In Reply to: Re: yes, but posted by Kathy on July 01, 2003 at 12:09:37:
Because my faith in God was so abused, I can no longer fully put my faith in anything else. I will never again give over to a religious belief system, never again 'rah rah' for something that may or may not eventually fail me or let me down. If God loves me so much, at this point of time, he is going to have to prove Himself to me without any doubt that it could have been anyone other than Him. Otherwise, I figure it's a take-it-or-leave it situation.
If I was forced to choose a belief system, I would choose Buddhism, out of the ones I have studied as it is more a set of morals to live your life by vs. the total committment and subjection to an entity.
Christianity has not met my needs, God has not answered my questions or proved himself the ever-loving omnipotent being that the Bible says He is. In my opinion, it is merely the point of view of a select group of people who hold to the Christian faith and are bold enough, or outspoken enough to talk about it to others. The Orientals are very respectful of you and what you believe. I would never fear that a Buddhist priest is going to debate religion with me in a way that would make me feel I am being forced to agree with him or go a separate path, whereas when it comes down to it, many Christians tend to be that way, which is why I generally avoid religious debates with Christians.
Anyway, that's my personal feelings. As for my name, ha ha! It's spelled wrong on purpose, because noone else on the Internet has the same name so everywhere I go I can usually get signed up under the same ID. My Mom called me her porcelain doll one day and so I chose that for the name. But I wouldn't say I look like a porcelain doll, more like a rag doll :)