Who made up religion? [Spirituality & Religion]

@AnonymousJSS Man made "god" in his own image.

@HeteroDox Lol, should be an official word to call them though.

@AnonymousJSS No one wants to be bored to tears listening to them whine about it, but like any cult victims, its the same

@GodSpeed63 this is a circular argument - this statement is true so i will cite this statement to prove that this statement is true. there is no origin for your "truth" but your god, and there is no origin for your god but your "truth".

i do not think you are an idiot, so i must conclude that you are deluded. unfortunately, it seems the source of your delusion lies within you. there is little hope for you, but you might have the christian charity to keep your delusions to yourself and stop bothering people.

@GodSpeed63 [quote]Yahweh wrote the Word of God Himself through men that He chose to write it through. [/quote]
That's oxymoronic and I'm not sure about the 'oxy'.

@Sharon

@JBird [quote]oh yeah, I can prove that your God is an imaginary character.[/quote]

You call Him.

@GodSpeed63 I did. But he's not coming

@JBird [quote]I did. But he's not coming[/quote]

Don't give up now.

@Emosaur A bit, and a little douchie, but arguing to a brainwashed person will only take you in circles.

@HeteroDox True!

@TheWildEcho You got that right, brother! They can't blame God for wars THEY started!

@LadyGrace AMEN

@LadyGrace I hope you don’t mind me asking, but what are your thoughts of how man gets to heaven? What happens if he or she has not be exposed to Christianity or learned about God yet but is a good person?

@YoungPoet345 I don't mind at all. The bible makes it clear that we are saved by God's grace ([u]unearned[/u]) favor from God, through faith in Jesus, who forgives us of our sins.

John 14:6 says, "I am the way, the truth, and the life -- no one can come to the Father except through Me." This verse makes it clear that the Lord Jesus Christ is Himself, the way to heaven. He doesn't merely show the way; He is the way. Salvation is given by a Person, the Person of Jesus Christ. Accepting Jesus as your Savior, gives you salvation. The Lord Jesus is not one of many ways -- He said he is the only way. The way to God isn't by the Ten Commandments, living a "good" life, religious activities, church membership, etc. -- it's through Christ and Christ alone.

What about the person living in the jungle somewhere who has never heard of Jesus? We understand that God is perfectly loving, perfectly holy, and perfectly just. Therefore, it's against His nature condemn someone who has not heard of His truth. In fact, scripture declares that God is loving and patient, "not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance" (II Peter 3:9).

God is a perfectly righteous judge. Although we don't understand all of His ways, He somehow reveals the simple truth of the Gospel to everyone throughout the world. In Africa, missionaries often tell how Christ reveals Himself in nature. In India, it's been estimated that half the conversions to Christianity are a result of Jesus simply revealing Himself in a dream or vision. Whatever the form of revelation, God holds each of us accountable according to what we know and what we've done with that knowledge.

@sally1981 [quote]According to the bible, god invented religion.[/quote]

Interesting.

@wilderflower [quote] If their god exists it’s an evil one.[/quote]

The pot calling the kettle black.

@GodSpeed63 Now that I have your attention-Do you read and follow every word of the bible?

@LadyGrace you are so right!

@GodSpeed63 No Godspeed, your proverb is self fulfilling if you feel the way you feel about yourself. It only shows your arogance 😅

@Kwek00 [quote]No Godspeed[/quote]

Whatever. 🙄

@GodSpeed63 Yup! exactly! 😂

@GodSpeed63

[quote]Prove it.
[/quote]

The Flying Spaghetti Monster has already proven it.

Now how would you disprove that?
Can you do anything but say that your god is the real one?
If so then please do so now.
If not then you understand how utterly pointless and foolish it is to make that argument.

Go on.

@GodSpeed63 Open your eyes, the evidence of The Flying Spaghetti Monster's creation is all around us.

@Straylight 😂🙌
Best Answer!

@Straylight LOL

@GodSpeed63 Not at all. As I said, the evidence is there for anyone to see.

@Sharon [quote]Not at all.[/quote]

Whatever. 🙄

@redredred That...

actually makes a lot of sense lmao, I guess those people were just entrepreneurial given that times were bound to be tough. Better to be in a good position than anything else.

[quote]Shamans who understood that spouting nonsense was easier than working for a living.[/quote]

@LadyGrace they had too much to drink from spiritually drunkenness and too much water

@FreestyleArt They weren't all drunk when that flood came. It was a very wicked generation and they were warned for many many years not to not mock God and stop sinning, but they laughed and cursed God, just like some here. God will not be mocked.

@GodSpeed63 Of course, that's all you got Godspeed 😂

@Kwek00 [quote]Of course, that's all you got Godspeed[/quote]

Prov 23:9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, @Kwek00,for he will despise the good sense of your words. You confirmed this proverb again.

@GodSpeed63

@CountScrofula Where did you get the idea that God told man to develop a ton of different religions? Nowhere is that in the Bible.

@LadyGrace So man invented all religions but one?

@CountScrofula What one would that be? If you are talking about Christianity, it isn't a religion. To some, it is, but they don't understand that knowing Jesus as our personal Savior, is having a personal relationship with Him. Religion is man-made philosophy. Religion didn't die on the cross to save us...the person of Jesus did.

@sally1981 [quote]The ruling classes to keep the poor under the thumb.[/quote]

That's very true. Read Matthew 23 and see what Jesus says about the ruling classes.

@GodSpeed63

lol WOW that was an [i][b]extensive[/b][/i] edit.😏

I guess [quote]You rebutted your own self. You didn't need me to do it[/quote], alone was too weak and embarrassing a response even for you to be happy with😂

[quote]He let man try to redeem himself from sin and live the life He gave man in the first place.[/quote]

...which he did by telling his people what kind of sacrifices to make, what kind of animals they should be, when they can make those sacrifices, where they should make those sacrifices and who can make those sacrifices.
He says what days should be celebrated, what festivals should be kept holy and how those festivals should be recognized with specific acts and food preparation.

That's a system of worship dude. That is the [i][b]definition[/b][/i] of a religion:

re·li·gion
/rəˈlijən/

noun
the belief in and worship of a superhuman controlling power, especially a personal God or gods.
[i][c=#BF0000]a particular system of faith and worship.[/c][/i]

Try again.

@Pikachu That’s another way he ‘debates’-editing responses.

@wilderflower

lol cute.

@curiosi yes so true Jesus is amazing!

@BlueVeins [quote]
that rocks have feelings[/quote] cute, probably my ancestors

@CopperCicada Good factual answer but there was more than that responsible, it was designed to keep people that were poor under the thumb of the ruling classes.

@sally1981 lot of truth in that - put up with shit now and you'll be rewarded when you are dead. does that sound familiar in any modern context?

@TheWildEcho @Emosaur

Ah... there it is, psychological episode...

@TheWildEcho "Man made up religion but he certainly didn't make God!!
How on Earth could you make the Holy Spirit??
Those of us who have experienced Him KNOW that He is real and alive!!!"

We sure do brother! It's not even [b]close[/b] to a guess!

They mocked God back in Noah's day, too, but they sure found out He is real. 😳

@FreestyleArt 😄

@Emosaur [quote]Too bad he doesn't realize that humans created him within a religion.[/quote]

That's because they haven't created Him.

@GodSpeed63 Do you read and follow every word of the bible?

@SW-User [quote]where as Christianity is made up by man[/quote]

Christianity is not a religion, it's a way of life, the life that mankind would've had had it not become a fallen race.

[quote]Whether other religious scriptures are also God-Breathed?[/quote]

None. The Word of God is not a religious book as some suppose but of man's history from beginning to end. It's also an instruction manual about living life according to the truth.

@GodSpeed63
Yes, the Bible is mans history, and prophetic, it all comes true!

@Carazaa [quote]Yes, the Bible is mans history, and prophetic, it all comes true![/quote]

You got that right sister. 😀

@GodSpeed63 You think God's a woman? That's very progressive of you.

@Lostpoet [quote]You think God's a woman?[/quote]

No. His Word says that He is male which is why I call Him Father.

@GodSpeed63
[quote]
Yes, Her made everything[/quote]