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yep I am a christian.... believe it or not it is possible to be a christian and not view the "bible" as the written word of God... in fact, if the bible was proven to be nothing more than a collections of perceptions some have about God, it would not shake my belief in The Creator... but that's just me....Stormy...er,errrrr....Are you a Christian? What do you believe?
should? that would suggests something mandatory, a firm set of beliefs, I don't subscribe to that necessarily. I think that christians "should" continue to grow in understanding who they are following, which means that whatever it is they believe will be ever evolving...
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Lord help my friends and I to believe again that Jesus came to live out every letter of your word just so we can have a better life with you.
your assumptions are incorrect..... my issue is simple. You can trust completely the God that the bible points you to... You can believe 100% in the God that those who wrote the bible had an experience with....
truth can be found everywhere, all around us.... I think we are overly obsessed with being "wrong" yet our beliefs are evolving all the time... we test ideas and those things that have the ring of truth we hold on to until we encounter greater truth... The bible that you say you trust 100% says in Psalms 19: 1-3 For the choir director; a psalm by David. The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky displays what his hands have made. (2) One day tells a story to the next. One night shares knowledge with the next (3) without talking, without words, without their voices being heard.
Crib.... you my friend are engaged in 2 dimensional thinking and we are living in a multidimensional reality... thanks for the dialog, but it is apparent we are at two different places, one day you may understand where I am coming from, maybe not, for now however its all good....
from the very bible that you say you trust 100%, over 38,000 denominations have arisen, yet you are not suggesting that the bible is not true are you? There are multiple ways to get to know the Creator, the bible is one of those ways... that is my other point.... the bible to me is a vehicle that can be used to introduce one to the Creator, not become the end all...What you've said has truth to it, but it is also true that by these very observations numerous false religions have risen: Spiritualism, more specifically Wicca. Hinduism, where practically everything upon the earth is a god. Practically all Native American religions...obviously there are more but you get my point. I realize your point that nature and everything around us points to a marvelous Creator...even EGW says that on the first page to Steps to Christ I believe...not that that's your thing but still...
But nature alone does not bear truth. Jesus said "I am the truth..."
And as for the devil remark: yes we can learn from him, definitely, but with your direct response to what I had said, it implied you even meant conversing with him...I certainly wouldn't go there.
but no blood loss,
