Polls: Religion & Spirituality

Did you read the entire bible? I am not accusing- i know it is giant! hundreds of long chapters, and people are busy but i ask?

2, how many names of Bible books can you recall, without looking at it?

3. Would you read a summary due to time limits?

For example book of Matthew,. 28 chapters in 5 minutes:

Chapter 1, Jesus's royal ancestors and virgin birth. 2 wise men visited the newborn KING, Jesus fled to Egypt and returned to Nazareth in Israel. 3 John the Baptist, announced God's kingdom, Jesus did water ceremony 4 The test in wilderness, Jesus started teaching 5-6 motivated ways to shine with good works: Carefulness and ethics 7 Relationship to each other 8-9 miracles healing, met Matthew and disputed Pharisees.
10 Jesus sent twelve to teach the nation Israel 11 he sent disciples of John to john to tell the things they saw. invitation to accept the easier yoke 12 Jesus Conflict with religious leaders 13 parables of KINGDOM of heaven 14 John the Baptist got killed. Jesus fed 5,000 n walked on water. 15 Jesus criticized scribes and Pharisees. He heald ill n fed 4,000
16 criticized Pharisees and Sadducees. Peter said you are Christ. Jesus told His death and resurrection 17 Jesus shone n expelled demon. tax money provided by miracle 18 Jesus taught parables. About arguing. forgiveness parable 19 don't divorce, Jesus blessed young children. 20 Parables, Jesus foretold 4th and 5th time of His death. Jesus heald sight to two men. 21. Jesus cleand temple n cursd fig tree, parables of two sons and householder. 22. Parable of wed feast. Jesus told resurrection. 23 Jesus warnd against scribes and Pharisees. He wept over Jerusalem. 24-25, Jesus told troubles, parables of ten virgins, of eight talents, of sheep and goat. 26 Jesus got anointed. Passover and first Lord’s Supper. Jesus prayed. religious rulers accused Jesus. Peter denied. 27 killed and buried jesus 28 saw Resurrection

Would you read that summary due to time limits?

I mean, you don’t have to be super religious, but I find it very dark for a person to be so confident that we don’t have a soul and that there’s nothing but this. At least if you’re agnostic, you’re not sure. I think it really bothers me.

Especially as it changes from March some years, April in other years. Isn't it still "trippy" aka disbelief that Pope Francis died on Easter Monday 2025. Shocking still eh? Very surreal.

This girl came into my work the other morning and we seemed to hit it off right away. She was very friendly and sweet, beautiful, very fit looking, about 30. She had a sweatshirt on, with big letters across the front that said "Got Jesus?" or "Get Jesus". Now I don't go for all that holy hogwash, so when I read that Jesus business I was disappointed and thought to myself "oh well". I would still date or be in a relationship with a woman who is religious, but in my experience women are less forgiving about that sort of thing.

Like regardless if you were raised in Christianity or not - do you, in your personal living spaces or even office desk or home office - keep even a cross, a rosary, - hell - even a copy of a DVD of Da Vinci Code, Vicar of Dibley, even a Pope documentary?
Anything? Lol 😂😆

Meh-ven aka The Medium Place is a realm in afterlife designed for people who haven't been especially good or bad persons.

So instead of joining God or Satan for eternity, these average persons are just afterliving in a neither blissful nor painful place, a place of "eternal mediocrity". In this place, there's your favorite beer, but it is always warm, you can listen to every song ever but only performed by the Eagles, live. There is spoken word poetry but by William Shatner. And pretzels, but unsalted.

Society in the last 150 years has changed into a do as you want with no gilt or shame. A term called grace of no matter what you do started to be looked at as the new way.

Even with the 3 main religions scriptures saying that is not the case, in fact in the Christian and Jewish faith the two scriptures say the exact opposite. That you are not free to do as you want without being punished by the higher power of the religion. But society has made a new tradition and passed down it as truth.

But why dose it say that in the scriptures of the two... to treat all with respect and acceptance, do not judge (only to judge on what the person shows and tells you themself), treat everyones problems as your own? Because we as humans are dependent on being part of society and the best way to maintain a positive healthy society is for all to accept and help each other.

But now society has become so selfish and judgmental that religion has became a business catering to it. It is also a fact that being real nice is now looked as not normal. What society wants is the freedom to do as one wishes without any negative effects. Now Christian's if you are thinking this is not true. It is in the new testament of your Bible from the first followers (no follower sins, only a child of the devil sins) and the first teacher who is called the son of God said (only the ones who do what the father wants = (what he said to do, how to live like, in the old testament) will go in heaven. This means if you judge someone buy society label you are going against your own god. With religion changing into what society wants comes danger. Because someone with the believe in there heart, mind and soul, that no matter what they do they will have the grace of their god. Has no limit to the devastation they can cause other people. So if their mind breaks from not being accepted and rejected by society because society dose not follow what is written. You end up with what happened in Tumbler Ridge BC

Most Christian teaching is that Jesus Christ became man to die for man's sins, the Original Sin committed by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden.

In order for Jesus to die, to be crucified, someone had to turn him in to the authorities.

Christian teaching is that Judas Iscariot, one of Christ's disciples, is the man who did that, turning Christ over to the Romans for some silver coins.

As such, Judas is vilified for doing that, and most Christians believe he went to Hell when he died.

But did he?

Judas fulfilled the prophecy, and God's Plan, doing what was necessary. In brief, he did God's will.

Should Judas have been rewarded for that, or damned to Hell?

Please vote in the poll and explain your choice in a comment.

So everyone knows that Friday the 13th is an omen for bad luck. We all fear a day that hasn't happened yet. I dont know why?

I think this negative energy that is associated with today comes from our fear in what it will be. When we think today is suppose to be "bad" our brain looks for bad things to justify we are right; Friday the 13th is a "bad" day.

Well I think today is a good day... our collective idea it is bad is the only thing that gives today power. Today is only misunderstood

I do not believe there ever was a bigfoot, ghosts, global warming , UFO's, or flat earth or that we landed on the moon in 1969.

There are no vampires or werewolves.