Is there a higher power?

[perfectdrug]

...i think the better question would be...
...not if there is a higher power...
...but if the 'higher power' is all that she is made out to be...                    

[CRaZyAnGeL]

Recently, i sat down and wondered....why do i go to church? i mean.....look at all the things happening to people all over the world...children being molested, women raped, murdered......floods, wars, kidnappings.....just unecessary bloodshed and began to question my own faith.
We were all brought up to go to church, be good and believe in an all powerful god....but haven't u ever even once questioned this? Am i the only one?

nah hoss u nut d only one......dis a big issue eh an mums go probably kill me soon buh say wha....i come from a very catholic family...buh super serius buh u hadda go church every week an dem ting nah...an well i doh hav much faith anymore....if i hav any iz probably respect to d parental authorities....i find it hard to believe dat dere iz a higher power buh i cud b wrong....kinda trublesum feelin when u tinkin bout it ent....

LOL@bob's lego pic                    

[Polios]

okay, this one of the few serious threads in a while boy
i can't say i have never questioned my faith
i say that alot of ppl put belief in a "higher power" because they need something to beleive in
anything is justifiable, so this is easy to bring onto others

Because of ppls on doings,they are placed in a situation accordingly.But,know there is a higher power because ask yourself.....do you really have control over your life?You may think you do,but can you choose when to be born or when you should die.The answer is.....you cant.So,you have been living your life according to your own destiny and because of that,it must have started somewhere.Destiny has placed you here but you wer'nt always here were you.So destiny started somewhere,at the beginning and that beginning is the higher power.

this is a perfect example, since you don't have a choice in some matters
someone else MUST have to
why?
because most don't want to beleive that alot of things are pointless
sorry pyro for using this as an example, cuz maybe you don't really have the beliefs i'm talking about, it's just an example

i mean, it seems like some stupid story a caveman made up one day
there is a being who is purely good, knows all, and is governing our lives
just pray to him and you will receive rewards
if he's purely good then he must have certain qualities, such as generosity
correct?
then why must we pray, cuz he'll probably give us anyway
the truth is that ppl who do or don't pray suffer either way
God is a huge beleif PARADOX
i mean to being completely good and intelligent, is impossible
alot of goodness isn't preactical
therefore he must be contradicting himself all the time with his decision
but no, HE is GOD
he has no hesitation
all his decision are for the best
there is a reason for everything
we are all his little pawns
many of whom aren't important enough to get any recognition

don't get me wrong, i do beleive
but i question it
i don't question how
but most should
cuz i KNOW alot have not experienced certain things
such as TRUE miracles
anyway, i've seen thing that most(nearly all, trust me) have yet to see
but you all will
soon enough


i don't know what "God" IS
if he a kind of person
a being
maybe just a force
maybe it's just a collection of things
maybe it just life in general, and the connection between us
maybe it doesn't even exist
i beleive that there may be SOMETHING out there
i don't beleive he can control us at his whim
or all of our lives are predestined
or that we MUST pray and worship Him, BECAUSE he may not like it
i think some should pray, BECAUSE of our thanks for life
if they don't that is their decision, he shouldn't get angry
if you beleive they are wrong for not praying
then you probably beleive God is a good being
so he will forgive everybody
if you don't beleive he is good
then you probably shouldn't have a problem with them not praying

alright, that my input for the time                    

[CRaZyAnGeL]

a nex ting iz dat atheists r jus normal ppl an dey livin dey lives normal normal...iz nuh like dey sufferin becuz dey doh believe in any higher power....even ppl who jus nut religious(i wud call myself dat becuz im nut a atheist) dem livin jus koo...so do we really need to believe in a higher power to live a good life?                    

[ARCH_ANGEL]

LOL @ bi pride sig again and well i think i am agnostic                    

[perfectdrug]

...agnosticism...kulllllllllllllllll...
...hehe...
...at first i thought u wrote agonistic...
...and was kinda confused a lil...

...ps: what is so funny about the sig???
......                    

[Anonymous]

yeah i believe so                    

[~Psycho^Dunpeal~]

the point is.. .there IS a higher power, ok? well i believe so EVEN though a LOT of crap has happend to me... but is like the thing is, everything that happens here is just for a while and no matter how bad things may seem, u ALWAYS eventually come out on top if u trust and believe u will.... so.....                    

[~*Ashiee*~]

there is definately a higher power

in some form or the other

something else holds us together, because somethings we just can't explain and that is what they control                    

[Talib]

there is a higher power because in evry remote part of the world there a some sort of yearning to worship somting...even if it jus a plank of wood...or a sculpture....ithey still believe in something...then if not u explain to me where the firt object in this whole universe came from.                    

[~Psycho^Dunpeal~]

exactly.. and i for one do NOT believe in the whole evolution theory.. .ah mean the CLOSET thing that i would believe is scientific creationism but that and all has it's flaws.....                    

[perfectdrug]

...so if u say it have a higher power...there IS a higher power...
...well hymc...
...cuz DRUGS say they aint have no-one who goin and claim praises for all my hard work...
...after i buss my @$$ workin on sumtin i must say thank god...
...hell no...
...and if i do sumtin wrong is automatically my fault and must ask for forgiveness...
...BUN dat...                    

[Imperial_X]

Questions like these are the reason why Jehovah's Witnesses stay away from my neighbourhood.  Whis is actually more than about a 10 block radius from where I live.  I FIND those troublesome ppl wherever they are.  I've got eyes everywhere.                    

[Luce]

the yearning to worship is all brought about by man's insecurity.
it was developed just to give some ppl a purpose in life.Well at least that's what i think. I do believe in a higher power but not in any religion. People dont see that modern religion is just used as a means of controling this expansive civilization......oh well.                    

[Luce]

I dont waste my time worshiping anything. I just accept a higher power and go on....                    

[Anonymous]

the yearning to worship is all brought about by man's insecurity.
it was developed just to give some ppl a purpose in life.Well at least that's what i think. I do believe in a higher power but not in any religion. People dont see that modern religion is just used as a means of controling this expansive civilization......oh well.

luce is rite                    

[Polios]

the yearning to worship is all brought about by man's insecurity.
it was developed just to give some ppl a purpose in life.Well at least that's what i think. I do believe in a higher power but not in any religion. People dont see that modern religion is just used as a means of controling this expansive civilization......oh well.

luce is rite

yea, religion shouldn't be a form of control                    

[tha_pong]

i say there is a higher power cuz things happened that made me beilieve but yuh see this religion thing an how like different ppl does worship to different ppl or gods i just dont understand that thats y i dont follow a religion but i know there is a higher power                    

[Heady]

there is a higher power and they are Moderators,
LOL

ok, seriously some ppl need to beleive there is a higher power that u there is somebody watch over us, they need to have faith, they can't picture the fact that when u die u die, it also keeps ppl on the right track
"can't to that u will go to hell"

but not me,
BUT, i do pray, i do say thank god, i do give thanks for life

wat i do believe is Heaven will be boring                    

[~Psycho^Dunpeal~]

why believe that heaven will be boring and hell would be the opposite? does the whole idea of eternal peace bore u? i should hope not...... cause peace is all anyone ever babbles on about..... i wish for peace on earth this, and peace here and blah blah blah.... so why when u actually get it, u say it's boring and no longer want it?
i'm confused....