And God said... kill people??

man destroys themselves. man made choices. one against the other. why? because they do not really know why we are here..they run from reality have short lives, one wants more than the other greed, selfish, pity, taken from and not given to. see sometimes one does not seek to know the rules of life and it can be better but all must want it to be. to work together . the rules ..what are the rules..well simple and believeing or not believeing if one would just follow the rules what harm could it do..what are they ? they are the commandments themselfs...the commandments of liveing now , read them and see the rules and think about them...no harm done..as for killing it was a word replaced as murder..to defend another if family and in a rightful way is not murder. think about the peaceful world we would have if only everyone would obey the rules...

We don't know for sure what God said. But we do know that humans have interpreted what they think that he may have said for there own nefarious ends. Impatience, intolerance, bigotry, deliberate confusion are all traits of christianity. Yet there are also many who are quite the opposite. I believe firmly in "Do unto others...as you would have done to yourself" (misquoted I am sure). I believe in one God (or whatever you choose to call him or her) and how you get to be in the presence is up to you. But if you demonstrate a lack of tolerance for others that are blameless save they don't follow your path, then I believe that you walk backwards and it will take you longer to get there. Wherever "there" is.

Atheists are prone to make evil because of their weak on Divine Wisdom. They are known as rebels of the Religions. There are ALSO Atheists within the Religions of God these are a hidden and rebelling directly to God silently, and these are the most dangerous Atheist than an Atheist that has not been in a circle or group of an established Religion of God. They are like a Trojan Horse or a Virus that are ready to corrupt any of its members within the Religion of God. Mostly with those having a very weak and poor in faith are fallen into their trap and became also a hidden rebels or a silent Atheists within the Religion of God. And they are highly condemned by man and by God. Believe it or not the war between good and evil, God and Satan are very real. Physically and Spirituality. Visible and Invincible.

Haven't those angry people ever heard that one can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar?

You are absolutely one hundred percent right on this one. You see, I saw the discussion that you are referring to and I actually did say that there is absolutely nothing at all wrong with a person being atheist. In fact, I've known many people in my life that are in fact atheist and the only way that I've ever learned that they didn't believe in any God was because it was something that came up in conversation.

me: Cant we all just get along? other dude: NO!!! another dude: shoots other dude in the head LOL but seriously, your right it's terrible. I was raised a christian and beleive in god yet I understand this? WTF. Obviously you got some close minded people in the world :(

I don't condone people getting bullied, hurt, killed, or killing themselves because others are to stupid to mind their business!!! Everyone has the choice to believe what they want. God is the only true judge of what is right and wrong. These poor children and young adults feeling so alone they think that killing themselves is the only release of pain is just heartbreaking.

I agree with you!!! As you pointed out, God said "Thou shalt NOT kill!!!" He also said "Love thy neighbor as thyself!!! I saw NO mention of unless they are Atheist!!! On His dying day, Jesus forgave the murderer next to him;so, I just don't understand why all those who profess to be Christians just can't find it in themselves to do the same!!!! I don't care for the bigots who think they run the church, so I watch practically every preacher on TV on Sunday morning. Several of the more popular ones have said "If you are a Christian & look down on others because you are better than they are, then you will be in hell before they will!!! It seems that most Christians here feel they are superior to everybody else. I feel God loves the sinners equally to the Christians. With many religious discussions here, I hear God weeping afterward!!! I believe a good Christian sets an example by the way they act themselves NOT by showing off by quoting all they think they know. A very good friend of mine is one of these Christians. She's always telling me I'm going to hell because of something I think. I keep telling her she'll be there to shake my hand when I arrive. She doesn't think I'm funny!!!! I don't want anybody to tell me what I'm to believe. I know what is in my heart & I know God allowed it to be there. Therefore, I don't feel it is my place to tell an Atheist they are wrong!!! I just attempt to live my life in a way that sets an example for others to see. I don't make it a point to shove my beliefs down another's throat, yet on the other side, I don't hide what I believe either!!! I have several friends who are Atheist. I don't try & change them & they don't try to change me. So, it is possible for Christians & Atheists to live in harmony!!!!

that discussion you are talking about was laughable at best they OP was doing the same thing he was complaining about others having done to him there is a word for that type of behavior.....HYPOCRIT!

In this thing, I'm not sure, maybe this wrong but you can asking to them who understand it to explain thing this. As far I know, at al qur'an there are several verses which said to kill people who don't want acknowledge the existence of God and worship God.

I heard about this country, where a group of people kill the christians and catholics so some of them are not going outside. it seems that there is a war in that place bceause you never know when your life will be at stake. But here in my country, people respects each other's beliefs.

I'm glad to read someone making sense as you're doing It's that behaviour about people from some religions trying to force their beliefs in a too insistent way and calling other people "evil" -seriously, what? - that make it difficult to cohabit. Of course, people who try to force beliefs are not only about religion, but about politics or even sports. Respect is important, I believe, and this world is lacking it a lot.

Because some people feel insecure when their beliefs are questioned. and others just like to be arses. There really is no reasoning with people like that. people who want to convince everyone that their belief is right. so we'll never have that utopia of everyone being treated equally and no hatred unless one of those gods just shows up on TV or something. either that or all theists die. So yeah it's impossible sadly

Most religious people, especially those who are strict in their beliefs, think that they are infallible in their beliefs about God. Therefore, they think that their religion is the only way to God and those that don't follow their religion must die. This is part of the reason why people keep killing themselves over religion. If you ask me, I think the only infallible person or thing or entity is God and since we can't directly speak to him, we will never know which religion is truly right. So what I say is just stick with what you think is right and hope for the best, but don't kill people along the way because you believe your views are infallible.

Here on myLot when someone asks a direct question like "Why do you or why do you not believe in God?" no one should be surprised or insulted if the responder gives a direct answer. Either should anyone be incensed that anyone wants to debate the issue. On the other hand, when you're getting nowhere with the person you're debating, let it go. If someone thinks a nonbeliever in God is evil or may be evil, the responder needs to remember that that person is entitled to his/her opinion and you are free to disagree with them. There's no reason anyone should get worked up over any of this.

I am just trying to mind my own business here and cherish life.

I don't know the discussion you're referring to. Doesn't the Bible say that all men (and women) have sinned? Isn't there a concept of "original sin" so even new borns bare the guilt of Adam and Eve? I don't think you should persecute people for just believing something. Of course there are situations where beliefs are likely to translate into questionable actions. For example if somebody is expressing Islamist views people probably should be concerned that they might shoot up an army base even if they are an army psychiatrist! However if you argue your position and they don't like it, it's hardly your fault. I don't agree with allowing certain people (particularly a certain Arabian religion) to dictate what other people can and can't do because they're easily offended (apparently British schools have stopped teaching about the Holocaust so as not to offend them). I think people who are easily offended have poorly thought out or illogical positions that they can't defend well. Does anybody kill themselves because somebody criticized them for being an atheist or non-Christian? If you're not comfortable with your religion (including atheism), you can change to something else (although if you're a Muslim, your family might kill you). Most the things I've noticed in the news is people who killed themselves because they were bullied for being gay. What really upsets me about this is that people seem to be really upset about gays being harassed (I'm not even sure that all these people were gay) but nobody seems to care about bullying of nerds! Why are gays judged to be more important than nerds?

I dont believe in the God , humans are making the Gods and deriving their principles to God