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So you know and understand nothing of God outside the bible?Everything is in the Bible. God gave Moses all of His plan of Salvation. Nothing was added after Moses. Only more details to explain it all better.
Im sorry but this is a story that only reinforces a belief in God. This is not a story of someone gaining understanding God.I really do not like sharing personal experiences due to the fact that they can be dismissed so readily and yet they are very personal to the one that has them. Regardless, I will tell you of one instance that gave me knowledge that God cares for each of us on a very personal level.
Background: My husband and I left our lives in another state so that our daughter would be closer to extended family. We were a little concerned about starting somewhere else and had been praying about it. We were hoping that God would give us some sort of sign that we were doing the right thing. It wasn't long that we started seeing the northern lights spread across the sky. It is pretty rare in this area, in fact few people have ever seen them. Cars were pulling over to stand and watch. We thought this might be the sign we were looking for.
So jump ahead some seven years later. My husband is a painter and he and I were going to a near by town to see if he could get some art sold. I had done some sculpting as well and we were in need of cash. We had been trying to live on art and I wasn't so sure we should be. (Wasn't giving us much of an income) So we tried all the places we thought might be interested and sold a few things but it was pretty much a disappointment. My mother-in-law and husband were in the front seat, while I sat rather dejected in the back. I was asking God what we should do and I remembered for some reason the time earlier when we saw the northern lights and how we felt it was a sign. I asked God that if we were doing the right thing to show me the Northern lights again. We were just leaving a small town and so when at first I saw a red haze I questioned if I was just seeing the lights from town. I even asked my husband if he thought the sky was turning red. He said he thought it was just the lights from the town. So I sat there a few more minutes still praying and then the sky just went crazy. Red and green swept across the sky. It was incredible. I couldn't believe my eyes. The lights continued until we pulled into our driveway and then just stopped.
I have no proof of this. It is one of those things that you can dismiss, but I am being perfectly honest here. It happened.
Im sorry but this is story that reinforces your belief in God. This is not a story of someone understanding God.
if it is and i am wrong, what understanding of God did you grain by this event.
Yes. I do not think any information was learned about God in this story which is what asked for.I, myself, have always found anecdotal evidence or proof lacking...
Everything I learn about God is confirmed by the Bible and the experience of others who know Him.So you know and understand nothing of God outside the bible?
So an atheist who reads the bible knows God as much as any Christian?Everything I learn about God is confirmed by the Bible and the experience of others who know Him.
Thank you for that.This is the strangest thing I think I have ever heard. Satan doesn't know who God is? That goes completely against Scripture.
What she is saying is that when you have pleased God enough,when you create a relationshipIm sorry but this is a story that only reinforces a belief in God. This is not a story of someone gaining understanding God.
if i have made a mistake then what understanding of God did you gain by this event? What about God do you understand more? What did you learn? Can you describe God in more detail now?
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There are no atheists in foxholes.Do gods disappear when there is a war on?
Speaking for Christianity, I would say some respond to the fear factor, some respond to the love factor, but all respond to the call of the Holy Spirit for salvation.So it's fear that makes people religious?
Speaking for Christianity, I would say some respond to the fear factor, some respond to the love factor, but all respond to the call of the Holy Spirit for salvation.
There are no atheists in foxholes.
Speaking for Christianity, I would say some respond to the fear factor, some respond to the love factor, but all respond to the call of the Holy Spirit for salvation.
Please don't project your fears on to us; I'm not buying it.It's fear all down the line.
All respond to the call; be that response a YES or a NO.Apart from the 4 billion people in the world who aren't christian.
All respond to the call; be that response a YES or a NO.
So how did you respond to Allah's call? What about Vishnu's?
You woukd first have to determine if it corresponds with the source, or an emegent deific agency and/or personality. In the end, the quoted names stand only as alternate titles for that same being and force.
Please don't project your fears on to us; I'm not buying it.
There is plenty of evidence that he was aware of his surrounding when he wrote that post, so unless you have reason to believe that something has suddenly changed...
An absence of belief is agnosticism. A belief that there is no God is atheism. This is not a 'negative belief in God'. It is a positive belief in the non existence of any deity, and in our society particularly in the received Judeo Christian God.
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