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Originally Posted by drifter
All this banter about religion has me coming to a decision.
Religion is for the weak minded.
Weak minded people can't rely on themselves to think up answers so they believe what is thrown at them in order to stabilize their lives.
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Originally Posted by tfd.com
A polytheistic Neo-Pagan nature religion inspired by various pre-Christian western European beliefs, whose central deity is a mother goddess and which includes the use of herbal magic and benign witchcraft.
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I wonder what consider yourself then.
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Originally Posted by drifter
Some might use a type of religion for say, a code of conduct or something, Atheism is for the weak minded as well, since they decide they just don't want to believe in anything, they are taking the lazy way out.
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What do you think about the agnostic then?
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Originally Posted by drifter
I can say this with full confidence, since I was baptized Roman Catholic, lost my religion around the age of 13(to Atheism) then decided better of myself and thought about it alot, I now follow Wicca for my life conduct(since I was about 20 or 21, although I didn't define it as Wicca until a couple years ago when I turned 23), and it corrisponds with the majority of what I have decided I want to consider to be the way things are.
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Some people decide to adjust to the circumstances, others decide to adjust the circumstances.
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Originally Posted by drifter
I have to say that thinking for yourself is much better than follow a set of beliefs some random quack thought up hundreds of years ago.
But to each his/her own.
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I think for myself, and I believe in God because I know that He exists. I don't really know how I know it. If there was a rationale behind it, there would be no reason for faith.
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Originally Posted by Hebrews 11:1
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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If there were a rationale, this would be it: Christianity is the only belief where one's good works cannot save him, but only by the grace of God.
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Originally Posted by Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Definition of sin: Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.
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Originally Posted by Ephesians 2:8-9
For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast.
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Seems clear to me.
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Originally Posted by Galatians 5:16-18
For the sinful nature desires what is contrary to the Spirit, and the Spirit what is contrary to the sinful nature. They are in conflict with each other, so that you do not do what you want. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under law.
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The Spirit is the Holy Spirit, part of the trinity of God. The sinful nature is what we want. If we are led by the Spirit we follow God.
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Originally Posted by Galatians 5:22-25
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
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These are the fruits of the Spirit, thus if we are led by the Spirit, we shall give off those fruits. (Just like a tree gives fruit
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Originally Posted by Romans 8:1-8
Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death. For what the law was powerless to do in that it was weakened by the sinful nature, God did by sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful man to be a sin offering. And so he condemned sin in sinful man, in order that the righteous requirements of the law might be fully met in us, who do not live according to the sinful nature but according to the Spirit.
Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
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Definition of weak-minded: Having or exhibiting a lack of judgment or conviction.
I think this pretty much says I think deeply about it,
weak-minded has nothing to do with it.