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Well I have been watching this thread, and did not know if I wanted to become involved in such a controversial subject. I am going to just post some random blurbs of my beliefs, and things that I question or don't completely agree with.
First, I must say that I am a Presbyterian, and even deeper as a Christian. I was born into a family who chose this as their religion, and have continued with it my whole life. For the first time ever, within the past 2 years or so, I have really begun to question the different beliefs within religions. My whole life, I always thought that all religions were very different, and none two could ever share a lot of qualities. I do not know if it is because of my family, environment, or my own beliefs, but I used to think that the other religions were not even close or 'equal' to my relgion. However, when my cousin died this past June a few days before his graduation I started to think that religion is just one blur. I went to church that Sunday morning, and eventough I very seldom understand the readings or sermon, I remembered the general content of the sermon from that week. That Wednesday, I went to my cousins funeral at a Baptist church. The sermon that the minister gave had the same context of the sermon I had heard previously. After doing a little research I came to find that the majority of Christian churches have a sermon suggestion list, and a lot of them follow them throughout the year.
More recently I have begun to question why people choose a certain denomination. I am currently trying to find information about Non-denominational churches. My 'friend' goes to a non-denominational church, and I am having trouble grasping the concept of his beliefs. Overall in the long run this will never greatly affect me, and it does not bother me that he choses to do so. However, I am trying to understand how you can believe in God, but not believe in a specific denomination. If anyone cares to discuss this further or would be able to explain this more to me, I would greatly appreciate it.
*I believe in God.
*I believe there is an afterlife.
*I believe in order to truly be accepted into his world after death you must practice his religion and attend church.
*I believe that you have a final destination and you have no control over that. Everything is pre-determined for your time here and whatever happens afterwards.
*I do think people can have karma. This karma will do good for you as you do good for others. However, I think God choses to throw some twists and turns in so we can grow.
*I do not completely believe everything in the bible, I don't know if I just think some things aren't true, or if it's all because I truly do not understand the book.
*I do not believe in atheism. I believe that everyone believes in something, and has faith in something.
In closing, I will try to find the statistic of how many people who say that they are atheists, however, when it comes their time they ask for forgiveness and God's love. There have been an outstanding number of reports of this, and I know there is an overwhelming percentage of people this has applied too.
Also, like I mentioned before if anyone would be able to explain denominations and no deminations to me better, I would greatly appreciate it.
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