com/wiki/god/does-god-allowing-suffering.html
When we are suffering, the message we need to get through our hearts is this: Life is hard — God is good. That’s it.
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Suffering is God's Tool for Our Sanctification
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userque said:
So generations ago, when asked whether the Earth was flat, you would have said,

"I have absolutely no idea. And I'm completely comfortable with not knowing. I haven't been high up enough to know."

You would reject what you've been taught since childhood, because you couldn't "know" for certain and personally?

How 'bout now?

QUESTION: What's the smallest particle? (Google search allowed)

Is your answer 'quarks,' because that's now what's being taught? Or is your answer,

"I have absolutely no idea. And I'm completely comfortable with not knowing. I can't see them."

Surely you can't conduct thousands of your own little experiments to confirm all the information that's in text-books/web-development-manuals before you believe, or act on as if you believe those texts.

Information from prior experiments, and test, is passed down through the generations ... in books (or equivalent).

Each generation doesn't have to, and doesn't in fact, start from scratch.

But the person biased against religion places a higher standard on religious texts,
they unrealistically want to be an eyewitness before believing anything relating to scripture; but they don't apply this same energy to secular knowledge/texts.

No man is an island, we all trust others.
We can say, I trust some men, but not religious texts.
We can say, I trust some men, and some religious texts.
But if we say, I trust no one but my own eyes, few will believe us. Life would be way too 'extra' needing personal proof for any and all secular knowledge.

Believing that a prophecy has been properly fulfilled doesn't require faith; just someone not afraid to consider the possibility, and willing to learn more about it.

Any work that claims to be inspired, AND has made prophecies that were later fulfilled; HAS MY ATTENTION AND CREDIBILITY. and would deserve my research.

If THAT same text explains the origins of Earth, I will believe it before the far out guesses of current science.

If mankind starts making fulfilled prophecies on the level of those in the texts ... I'll rethink my conclusion.
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With all due respect, I have presented to you arguments based upon real-life personal experience, and your responses are always one of two approaches: You either argue by asking me another question or you argue based upon a premise of comparing religion to science. I never once stated that I was a scientist or that science is superior in any way to religion so I'm not sure why you keep trying to steer the conversation down a route that pits religion vs. science. Furthermore, virtually none of your posts have communicated any of your own personal experiences that would support any of your arguments at all. I have no problem debating back and forth about something but you've got to give me more of your own personal experience than generic statements like the Bible has fulfilled prophecies that deserved your attention and credibility.
 
userque said:
Example of Black, Baptist Gospel music.


Had to listen to another one my favorites, so we have two examples now.

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Thanks, those were great!
I listen to this song when I'm low on energy. Somehow it perks me up. :D


I don't know much about Eddie James ministries, except that the words to this song are excellent and his website says he works with troubled youth, which is awesome!

Eddie rescues, restores, and disciples youth who are coming out of drug addiction, street life, gangs, violence, abuse, and perverse lifestyles through his recovery and Discipleship ’N Art programs. These highly effective programs have empowered youth to experience a life in freedom and discover their true significance.
https://www.eddiejames.com/about​
 
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