Freddie’s religion

I think he respected people that were religious and what religion meant to them.

Dougie4, I agree he gave all he had within himself to the world always it seems from what we have been told helping others.

I just read previous posts I was raised catholic I don’t know if I believe everything I was taught but I definately belief there is a holy God and I believe in the power of prayer and the ability of that prayer to heal.

That’s what I don’t understand being raised catholic I was taught what I was was an abomination to God. That I was going to hell that I must repent and turn from that sin. My uncle was a gay man and it was a terrible existence in our family.As a grown woman I choose to worship God not an organized religion.I believe God created every man and he created them the way he wanted them. If he wanted them to be straight he would’ve created them that way.I think Freddie was created the way he wanted him.

Pretty sure the moment Freddie went to boarding school he left Zoroastrianism behind.

Chevy man, absolutely.

I put t down to this. If one believes in God, is their view of Him/Her as a petty, nasty vengeful God who makes mistakes, or do they see Him/Her as a loving, omnipotent God?

I think it's literal blasphemy to portray God as the former.

[QUOTE] [b]FreddieDearie wrote:[/b]Chevy man, absolutely.
I put t down to this. If one believes in God, is their view of Him/Her as a petty, nasty vengeful God who makes mistakes, or do they see Him/Her as a loving, omnipotent God?

I think it's literal blasphemy to portray God as the former.[/QUOTE]

apart from the concept of any God being for the gullible, you are BOTH talking rubbish.

pick a religion/faith - any one of them, there are plenty of examples in all sacred texts/scriptures of "God" being exactly what you claim him/her NOT to be - petty, nasty, vengeful.

Both Old and New Testaments are littered with occurrences of "God" smiting anyone he/she disagreed/disapproved of. He even declares himself a "vengeful God"
Ancient civilizations, had Gods specifically for War.
Hinduism and Buddhism both have Gods whose purpose is to mete out punishment. In fact, the only religions that do not openly confirm their God(s) to be vengeful are Islam and Sikhism.

I see God as a kind just and loving God that’s not what organized religion teaches it teaches us to fear him. Why should we fear our creator the one who gave us life who created each one of us in his vision he had for each one of us. As far as his children that were created to be gay he promised no one a easy life it’s in the Bible but he did promise he would put no more on us than we could handle.That means every single person .we are all one.He didn’t intend to divide our world.He wanted everyone to exist and love eachother as brothers and sisters.So no I won’t sit amongst teachings that pick and choose what they want from the Bible and then bend it to the way they think it should be. We all were created with a sinful nature but God himself.

Atheism , I don’t really believe someone just doesn’t believe in God I think things happen in a persons life sometimes that may make them turn from God. Maybe they feel he turned his back on them they had a terrible life experience. They just find it easier to say he doesn’t exist than to hate him.

[QUOTE] [color=blue] [b]CHEVYMAN wrote:[/b] [i]We all were created with a sinful nature but God himself.[/i][/color][/QUOTE]not all. yet again, you show your lack of understanding of your own faith.
Mary and Jesus: were (supposedly) completely pure.
Noah: a just man and perfect man, God is said to have told him: "for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation".
Asa: did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, as did David his father. Asa’s heart was perfect with the Lord all his days.
Job: God said to Satan: "Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and escheweth evil?"
David: "For I have kept the ways of the Lord, and have not wickedly departed from my God"

[QUOTE] [color=blue] [b]CHEVYMAN wrote:[/b] [i]Atheism , I don’t really believe someone just doesn’t believe in God I think things happen in a persons life sometimes that may make them turn from God. Maybe they feel he turned his back on them they had a terrible life experience. They just find it easier to say he doesn’t exist than to hate him.[/i][/color][/QUOTE]there you go - making sweeping statements. you're showing your colours as a fairly typical fanatic. most people who don't believe in God were either brought up in a secular family, or in adulthood saw through the fairy stories or organised religion.

If you want to go from strict Biblical theology into the field of traditional Jewish and Christian beliefs, it gets even stranger in terms of sin. Take Lilith, according to Jewish mythology (and broadly accepted by medieval Christianity), the first wife God created for Adam. She was not submissive enough, so Adam and God sent her away. Supposedly, she later became the mother of all monsters and giants, but - she did not share in the guilt for the 'original sin', being long gone from the garden of Eden by that time, so that raises some interesting implications for her progeny.

The Bible is very interesting. As are, say, the Quran, the Bhagavad-Gita, the Vedic poems, both Eddas and Greek mythology. There are even some wise (moral and other) teachings in there. But when you start believing any of it is 'the word of god'/'inerrant'/an absolute moral standard/The Only Truth, etc., you're wandering onto the path of insanity. When you take the opinion that it (or any of those other books) is so great that everyone must submit to its authority (for their own good, of course) and a church based around it must be the supreme guardian of morality, then you've not just wandered onto that path, you've taken up arms against civilization itself.

Okay if we are going by organized religion they belief everybody but them is going to hell fair enough.

[QUOTE] [b]CHEVYMAN wrote:[/b]Okay if we are going by organized religion they belief everybody but them is going to hell fair enough.[/QUOTE]
[b][u]nobody[/b][/u] is going [b][u]anywhere[/b][/u]. because your [b]"anywhere"[/b] is nothing more than a [b]Fairy Story[/b] - created to instill and promote fear and obedience. It's a pity you are not blessed with the capacity for free thought - rather than the blind ignorant acceptance of blinkered teachings bearing a complete absence of supporting evidence.

I would have to say that being perfect or righteous in the worship of God does not mean they never sinned...and there is a difference. Another bible quote....for ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God.

And yup....God still loves you! : )