I have officially made a new Christian branch. :D

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  1. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    So now I have decided to break away from Catholocism and become a reformed Christian. I now see that Hell doesn't exist. Why would people want us to believe that if we don't do what God says we will go to such an awful place. Thanks to Rico, Toast and many others for this insight. BTW I call the religion, Happiness in God.
    GeneralofCarthage, Mar 21, 2012
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  2. RickPerryLover strawberries oh sweet Jesus strawberries

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    ........Yay? I really don't know how this works?
    RickPerryLover, Mar 21, 2012
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  3. Uberotaku001 Well-Known Member

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    Doesn't seem to be anything new.
    Uberotaku001, Mar 21, 2012
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    So you're saying that all the bad people who's ever lived on this earth aren't punished? Hitler goes to heaven? That doesn't make any sense to me, sorry.
    StephenColbert27, Mar 21, 2012
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  5. RickPerryLover strawberries oh sweet Jesus strawberries

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    Purgatory must be the new Hell!!!!!
    RickPerryLover, Mar 21, 2012
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    I'm pretty sure Purgatory doesn't exist..... nor is it mentioned anywhere in the book, as I recall....
    StephenColbert27, Mar 21, 2012
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  7. RickPerryLover strawberries oh sweet Jesus strawberries

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    Evidently you haven't read the "Book of Carthage"...
    RickPerryLover, Mar 21, 2012
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  8. StephenColbert27 Active Member

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    lol No I have not...
    StephenColbert27, Mar 21, 2012
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  9. Uberotaku001 Well-Known Member

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    Hell isn't mentioned in the Bible directly. The concept of a hell in Christian belief probably originated in Dante's Inferno. Gehenna a garbage dump outside of Jerusalem was the closest thing the Jews had to telling someone they would burn in hell. The bodies of those deemed unworthy of burial were dumped in the trash that was constantly burned to prevent overflow.
    Uberotaku001, Mar 21, 2012
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    If you abandon all other aspects of Christianity and believe in God, there is nothing wrong with that. Casting off the veil of the church will ultimately benefit you, while you might still believe some of what you have been taught I urge you to find your own route to happiness. I don't like organized religion one bit. However, finding your own faith is something I actively encourage. I've already talked about The Brothers Karamazov and it's hard to overstate the effect that it's had on my view of religion.
    Toast, Mar 21, 2012
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    Flip/flopper Nuffsaid
    TRP128499, Mar 21, 2012
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  12. CoExIsTeNcE LeonTrotsky in Disguse

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    I honestly don't understand the logic behind this. But, if it makes you happy, good for you.
    CoExIsTeNcE, Mar 21, 2012
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  13. slydessertfox Total War Branch Head

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    You have seen the light my child.
    slydessertfox, Mar 21, 2012
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  14. General Mosh Citystates Founder!

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    Good job!! The next step is finding out that god is in fact an alien!
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  15. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    No
    GeneralofCarthage, Mar 21, 2012
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  16. Chelsea366 Retired Moderator

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    Not seeing where you say you don't think homosexuality is a sin here. Quoted from his other thread.

    Also this does not belong in the political section. Moving to philosophy.
    Chelsea366, Mar 21, 2012
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  17. GeneralofCarthage Well-Known Member

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    What I meant was that I had just changed my beliefs to happiness to basically wipe out predjudice. I am not a very good explainer.

    Edit: Technically this is a political matter because it could spread to others and cause a whole new religion.
    GeneralofCarthage, Mar 21, 2012
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  18. The Shaw Rawnald Gregory Erickson the Second

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    Even Hitler firmly believed until the day he died that everything he did was the right thing. As fucked up as it seems to everybody else, Hitler genuinely believed that he was the good guy, and what asshole of a god would ever punish somebody for only doing what they thought was right? I'm not sure I would want to be with that God.
    The Shaw, Mar 21, 2012
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    Religion is not a political matter, it is a philosophical matter.
    Chelsea366, Mar 21, 2012
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  20. Romulus211 Proconsul

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    You know this is heresy right? And if you believe the bible you will go to hell for heresy.
    Romulus211, Mar 21, 2012
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