Quote Originally Posted by Kozzle View Post
Not to derail here...but you do know that Islam and catholicism are not all that different right? The main differences are simply ritualistic.


I have been raised Catholic. My mom is die-hard while my father pretty much just goes to church (sometimes) because of my mom. I used to believe in these things but now I don't, at all. I believe that the bible (etc.) brings good messages on a moral point of view but it pretty much stops there. I believe that there is some form of "God" but I don't regard it as a "Personal God", in other words I don't believe that there is a God who watches over us to make sure we act according to his "law", I don't believe there's a heaven or hell...more like something created us and just created the evolutionary spark and left it at that.
Kozzle, please don't invite discussion about aspects of religion. Just ask to expand on something you don't understand or are curious about - if we start talking about the differences between this religion and that, the thread will be derailed instantly.

I would also ask you, Kozzle, whether you feel that there is an entity or being behind this creationist spark? I understand your belief that God would not be a hands-on one, but I am curious to know whether or not you think he may be keeping track of our progress?

Also, Gismo, I can totally relate to what you're saying - my aunt used to be one of those holier-than-thou bible pushers, and on many occasions berated me for the book i read (The Redemption of Althalus being the one i remember most vividly) based on it's cover. She pushed me to go to these crazy fundamentalist christian church meetings (I don't remember the sect) where they would do this faith healing thing on the kids, slapping them on the head and crying out "The power of Christ heals you!" or something like that, and the kids would fall to the ground, writhing like they were having a seizure, spewing out gibbrish as 'tongues', tears rolling down their face as they... i don't know what was going through their heads - i was pretty spooked by it.