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Vic Newman #fundie quora.com

Yes, a feeble attempt to understand reality. Creation continues forever, the Earthly creation will end at the End Of “Days” when God sees the Earth as good [the Bible is a predictive book], so creation is a more advanced form of evolution. Aeons [today eons] were spiritual Beings concerned with time as are the “Days.” In ancient times all and everything was the result of spiritual beings. The Catholic Church decided the living universe was a pagan teaching and Catholic scholasticism or science invented the clockwork, mechanical universe.

Science is the gathering of data no more no less. Nothing in science “explains” anything or proves anything, it comes later with the theory-opinions that scientists generate from their imaginations which generate the strong beliefs in science, always keeping to the guidelines of the original dogmas of science that the universe is an accidentally generated clockwork machine in which life and consciousness cannot exist. So somehow in an unknown manner, which science is unable to demonstrate or replicate “scientifically,” life and consciousness appeared.

Which means that matter or the Mineral Kingdom is more intelligent than science as it can produce life and consciousness.

Nick Watts #fundie nickwattssoulfood.com

What is the “Begging the Question Fallacy”?

Read the following hypothetical exchange carefully.

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Sy Garte has a Ph.D. in Biochemistry. Garte is a fellow of the American Scientific Affiliation (ASA) and serves as vice president for the Washington, DC, metro chapter of the ASA. He’s also a Christian.

“Begging the question” is a logical response to a questionable claim. But, said “logical question” is just that: a question, that will most likely lead to further intellectual dialogue.

“Begging the question fallacy” is actually not a question at all, but rather a truth-claim made by the interlocutor, whose claim is equally impotent to be proven scientifically.

In this case, whether or not you believe Jesus is God, virtually all scholars, Christian and non-Christian, state he most certainly existed, as well as reportedly performed signs that could not/cannot be explained naturally.

The interlocutor’s claim is not scientific, but philosophical. That miracles are impossible, or possible, is a philosophical claim, not a claim supported by science.

Think deeply, nw

John Piper #fundie desiringgod.org

Why was it right for God to slaughter women and children in the Old Testament? How can that ever be right?

It's right for God to slaughter women and children anytime he pleases. God gives life and he takes life. Everybody who dies, dies because God wills that they die.

God is taking life every day. He will take 50,000 lives today. Life is in God's hand. God decides when your last heartbeat will be, and whether it ends through cancer or a bullet wound. God governs.

So God is God! He rules and governs everything. And everything he does is just and right and good. God owes us nothing.

If I were to drop dead right now, or a suicide bomber downstairs were to blow this building up and I were blown into smithereens, God would have done me no wrong. He does no wrong to anybody when he takes their life, whether at 2 weeks or at age 92.

God is not beholden to us at all. He doesn't owe us anything.

Now add to that the fact we're all sinners and deserve to die and go to hell yesterday, and the reality that we're even breathing today is sheer common grace from God.

admin #fundie faithfoundedonfact.com

Have you seen this Bible Contradictions Chart posted on the internet? Did you ever wonder how anybody could conclude the Bible had all these contradictions? It’s designed to be fully interactive so you can click on it and see the different contradictions in the Bible. But they missed something. And it’s a really big problem for Atheists.
We’ll get to it very soon.
The Bible is an anvil that has worn out many hammers
-Unknown author

It looks like it was done the same way we’ve seen all the other Bible Contradictionists do it.
That’s why they’re always wrong. They’ve yet to prove a single real Bible contradiction -and here’s why:
(1) They seem to have made assumptions based on preconceived notions.
(2) They appear to have accepted their preconceptions uncritically with no use of logic or reason.
(3) They apparently never considered any other possibilities or other evidence –including opposing evidence.
(4) It looks like they didn’t even engage any experts in the field.
(5)There’s no indication they even read the Bible verses they cited to see if they made sense.
(6) Finally, there’s little evidence they did any research to back up their claims.
So all they’ve got is a flimsy assertion based on blind faith. So flimsy that it’s super easy to lay bare the errors and inconsistencies -as you will soon see.
You wonder why they would risk the shame, humiliation and embarrassment of being so wrong.
It would have been so easy to get it right if they’d just done a little homework.
The truth –as you will soon see- is that the contradictionists succeeded only in fooling themselves and –maybe- leading a few of their most naïve and credulous readers astray.

[snip]

Where are all the contradictions?

A critical analysis of the so-called Bible Contradictions reveals the soft underbelly of the original contradictions claim.

Because –as has been shown here and here and here– the true number of Bible Contradictions is –in fact- Zero.

So whether the claim is of Irrefutable Bible Contradictions, Bible Contradictions that Cannot be Answered, or Biggest Contradictions in the Bible, an honest look confirms that the real number of Bible contradictions is Zero.

Zero. That’s the real number of Contradictions in the Bible. Yes, Zero.

Nifty62 #fundie quora.com

(In response to: Were there stegosaurs (Stegosaurus, Kentrosaurus, etc.) in the biblical Garden of Eden?)

Very unlikely.

The dinosaurs were probably long dead before Adam and Eve came on the scene.

Unlike humans, animals are allowed to either diversify and/or go extinct as the situation occurs. The fossil record shows that all life forms came into existence in very sudden bursts. After that, they largely remain the same with the exception of diversifying within their kind until they eventually go extinct.

This pattern is, interestingly, the exact opposite of what one would expect from an evolutionary standpoint, and precisely what one would expect if they believed in a special creation by an intelligent designer.

Daniel Davis #fundie fantasticfossils.quora.com

People looking for meteors to have wiped them out; dividing the fossil layers like tree rings; extrapolative age calculation by context of half of what their eyes tell them; ignoring the mid oceanic ridges/trench; ignoring polystrata fossils; claiming that hundreds of millions of years of star soup can mutate into micro cabbage patch children that while yes any life can evolve non life can not do so. If a leaf fossil showing its veins can be half darker and half lighter based on which layer each half of the fossil occurs in and showing itself to be by current agreed upon theoretical standards half fifty million years older than the other half, the people saying that are utter morons standing on the shoulders of guesses they are too afraid to question anymore because of the politics of funding and haven’t done any real science a day in their lives. Sedimentation at the rates it had to occur to make lakes of fossil fuels could only be caused by millions of megatons of force obliterating the surface of the earth so that the bodies and plants of a region were all sealed in together like biological soup; and even microbes in the seawater itself - innumerable oceanic microbes died all at once to settle atop the other fossils and form various chalks. The force that it takes to make a crevice a third of the way around the globe and break apart the continental plates - we have all the evidence of that staring us in the face but our eyes have refused to see out of hatred for God of the scriptures; it was a great breaking open of the pressurized deep as Genesis states plainly. No dinosaur in those layers lived at any different time than each other or than man; we simply lived in a higher EM environment with a different atmospheric composition closer to the sun with earth on a vertical axis and some bodies of deep sea creatures and elements separated from the force of the shaking and earthquake waves were more dense and dark, settling deeper; while others contained more oxygen and bacteria that cause bloating and did not settle as deep in the resulting mineral mire.

Jerry Depoy #fundie sermoncentral.com

Title: “A Shot Gun Wedding with Roses”
Introduction: You are probably wondering how in the world I ever came up with such a title? My wife, Judy, is from Alabama. Do they really marry cousins in Alabama? Well, in this text you have a cousin marrying another cousin. Boaz in under the gun to do so!
Here is my simple message to an amazing story that illustrates the truth of why a lost sinner should say “yes” to God’s marriage proposal. In this story you will find that are three reasons for a person to say “yes” to Jesus!
I know that most messages preached on this text, picture Boaz as Christ, the Kinsmen redeemer. And that would be the correct interpretation of this passage. But I want to turn the passage around a bit and show you another picture. Have you ever thought of Ruth as being a picture of Christ in her desire of marriage? In this message, I want you to think of Boaz as the sinner in need of salvation. Why should a person say “yes” to the marriage proposal of Christ?
1. It is the Law of Life.
[snip]
A lost sinner needs to confess with his mouth the Lordship of Christ, because the Law of God has commanded him to do so!
If a man refused to take on the marriage of a widowed kinsman, note what was to done to the man. After a shoe would be removed, bespeaking of the holiness of God, the disobedient kinsman was to be spit in the face!
The law of God will not treat those who refuse to come to Christ kindly. The law of God will condemn those who refuse to come to Christ to an eternal hell.
2. It will complete your Life.
[snip]
When a person says “yes” to Christ, his life becomes complete! Life takes on fullness and abundance.
3. It will extend your Life.
[snip]
God the Father wants a lost sinner to not only come to Christ because of the law, and because Christ will complete their life, but there should be one final reason, “Because you love him!”
Conclusion:
Before this days sun goes down, let me compel you to choose Christ. Accept the wedding invitation of the Son!

Terry L. Cook #fundie epdf.pub

Few Christians truly understand that Satan himself invented the earthly "political" system of Communism via his human agent, Karl Marx, a devout Satanist. So it follows that Communism, the governmental political system Satan created, comes to kill, rob and destroy exactly as Satanism does, because Communism is actually Satanism in disguise! Accordingly, the soon-coming Antichrist, the son of the Devil himself, will be a Communist. In fact, he will rise to become the world's Top Communist and the head of the KGB, which now is being called the FSB! But a rose by any other name is still a rose. The Russian Communist FSB is still the KGB in disguise and it is one thorny rose bush!
SATAN'S ANTICHRIST ALSO WILL COME AS A MUSLIM, THE ISLAMIC 12th IMAM MAHDI, THE CALIPHATE MAITREYA MESSIAH!

Not only will the Antichrist be a communist, he will be a Muslim as well. In fact, he'll be the world's Supreme Islamic leader, the so-called Islamic "savior," whom Muslims call the 12th Imam.

Mahdi Islamic "messiah," the Maitreya, the Caliphate. Indeed, Satan's Communist Antichrist also will be the world's top Islamic Revolutionary Radical who will BEHEAD everyone who resists him (read Revelation Chapter 20 in this regard)! I'll cover more on this subject later, but for now, suffice it to say that:
* Satanism is communism and communism is Satanism!
* Islam is Satanism and Satanism is Islam!
* Satanism, communism and Islam are identical in their common desire to kill, rob and destroy!
* Satan is an extremist Revolutionary who is against the Kingdom of God! And Satan's revolution against God in Heaven is expressed against Him on Earth via political communism, Islam and Devil worship!

Ken Edwin #fundie quora.com

No what ifs. ALL lost Unbelievers will spend Eternity in hell and the lake of fire for Eternity needlessly. We must be Truly Born Again Christian Believers In Jesus Christ Alone to go to Heaven. I have found that Only a life lived in Jesus Christ Alone daily matters. Are you ready to meet Jesus Today, find Truth, Forgiveness, Salvation, True Peace, Contentment, Joy, Love. Jesus is Tenderly, Lovingly, calling Today, Come, Come as you are, Come Now

Dianne Paulsen #fundie quora.com

Soon, God the Father will Demonstrate HOW He can imprison 7.9 Disobedient, SELF-Leading God-created Souls, in hell for Eternity.

You just wait.

or you could . . .

RUN to GOD, and beg God the Father to teach ‘you’ to live His Unselfish Ways, so that ‘you’ will become selfless, like Jesus, our Example, so ‘you’ are working WITH GOD, instead of with satan, AGAINST GOD.

TIP: ‘Good Intentions’ lead to hell.

Linds Anthony #fundie quora.com

Ah, you’re comparing God with a human. You’re saying “well, I forgive people if they commit a crime! I don’t wreak revenge on them! That’s because I’m good and God’s bad.”

But you’re a human. You’re flawed yourself, so you may cut your kids a lot of slack. (“I know I told him not to do that…but hey, I was worse when I was his age!”) Or you’re aware your rules may not be fair (“I said I’d ground her if she was out after 10…but maybe I was being a bit too strict…maybe I’ll let her off…or check what other parents are doing…”)

Whereas God isnt flawed. He doesnt have to doubt His judgements (and He spells everything out VERY clearly upfront. Eve knew PRECISELY what would happen if she ate the fruit.) So people going against Him shows theyre pitting themselves against God. And while God showed huge mercy in the OT (have you READ the story of the Israelites in wilderness, endlessly disobeying, squabbling, making idols…) He wasnt going to be mocked. Because God isnt like your soppy old Dad (where kids smirk “oh, he SAYS all this stuff but I can wind him round my little finger!”) but is the Almighty. And would we WANT a soppy old God who said one thing but…it never happened? You wouldnt know where you were. There wouldnt BE any Law (“I know it SAYS not to steal but God’ll shrug and look the other way if I smile at Him”)

God is there to be treated with reverence and love. We HAVE to follow His word. It’s not a matter for debate. You deciding that “I don’t approve of God so I’m ignoring His EVERY WORD” isnt like deciding youre not voting for a politician or shopping in a certain business. God wil prevail. Makes more sense to work with Him than try to fight, when it’s all set in stone…

Brian Pope #fundie quora.com

You clearly idiot storyteller about dumb weakest thanos compared to ALMIGHTY GOD! LOOK AT TIMOTHY 6:16 THANOS BACK REFORMED CUZ GOD DID IT FOR THANOS BY AUTOMATIC AS HARD AS GOD GO! GOD IS BEFORE ALL THINGS INTO EXISTENCE. BEFORE ATOMS WAS STILL LIVING GOD! YOU BE HUMBLE BEFORE GOD. GOD WILL COME AFTER THANOS (THAN NOS) HMM NOS TO GOD'S DARKNESS IS INFINITY POWER THAN HIS IDIOT INFINITE GAUNTLET IS POSSESSION CAME FROM GOD. ALL GODS ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO GOD. GOD IS CREATOR. THANOS IS CREATED BEGIN AND CANNOT EVER REPLACE TO THE CREATOR WHO CREATED HIM! YOU HUMBLE BEFORE GOD. NOTHING IS INFINITY POWER THAN ALL CREATURES, CREATED BEGIN. DEVIL CAN END THANOS. DEVIL IS PURE OPPOSITE OF LIVED. GOD IS LIVED. DEVIL CAN END THANOS BUT GOD NEVER DIE CUZ GOD IS BEFORE ALL ATOMS WAS CREATED! GOD REALIZED THAT HE IS ALIVE CUZ ATOMS FINALLY INTO EXISTENCE. END OF STORY. GOD WILL COME AFTER IDIOT FOOLISH COMICS BOOKS FROM THE WORLD. MEN IS GRAVE IMAGINATION AND UNDERESTIMATED GOD. HOW'S CUTE? GOD'S ONE COMMAND THANOS WILL BE LOST HIS WHOLE POWER AND DISAPPEARED!

Buck Master, former Business & Estate Management at Pro Se Litigation #fundie quora.com

(In answer to: “What if Superman met Jesus Christ?”)

Jesus is real and conquered death, unlike those that would like to believe in concocted characters from Krypton who could not even overcome Kryptonite. I am sad for those who believe in fairy tales and superheroes who have no basis in historical fact because you will be judged by the king of kings, who is not amused.

Rene Donaldson #fundie quora.com

In Dragon Ball Z- Dragon Ball Super the primary antagonist is Frieza. He’s the only reoccurring primary antagonist in the canon. He’s a symbolic amalgamation of dragon celestial and dragon demon races. He represents the real life rulership of the celestial dragon race over monkey demons. Dragon Ball Z’s story of Frieza’s empire ruling over aliens is just symbolic for the dragon celestials ruling over all races and species of demons. The saiyans were just one of many races under Frieza’s empire - in real life monkey demons are just one of many demon species who are under the authority of Dragon celestials.

The saiyan race is a warrior race trained to kill and destroy taking orders from a race of dragons who have an empire in space. This is based off the reality of celestial dragons princes who give orders to demons to continue their domination over mankind existing on earth in the 3rd dimension.

Our fascination with Dragon Ball is literally based on the will of the spirits of the monkey demons whom the fictional saiyan race is a cartoonish exaggeration. So the real life version of Frieza and saiyans are literally on the same side. There’s no fighting between monkey and dragon; there’s no super saiyan; no god forms; no ui; no blowing up planets or being galaxy - multi universal in power tier; theres no shaking the universe through fighting. All of that is fantasy to keep you entertained on monkey demons and their celestial dragon masters who dominate them.

Rene Donaldson , #fundie quora.com

Saiyans are just cartoon versions of monkey demons. Monkey demons are a monkey species derivative of nephilim, which were produced by intermixing monkey, angel, and human dna. The saiyan race is symbolic for the monkey demon race that thrived during the Pre Flood era of human history. It was eradicated in a global world war and the remnants were killed off through a global food. Afterwards throughout history human militaries have eradicated any monkey demons that were born within human and / or nephilim societies.

The spirits of monkey demons exist in the 4th dimension either on earth or in hell. The spirits of the monkey demons whose physical bodies were killed during the PreFlood era were crushed in battle against God’s race of celestial dragons. These dragon celestials forced 9/10ths of the monkey demon race to live in hell where they reside as one of many species of demon tormentors of human souls. 1/10th of the monkey demon spirits reside on earth - these are the ones that are behind Dragon Ball, King Kong, Monkey King, and monkey demon anime derivatives.

In Dragon Ball the ultimate gods of the show are the celestial dragons. They’re symbolic for the celestial dragon race who are the fore fathers of the nephilim race which sired the monkey demon race. Just look at the title of the show - Dragon Ball not Monkey Ball even though monkey demons are the main characters of the show. The title of the show signifies the celestial dragon princes that rule over the monkey demon race, whom the monkey demon race is completely dominated.

Lincoln Maene , I spent 5 years as an edgy internet atheist #fundie quora.com

Modern Atheists are almost exclusively Christians in denial. Very few have achieved any sort of intellectual rejection of Christianity in its core values (ala Nietzsche). And because they have wholeheartedly swallowed the ethical presuppositions of Christianity, they get really mad when the moral picture of God—in the old testament for instance—or the state of the world around them conflicts with the atheists’ Lord and savior: Jesus Christ. Take your average Atheist, for example, waxing pathetic about how the ever present pointless suffering and evil in the world shows that there is no God.
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And that’s why the atheists get so mad: because they love Jesus Christ with all their hearts, their one and only true Lord, whose absence has destroyed all true meaning and longstanding joy from the atheist’s life.
[posts a stained glass image of Jesus]

Glenn Ricardson #fundie quora.com

(In response to: Do Christians ever fear that they will end up in Hell for all eternity?)
Yes, let's look at this in a simple way, we have very intelligent people in this world ,( Doctors, Engineers,, Technicians,, Mathematicians,, Chemists,,physicist,,Biologist,,Dentists,,etc. etc. BUT there is Not one man on Earth Today that Has the Brains or can even BEGIN to COMPREHEND How POWERFUL THE LORD IS we cannot even in our WILDEST Imagination ( drugs,, Alcohol, Acid Mushrooms, Lsd, Pcp, weed, Cocaine, Angel dust ,etc. None of those Heights, (good trips or bad trips ) we still don't have the Ability to Understand HOW MUCH GOD LOVES US,,so HE stept Down to Our Level ,and Became Flesh and Blood to Teach us How to Live with Love for Each other, if you cannot love your Enemies and Forgive them unconditionally then you Also don't LOVE The LORD can you imagine forgiving someone Unconditionally ?? JESUS SAID BE HOLY. JESUS NEVER SAID BE A CHRISTIAN,,, ,,,CHRISTIAN IS THE NAME OF A PERSON IN THE BIBLE,,,SO RELIGION OR RELIGIONS ARE THE WORKS OF the devil and could lead you straight to Hell

Peace John #fundie quora.com

What is the strongest proof that God does exist?

The strongest proof that God does exist, I mean the true God who dwells in heaven and owns the earth is that no matter how knowledgeable we think we are, we still ‘die' at the end and no one can stop that, for the fact that we can stop death is a big proof that God does exist.

George Clark #fundie quora.com

Science makes many presumptions to arrive at an age of 13.8 billion years for the universe. Such as, science assumes the speed of light is 186K miles a sec AND this has always has been a constant. But Genesis infers that initially light was infinite in speed and illuminated the universe without stars. God lowered the original speed of light so we could see stars at night that He made.

Secondly, science ignores all anomalies that contradict adverse issues. Such as, if the Earth were as old as you say like 4.6 billion years , then the oceans would be much more salty than they are. The inverse of the current rate of change in salinity places the age of the oceans at around 10,000 years.

The same is true for nickel powder from meteorites being deposited only on the outer edges of the Earth surface. If the Earth were billions of years old, you would find evidence of nickel at a much greater depth. But you don't.

I believe science that depends on truth, facts, and all data not just excluding evidence that conflicts with non-science suppositions.

Wanda Dailey #fundie quora.com

There's no need to prove God the Creator to anyone - - let God do it for you! That is, He has already demonstrated who He is in extraordinary ways to all of mankind, but because of foolish pride issues, arrogance & trusting one's educational level, what their idol may have said, or trusting in their own analytical conclusions, or etc., etc., etc., atheist and a majority who believe in God's existence, but are not reconciled to our Father-God, have cut themselves off from God. We need to remember, our Father-God didn't send Jesus to reconcile every person, even though salvation is available to everyone, but Jesus came to reconcile those who earnestly seek to know who He is & is not & have a desire to “get right with God.” If there's someone you'd like to help in their discovery, try to keep in mind they may be superficial, in that, while they have questions it's not necessarily because they actually have a personal interest in learning, but have a ulterior motive.

Wanda Dailey #fundie quora.com

So with this said, I suggest recommending the following: (1) Tell the person(s) that if they have great difficulty believing there is but one Creator-God, to ASK HIM to make it possible for them to know He is God & to know He WILL answer them in His own unique way & timing! To ask Him directly & not through a spiritual leader! (2) Mention that Lee Strobel, an award winning Investigative Journalist & a strong-minded atheist, set-out to prove once in for all, that Jesus was a fraud & was not who he claimed to be & did none of the things He claimed to have accomplished! And, in fact, He never existed! Strobel hated Christianity even though he didn't have a clue of what he was talking about, but like many, had confused Christianity with mankind's religions, believing they were one in the same. And, as Strobel may have earlier mentioned, how do we know George Washington ever existed? How do we know our history books aren't a hoax? We know Washington existed, due to the number of folks who personally knew him, saw him or heard him deliver a speech & recorded their encounters in diaries, in letters, on documents, etc., etc., etc. Undeniable, verified documents is how Lee Strobel ended-up KNOWING who Jesus is & is not, was reconciled to God through Jesus & became an actual Christian and ended his quest by writing the only book in history, “The Case For Christ,” to prove Jesus is as the Holy Bible says! And, with this said, I mention I recommend them to read the book.

Dean Cooper #fundie quora.com

Man could not have authored the Bible. We know that the Bible is authored by God because it foretells the future with 100% accuracy every time. No other book in the world has 100% fulfilled prophecy. This shows that it comes from the mind of God. Man would not write a book about how his God whom he loves and worships gets crucified. Man would teach that we get to God by our good works. The Bible is accurate from Science, Archaeology, Prophecy, Unity and Morality.

Dean Cooper #fundie quora.com

For me, ONE of the main reasons i believe in God is the sheer impossibility of the alternative.

We are living on a 6,371 km diameter rock, hurtling through space at a speed of 66,000 mph, a million miles away from a 27 million degrees Fahrenheit inferno and no-one in charge.

The Bible is not a book but a collection of 66 books, written over a span of 1600 years across 3 continents, by over 40 writers inspired by God in 3 languages yet it has ONE primary theme ( The Glory of God and salvation of mankind ) and zero errors or contradictions. It is scientifically, prophetically, archaeologically, historically and linguistically accurate.

Ignore the word "trinity". its not important.

Rezerus #fundie theconjuring.fandom.com

Guys - I'ma be straight up - demons aren't entertaining. They're actually real. Which I know cause one tried to strangle me. I saw it. And as I was being strangled I felt chest pain and was literally about to die. Then I said his name - JESUS. Its like a nuclear bomb. Works every time. So if you guys think you gotta demon in your house. Just tell his name - Yesnua it you're Jewish, Jesus for everyone else. It basically means God our salvation, and he will save you, it you really mean it when you say it. That's all blokes. See ya!

Terry Ferguson #fundie quora.com

Witches are giving people scarey dreams.REPENT,learn to break off generational curses.Pray before you go to sleep.Ask Jesus to come into your heart.Pray,to the Father,Father I commend my body,soul and spirit,to your care,as I sleep,in the name of Jesus.Father I pray you let me not go through any part of this night,unacompanied by thee,in the name of Jesus.See deliverance videos by Derek Prince,WIn worley,John EChardt.Put on the full armor of God,Ephesians 6 KJV,Soak yourself,home room,in the blood of Jesus.Can anoint you door over your bedroom with olive oil.Father I ask you to bless this oil and place a drop of the blood of Jesus in it.Place some over your door.Get into the KIng James bible.Stay in it.

Noah Filipiak #fundie covenanteyes.com

“’For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’ This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church” (Eph. 5:31-32).

Heyo! The whole time Paul was talking about husbands and wives and marriage and sex in Ephesians 5, it says here he was actually talking about Jesus and us! Marriage and sex are metaphors for the relationship we have with Jesus.

What is a metaphor? It is a sign post. It points to the real thing. It’s something tangible we can look at in order to understand something else. It’s a symbol we can learn from in order to understand and experience the real thing.

The real thing is the one-flesh relationship Jesus desires to have with each of us. It’s the relationship he has with those who call themselves Christians. It’s a relationship of intimate love and acceptance and support and trust, where Jesus is the groom and we are the bride. Earthly marriage and sex are symbols that can help point us toward the real thing.

This is why there is no sex in heaven. You don’t need sign posts when you’ve arrived at the destination!

James Watson #fundie quora.com

The bible says everyone knows there is a God <Rom.1:18–20>, (i.e. from the creation they know there is a Creator, also Ps.19:1–6). Rom.2:14–15 teaches that everyone has the law written in their hearts, so they know right and wrong. So all these nations other than Israel knew there was a God and they were sinners. If they followed the light they had, they would know how to please God and seek the knowledge of the Messiah through Israel, but they didn’t. Some came to know and please God from other countries, e.g. Ruth from Moab, Ninevah repented at Jonah’s preaching. And God is not limited, so He could reach out to individuals like He did to Abraham in the Ur of the Chaldees. But I would argue that God is just and doesn’t punish anyone who is not guilty, unless they are caught up in the punishment of a wicked nation, like Jerusalem.

Emmanuel Free Church #fundie efcspringlake.org

The second death is the separation of the whole person from the presence and blessings of God forever. The second death involves not just the location separate from God, but, the condition experienced for all eternity apart from God: never-ending fire and brimstone, weeping and gnashing of teeth, suffering and torment. The location and the agonizing condition experienced in that location is called the second death.

The Bible does not teach annihilation – the idea that God obliterates unsaved people entirely from existence. Nor does the Bible teach soul sleep, an unconscious existence for eternity. The Bible says that people who are not saved will be resurrected (Rev. 20:12; John 5:28-29), judged, and heaved into the Lake of Fire – fully conscious, forever under the painful torments of this awful place.

Bob Blacka, studied Quantum Field Theory at Drexel University (1974) #fundie quora.com

The God of Moses doesn’t need to complete with other religions because he’s the only living God. All the other gods are fakes, total inventions, because they have never done anything in history nor do they respond to prayer.

So a human being has basically one of two options: Either believe in the living God, or believe in nothing. Believing in some ancient pagan god is about as useless as believing in the tooth fairy. A pagan god is not going to do anything for you.

So why should you believe in the living God? Because he is the only one that can give you eternal life. That is his promise. If you follow the plan taught by Jesus, you are guaranteed eternal life. How do I know that? Because he said so.

John 6: “Jesus declared, “… whoever comes to me I will never drive away. For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”

How can someone know if Jesus is real? That’s pretty easy because Jesus claimed to be God and raised himself up from the dead to prove it. No other person in history has been able to do that. Not only that, Jesus raised a man, Lazarus, after he was dead for 4 days. No one can do that either. He did that only to prove to humanity he has the power to raise people from the dead.

If you are skeptical, consider this: Thousands of people saw Jesus die on the cross. And thousands of people saw him alive after he was resurrected from the dead. Hundreds of early Christians were tortured to death for following their faith and proclaiming Jesus as their Lord. Do you really think they would do that just for a hoax?

Oh yes, that thing about God killing people. Actually, he’s not keen on killing them, in fact, he wants everyone to have eternal life. God has bent over backwards to give people eternal life, but if they persist in worshiping the Golden Calf and burning up their children alive as sacrifices to Baal, then God has no other choice than to destroy those people. God only tolerates evil for a limited time, so when people have been warned repeatedly, over hundreds of years, and yet they continue to ignore the warnings, God has no other option left but to destroy them. But it pains him just the same.

Terry Stroot, studied The Bible #fundie quora.com

How do you think it will go under this evidence.

God knows everyones every secret thought.

God knew before you were even born every motive why you disobeyed Him

God knows every crime you did and everything in your life.

God said if you just commit even one crime against God’s commands you commit ALL OF THEM.

what will you say to defend yourself. You who are lawless.

Francis Marsden #fundie quora.com

(In answer to Why did Greek and Egyptian beliefs (among others) become mythologies but Jewish and Catholic beliefs became religions?”)

Because the Greek and Egyptian religions were simply myths and legends and nothing else, whereas Judaeo-Christianity is a true revelation from the really existing God, acting in human history.

David Whittle #fundie quora.com

I have nothing to prove to non-believers. I feel no need to prove anything to you, particularly since you reject the self-evident truths of God’s word and divine nature. God gives you the freedom to believe whatever nonsense you choose, including your false belief that I have chosen to believe fraudulent nonsense. I honor the freedom God has given you.

Joshua Harrell Dickerson #fundie quora.com

God revealed his existence undoubtingling when Christ was born. Also even when adam and eve were born. The existence of the Bible proves the existence of God because the new testiment was compiled by disciples who have seen Christ in the flesh. watched him die for their sins and he raised from the dead. The question is now do you believe in miracles. No? How about curses then like the conjuring. Annabelle, the curse of la llarona, Amityville horror, and all I've listed off is Hollywood horrors that are all based on true stories. What happened in those true stories. I don't care for now. Not going to take up exercism as a career to see if God really exist but I recommend all athiest to so they can finally get there “evidence”. Untill then I don't want to hear from an atheist until they take on my challenge for a year. Athirst convinently believe that God doesn't exist and yet to try my test to be proven wrong.

Karen Goe #fundie quora.com

The holy soirit has spoken through you. The person before you has let the devil dictate his words. We can pray that the devils strong hold on him wil not prevail to his death, for in the end we will ALL be judged and I want the cloak of Christ covering me. AMEN

Karen Goe #fundie quora.com

The real problem for us mere humans God gave us free will, choose him or not. He gave us a comllex brain. The 10 commandments are put into place and are here for our protection. Cause and effect. Put your hand in the fire and you will get burned. All the things that are in the 10 commandments if not adhered could have deadly consequences. There is only one that is perfect, JESUS. Jesus isthe there for us. He is the one who pleads our case to the Father. If the name of Jesus is not beautiful to your ears then maybe you are listening to the wrong being. AMEN

James May #fundie sermoncentral.com

In the dark days of World War II, Hitler’s Third Reich, that was supposed to reign for 1000 years, was determined to rid the world of any remnant of those who were of Jewish ancestry. The death camps of Auschwitz-Birkenau, Treblinka, Dachau and many others belched smoke and fire day and night for many months as the bodies of many of the 6 million Jews that died at the hands of German tormentors, were burned to ashes. This great crime upon humanity was designated as the “Final Solution” for ridding the world of Jews whom Hitler and his Aryan race considered as little more than vermin.

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I’m here to tell you that God has designed His own “Final Solution” for all those who live in rebellion and sin. That will not just include Satan and his fallen angels but will also include every man, woman and child over the age of accountability that chooses not to live in obedience and to not accept the great salvation that is offered through the death of Jesus upon the Cross of Calvary.

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God’s final solution is far more horrible that the gas chambers and ovens of Hitler’s death camps. God’s final solution, borne of His wrath against the sin and evil that has broken the laws of Heaven, is eternal, without end.

Dr. Gary Hedrick #fundie oneplace.com

God's Final Solution to Evil, Part 07

Evil is a reality in our world. Violence and brutality can be seen everywhere. The question is often asked, Why does a good God allow evil, and what is He doing about it? In the ninth chapter of Daniel, God outlines His solution to put an end to evil. The day will come when righteousness will triumph.

Norm Fishler #fundie quora.com

Modern abortion is nothing more or less than ancient Molech worship revived. It is the promise of liberation from commitment and financial freedom. Read through the Historical Books of the Bible to see how the practice played out in the natural. Then read the Old Testament prophetic books to see what those men of God had to say about the practices of child sacrifice. “A woman’s right to choose” is fraudulent on its face. It is not your choice to terminate a healthy living soul that grows within you. Nor is it a man’s right to bully a woman into doing so. Please keep in mind that these medical emergencies that the pro-abortion crowd likes to bandy about are so rare as to be statistically non-existent.

Barbara Hendrix #fundie #homophobia books.google.com

Some are gone so far into the darkness of sin that their conscience has been seared to the extent that they actually believe that wrong is right and right is wrong. If a man has nor lost his natural ability to reason, he instinctively knows that anal sex is wrong, but if he has indulged in that sexual perversion and has developed a desire to express himself sexually in an uncivilized manner, and becomes addicted to that behavior, he then experiences, unbeknownst to himself, the loss of his innate ability to reason, which is the punishment for his detestable sin.

Consequently, what once was wrong from his perspective, then becomes right because it is what he desires to do, and has grown accustomed to doing, so he justifies and redefines his sin as an alternative lifestyle, and does everything in his power to cause its
proliferation, and its general acceptance by societies at large. Rather than to repent of his gross sin, the defiant, disobedient homosexual attempts to change the worldview of his sin. So confident he is in his new position of rebellion against the Word of God, which he has to invalidate as irrelevant or call archaic, or some such notion in order to continue to believe the lie about the nature of his homosexuality.

He does not want to call anal and oral sex sin because sin is wrong and requires repentance, consequently, anal and oral sex, according
to his way of thinking, is no longer sin, therefore there is no need for repentance.

Thus we have the definition of a reprobate mind, a sinner who would rather make void the Holy Bible in order to accommodate the sin of
homosexuality, instead of simply repenting for what he or she innately know is wrong. 'l •heir redefinition of sin prevails, at least in their twisted mind it does, until they step over into the land of judgment where I dwell, then all pretenses and lies will come to naught in the light of my holy presence.

Homosexuals perpetrate the ultimate perversion; the consequence of their refusal to accept the truth that I am their God, their Father, and their Creator and as such my will is supreme. Therefore they will reap the harvest of the seeds of destruction that they have sown so callously and haphazardly; the abuse and misuse of their own bodies. Their rational minds are gone, having lost the ability to reason, thus they are not even remotely aware of their true condition, which is the price of sin; spiritual death that leads to eternal damnation, an exchange of fathers; from the Father of light, who I am, to the father of darkness, otherwise known as Satan, the illegitimate father of those who have fallen into the deep abyss of sin.

Barbara Hendrix #fundie books.google.com

When humanity ignores the basics of principles of human biology it is to their peril. Anal intercourse is unnatural because the pathology is not designed for it, nor has it any biological purpose, and therefore it brings about physical, mental, and emotional damage. But also heterosexual intercourse with many and frequent partners spreads diseases and causes emotional damage because I did not design the human body and psyche for it.

HIV/Aids transmission is far more likely by anal intercourse. It is because the anus is not biologically designed for intercourse. I designed the female vagina with thick mucus to protect the vaginal wall, and an acid environment which kills a lot of sperm and the seminal liquid. The wall of the anus, lacking these, is very easily torn in intercourse. Moreover the presence of infected feces in the anal tract adds to the likelihood of the transmission of the HIV/Aids virus.

When humanity deviates from normal sexual behavior, breaking the patterns that I created, specifically as it relates to the proper order of sexual intercourse, perilous consequences are the natural outcome. Disorder, whether spiritual or natural, consequently leads to internal and external chaos, not to mention sickness and diseases. I was not being a whimsical God, when I gave mankind the laws of social interaction in the book Of Leviticus, but instead I was framing humanity within the construct of my protection via obedience to my Holy Word.

Homosexuality is a direct assault upon my creation. It is anti-God, and thus anti-family, and anti-life. No one is born a homosexual. The gay community sincerely to believe the lie that they were born that way, a belief that gives them an expedient justification for their deviant conduct. Godliness and restraint requires genuine effort, whereas, disobedience to my Word is taking the easy road, which leads to eternal damnation. All one need to do is kneel to every craving and inclination, even if their immorality injures themselves as well as others.


Barbara Hendrix #fundie #homophobia #god-complex books.google.com

Abortion is so abhorrent to me that I am here to address the issue directly, because it and homosexuality are the two significant catalysts that are ushering the world towards the very brink of destruction and total annihilation.

Homosexuals; gay men and lesbian women, bisexuals, and everything sexually perverted in between those three extremes, have boldly I laugh when I watch backward churches ordain homosexuals as ministers of God. I will never call a homosexual to minister over my
people. It would be synonymous to ordaining the condemned fallen Archangel Satan as a minister of God. I feel that I must warn all the
ordained" homosexual ministers" and those who ordained them, that they are unequivocally at war with me, the God of all creation, the God who knows the thoughts and intents of the hearts of all men, that I administer perfect judgment accordingly.

The goal of homosexuals is to infiltrate every aspect of social Structures world-wide, but the reality is that what they are doing in
their perverseness is ushering the world swiftly into the arms of utter destruction.

Perhaps they think that I have fallen asleep, or that just because I destroyed cities and nations because of the sin of homosexuality in the past does not necessarily mean that that will be the result today. Failing to understand that I change not, and failing to understand that they are shoveling destruction upon their heads, they blindly rush headlong into disaster.

Biblical history testifies against homosexuality. But apparently, my written Word has been rejected, and in its stead, lies have taken firm root. I have destroyed cities and nations because of homosexualiry, and I change not. Yet again, homosexuality has become a breathing living cancer pervading societies all over the world; a cruel deception Satan has devised and spoon-fed to sin drenched populations all over the world from generation to generation.

The new twist now, however, is the attempt by homosexuals to cloak their sexual perversions with holy matrimony. I created marriage for
one man and one woman beginning with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Homosexuality is an affront to my holiness, and it is a bold
attempt created by Satan to usher the world into divine destruction, by using the dark minds of sinful men and women to foster the perception of an acceptable, though false, normalcy, as it relates to homosexuality, upon societies that have fallen asleep in sin.

There is nothing normal about homosexuality. It is a chosen, abnormal, sinful lifestyle centered around sexual deviance; bestiality, which is sexual activity between human beings and animals, anal sex, and oral sex, all of which leads directly to what is known as ST D, HIV/Aids, and HPV; a few of the negative consequences related to sexual perversion, which is the immoral catalyst that has formed the foundation of death to millions of people worldwide already. How many more people must die because of a sexually perverse minority, who boldly attempts to cloak their unrighteousness in righteousness?

Philip Parker #fundie quora.com

Nobody, not even Jesus, knows EXACTLY when He will return! FACT! Only God the Father knows. But hear me well: Jesus was a lamb when he was here the first time. He will return as a LION, and I ain’t lyin! (lol). Read the book or see the movie: The Case for Christ, and then repost here. Josh McDowell is a tad hokey, to put it nicely.

Pat Jefferys #fundie quora.com

Christianity is not just a faith. It is a faith based on fact. Unfortunately most who believe in Christ do not know much of the fact. Neither do they conform to the tenets of Christ’s teaching.The Bible teaches: Study the scriptures and you will find me. This is very true.

As far as atheists are concerned. There are those who enjoy debate and will debate a knowledgeable discussion and on the other hand those who will react in anger and aggression. Unfortunate, by far the greater are the latter. The only atheists I know who accepted Christ are those who set out to disprove Christianity or entered into discourse with someone who truly knows the Bible.

D. Paul Walker #fundie quora.com

There are only two religions in the world, the one or the other, the wrong or the right. They are quite easy to tell apart. The one is based on man's works; the other is not of man's works. The one says to rely on yourself, find yourself, heal yourself, clean yourself. The other says your lost, incurable, filthy. The one says you've got time, it will all work out in the end; the other says seek help today, now. The one is a struggle, a constant effort; the other is a gift bringing peace, the product of grace and mercy. The one will make a few allowances, nobody is perfect; the other demands the sinless perfection that you can never provide yourself and—provides it for you.

The one or the other, the wrong or the right one, how to chose? The easy answer to that question is look in a mirror.

Proverbs 20:9 Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?

It is your decision, your choice. Are you righteous, holy, clean, pure? Contemplate just your thoughts over the last week. If your able to make yourself pure choose the one, if you are not so clean and pure and unable to get that way, choose the other.

Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

By grace are ye saved through faith, it is the gift of God, not of works, is a singular unique religion separate out of all the religions of the world. This where the contention arises. On the one hand, all those religions can come together without condemning each other, for they are all the same religion—works. On the other hand, you have a religion that condemns all the rest by grace through faith, a free gift without the efforts of man.

This response was taken from my study, “Introduction to Biblical Studies”