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You need help in studying that, do you?Please tell me how creationism will help me study it.
You need help in studying that, do you?
Expecting creation to help you study that is like expecting evolution to help you study algebra.
Through faith.So says you. How do you know?
How do you know the one god is not Krishna?
Like astronomy, thermodynamics and quantum electrodynamics?If not, well, I will leave it with all the other theories that do not assist me in my pursuit of fishiness.
Like astronomy, thermodynamics and quantum electrodynamics?
Through faith.
Hebrews 11:3 Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
The Object of my faith is what counts ... in this case, Jesus Christ.Have you never had faith in a friend who subsequently let you down?
The Object of my faith is what counts ... in this case, Jesus Christ.
He is a Friend that sticks closer to me than a brother, and He has promised never to leave me, nor forsake me.
As Peter so aptly put it ...
John 6:68 Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
The word of God ... preached.Ok, let's look at it this way:
Before you had faith, what was there to convince you that Jesus was real?
The word of God ... preached.
Romans 10:17 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.
Before I was saved, I used to think that Jesus was just another man; today, I know He is the Son of God, and God the Son.
I have to attribute that to the Holy Spirit.You didn't answer the other part of my question.
I'm sure there are plenty of other religions whose followers feel the same kind of loyalty to their deity.
What makes yours superior?
How do you know you are not mistaken, and they are?
I have to attribute that to the Holy Spirit.
John 16:13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you things to come.
John 16:14 He shall glorify me: for he shall receive of mine, and shall shew it unto you.
46AND2 said:Who says there has to be an end game?
I enjoy discussing it. It leads me on tangents of research that I otherwise would not have thought to look into.
That is because this is the Holy Spirit dispensation. Under the Old Covenant the only Spirit filled people were the artists and craftsman that were building the temple. Otherwise the Holy Spirit was said to be upon people. Today we can all be filled. Also we are told that the Holy Spirit is our teacher to guide us and to lean us into all truth.all it does is shift the query to the Holy Spirit instead of God or Jesus.
That's solid aurum, 46.Well that doesn't really answer anything, cause all it does is shift the query to the Holy Spirit instead of God or Jesus. But you're clearly just going to give circular answers, so I'll leave it at that.
That is because this is the Holy Spirit dispensation. Under the Old Covenant the only Spirit filled people were the artists and craftsman that were building the temple. Otherwise the Holy Spirit was said to be upon people. Today we can all be filled. Also we are told that the Holy Spirit is our teacher to guide us and to lean us into all truth.
So if you want to know the truth then the Holy Spirit has been given to show you the way to enter in to the knowledge and understanding of God.
I said can't be proven to YOU! God does not reveal Himself to those who have no faith. God reveals Himself to His own, who have first accepted the gift of salvation. Proving Himself to the unsaved removes the element of faith, and thus damns him forever.That's all fine and dandy, but if you assert (correctly) that the supernatural cannot be proven to you, how can you possibly determine the right god from the wrong one?
I said can't be proven to YOU! God does not reveal Himself to those who have no faith. God reveals Himself to His own, who have first accepted the gift of salvation. Proving Himself to the unsaved removes the element of faith, and thus damns him forever.
You didn't answer the other part of my question. I'm sure there are plenty of other religions whose followers feel the same kind of loyalty to their deity. What makes yours superior?How do you know you are not mistaken, and they are?
Ok, let's look at it this way:
Before you had faith, what was there to convince you that Jesus was real? And how do you know that "whatever it was" was superior to what other religions have to convince them of their faith?
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