you can't have it both ways! Options

[*kryogenix*]

is it fair that non-christians celebrate christmas with presents and christmas trees? i can't stand it when people openly say how they hate religion and christianity, then come christmas time, they brag about their christmas presents. that goes for easter too. people openly reject jesus christ's resurrection but they celebrate easter. and to add insult to injury, they completely change the meaning by having egghunts and bunnies.

-edit- uh yeah. you can't have it both ways! either become a christian and partake in our holidays, or stay an atheist/agnostic and don't celebrate our holidays, and don't change our holidays either!

[Spirited Away]

When i was quoting the other person i wasn't talking about the topic's arguemnt. I was just asking for them to show respect or atleast stop trying to belittle my faith and God. Because of what they said and also other things they have said about God and things. I don't ask anyone to believe or to love God i just ask for people to respect other people and what they believe. I have gotten so fed up with people calling my religion stupid, and meaningless, and that i'm not bright for believing in God. Some people might say that is a stupid reason to get upset over but i love God and my Christianity therefore i take it serious and am passionate about it.

You do realize that we're all stupid in our own ways. I know I am for believing the things I do, because like you, I have no "facts" nor "proof" for what I say, I only say them confidently out of faith. That's something we have in common right? Faith?

In face of religion, there are three kinds of people: the believers, non-belivers, and the people in between (who don't care for either). (There may be others, but I'm just talking in the broad sense).

Non-believers and believers will bash each other. You may not be included in those numbers of bashers, but you know the truth is that there is no escaping criticism by people in religion and people out of it.

I come to this board to debate about God because I'm sick and tired of being criticized about my concepts in real life. It's so crazy that I had a relationship go haywire because of religion. I can almost say that I despise it.

Anyway, I'm just as passionate in my beliefs as you are in yours. I don't tell people that I hate them because of their beliefs, I tell them I hate them because they don't respect the fact that they believe one thing's right and say that what I believe in is wrong. I respect you and other Christians enough to the point of saying that your belief may be the right one, but I hold true to the belief that mine may be right as well.

No one is bright for believing something "unproven", and every single person breathing on this earth is guilty of that.

But you love God, and I love giving and accept presents on holidays no matter the occasion, religious or not. You can pray and have fun, and I can have fun in my own way. If God truly means for us to have free will, then He cannot hate or be mad at me for living as He wished me to be. And if He's not mad at me, why should you or any other Christian/Catholic be?