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You are the one being closed minded I am arguing that my God was the first deity to be worshipped. This business of dates doesn't much interest me except to say that even it was 4.3 billion years ago that life began on earth my God was still the first and only real deity. So instead of trying to censor me why not take your own advice? "There's no point in talking if you're not listening."

"Speak out, even if what you have to say is unpopular"

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I know as fact that there are remains of modern man found in earth that last saw sunlight 140,000 years ago

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"Speak out, even if what you have to say is unpopular"

Just curious but were you actually there 6000 years ago? Can you say with absolute certainty that there is no chance that the Word you speak of was tampered with. I mean realistically, religious folk were fooled by a water stain because they so desperately wanted to prove God exists.

This is a secular discussion site. Even though I share the same views as you about God and Adam, I find it almost impossible to have a discussion with non-christians if I don't at least try to see things the way they do ie. 4.5 billion year old Earth, ancient civilisations, etc...

So yes, there is merit to you saying God is the first, the only God. But where does that get you in a discussion about the false gods of others and why they had so many?

"Always give to the left, coz the right way is the wrong way."

Why talk to people about their beliefs if not to challenge their way of thinking? I argue extremes because it brings out the passion in people and thus lively debate.

"Speak out, even if what you have to say is unpopular"

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So yes, there is merit to you saying God is the first, the only God. But where does that get you in a discussion about the false gods of others and why they had so many?

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"He who does not question is lost."

You do not have any specific religious beliefs but if you did you would understand. The Christian faith is the answer to life and from a Christian perspective to let people have this "religious diversity" is comparable to watching somebody commit suicide and doing nothing to stop them. Of course it is also an act of intolerance to stop somebody from killing themselves but I think if you honestly care about someone you would do it anyway.

"Speak out, even if what you have to say is unpopular"

I most cartainly do have religious beleifs (christian), and no tolerating religous diversity is not like watching someone kill themself and doing nothing. Personally i have no problem with other religions, or people promoting their individual religions. the only thing that I have a problem with is people saying that their god "is the one true god". There is no "one true god" becsaue if there was, people would have figured out which one it was by now. And while having religious beliefs does entail having the "our god is the one true god" mindset, i try and stay away from that train of thought as much as possible, and not to make a big deal of it, but the 100 years war in europe was fought over religious beliefs.

It seems to me that there would be so much less war if more people just tolerated (not accepted) other religious beleifs besides their own.

"He who does not question is lost."

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I most cartainly do have religious beleifs (christian)

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becsaue if there was, people would have figured out which one it was by now

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"Speak out, even if what you have to say is unpopular"

So, If someone was following The One True God, and said this to you, how would you know if this One True God is the same as the one you know?

Does the title of a religion, the people who wrote about it, or when they wrote it, mean so much this day and age, that the true Word of God can be stifled by simantics?

"Always give to the left, coz the right way is the wrong way."

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Does the title of a religion, the people who wrote about it, or when they wrote it, mean so much this day and age, that the true Word of God can be stifled by simantics?

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That's a pretty broad and dangerously generalised statement. Many religions believe in one, all powerful, living god.

I'm asking if it is possible that God has manifest Himself to other races in different forms and known by other names.

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I'm asking if it is possible that God has manifest Himself to other races in different forms and known by other names.

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I've found that most contradictions that occur, even inside a sole religion, is usually based on human interpretation leading to speculatory judgements, which of course, lends a hand to other falices that cause dissension and eventually splits a single belief into two.

Many other religions can trace their histories back to when they split from another religion.

We must realise that our knowledge of Him is still immeasurable compared to what it could be, and until we expand our own understanding of the One True God, we should halt all assumptions on how 'right' we are, and start wondering how 'right' we ALL are.

"Always give to the left, coz the right way is the wrong way."

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Many other religions can trace their histories back to when they split from another religion.

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"Speak out, even if what you have to say is unpopular"

i am a christian and i am friends with people of all religions and ethinicties and races. my best friend is Wiccan and it makes me sad, but i dont tell her she's going to hell or anything.

"I'd rather be superstitious about jumping jacks than superstitious that I needed to be drunk to do what I needed to do, or that I needed to have a specific pair of underwear on - jumping jacks, you don't need anything. - Gerard Way"