lemon - it is now more or less visible and understandable to me what you have tried to do or to what you have tried to draw our attentions. It seems you are trying to make distinction beetween what you believe (that´s, in Jesus and God) or you have (that´s ´faith´ for God) and what the others believe (that´s, in religion) or they have. I understand, you claim you have no religion (but faith). Fine and full stop! But in terms of my purpose here, let me dwell on this point a bit, then I´ll come to my point.
I believe in God and only Him I respect and worship
Assuming that we all agree on what worship mean, let me tell that in whatever or wherever worship involves, there religion becomes in question. From the most primitive religious rituels and ceremonies to the most modern and recent practices in the holy religions, we can basically see worship, even if the forms of worship in each may greatly vary. If you, too, worship (no matter what, but now that you yourself told it, let me repeat) God, then you have also in a way a religion, whether religion here is in the usual sense or you are the creater, founder and the only follower of your own religion, changes nothing. Now that you, too, have religion, let us remember these (in no particular order):
people put their hopes / trusts in civilizations, better laws, science, humanism or religions
All of you turned away from God that is why you suffer and will continue to suffer. ....
People believe that they are good, thus becoming their own gods. You and the whole world has turned away from God.
This thread was started by Janissary not to share his condolences but to mock you "good" and civilized westerners.
I believe in God and only Him I respect and worship. Everything and everyone that is not from God is evil.
Keeping in mind barba´s right question ´What does this have to do with God?´ and the fact that you told these in, or in relation to, this killing thread, reminds me of a bearded, wise man´s words:
(Religion is) the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions.
I understand very well, your sigh, heart and soul against this recent killing event, but even so, as you well said:
What will that help? What will that change?
Edited (6/3/2010) by gezegen
[wrong quote. :)]
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