Forgive me for dissecting your post, but there was something to say to almost every sentence.
You have witnessed... what? Someone saying Jesus is Lord? So have I. But what makes you so sure they were being serious?
You cannot convince me otherwise.
I'm not entirely sure what you claim to have witnessed.
God has witnessed to me things you wouldn't believe if I showed you a documentary, because you are close minded.
Close-minded? Not at all. Show me a reason to believe, and I will believe.
Often the reason one denies God is because they refuse to understand.
Understand... what? You are making nebulous claims that smack of self-righteous indignation.
As soon as a point comes up, a wall of pride comes up and denial takes over.
Please, tell me where this has happened. I gladly swallow my pride if the evidence suggests other than what I what I believe.
A lot of the problems in different churches or systems established by Christians today come from pride. They don't operate in the Spirit; they operate in "I think" and "I feel." And in continuing to operate like that, they will not be led into truth because they want things their own way. God doesn't care about what you think about His word, or what you feel about it. Its about trust. Without trust, you won't get a thing from God; even understanding and truth.
So anyone who disagrees with you is wrong, yes?
Like I said, claiming to be an unbeliever is the result of wanting to hide.
Hide from what? An unbeliever by definition is someone who doesn't believe: how can someone hide from something they don't believe in?
You do not believe in Vishnu. Are you hiding from him?
For example, the word of God says that homosexuality is wrong.
In the English translation written by homophobic men, yes. In the original text, no.
But I garuntee that as soon as a preacher starts talking about it, if there is a homosexual in the crowd, that individual is going to get offended. He will probably lash out in anger and try to put himself up on a pedestal.
I have only ever seen that happen at equal right parades, and even then such violence is instigated by the homophobes. Perhaps you need to meet some gay people and see that they aren't all troubled and violent individuals?
Why? Because he knows the truth already, and he doesn't want it to be true so he can be right. Its that simple.
Simple? Yes. Correct? No. If I were in Church and the Priest was condemning homosexuality, I wouldn't make a scene. He is entitled to believe what he wants. I would disagree with him, and consider him a close-minded bigot, but I would only voice my opinions in private.
Every time we screw up, little or big, we want to hide it because we are ashamed. And when the truth comes out, if we have the opportunity, we will often twist the truth or completely deny it.
In your culture, perhaps. In mine, we take responsibility for our actions.
That's how atheism works; "I don't want to be wrong. I don't like that the Bible says what I am doing is wrong, so I'll just assume its not true so I can be right."
Absolute nonsense. Atheism is simply the lack of belief in deities. The Bible, the Qu'ran, the Vedic texts, all are just pieces of literature to them. Why should they care if Muslims condemn their behaviour?
Personally, there are a lot of things that I don't like to be told is wrong, but I have to know its wrong and be obedient, otherwise everything around me starts falling apart, because I strayed from God and His word.
Tell me, which translation do you use, and why?
I've see this all the time. And I've dealt with so many people on such a level that I cannot count.
*cough* stereotype *cough*
And because of their pride, once I reveal to them the truth, they still deny it.
Maybe, just maybe, it's because they're not convinced? If I revealed the Truth as depicted by the Bahá'u'lláh, and you denied it, would I be right in called you prideful and just clinging to the Bible so that you won't be deemed wrong?
Or would it be that you are simply of another faith, that you don't believe in the writings of the Bahá'u'lláh
No one likes to be wrong; it takes an honest, humble person to step forward and say "Okay I was wrong..." Its the crappiest feeling in the world,
Agreed. Of course, one only needs to go through this when one is shown to be wrong. Just
stating that the other party is wrong is as pointless as them stating
you are wrong.
God works in amazing ways; you just have to have a little trust.
Zeus works in amazing ways. You just have to have a little trust. So why don't you?
just pointing it out.
