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Quoting bible verses at atheists makes as much sense to us, as someone quoting excerpts of letters to Santa at you. I figured if we're quoting mythological memes, I'll quote my favourites back at you.-- There must be a full moon coming or something.
This is twice now I've used the headscratch emoticon.
Seeing people quote Bible verses is a great way of learning what they think and believe.Quoting bible verses at atheists makes as much sense to us, as someone quoting excerpts of letters to Santa at you. I figured if we're quoting mythological memes, I'll quote my favourites back at you.
And I'll quote pop culture memes in lieu.Seeing people quote Bible verses is a great way of learning what they think and believe.
I've quoted verses before, only to have someone come back and say, "I want to know what you think, not what the Bible says."
And when I don't quote verses, I've had people come back and say, "Chapter and verse, please?"
If you're really interested where a person is coming from, I would encourage you to encourage them to salt their comments with Scripture.
-- There must be a full moon coming or something.
This is twice now I've used the headscratch emoticon.
Methinks you're understating your position a bit.Last thing I'd care for is to have Christians (well, any faith really), quote their particular holy texts at me... it's just non-sensical.
It's more like God couldn't create humans who were incapable of making their own decisions, including the decision to disobey Him.
Oops?
So God should have made beings who can't make their own decisions? There would be no chance for genuine love in that case.
Because that's the main atheistic teaching that I've come across in the past regarding biological life and evolution - that life came about by random happenstance and evolution is the effect of that random cause.
Then your luck ends where the Bible begins.
Then we would have two universes, wouldn't we?
One self-existent and one created.
It's a declaration of His righteousness.
Romans 3:26 To declare, I say, at this time his righteousness: that he might be just, and the justifier of him which believeth in Jesus.
After the Judge (the Just) declares us GUILTY, He then takes the penalty (the Justifier) on our behalf.
If you read what Jesus actually says you'd understand why thinking God murdered Jesus is fundamentally wrong.
John 10:17-18
"The reason my Father loves me is that I lay down my life—only to take it up again. No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This command I received from my Father."
So in reality, God loves Jesus because Jesus willingly chose to lay is life down on our behalf, showing the love of God to all. IOW, Jesus laying his life down is God's response to our desire to crucify.
Open your eyes and you'll see it. It's the things which can be investigated and verified by others. The things that withstand testing.
Open your eyes and you'll see it. It's the things which can be investigated and verified by others. The things that withstand testing.
Funny, I thought Christians believed that God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost were all the same being.
So if Jesus laid down his life of his own accord, then it was God's accord. Therefore, God made the decision for Jesus to die.
No.Honestly, do you think this is going to scare me?
Funny, I thought Christians believed that God, Jesus and the Holy Ghost were all the same being.
So if Jesus laid down his life of his own accord, then it was God's accord. Therefore, God made the decision for Jesus to die.
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