[In response to allegations of people altering the Bible]
Theres no doubt in my mind that God would not let his word be altered in any way he did not want it to be. If Sodam and Gomorah were struck dead just 4 lying, then why can't some monk be struck dead?
[Arguing against antidepressants]
The best ways to rid yourself of depression are to keep yourself distracted, or figure out exactly what it is that's depressing you and why it is that it's depressing you.
[On a topic discussing whether nudity is immoral]
no nudity is not immoral. It is quite normal and dignifying for a man to show his penis outside while strolling to buy milk. Or a woman to show off her boobs while working, it would make every fellow employee especially the males one to feel excited to go to work. That can either be the worse question ever asked or your probably desensitized from watching porn.
[On clinical depression]
While what you are experiencing may simply be demonic attack exacerbated by isolation from a community, it may also be a physiochemical imbalance needing a medical doctor's intervention. Please do look into both courses of action.
Ghosts are everywhere. I think a lot are good though. I have been walking in my house late night in the dark, and saw a quick glimpse of something. Not sure what just did. Guardian Angels. But as 4 evil ones, i dont know. I know the devil is real and can pollute peoples minds!
For some christians, depending on how well the take the bible, and understand/obey it, the more perfect it fits in with its logic making it truth (to them)
Note: This arguement could also be used any other religion that has a book or traditions that are used aside from christianity.
[Replying to 'Would you consider women being forbidden to speak in church sexist?']
No, because firstly, that women aren't any less than men because they aren't allowed to speak, and secondly, such a statement would only be made if there is a good reason. Never does the Bible say that women are less than equal.
Well, on a personal standpoint and being a Christian the only literature I need to read to understand there is proof that Jesus existed and that He had a brother named James is the bible. I dont care what the scientist have to say, I dont care what the LA times has to say..or any person out there. I have my proof and that is why I believe.
I know that it is getting close to Halloween so you see ghosts every wear in the stores. That makes me wonder. What are ghosts? They have been documented and scientificaly researched. Evan the most sane people see hauntings. I've taken a tour of an actual huanted house (The Whaley House, San Diego, CA) I know that when you die you go to Judgment Day and so on and so forth. Are these realy spirits of the departed. I was an amateur paranormal investigator and I have seen some pretty wierd stuff. I just want to know what it is. Is it a demon? It could be but demons are monopreasant. Multiple ghosts can be seen. Is there some cross between Heaven and Hell when spirits srill walk the Earth.
[Advice to a woman whose husband is serving an 11 year jail sentence]
"For richer, for poorer. For better or for worse." has got to mean something. You both vowed to stay with each other no matter what. If you love him, stay with him. If you don't love him, you should still stay with him. It's a commitment.
Technically, hubby has the discretion to divorce his wife in this case and it wouldn't be a sin, but then both of them would need to stay single until one of them passed away.
[Replying to 'if none-Christian faith healers can achieve similar results as Christian ones, it would seem to point to something other than the Holy Spirit doing the actual work. A trancendent universal force independent of specific religion, or ancestral spirits, perhaps?']
You are right, there is some other spirit doing the work, and its name is satan.
God is black and white ladies and Gentleman, and if you are not saved by Christ, then you are against Him and doing satans work whether you want to or not. God is black and white ladies and Gentleman, and if you are not saved by Christ, then you are against Him and doing satans work whether you want to or not.
4 of satans best lies
1. Making you think you are not saved
2. Making you think you are saved
3. making you think that doing Good will get you eternal life
4. Letting you gain wordly intelligence which proclaims to be above Gods word causing you to believe that there is no such place.
[On the Canaanites, who in the Old Testament were slaughtered, men, women and children, by the invading Hebrews]
The people against God was actually on Gods land and thus was TRESSPASSING, and infact it says that if a person is tresspassing, you are allowed to defend your home even if death is needed for protection- it is not considered murder. No sin
looking at rocks with instruments that we made with our own so called intelligence with nothing to actually compare anything to.
versus a book of historically correct facts and evidence of a perfect geneollogy that dates back nearly 6500 years ago...
and I saw this...
What evidence are you considering? Nothing has been proven either way, that is b/c of the lack of or lack of reliability of the so called evidence.
We christian discard all your scientist's so called evidence for the same reason scientist discard the bible.
I repeat, your evidence is no more valid than the bible.
Yes, Ghandi went to Hell. We are not saved by our works
I have no idea if Hitler went to Heaven or not
[This creationist slander of Charles Darwin just keeps getting more pathetic by the minute!]
Apart from the fact that Darwin was actually a lawyer sent to to foreign lands by the British revolutionaries will the soul purpose of disproving the creationalist theory. He actually formed his theory with little or no foundation and absolutely no knowledge whatsoever regarding the biological make up of organisms. The idea was that if religion could be disproved (even using an entirely 'made-up' thesis) their would be no belief in divine rights (i.e. the belief that the King/Queen is given their position by God) and therefore the Royal Monarchy could be overthrown. In saying this I am not trying to convince anyone that evolution is not real I am merely presenting you with FACTS that are not taught in schools but can be uncovered with research into this area so you can make up your own minds based on evidence from both sides.
This entire premise, that God will send you to hell, is wrong. People choose their own final destination. You can as easily choose to go to hell or heaven, all you need to do is accept the gift of salvation that is freely offered. If fear or your ego prevents you from doing so...Don't blame God. You made the choice on your own.
Now stop whining! It's childish and it hurts my head.
[On infants who get STDs like AIDS from their mothers]
Yes, they are punished for the sins of their parents.
Well Allah and Islam are a synogogues of satan. No, no God would openely promote the torture of babies, rape of women, mass slaughter of Christians and terrorist bombings.
[Sarcastically commenting on pacifism]
No, absolutely no violence under ANY circumstance. That includes being raped by some gay man... the pacifist victim shall not defend himself, for it is unGod like behaviour.
With the female issue, Satan is decieving you and trying to convince you to take down your shield and be struck by a poisonis arrow that will cause you to feel great bliss...
Unbelieving parents do not have a covenant with God and are in his disfavor. Their children would not be under a "spiritual blanket" and would face the same punishment as their parents.
I think this idea is supported by the cleansing of Canaan. Joshua was commanded to kill every living thing, which included children and babies. Infants were considered unclean since they were members of a pagan culture that their parents participated. Israeli children were considered clean because they were part of God's chosen culture.
you can cloak yourself in a fantasy world that there is no god, and live without god that's okay thats your choice
[So much for 'under God' being compatible with any religion]
I hate how everyone is all God Bless America, but when you mention Jesus they freak out. Like what other God are we talking about?
I haul my ass out of bed at 5 AM every morning so I can make a living. Before I see a penny of it I pay taxes.
Out of those taxes contraceptives are paid for by me for those who want to fuck but don't want to work."
"Out of those taxes unwed mothers are being paid more for welfare. Once again, they get to fuck, but they're not working and no one is working on their behalf. So I help to bear the brunt of their cost of living."
"Anyone who claims what goes on "in the bedroom" is no one's business is blind. When it comes out of my check, it is my business.
[Helpful advice for the depressed!]
Why would you want to kill yourself and spend eternity in hell with satan?
[Arguing against science]
Tell me why the oldest human remains ever found were homo sapien.
No one, without God, can love someone purely. Human love has motives and personal desires. God's love is unconditional.
Consider relief workers. Christian and secular groups both go to remote places to help people. Some would say that both groups were loving. I'd say that for the most part, the Christians are going out of love for God and people. I'd say that the secular types are going to satisfy a need within themselves (warm fuzzies, "I made a difference, looks good on a resume, etc).
Unregenerated sinners can not love someone with God's love.
[Feel that brotherly love towards their own!]
Whoever claims to be christian but does not believe their is a hell, well, all I got to say is I am sure someday it will be proven to you.
[On natural sexual urges]
So if someone has a "completely natural" urge to never exercise and eat five yummy chickens and seven pints of ice cream every day it would be wrong to resist? Telling that person to resist that urge would be "horrible and repressive"?
[It leads to rape, too!] Your right, the urges you have. If you are 13 years old, playing with yourself, trying to determine whether or not it's right. What in the hell is going to happen 2 years from now, if you can't control these urges you speak of, now?? Hmmm.... As I said, 'Rape? WHO KNOWS.'
[On Noah bringing little baby dinosaurs on the ark to conserve space]
And why not? There's no reason not to bring aboard juveniles instead of outgrown grandfathers. Their life expectancy would be greater anyway.
Back in the olden days son God was more concerned about keeping His new paradise (earth) perfect. If that was going to be acheived then obviously He didn't want idolaters, animal fuckers and others who disobey His commands so He instructed the Jews to kill them. Death wasn't really an issue in those days anyway and there weren't really many other religions. You die you go to Heaven. No real punishment.
[Sexual Repression for Dummies!]
So the solution is to keep your eyes and mind pure (it works). Is there any way in which sexual imagery is making its way into your life? Through pornography? "Soft-core" stuff on TV? Magazines in check-out lanes? Lustful gazes at girls at school/work? Fantasy?
Find the sources that feed your sexual urges, and squash them. Then you'll move towards true freedom =).
Do I really need to explain it? It sort of speaks for itself doesn't it? God doesn't like homosexuality and since there is no law against it He punishes it with Aids and other STD's.
[Comparing masturbation to murder]
And to the bright ones who say 'if it makes you feel good, why not.' So your saying, if I kill someone, merely because I want to feel power, and feel alive/good... It's ok, because what.. It makes me feel good? haha...
[On the apparent intelligence of atheists]
Also, I wouldn't rely too much on the heathen. Just cause they 'sound' smart don't mean they are. IQ tests are the true nature of intelligence. Einstein IQ was 160, Marylin Monroe IQ was 168.
[Arguing for the veracity of the Columbine martyrdom story about Cassie Bernall after it was exposed as an urban legend]
Hmm.. Maybe things we THINK are PROVEN, are really HOAXES.
In fact, this HOAX existed so LONG, someone wrote a BOOK about it.
[On Jehovah's Witnesses]
I don't know if i'm wrong, but i heard that they believe that only 144 000 people go to heaven because it's literaly wrote as this somewhere in the bible, while milions of them still anoying people knocking at their door trying to push their retarded beliefs and convert while it seems clear that they're just a bounch of lost dumbfuck who better likes to see their childrens die than to get blood transfusion...
Why do we have AIDS? B/c Africans refuse to abide by God's laws.
I dont think poverty is as bad as people may think, though I havent really experienced it myself so how should I know? But if those who are poor wish they had more, is it any different from those who want more and have it, and always want more?
So in the end, there are three true religions, but I believe that Christianity is most true, since we accept what Muslims and Jews do not.
The aids disease spreads itself through pre-marital unprotected sex among the homosexual/heterosexual/bi population, intrevenous drugs, blood transfusions etc all of which God is against."
"Condoms are of man and not of God, therefor condoms are a way of cheating the system which God has established against these sins.
[Solid advice on when you have doubts of Christianity being true!]
Lucifer questioned God's authority.
That's how he became Satan.
Nothing wrong with seeking truth.
There is much wrong with doubting it.
Plus, the bible hasn't yet been proven wrong or fallable. Yes there have been several links and websites saying they have, but shoot guys, there is a website proving that there wasn't a haullacost(sp?) and that all the jews fronted the 6 million deaths to make the germans look bad. If people can be so easily thrown by that one little thing from a huge action that happened, then of course you will be thrown and lead to beleive something about something so minor and detailed.
[Plus, it harms other people!]
Doing things that feel good but are harmful to other people is a sign of immaturity. All you need to do is grow up and it will be simple.
God doesn't want to keep us from having fun it's about being a good person and not hurting other people.
[On Reinhard Bonnke, a faith healer]
i have some booklet that the guy helped write or something on the holy spirit - its pretty good
it was at his church service that a wife brought her 3 days already dead husband in, and the guy got ressurected
he doesn't send anyone to hell they march proudly into it
[On why people don't believe in God]
It's because they cannot think for themselves!
If there was no God, there'd be no atheists.
[After another very specific prediction of the Big Bang theory was confirmed]
i dont see how this proves the big bang,
the scientists could be making wrong conclusions, it could maybe be somthing else,
who am i supposed to believe, scientists who dont know shit compared to God, or God??