[thetribe]

Good post CC.

I stand behind my faith in life itself. I am Agnostic meaning that I am not declaring if there is or is not a God. Some higher power exists. Something somewhere created what we have but I'm not going to say that I put 100% of my belief into the Bible.

I am living my life the way that I want to live it and making my own decisions. If there are consequences for my actions here on Earth then I will suffer them I suppose. I am not breaking laws, committing murder, raping people, and beating children. There are far worse people alive than I so if I get cast into Hell with them because of my lack of faith then that is going against parts of the Bible as well.

I may not declare his existance but I am trying to live a rich, honest life. If Heaven exists and the only way to get there is by being saved and repenting and stuff, well I guess I am not going BUT if God loves all and I am a good person then if Heaven is out there then I should go...

It's hard to explain by views on it though I have really tried to put it into words. Like CC said, people go to church now for many reasons, most of which aren't the right ones. They go for self satisfaction so they can say that they went and convince themselves that they are going to have a great afterlife..Well sitting in a pulpit half asleep, fussing with your children, balancing your checkbook, or cleaning your nails defeats the purpose in going. Don't go to church just so you can say that you went, go to recieve the message and apply it to your life.

The world is full of hypocrites and I personally work hard everyday to stand true to my own beliefs. Good people go away from religion because of hypocrites. When people do illegal and immoral stuff 6 days out of the week, go to church and agree with everything the preacher says and try to make themselves look good then go right back out and continue doing what was wrong in the first place, there is no hope for that kind. Some go and see the life they are living is wrong and ask for forgiveness but most don't even want to stop.