BornAgainBrian
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Regeneration. A new nature. The indwelling of the Holy Spirit.
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What is there to experience exactly?
Because Christianity costs alot of time, money, and energy. I'm not going to dedicate my entire life to a cause that I don't fully understand.
Suppose that one could give non-believers 100% assurance that God exists. Do you think any sane man would then still reject God's offer of salvation through Jesus Christ?
I thought maybe you were asking questions in an honest desire to gain understanding. My mistake.
Fair well.
Well thanks for finally being the first person here to admit this.I wouldn't answer the questions you posed above in the same way, but none of the answers given are inherently wrong (though I don't really agree with the reply for example 3).
Well apparently some people here say I can't be 100% sure of anything. So this is a huge disappointment.Example 1: Why can't I be 100% assured of God's existence?
You can if you examine the universe and the Christian faith with an unbiased mind, and discard any preconceived ideas and theories you've learned from other atheists. Most atheists don't do that and they engage in all kinds of confirmation bias. You will not be able to fully understand God, but you will have some conviction inside you that will tell you there is a Creator in this universe. That is why there are atheistic scientists who do believe in a Creator after they examine objective scientific evidences.
Well that's pretty convenient. If I wanted to make up my own man-made religion, I would make sure that my god does not speak audibly either.Example 2: Why can't I communicate properly with God? Prayer seems to be more of a one way conversation, not a conversation between two beings that love each other dearly.
Prayer is a spiritual form of communication whereby your spirit speaks with God who is spirit. He hears all the thoughts of our minds whether we speak with Him and He answers faithful prayers according to His will through circumstances, people or the Bible. Sometimes His answer is yes, sometimes it is no (so nothing prayed about happens). He does not speak audibly but He does communicate back to those who trust that He will answer. Prayer is never a one-way communication.
Correction: People are separated from God because of someone else's sinExample 3: Why am I separated from my creator? What action on my part constitutes such a cruel punishment?
People are separated from God because of sin.
Sin is breaking the commandments of God and creates a barrier in our communication and fellowship with Him. In rejecting God and His counsel, men depart from what is good and follow after what is evil, there is no in between. Just one single act of evil unrepented of will separate a sinner from God. And since God is the source of life, separation from God means certain death. The lake of fire is a place for people who reject God and thus reject life, the consequences are eternal because God made us eternal beings living in temporary flesh.
No. I'm pretty sure I consulted Christians, the Bible, and what I've learned in a christian school for the past 10+ years. Do you not agree with what I wrote in my original post? Someone here already said none of my answers are inherently wrong.With a bit of hindsight and experience, perhaps you are not asking Christians. Maybe you are asking people who think they are Christian.
Wow someone busted out the dictionary for this one...There is a subtle difference in humility, I would say. It sounds like you desire that first, then answers - not arrogant speeches and didactic demeanor.
No. I'm pretty sure I consulted Christians, the Bible, and what I've learned in a christian school for the past 10+ years. Do you not agree with what I wrote in my original post? Someone here already said none of my answers are inherently wrong.
Wow someone busted out the dictionary for this one...
Ok...You may think you were talking to Christians, but not everyone who claims to be Christian is an actual Christian. This goes beyond you receiving unsavory answers to your questions. Even Christ said many will come to Him claiming to have done miraculous things in His name, and He will say, "Depart from me... I never knew you." So, again I say maybe you weren't asking actual Christians; just people who like the bedazzled badge of Christianity.
Because I used the word "didactic?" I could have used more intricate and complex nomenclature than that; I am an actual autodidact, so that word is fluidly in my vocabulary and speech.
Not true.
Original sin can be defined as that sin and its guilt that we all possess in Gods eyes as a direct result of Adams sin in the Garden of Eden. The doctrine of original sin focuses particularly on its effects on our nature and our standing before God, even before we are old enough to commit conscious sin.
Original sin can be defined as that sin and its guilt that we all possess in Gods eyes as a direct result of Adams sin in the Garden of Eden. The doctrine of original sin focuses particularly on its effects on our nature and our standing before God, even before we are old enough to commit conscious sin.
Where did you gain that understanding?
Nope. Everyone would want to get in on the opportunity to live forever and avoid eternal torment.
So it all boils down to selfishness then? It's all about getting unjust rewards and avoiding due punishment? Unbelievers would simply accept salvation based on an educated intellect with no change of heart towards God?
Like a rebellious son who hates his father, but visits him anyway so that he won't get written out of the will, right?
How was Abraham able to know God? I think it is important to know where you got the understanding that is false, because it is not consistent with the truth about God.Who cares where I got it, tell me why you think it's wrong.
I feel David was right to say that. How do you think our sin impacts our relationship with God? I have found it has a lot to do with guilt, feeling unworthy, unforgiven for being unrepentant. A person who repents quickly remains close to God.And please explain to David that he was wrong also:
Psalms 51:5
Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
What? I'm confused. How would the reward be unjust? They still would have to obey God and follow his commands...
How was Abraham able to know God? I think it is important to know where you got the understanding that is false, because it is not consistent with the truth about God.
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