Please forgive me if I'm coming across as rude. But I just have to ask this. What is it with you, The Unforgettable Fire, and an endless stream of odd/strange threads started by you? Surely I am not the only one to notice.
Hey, it's a public forum so go nuts in participating here by all means. But seriously, these thread topics by you are just bizarre. I'm really sorry, but I just have to say this.
Is this a serious question? Are owls of God? Is it a sin to enjoy sex? Is it a sin to take your child to the doctor? Does God love you but not like you, etc, etc? Is streaking a sin? What sort of questions are these? As a response to another thread of yours about testing whether you are a witch or not, one poster recommended putting a broom between your legs and seeing what happened. A kind of obviously ridiculous and frivolous answer to match the thread.
To answer your question, these are all serious beliefs I have either encountered throughout my life or are beliefs held at some point within Christianity.
They were posted as half silly and half asking for an honest response, however people choose to respond.
Seriously Unforgettable Fire. If some non Christians frequented this site, what do you think they would think of Christians asking such oddball questions? Have you considered that?
What would people think? Probably the same thing that people thought about Jesus when He said...
..."I tell you the truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you cannot have eternal life within you." - John 6:53
It was only those who chose to believe he wasn't crazy who were eventually able to look deeper into who Jesus was and consequentially eventually understood what he was actually saying.
There is a term for it. Its called "telling it slant."
Christians believe God became a man,was born of a virgin, died and rose again to save the world. On the surface this belief sounds just as crazy as anything I have posted. For those though who are willing to look deeper, to consider there is more than what they might understand on the surface, find something that changes their lives. It did for the disciples who stayed.
My point is, Jesus didn't concern himself with people thinking he was crazy. My questions, though they may appear to be bizzare to you, have much more to them than most here have bothered to explore.
Nevertheless, I have asked for my provocative posts to be closed because it is apparently upsetting some people and and no one really bothered to truly engage in the questions other than to be comical which is fine, like I said, it was meant as half comical, but only half.
Perhaps here on this forum its best to only ask the same conventional questions where everyone feels comfortable.
Perhaps delving outside the norm of peoples comfort zones is something I am not very good at.
As for your opinions of me or of others opinions, believe whatever you want.
