[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?
Of course Harry Potter isn't about Christianity. The reasons it opposes Christianity is that it supports magic. Magic is bad according to Christians. In the old testament you were commanded to kill anyone who was a witch. So you don't think kids really get into Harry Potter adn try to do magic and stuff? Ok, that's you opinion. All I want to ask is when is the last time you worked with kids? L[ord]O[f]T[he]R[ings] is alright because magic isn't it's main theme and if you know anything about the books the only people who could use magic were semi-gods sent from the west (or god) to help battle Sauron. It's the Christian idea of God sending the Holy Spirit to empower and help us in our daily struggle against Satan.
you can cloak yourself in a fantasy world that there is no god, and live without god that's okay thats your choice
[On why a kind God would use the threat of Hell as an... incentive at all]
Like I said before if there was something other than torment then who'd worship Him.
Bisexual's are the saddest of all. At least Choose one. Lets not forget what happened to SWEDEN for being neutral.
GOD DOES NOT NEED TO PROVE HIMSELF TO ANYONE. ESPECIALLY YOU. ALSO, ITS CALLED BLIND FAITH! HAVING FAITH IN SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT SEE.
I read a book recently called the Isbane Conspiracy, it was a great book and i made me open my eyes. Book and movies and even tv shows marketed toward young people are basically of the devil. Harry Potter give a child the idea that witchcraft is fun and not harmful. When in real life it is very real and not of God. Why would a believer think it is ok for anyone to read or watch something that outright goes against the teaching of His Word!!!
Read it though The Ishbane Conpiracy, it will change the way you look at things!!
[After being asked to explain what sin was commited by babies and blood transfusion recipients to warrant AIDS]
I said it can be, not always. In the case of sexual immorality, it is. Not in the case of the baby. And not in the case of most transfusions, either, unless they had done something horrible and hadn't repented.
God does not cause sickness and disease. When you sin (Christian or not), you move out of the covering of God and are susceptible.
Additionally, God created doctors and gave them the knowledge. Use commen sense and see a doctor if you have a problem.
Starting August 1st I got a promotion! Right before that we were looking into buying a brand new car, so the timing was perfect. Isn't God good?! Yes!
[Replying to 'does your 12-year old think the stork delivered him?' on a topic where he asks how to explain sex to the kid]
and he just answered to the second question "yes".
God clearly instructs us to worship Himself... the Holy Trinity. If you do not then you worship another God and this is called Idolatory which condemns you to Hell. Thus explains the reason why Jews and Muslims go to Hell.
Yeah I like this side of the fence. We can be weak and not have the ability to resist our fleshly lusts. All of this we can do without a loving being breathing down our necks warning us of the danger we are in. And on top of all that fun, we get to go to hell! Woooo hooooo! I just can't wait.
Atheism - For the Common sense impaired.
Du, that's Pathetic.
[On why the dinosaurs went extinct]
The other theory is that before Adam and Eve were the dinosaurs. God created them and didn't like them so He flooded the earth and started again.
[On relationships]
Jesus said that we must be willing to hate our brothers and sisters to pick up the cross and follow HIM. If GOD wants you two together, you'll be together. If not, let go, focus on GOD. HE will deliver to you what is to be!
Much Love
E777
The continued existence of the Jews proves there is a God. (Think about what this means for a moment).
Why would man develop a religious system like Judaism then spend all of his time rejecting it? Surely man would come up with something easier.
[on Christian militants and going to war for God]
I'd much rather chill and scripture about it. But if GOD said " Take him/her camping " That's it. Sorry! Nothing personal!
Unfortunately, some don't see the shame is such a lifestyle and that is why they promote it and endorse it in everyway to the youth of America. They are cleverly trying to utilize the influence of the public educational system to promote their agenda. You say the "gay lifestyle" is NOT a belief system, then please explain to me why there are Gay Churches???? Sounds like a belief system to me my good friend.
[After deciding to stop arguing that evolution shouldn't be taught because it's a 'religion']
Ok, fine, anything which cannot be proven [shouldn't be taught], there satisfied. Good. Don't teach it or teach em all.
Muslim = BAD. It doesn't matter if they're extremists or normal they're still MUSLIMS. Muslims are responsible for a huge amount of crime throughout the world. There is an overwhelming amount of world crime caused by Muslims doing what they consider 'normal'. That includes Christian bashing, rape of white women and murder. Islam when practiced according to its faith is not the problem. It's the false Muslims who shape it. Islam is out of control and must be taken care of. God bless America.
[Right after quoting a biologist who wrote 'When scientists speak of evolution as a theory they do not mean that it is a mere speculation. It is a theory in the same sense as the proposition that the Earth is round rather than flat is a theory']
So, even in the scientific community evolution has not been proven to be valid.
[Arguing against Christianity being called a religion because it's "God reaching out to man, not man reaching out to God", despite the dictionary definition of 'religion']
Besides if you would have read my post completely instead of looking for a petty argument you would have read that 2000 years ago there were no dictionaries. So what makes you think that a book that contains all meanings and explainations of the english language is correct? Expecially since it was written like no more than 200 years ago!
And just think of all the people killed and deceived at Satan’s hands. The top 5 killers of all time were either Satanist or Atheists. Does Hitler or Stalin ring a bell? Why don't you consider that? You are a fool Trickster you have believed the great deceiver!
The problem in these "developing countries" is that you got people screwing everything that moves. Look at Africa rite now, the reason that you're having that huge AIDS epidemic over there is cause nobody's limiting themselves to just their spouse(s). No amount of condomns is gonna solve the problems being caused there, just abstinence. OOOOHHHHH I just said a bad word there. I'll say it again. Abstinence. Is it too much to ask people to control themselves until they get married?
[Replying to questions of how it can possibly be fair to condemn people based on religion]
Jews, still waiting for the Messiah. They saw Jesus, knew He was the Messiah but chose not to believe Him. The reason the Jews didn't believe in Him was because He didn't typify what God's son would look like. Jesus was plain looking and rejected even among His desciples. The Jews hated Christ.
Islam is really Satans religion. The Muslims accept Christ as a prophet from God but believe Muhammed to be the son of God. The Muslims also believe the OT and NT to be valid forms of doctrine. Now why would God want 'terrorism' to be the main focus of religion. Simply read the Quran, and you'll see what I'm talking about.
Christianity is the one TRUE religion. Jesus Christ is the Son of God. We are taught everything Good in this world. God is from the light, there is no darkness in him and as soon as your realise this then you'll see why other religions are wrong. Muslims, Jews, Atheists etc may never change their word because Satan is deceiving them into believing they are right... I can only pray for them.
[On killing people who worship idols]
Please rule it out with scripture. The NT instructs us not to murder. Murder is unlawful killing. But if we were to kill idolaters wouldn't that be justified in Gods eyes?
[Everyone knows that personal experience wins the argument once and for all]
Trying to make it less of a sin, huh my friend? I know a rape victim, and we also knew the rapist. Apparently he felt it wasn't enough out of her just to see her. A fucking kid's life ruined because some horny fuck needed "more of a response" from his subject.
[Replying again to allegations of hypocrisy relating to Islam and Christian extremists]
How sad. I can tell you right now that as much hatred you have for us then you can double the hatred Muslims feel for you. Feel free to defend the Muslims... the ones that teach death to all people who aren't in the Muslim faith. No the Muslims don't give a flying f**k about YOU or America. How can you be so naive... or are you just a sheep... following the crowd? No, the only people who care about you greatly are the Christians. Do you not understand that? Open your friggin eyes and take a good hard look around.
My reasons for doubting are simple, yet incredibly hard to explain. Let me say this: look at modern dogs. They vary so much in size, shape, and other characteristics, yet they are all dogs and are produced not by Evolution (chance mutations with survival of the fittest) but by their built-in ability to reproduce. Yet, if you were to give me a plethora of modern dog bones (died within the last few years), I could eventually assemble them in such a way as to make one set of bones appear to be an evolved version of another set. And I could easy do such a thing by insinuating (and assuming) that any "gaps" in my little "evolutionary record" are simply fossils that haven't been found yet, or have been destroyed by whatever means.
[Responding to 'Any people here that aren't pagan, christian, or atheist?']
Gotta re-configure this one for us Christians!
If you're not Christian, you're pagan(of the world)
And I don't think there are any aliens on the forum.
[On being asked why Christianity should be taken more seriously than any other religion]
cause of all the proof available. its historically acurate. non-christian manuscripts describe things in it like the flood and jonah and the whale which people wouldnt regularly believe in. one dude wrote that the skys did turn black early and the was an earthquake and people did rise from the dead when Jesus was crucified. And he wasnt a Christian until he saw it all.
[On the rather unwholesome idea that Jewish people killed in the Holocaust are now in hell for eternity because they didn't accept Jesus]
If the gassed jews are in hell then they're in hell. It doesn't change the way I feel about God. I think that most probably are (except the children). God plainly states He sends no one to hell, but can only save people from hell. He gave people free will to choose heaven or hell... it's actually a choice. I infact believe that since God desires us to be like Him then eventually everyone will end up in Heaven since I don't believe in eternal punishment as justfication. This may go against my Christian beliefs but it's how I truly feel and if I'm wrong... oh well.
['Is there a point where we should reject a powerful tyrant's authority even at great risk of personal injury?']
Yeah if you want to go to hell. I don't.
But Kuuenbu, "Creation" is held by its adherants to be as much of a "theory" as is "Evolution" by its adherants. Both are actually religious doctrines (of Christianity and Humanism, respectively) and "origin-myths" (to swipe a phrase from anthropology), it's just that most (though not all) Humanists are willing to admit it.
[On the tower of Babel]
Plus there is this lil dude named Satan? yeah. As long as the people did not beleive in God, there are then capabilities that Satan could give them... ungodly wisdom maybe??? Wow, look at our world today!! We know millions of languages.
All that aside, do you live in a freakin' cave? Do you have any gay friends? Good grief, if you want to talk about homosexuality and consequences, as my dead grandfather. Yep, gay, and dead at 56. AIDS. Most of my gay friends are on the same route. Every time one of my friends comes out of the closet I cry. Not because of sin, but because I know how they are going to die. Its a dangerous road they are on. Homosexuality is rarely about two commited life partners. It is usually about getting laid a lot from a lot of different people.
[When asked why, if sorcerers exist, we don't see any one of them displaying fantastic powers]
they dont run around shooting lightning bolts or flying on broomsticks, or battling for the quidditch cup
go to your local big book store and pick up one of the wicca books - in the new age section
they cant do shit really - but they can do some small things and it is all demonic however much they deny it is
[More on masturbation]
THEY FEEL THAT THEY HAVE THE POWER TO MAKE THIS WOMAN HAVE SEX WITH THEM. IF THEY HAD THIS SAME POWER IN REAL LIFE WOULD THEY GO THROUGH WITH IT? DO YOU NOT GET IT?! THAT WOULD BE RAPE..
You do realise that the concept of Heaven originated in the Old Testament... do you? You do realise that there is no evidence out there to suggest there is a heaven outside of the Bible?
[After being asked to explain why chickens have genes coding for teeth if evolution is incorrect]
u give a good argument. in revelation it says that the birds and vultures will eat the many dead. There are some species of birds that do have teeth. The "tooth" gene may have just been a gene that was given to all birds just like the beak or flaps [so they could eat people??]. i will do more research on this and get back on it.
[Replying to allegations that Christian extremists can be just as bad as Islamic ones]
Christianity is NO WAY supports the KKK. The KKK may be made up of Christians (I don't know) but they are rascist and not Godly. They are not doing the will of God and what has been taught to them. Abortion clinics are usually the result of hippie do-gooders. Any Christian associated with abortion clinic bombings is doing much evil in the eyes of God. Of course there are going to be so called Christian whackos out there who are going to shame the Christian faith by doing evil deeds, but they are simply rebelling against God... or taking matter into there own hands. I ask you to not base your perception of the Christian religion based on the immoralities of idiots. I ask you to read the Bible, a law based on love, kindness and most importantly, truth. There you'll seek the true nature of God.
[On why he believes pagans object to Christianity]
It reduces your social life to zilch. He/She's merely providing an excuse so they can do bad stuff and think they get away wif it.
[Even more!]
WELL IT IS, IT'S MENTAL RAPE. A PERSON HAVING SEX WITH SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T HAVE THE CONSENT OF THAT PERSON SOUNDS LIKE RAPE TO ME.
[After being mocked for misrepresenting Newton's laws]
i dont know if u have ever took science class. i think it was newton who discovered it. one of the things he said in the law is "what comes up must come down."
and by the way. there is no law of evolution. darwin the founder even has said it is a theory. and to this day it is not proven. neither is creation but there is more proof to support chritianity than evolution.
[After being asked to answer some questions to clarify his position on medicine]
Ok Crash I'll answer your questions. However I'll answer them according to my faith.
['Do you believe that bacterial infections do not exist?']
1.I believe bacterial infections do exist, but if you live a pure and Godly life in Christ, then you won't have to worry. (Bible quote: Even their poison will not harm you)
['Do you not believe in viruses?']
2. Same answer as #1
['Do you believe that mental diseases are caused by demon possesion?']
3.yes I do
['Do you believe that sickness is simply demonic influence or perhaps a direct result of sin?']
4. A direct result from sin is demonic influence. (The day you taste the sulfur will make you believe this.)
['I'm trying to understand if you're totally contradicting hundreds of years of medicinal research or just in some way explaining it in spiritual terms.']
5. Medicinal expertise has nothing on GOD. The answers above should give you what you need.
If I can help you with anything else let me know.
Peace
E
[Probably wondering about Bible verses describing Satan as the 'prince of the powers of the Earth']
This may sound stupid but it's food for thought none the less.
If Satan is behind all temptation and works the ground of the earth then wouldn't temptation be non existent in space, since Satan is not in space but on earth?
So basically what I'm saying is did the people who went into space (Armstrong, Space station etc) ever feel tempted by anything ungodly?
If they didn't well then that proves temptation is from satan but if they did then I think that can be explained by inner demons... of which we all have.
Any thoughts?
hey, i just thought i would tell you that using an [magic] 8 ball is sorcery...it opens up the door for satan to attack you. just letting you know. i would ask forgiveness and get rid of it i were you.
And dictionary's are not as reliable as the Bible. uh Duh.
[After being asked if Hell makes any sense at all]
Absolutely not. The only reason I believe in hell is cause it's in the Bible and since I believe the Bible to be Gods word then I believe there's a hell. If it wasn't in the Bible then I would thinks it's a fantasy and untrue.
You have to believe with your mind before you can think with your heart, and your not going to believe in your mind if you don't wish to.
I've got jury duty this week. I was able to postpone it from spring break until now. So could you guys pray for me to either not get selected (since fall semester is starting real soon) or if I do to makie the judgement God would have me make and somehow handle the load of that, work, and school. Thank you.