Unbelievers- My last question was how Believers faith is increased by studying?

Biblical Prophecy and seeing the downward spiral of this planet..

What increases your faith in mankind with all the terrible events that are plauging so many people on the planet and nuclear war looming?

The Israeli ambassador said Hamas has strengthened its arsenal with more powerful rockets, some of them delivered to Gaza from Egypt.

Feb 26, 2008 17:38 | Updated Feb 26, 2008 19:59

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North Korea and Iran are working together on the development of long-range missiles, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in Tokyo Tuesday, warning that the countries are threatening the stability of Asian and Middle Eastern countries

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Unbelievers- My last question was how Believers faith is increased by studying?

You%26#039;re just a great big Ball-O-Fun, aren%26#039;t you?

The more I studied, the further away my religious faith went and the closer my faith in humans became. But then, unlike you, I%26#039;m more of an optimist.

Unbelievers- My last question was how Believers faith is increased by studying?

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My faith in man cannot be found in the West Bank, North Korea or Iran....thats for sure. at least not in the stories portrayed from those lands by western media.

I do find my faith in man on R%26amp;S believe it or not.|||I have more faith in mankind than I do in gods and religion.

I don%26#039;t believe any deity can or will save the plant. Mankind *could* - it%26#039;s whether or not we achieve that,|||I dont see how studying the bible alongside current events can increase your faith. Especially when the message of Christianity is just a little late. It is my understanding Jesus should have returned in the lifetime of the Apostles, he never came. Therefore I dont believe anything else in the New Testament. This is one of the reasons Im not Christian.|||If you%26#039;re such a believer in god, why would it matter to you what mankind thinks? Won%26#039;t your god fix everything for you?|||In order to be an unbeliever, there has to be something that is credibly believable. There is plenty of evidence that makes the theory of evolution credible and believable. There is none for any of the gods.

Now, are you a believer, or an unbeliever?

Edit: Please forgive me for not responding to your question in the way that it was asked. It makes no sense, so I just ignored it.|||Remember Saddam Hussien? 1999? Viet Nam? WWII? The inquisition?

All were thought to be the signs of the end of times. They just keep passing, so people find more signs.

Don%26#039;t hold you%26#039;re breath.|||I believe you have pretty much earned the rank of the nuttiest fruitcake on YA.|||The state of the world has always been in flux. The plague wiped out a huge chunk of the population, they claimed it was the end of days. We%26#039;re still here. The 1st and 2nd World Wars were a sign of the end of times. We%26#039;re still here. World leader after world leader was deemed to be the Anti-Christ, including Ronald Regan because of the 6 letters in each of his names. We are still here, he is not.

World affairs are created and lived through by mankind. Divine intervention has nothing to do with it. More often than not, plain old human intolerance and greed is the culprit.|||Biblical Throwup!|||I%26#039;ve never known a Christian, yet, who studied anything but the bible and Christian propaganda.

The only thing you have shown is that some Christians read the newspaper!!!! So what?

You sound like one of those apocolyptic Christians who would LOVE to see a nuclear holacaust that would precipitate Armageddon, so you could chuckle over all those Jews who will be destroyed for not accepting a phoney Messiah!!

GET A LIFE!!|||What increases my faith in humanity is the perception that even the most credulous people eventually see through the lies and distortions that leaders foist on them. The schemes and misdirections of the %26quot;Christian%26quot; George W. Bush are no longer taken seriously, and the tensions in the world are clearly seen as evidence that no one else is fooled either. When an intelligent president, one not blinded by ideology, is elected, we expect practicality and engagement to improve the world situation dramatically.

We also expect that the new president and congress will actually start to address the entrenched dysfuntionalism of the government brought about by corporate lobyists, and turn it around to level the playing field and stop the looting by the super-rich. Underemployment, wage suppression, bankruptcy and youth crime are side-effects of the twisted regulations that reward fiscal mismanagement and giveaways to those who need them least. Granted, reform will not be automatic, but with continuing pressure from the real grassroots, we can turn the country, and the world around. (It%26#039;s been done before, about 70 years ago.)|||I have a different point of view regarding these things - business as usual. In fact, if you make a study of history, the world is a lot less violent today than in the past. You just have to look further back that the last few decades.

I maintain a faith in humanity the same way I maintain faith in my loved ones. The uncertainty is what makes it faith. You should try it sometime.|||Ok you seem to have a small picture.

We have the abilty to feed everyone on earth.

We have a longer lifspan then at any time in human history we have advanced medicine the literacy rate is increasing every year. VIOLENCE compared to the past is DROPPING

WE HAVE ANTIBIOTICS we never had them before.

THE WHOLE PROBLEM ,THE THING THAT WILL PREVENT US FROM REACHING THE STARS IS

THIS

SIT DOWN

CHRISTIAN AND MUSLIMS WHO KILL BABIES AND EACH OTHER OVER WHAT THE NAME OF GOD IS%26gt;

YOUR THE PROBLEM! EVERY PROBLEM YOU LISTED CAN BE DIRECTLY linked to your evangelism.

IF the world is destroyed it will be people with your mindset that pushes the buttons.|||I have very little faith in the side of humankind that lives without love for others. Those that do not love others have hearts of cold steel, and are able to kill others for money, which is their only great love.

Indeed, in a society that idolises money before God, we find a growing number of people infatuated by power, and driven by greed. Their love is with money, therefore their love does not exist.

Love goes beyond religion and scripture. It runs deep into the hearts of people. When you give your love to money, your religion is worthless talk. Your desire to crush others takes hold. Loved ones become mere family and friends. There is no love left for them, and the steely cold heart within longs for the day they leave this mortal world, because the money stays.

Indeed, weapon gathering warmongers are capable of love. But their love is in the wrong place completely. Those who should be receiving their love receive only hate.

((((hugs))))|||My lack of belief in invisible, all-powerful magic sky fairies (ie gods) doesn%26#039;t automatically mean I have faith in mankind. I don%26#039;t. With very few exceptions human beings are selfish, weak-minded creatures, ruled by self-interest and fear. That%26#039;s why we invented religion, and it%26#039;s why so many people continue to use it as a crutch.

It would be really nice if humanity as a whole could pull it%26#039;s head out of the sand and work together to build a better society, but it just ain%26#039;t gonna happen. At this rate, sooner or later we%26#039;re going to go extinct.

As far as I can see, the only thing which could save us as a species (apart from regressing to a less advanced state) would be if a new non-religious, non-theistic, universal moral philosophy were created, based on reason and intellectual advancement, and it was taken up by significant numbers of people of all races, nationalities and cultures. I really can%26#039;t see this happening though, there%26#039;s just too many assholes in the world.