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  • when i was growing up i was introduced to religion. though i wasn’t quite sure why so many religions. there were about 2-5 main religions i think i knew of growing up, then i discovered hundreds more. we don’t know of all these belief systems though. we exist believing allot of the times what we were born into. we do convert now, and again. so my question is. where are your religious text leaders. 

    Do you guys ever cohabitate together? It’s not often you see a Messianic jew on a christian church stage. Why is that? Isn’t religion about life anyways. some of our religions do speak of fostering community, or it happens naturally. 

    today i maintain my belief that others feel as i feel too. lost trying to to figure out religion. I do promote church because it offers community. I would go regularly again if I could get my friends to go with. i just don’t attend worship any longer. I grew out of that practice. ( read where is Jesus Christ post? to hear more )

    I call out the religious leaders to start talking together more, with the purpose of figuring out where these historic figures are. Do you know Buddhist believe in reincarnation. What does that mean to a muslim, or hindu. Do your religions have similarities. What about christians. Do other religious texts have creation theories as well. How certain then are you of your current belief. Not saying I know. Just saying there is truth out there. Many just get stuck in their upbringing belief. 

    Currently I practice, and began studying buddhism, though I still have my core beliefs as a christian in the story, and listen in to teachings. I like to question the tao when I don’t agree. 

    Our church communities should have hold combined church community meetings/services.  So let’s start attending different “churches” Yes I call temples, and monasteries, and churches, and synagogues ect. Church. It’s an easier way to talk of instruction of religion. Just go to church.

  • I grew up in the church, and I learned the basic stories of the Bible with pictures, and repetition of the stories. It was engraved into my head. Then I grew older, and I would take notes in church, but don’t recall much review of the notes.  I then kept living my life normally. I learned  basic moral code from the Bible.

    Ok so are we learning basic morality outside of church too? Because those basic moral principles I learned in church were so important to my development. 

    Like yo allot of people in life all the time really frigin mess up. And we need to re teach some basic stuff. You’re gonna be so much happier outside the crime world. That stuff ain’t the life. I fell in love with love. And it’s the most incredible feeling ever. So start teaching love again. Start by being loving to those who make errors. 

    So did we learn growing up? Some yes some no.  

    Let’s go re review our notes intentionally. What did you learn in church last week? Just wondering. In Church we learn of mercy. Does that intend we be should be loving in our response to those who make errors. I believe mercy should exist inside, and outside of religious practice. Or to be loving in our response, or in error correction. 

    Basic moral code is important, and should be emphasized at a young age in church or not. Additionally when you get older again some of us made a series of stupid decisions. And we didn’t learn. So I’m trying to teach you what I learned. it’s not that the teachers aren’t teaching. It’s that we all learn different, and at different paces specifically.

  • direction for life.about life.regarding life.how to approach life.what to say in life.how to say it.what to do.what not to do.or.just direction for life.

    written by historic figures in history. practiced by modern aged people.

  • i started questioning the story after i myself thought i was jesus christ. i then went into the theory that he didn’t exist as where, and why would you hide, and not show up. i exposed a hole in the story in my personal belief. why would we worship someone who didn’t show up, and why would people outside of church defame someone who speaks of love, and heavenly things. there has to be some middle ground here. this Jesus Christ figure if all powerful allowed allot of brutality over the years, but also provides comfort to those who read his teachings. My question became why are we still worshipping the figure that left us alone for 1000’s of years. 

    I’m not against your belief in this man. I’m against worshiping this figure. This would be my personal belief, not yours inside of your church practice.  I won’t be lifting my hands to a man who allows brutal murder to still exist or allows people to go hungry. I believe it is our calling as people to stand up in his place to fight back with love, and compassion together. Whether you believe or not. We the people need to do this, as I don’t see Jesus Christ contributing to your go fund me. I see Jesus Christ taught us a way to live, but currently is not this ultimate powerful being. At least not in 2025. Again I believe it is our time as people to stand up together until he does arrive. My suggestion is put down your hands, and open your hearts to the issue we have now. Together we can get everyone off the streets if we work together. my call is to end the suffering of those who can’t manage everyday life together. We must do this without the billionaires. We must do this in, and outside of religion. 

    some have faith, and some have curious faith. everyone believes in something. your belief this was a chance accident is as true as your theory it was made by god. the existence of god to people is based on the spiritual connection you hold to the planet we live on and experiences we have here. also known as the stories we tell, and hear or that were told.  you are aware of the story of jesus christ, just not all are aware of his presence in your life. as it’s a spiritual connection or a feeling based on stories of the past. some don’t tap into that. yet both are free beings. if you don’t believe in jesus christ, then you still should still maintain belief something is alive. the tree grows, as did the story of a tree. as do questions, as do people who questioned how the tree grew. we identified life, or something that is alive. like us. and we have this wild story of a man on a tree. again the story grew. 

    i discovered that spiritual battles are real. i myself went through a few battles of belief. i got angry at jesus christ, then buried the idea into the ground. i became an atheist. i then went on to question how wifi, how babies learn, and what happened with the whole ad/bc thing. something clearly transpired on this planet. wifi alone gives me purpose of a power out there. that we were made, and this isn’t random. i however questioned the story off and on for years through my own belief. only to discover that jesus christ still hasn’t shown up. i did change my tune back to christian theory, and buddhist practice as i believe in reincarnation, and i believe there is an end to suffering long term. i believe the cross story tells us of what suffering is, and the promise to end it. it’s also a poem. i then discovered the world was in still utter chaos. has been for a long time, as people are killing people still in 2025. it blew my mind. how is this possible. so i am back to the theory that the name is a guide, as are his words. the question i am proposing is why not show up in person. this is why we have faith though. that redemption is possible, and it’s a real person. i will wait for him just know i have a few questions. your only excuse is your story. i have mine. it ends in love as it began in love. so god so loved the world that he gave his only son. to suffer. then to rise. so i will wait for the sun to rise. or son. my belief is he is real. my frustration is from a spiritual awakening. A spiritual awakening I had outside of religious practice. As religion is man made. God however is a guide to me, and the story of Jesus Christ is that of a long term lesson. A lesson in opening your eyes to the beautiful world we live in. Yet we internet bash, and get frustrated we don’t all see eye to eye. Can we agree that seeing people on the street is a good place to open our eyes to what we need to or could be working on correcting until this figure shows up. 

    the promise of a better tomorrow today is not a far cry, it just hasn’t happened yet. some see, some wait to see. the blessing is sight itself. it would be a blessing to see you, but i don’t know you. sometimes i don’t even know myself. what do we really know about jesus christ. ever think about that? i mean where are you? My suggestion is we re group, and start by doing what he would have done. Heal those who burdened, by lifting the burden of those who are pushed down by our society. Those who can’t afford groceries, those who don’t have access to transportation, those who are not working, those who sleep on the streets, and those who need rent paid. We can do this without the billionaires, we can do this before your Jesus Christ re arrives, we can do this because we have the means. We also can do this together outside, and inside of the belief this Jesus Christ figure will show up, and be this perfect figure. A perfect figure that billions worship. I suggest we start where he left off. I suggest we stop hiding behind our Sunday church schedule, and actually make this planet a place of peace, and prosperity for all. Then what if he arrives, wouldn’t he then say well done. Or will we still be waiting for this leader to arrive. I don’t see him guys, but I’m just a guy raising his voice for those who can’t carry the burden alone as life weighs heavy on allot of people. Well done. Wouldn’t you want to do what he did. Serve the people. If you want people to see that this figure is real why not do what he did. Why don’t we do it together. Why do we not take the calling, and put to action his calling. Again this can be done without your religious figures presence. You believe his presence is among us, yet we still do the same thing every Sunday while we have millions stuck on the street while billions sit together in church in your Sunday best. Together we can do this. 

    life is tough, Jesus Christ was tough. We have some tough realizations to make. He’s not here yet. So you want to keep waiting for this figure to show or do you want to end world hunger. We can do this together. We can do this without your religious figure to guide us. His words already guide us, just not all of us believe the same thing. So we need to wake up, and realize this call to action. We can do this without the billionaire. We can do this together, religious or not. We can do this. So again I ask where is your Jesus Christ. My belief is he will arrive, but do you want to just sit, and wait till he arrives to fix the hurt of the people. We can do this together. 

    If you choose to keep worshipping I would fight for your right to do so peacefully. My suggestion is put your hands down though, and let’s go lift up those who have needs that we can help together. This is what the teacher would do. I don’t think this all powerful being is going to show the way the church believes. I don’t believe he shows up, and accepts or needs worship. I do believe we have a calling to help peoples basic needs, but this occurs outside of religious practice too. 

 
 

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