St. Thomas Aquinas is the patron saint of my class when I was in high school. :) Talking about your personal beliefs, opinions on a matter is also termed as personal philosophy at some point.

anyway, i cannot really say i understand you, because that means me putting myself in your persona and actually thinking the way you do which i admit is way out of my league(shit, hindi ko nga alam kung tama spelling ko, hahaha), but i think i could "relate", the better term eh? just as they say, i would answer your comment assuming the writer's dead
yah, its true, the stuff about people being social and stuff, their innate longing for companionship or love, and when everything fails, just as it always does, when everything goes back to entropy, they tend to cling into something indestructible, an idea, which in this case is God, and this tendency to cling into that certain idea is then termed as faith. but are we not defined by our impulses? isn't our impulses mere children of our own nature? well, if it is, does it mean then that it is our nature to search for this certain "idea of happiness" because its tangible counterpart that the world offers is just so fickle? so if ever God didn't exist, then our nature would then be only following nothingness? i mean, that's really, really sad. then everything is just a pointless journey, well, this were the atheist really stick it out. people like you are just so brave to admit death followed by oblivion. i meant it in the best way possible eh? wala lang, i think i'm not that brave. hehehe.
and in the previous comments you talked about philo and stuff, ever read aquinas's works? imean, of course it doesn't prove god is good all the time but it certainly could insert possibilities of a maker. well, this is way too long and boring...hahaha,ciao!

I do not believe in God, because for me, a super almighty, omni-everything "being" somewhere out there does not exist. There is neither heaven or hell for me. I am an atheist, after all. If I believe in a god, whether it is that I just hate him or whatever, it does not make me atheist simply because I am just in denial.

I do not know about your beliefs, but for my truth, I don't think that God created man, rather, it is that men created God in their own image and likeness - to have someone to believe in to, to have someone to comfort you when all else left you, you have someone to listen to when you cry, to have someone to thank for when something good happened. Basically, it's to have someone somewhere that would always be there no matter what.

People are naturally social. If they can't talk to anyone, they would create their own imaginary friend - just like a child who can't play with anyone eventually makes his own best friend.

This is how I think, I am not forcing you to believe me. Frankly, I do not even care if you do. Sometimes, I do not even understand myself, so I am not expecting you to understand me likewise.

:smile:

It's not liking or disliking what I am and my life without God. It's more of my truth, the truth I arrived at, and my beliefs, the philosophy which molded me to who I am before and who I am now.

I won't bombard you with doctrine, because that's not what you want. But God changed my life, and I pray that you will let Him change yours too.

Why don't you think on what you have become. Do you like your life without God? We can plainly see that frustration and sadness leaks from your writings. But if you want to meet the Father again, like in the parable of the prodigal son, then I encourage you to take the steps towards Him.

God loves you, and I love you too. I am in the middle of doing a school project when I saw this thread, and I empathize because you were what I am. I love you, because He taught me to love you.

Please don't forget that.

"Use everything we've learned this sem, prove that this chair does not exist."

The whole class answered for an hour but the laziest student finished the test in less than a minute. 1 week later, the grades were posted in the class and the lazy student got the highest score. His answer consisted of just 2 words.

"What chair?"

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"What God?"

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You see, those that repeatedly express their belief(s) of believing or not believing if God(s) exist(s) are actually acknowledging their existence (God[s]) making it undeniable. Well, if we follow the principles of logic anyway.

i posted that only because i don't see myself posting anything or posting my opinion on atheists. that is why i can truly say that I am letting you guys be. i am not saying anything, even my own opinions about what you believe or not believe for that matter. now, having posted your opinions on this matter, can you really say that you guys are letting us be? i think not, because you guys haven't been tolerant enough to hold what you have to say.

Miss you guys!! i hope the transition goes well Euri :D

I actually didn't have the intention to mock God, since there is no point in doing so. I mean, why the heck would I waste time mocking someone/something on which existence I doubt. You get me right?

If ever you and/or someone got offended by how I think, I won't dare say that "I can't do anything about it." Of course, I can always do something. But then again, the person's already wounded and I am not the type to pour salt into the wound.

Oh and how we missed you here. :D

@ Chette ~
Why is it that you always give me an impression of either:

1. You really don't read post and/or replies and just reply at the first sight of a phrase you wanted to comment on;

2. You always get agitated by my heretic way of sharing my opinions over the net so you don't even bother reading the rest of it and just comment away whatever that comes to mind;

3. There is definitely something wrong with the way how I construct my sentences that leads you to always misinterpreting whatever I wrote;

4. There's something wrong with your reading comprehension.

Again, I did not state that Jesus is not a god. I said:

If Jesus is God himself,

and

Even if Jesus is not God himself,

That being that God (as in God, the big "G-O-D", Yahweh, the god of Abraham, the god of Moses, the "I am God and you shall not have other gods besides me" - that God) and Jesus (the son of god) might be one and the same person, in two different bodies/entities/personalities/whatever it is.

While at it, I would like to take this chance to emphasize the greatness of the word IF.

On another thought, this made me think, does the Bible say that Jesus was a god? I am not sure, since I think it was mentioned that he was "the son of God", but not exactly a god. Also, according to the 10 commandments, God stated that he is the one and only god and we shall not have other gods beside him. If we would consider Jesus as a god, him being His son and all, wouldn't we be punished for not following the #1 rule (a.k.a the first of the 10 commandments)?