He states them over and over because you present your beliefs as TRUTH OVER AND OVER.

We know what you believe. There is no need to state it over and over and over. We are all well aware that you believe what you believe.

The way you, cowboy, state your beliefs, you INVITE people to challenge you. So stop whining when they do and stop accusing them of attacking your beliefs. You can believe what ever you want. We don't really care what you chose to believe.

But when you state them as facts, you invite controversy. So you are getting exactly what you ask for.

I don't think anyone stated for a fact that Jesus was a Buddhist.

But if your stubborn pride prevents you from saying,

"I believe that Jesus is the only begotten child of God."

and you insist on stating:

"Jesus is the only begotten child of God!"

Then you can surly expect to draw controversy into your experience.

You attract it. You create it. It is the Law of attraction, the first law of the universe.

Therefore you have no cause to complain about feeling insulted and trying to correct other people's reactions.

You missed the point entirely. I'll give another example.

I state Jesus is the only begotten child of God.

Someone else states that Jesus never even existed.

That would be fine again. And again it becomes insulting when people use insulting words such a Hebrew fables, fairy tells, ect. That is my entire point. Weather one believes or not is moot. It's about the wording and how they express it.

I don't think anyone stated for a fact that Jesus was a Buddhist.

Jeannie wrote:

You are trying to dictate and control other people's reactions and words by complaining and claiming to be "insulted."

(I was "picking on" morningsong. .....

Why do some people need religion?

Why do people search for truth?

You missed the point entirely. I'll give another example.

I state Jesus is the only begotten child of God.

Someone else states that Jesus never even existed.

You are trying to dictate and control other people's reactions and words by complaining and claiming to be "insulted."

HOW a person responds to your proclamations and statements is not under your control.

No cowboy, I did NOT miss the point.

You are continually missing the point.

You are trying to dictate and control other people's reactions and words by complaining and claiming to be "insulted."

HOW a person responds to your proclamations and statements is not under your control.

The only thing that is under your control is how YOU say things. You cannot control how other people say things or how other people express themselves.

If you take offense that is just "you" taking offense. It is not anyone's fault but yours that you take offense. You are trying to complain and blame someone else and chastise them for how they respond to you. That is not under your control.

You are trying to tell them how they should respond. You are wanting people to tip toe around your feelings when you make statements of your belief as if they are facts. If they don't, then you whine that they are "insulting your beliefs."

Stop trying to control what other people say and realize that it is what you say that causes them to respond the way they do.

Take some responsibility for what you are attracting.

I say again:


If your stubborn pride prevents you from saying,

"I believe that Jesus is the only begotten child of God."

and you insist on stating:(as a fact)

"Jesus is the only begotten child of God!"

Then you can surly expect to draw controversy into your experience.

Just try it.

Stop thinking that whining and complaining and claiming to be insulted is going to control what other people say to you. That is not for you to control. Let people say what they will.


P.S.

You can continue to preach and make statements and call them truth if you want, but you should realize that you will draw argument and controversy when you do. So stop whining.

You can continue to preach and make statements and call them truth if you want, but you should realize that you will draw argument and controversy when you do. So stop whining.

You're still not realizing that when you state something as absolute truth, you are insulting them in the same way you feel insulted.

and neither of you can ever know. neither of you could ever prove your statement correct and the other wrong.

All people have religion. This is a trait handed down to us since at least neanderthal man. The question is whether our religions are organized or not. Atheism is a religion too, just not an organized one. As a general rule, religion is needed to keep us in touch with our humanity. Unlike science or other purely logical fields, religion gives us objective moral rules and standards. That is, while objective disciplines can explain why things happen and why we do things, religion tells what we SHOULD and SHOULDN'T do.
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No, we may not be able to. This isn't a place to show the other right or wrong. This is a place for discussion, pure enlightenment. Learning of other's beliefs. Our beliefs is what drives us through our days. This is a place for sharing our inner most beliefs and thoughts on certain things containing to religion. Nothing can be proven for fact weather it's right or wrong in the religion area. Both sides is purely faith. Just mentioning this, to try to lighten the forum up a little.

you mention "both sides" as though there's two groups, or sides, here. if what you say about nothing being provable, which i agree with wholeheartedly, then there's only one group here. as god goes, since we cannot prove the existence or nonexistence then none of us can ever know so we're all agnostics, are we not? here's the take of another known agnostic on the subject of proof:

"A good theory will describe a large range of phenomena on the basis of a few simple postulates and will make definite predictions that can be tested. If the predictions agree with the observations, the theory survives that test, though it can never be proved to be correct."

Stephen Hawking, the universe in a nutshell.