how is this site not like reading a newspaper.You skip what you dont want to read.How simple is that.<this should be a freakin sticky!
was this to me because i wasnt speaking of you i dont think.viperman100;1693928; said:I'm not offended at all, feel free to speak between you and I, I'm not a cry baby and do so often read past the posts that I dont agree with or are in direct contradiction to my belifes.
that seid as a Christian (and you asked me to explain so thats what I'm doing not preaching by any means) I belive that all things we aquire are gifts of God and that includes work, time and money and hobbies, I pray for everything that I have and everything that I want. I dont always get what I want but I leave it in God's hands to provide accordingly. I wasnt talking about mistreating pets more along the lines of where it sits in my priority list. I know it may sound weird to you but I do pray about my fish and other hobbies.

jason longboard;1693938; said:was this to me because i wasnt speaking of you i dont think.![]()
check out this videojapes;1693895; said:I'm not trying to offend you, start a big argument, or question your religious beliefs, but would the amount of 'time, money, effort, love, devotion, etc..' be affected more prominently by your work ethic (time and money), recreational activities (time) and general lifestyle. Now I understand how you can think that religion does play a 'direct' part in these, but are you implying that if you weren't religious, you wouldn't treat living animals in the same manner as you currently do?
I can't see the good in that.
but when an animal suffer at the hands of people for example they justify this act by doing to that person what he did or is doing to that animal and that jsut isnt right at all because animal life is not worth the same as human life no matter how bad the crime is against the animal. Bring them to justice but dont take justice into your own hands.
its far too common in the lounge and its just sickening
I've seen numerous posts in this section of the forum pertaining to the Christian god being the only god and general preaching of the bible to people that are smart enough to make up there own minds, I think this is where the problem lies, not with religion as a whole. Really though, this is a fish forum, even The Lounge, as the title says, your religion is yours, keep it that way.
but without the laws of god as a standard how shall we then go about what makes something right or wrong? right and wrong cant be based on opinion because if you make it based on opinion then opinion is gonig to very from person to person, and its not going to work universally for everyone and everyones will suffer as a result which the world is in today, religion itself isnt the problem but its mans rebellious nature to god law that is his problem.
jcardona1;1693975; said:all i have to say is - about damn time. it was getting ridiculous, and never ending. before you know it, people asking why they have high ammonia would be told to find God before they can solve their water parameter problems....
DeLgAdO;1693985; said:i dont recall it speading into the fish forums of the site?