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This is pretty much what I have come to expect from most of your posts.Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, bleeh, blah...ect...
Perhaps, but if it was his denomination doing the torturing I bet that he would leap up and volunteer.
Historically, scruples are something it has proven pretty easy to discard when you're convinced you're doing "God's work".I doubt it. He has scruples.
Historically, scruples are something it has proven pretty easy to discard when you're convinced you're doing "God's work".
I never said I was worthy of Heaven. Just eternal torture is a barbaric thing to do to anybody.
Just sending one person to Hell alone causes more pain than all the wrongdoings ever committed on earth combined. How can that possibly be considered justice? Answer the question for once.
Sister, please explain this passage of Scripture to me:No...
Because I dont believe in God's wrath...and for people like myself I think it does more harm then Good...
However for those who want to hear it...then go listen to it in your own private corners and don't involve others of us who dont believe in it
Peace
The forums aren't what they used to be. There really isn't alot of strick. fundamental christans posting nowadays that I don't have marked as POE's or angry teenagers.Originally Posted by CaptainYesterday
SoF must sit in front of his computer chuckling all day long y'know. I would say it's a near certainty that he's not a christian at all and he gets a kick out of using christianity itself to mock other christians. I mean, nobody could possibly be serious about leading other people to a conversion and go about it the way he does. His method is all but guaranteed to to result in more deconversions than conversions lol.
Your faith is a living faith, from what you describe - one that is constantly molded and reverified by the work of the Holy Spirit in your life. I'm very happy for you that you feel God interacting with you in such a positive manner.Brother...
Im not a Bible Scholar and Im not claiming to be one...
However Im more likely to trust in God than in a book inspired by God and written by men that I find many passages very hurtful towards me...
Id rather believe in God the Creator...the God who appeared to us in Jesus and died because of us (the evil of humanity)-paying the price for us...
Id rather believe in the God that is with us each moment of our lives every where we are no matter what...and is always loving us...(may get discougaged and upset but still stands by his/her Creation/Children).
Sorry brother if this doesnt sit right with you...but this is how I need to believe...
Peace and GodBless
However Im more likely to trust in God than in a book inspired by God and written by men that I find many passages very hurtful towards me...
The forums aren't what they used to be. There really isn't alot of strick. fundamental christans posting nowadays that I don't have marked as POE's or angry teenagers.
Great post.That is a complete contradiction in terms. Rather, there are some things in the bible that you don't agree with and clash with your lifestyle. And thus you create an image of your own version of God. You say you don't believe in the wrath of God. When you take away justice there can be no love. As Christ says , fear him who can put both body and spirit in hell, fear him..
The begining of the fear of God is the begining of wisdom. Wise words from King Solomon..If you have no fear of God in your heart, you have no true wisdom of him..If you reject the word of God, you reject God/Christ himself..
My penny for the Guy,
SoF I think you've lost track of what religion is for. Its there to help us, give us something to hold on to, give us hope, give us guidance, and to give us comfort in times of hardship. You seem to view it as a weapon, to be used against others and to defend yourself.
I do not fear death, nor do I fear God. When I die, I believe my soul will go to a place of rest and reflection before being reborn. If I am met with God when I die, I'll stand on my own two feet, hoist m'self up high and say to him "I have lived a good and full life. I loved my wife and honored my friends. I acted honorably and dedicated myself to being a better person and to harming none that did not deserve it. I had sword ready to strike down the wicked and shield ready to defend all who I could. If that be a crime, then I wish to spend not another second in your company and demand that you damn me to hell where they might better appreciate a man who stands up for himself."
Threats of damnation and hellfire do not frighten me. If God is good and just as you claim, then he will see that I strive to be a good and decent man and lift me up to heaven. If he cannot see this and damns me for not clutching his robe with groveling fear then I will be damned but I will know that God is neither just nor kind. Either way, I will be fulfilled.
And if I should turn out to be right and God is not just nor kind, you will find me slamming away at the forges of hell singing...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSwaVvF7rdU
So if that is the case, why in Hell (and I'm not blaspheming here) are you lying about Him?Once again you fail to see what Christianity is. It is not religion. You can have any religion you want, go! Christianity is a RELATIONSHIP with Messiah. All religions are mans attempts at reaching something/someone. CHRISTIANITY IS GOD REACHING DOWN TO MAN AND MAKING HIM BORN AGAIN. IT'S ALL HIS WORK, NOTHING TO DO WITH MANS WORK.
That is why most stumble upon it. As for your not falling on your knees and asking forgiveness; well if you are too proud to come to GOD on His terms, then you will pay the consequences.
You either come to God with a broken and contrite heart and ask for forgiveness for your sins and ask to become born again; or you stay a Sinner in the hands of an Angry God.
I hope for your sake God drags you to Himself. If He does, you will bow the knee and become born again.
Once again you fail to see what Christianity is. It is not religion. You can have any religion you want, go! Christianity is a RELATIONSHIP with Messiah. All religions are mans attempts at reaching something/someone. CHRISTIANITY IS GOD REACHING DOWN TO MAN AND MAKING HIM BORN AGAIN. IT'S ALL HIS WORK, NOTHING TO DO WITH MANS WORK.
I hope for your sake God drags you to Himself. If He does, you will bow the knee and become born again.
The red and blue font to highlight the discrepancy.
You say that you preach "in love" - but then if someone isn't convinced by you, you say "oh well".
Oh well - off to hell with them, I suppose..."
Very loving.
That is a complete contradiction in terms. Rather, there are some things in the bible that you don't agree with and clash with your lifestyle. And thus you create an image of your own version of God. You say you don't believe in the wrath of God. When you take away justice there can be no love. As Christ says , fear him who can put both body and spirit in hell, fear him..
The begining of the fear of God is the begining of wisdom. Wise words from King Solomon..If you have no fear of God in your heart, you have no true wisdom of him..If you reject the word of God, you reject God/Christ himself..
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