Has any of the religious threads on OT actually changed your perspective?

Some of them have gotten me thinking. There's people that actually make good contributions.

Nope

They have caused my faith in Christ to grow. They have also caused my belief in the Inspiration of Scripture to grow as well. As Henry Law wrote,

The Bible is the richest treasure of the world.

Without it the palace is a dark blank.

With it the humble cottage sparkles with celestial light.

It is the transcript of God's heart.

It tells, what human reason is weak to find.

It is pure truth without one shade of error.

It gives knowledge on all things
needful for time and for eternity.

It is a safe guide through life's entangled path.

It is a compass . . .
through shoals and rocks;
amid winds and waves;
to heaven's eternal rest.

The sage is ignorant without it.

The peasant learns from it salvation's road.

It is a solace for every hour.

It is a companion always ready to converse.

It cheers when other comforts fail.

It is arrayed in every charm for intellect.

It never wearies.

It is always fresh.

Its oldest truths cannot grow old.

Its readers become more wise; more holy.

Other books may puzzle and corrupt. The
Bibleis from heaven, and leads to heaven.
It enters the heart with purifying grace.

The more you search the Bible, the more your
minds will wonder, and your hearts will love.

Read it as literally true. Then no human
philosophy will beguile you.

Ponder its characters. You will find on
them the intrinsic stamp of truth.

"Read it as literally true. Then no human philosophy will beguile you. " :lol: Gotta love that.dnuggs40

In other words.....

"I close my eyes and sing LALALALALALALA"

Mostly I learned that I'm not very good at participating in such debates, and also that people can have really different trains of logic that can take them from the same premises to entirely different conclusions, which I find very weird.

[QUOTE="dnuggs40"]"Read it as literally true. Then no human philosophy will beguile you. " :lol: Gotta love that.Teenaged

In other words.....

"I close my eyes and sing LALALALALALALA"

Exactly. I don't understand it.

Nah, my own personal ventures made me change my faith, not the internet

no.

but there are some arguments that i've never been introduced to before, and i learn from the threads.

however, im getting more and more disappointed by the christian population as of late.

They've furthered my belief in atheism.

bangell99

Same here. Also, I just finished reading Paradise Lost, and it had a similar effect...

If anything, this board has made my beliefs more dogmatic. I've gotten to the point where I can recognize the tune of a theist simply by the first few notes, and I have no interest listening to the rest. Furthermore, my opinion of theists tend to be lower than other people, but I guess that's fair, because I think the same about liberals, conspiracy theorists, creationists, murderers, thieves, liars, adulterers, and homosexuals, on different levels each (I don't want to associate a conspiracy theorist with a murderer, because they're both wrong to different degrees). Well, I guess most people, including myself, fall somewhere in or near those categories, so I gather I should be a bit more tolerant of their opinions at least, but not necessarily their lifestyles.

Genetic_Code

Why the hell do you think less of liberals and homosexuals? :?

[QUOTE="Genetic_Code"]

If anything, this board has made my beliefs more dogmatic. I've gotten to the point where I can recognize the tune of a theist simply by the first few notes, and I have no interest listening to the rest. Furthermore, my opinion of theists tend to be lower than other people, but I guess that's fair, because I think the same about liberals, conspiracy theorists, creationists, murderers, thieves, liars, adulterers, and homosexuals, on different levels each (I don't want to associate a conspiracy theorist with a murderer, because they're both wrong to different degrees). Well, I guess most people, including myself, fall somewhere in or near those categories, so I gather I should be a bit more tolerant of their opinions at least, but not necessarily their lifestyles.

chessmaster1989

Why the hell do you think less of liberals and homosexuals? :?

Because he/she was abused :shock:

No, religious threads become so petty I avoid them. I'd rather read a thread arguing which terrible death/black/made-up-tedious-genre-of-rock metal band is better.

[QUOTE="Eddie5vs1"][QUOTE="LosDaddie"]

Not really. I was raised Christian and will probably always be a Christian.

What internet debates have done for me is become very, very skeptical of Christian leaders' actions & agendas. It seems to me that most Christian leaders are far more concerned with pushinga political ideology rather than Christ's message.

And also as a result of internet debates (and political pundits); I now disdain the anti-science / anti-evolution / pro-ID part of the Christain community.

Same here on all acounts. :)

I'm glad to see Christian "leaders", like Dobson, Pat Robertson, T. Perkins, and Falwwell (even before he died), losing their influence on voters. Christ wouldn't be member of either political party.

No, religious threads become so petty I avoid them. I'd rather read a thread arguing which terrible death/black/made-up-tedious-genre-of-rock metal band is better.

cametall

Nope. i enjoy others points of view, but no one has provided an argument that could sway me from my beliefs. ;)

Just made me a bit sad to see how many people seem to have learned most of what they know from TV or movies.

duxup

No, if anything they reaffirm my beliefs.spazzx625

[QUOTE="spazzx625"][QUOTE="Eddie5vs1"] Not to be too personal, and you don't have to answer, but what beliefs have they reaffirmed?btaylor2404