Just a reply for asimplelife, if he ever read tis...
Frankly from the way u ask the question I can say tat christainity
is not suitable for u. If u wanna believe in christainity, u have
to abandon science and accept religious scriptures as truth.
Science has itself proven to be very reliable and factual ever
since the day u r borned. U r probably borned in the hospital where
it is built using structural engineering. They probably use some
electrical device such as lights which is science of electricity.
They made use of thermodynamic for aircon and the doctor helping u
to be borned is medical science. Science has proven itself so
reliable tat one don't need to think twice when going to a new
building (even though tall things fall) or typing on a computer
(though it can explode or shock people).
On the other hand religious content has rarely proven itself right
when it run in contradiction with science so much so tat it is
natural to doubt them.
In fact I think the common people can't think of an example where
religion is proven to be right whereas matured science is wrong
when they contradict each other. Looking on religious content such
as falungong and scientology, they claim many ridiculous issues tat
is obviously wrong to unbiased people. To think tat religion
content is right whereas science is wrong need lots of convincing
and evidence but so far, the attempt to do it all really weak
some examples of ridiculous claims from religious content
Scientologists believe that you
can be harmed by memories of injuries that happened to you during
previous lifetimes. They also believe that, if you pay enough money
to Scientology and take enough courses of treatment and training,
you can become immortal -- a fully-developed being with
mind-over-matter powers who is above physical death.
Scientologists also believe that you can be bothered by "body
thetans" and "clusters", which are the ghosts, or clusters of
ghosts, of millions of people from another planet who were murdered
here millions of years ago by the evil Galactic Overlord Xenu.
Those ghosts are supposedly now clinging to your skin and trying to
get into your body and giving you all kinds of pain and troubles.
But for only $375,000 or more, Scientology will get rid of those
pesky interplanetary cooties for you.
Now looking at christainity, we can again see many issues tat is
against science as well. Looking at the young vs old earth
arguments, the christain will raise up the same few points
1) days is not "days" as we know it. (Tis is surprising because the
bible itself clearly explicitly mention wat tat a night folow by
day is consider a "day". The rest of the bible also use the word
"day" as wat a day is about. Otherwise jesus reserrection is not 3
days later but 3 billion years
)
2) they say tat the earth is really a few thousands years. (Tis
again is very ridiculous because there r many irrefutable examples
to show an old earth.
An example are logs found in a volcanic region. The rings of the
trees with the ones buried inside the lava themselves add up to
more than the years consider in the bible)
They also say tat evolution is wrong, and evolution is really an
established theory tat form the core of biology. U grab any established biology textbook and
they will surely mention evolution in it. They again will come out
with some flawed arguments about how evolution is wrong (i do nto
want to go through it all again) but I can simply tell u tis point
again tat religion content rarely, if never proves matured science
theory wrong. Given the many years of developing evolution theorem,
it is considered a matured scientific fact.
And lastly, bible never mention dinosaur and possibly because the
writers of the bible do not know there are dinosaurs. Whoever says
tat bible mention dinosaur in the bible is nonsense because
dinosaurs never lived with men before. They r extinct before men
came about. (noah is a man)
If u wanna believe in christainity, u have to believe all these
despite the fact tat it runs in contradiction with science
In fact u have to believe more ridiculous facts such as noah ark
(it is proven tat the ark can not hold tat much animals. And no
eggs can walk up to the ark, and mammals can't lay eggs, and there
is not so much water, and the population density and distribution
of human from now till noah time is impossible), dead walking the
land and no one take notice (when jesus die deads r walking on the
streets). And furthermore, u will be told not to read and
interprete the bible on your own. U r forced to study wat a group
of people had researched and u will be swayed to follow wat they
say. They forbid independent thinking. From the viewpoint of cultic
identification, tis is because tis way they can still maintain
followship even with a faulty scripture.
The Guru, his church, and his
teachings are always right, and above criticism, and beyond
reproach.
In some cults, the guru is dead, but the principle is the same. I
use the word "guru" loosely here; in many cults the charismatic
leader has the title of minister, priest, yogi, swami, prophet, or
all-knowing wise man. Or even, "Chairman Mao." In any case, the
leader is always right.
Likewise, the teachings of the guru are always right, and when he
dies, his writings become holy scriptures, infallible and
unquestionable. And the guru's church is always right, and the
guru's successors are always right, and everything about the cult
is always right.
http://www.orange-papers.org/orange-cult_q0.html#cq_guru_right
Why don't u go to tis website to read a bit before making a
decision ?
