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[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.
[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.
GOD DOES NOT NEED TO PROVE HIMSELF TO ANYONE. ESPECIALLY YOU. ALSO, ITS CALLED BLIND FAITH! HAVING FAITH IN SOMETHING THAT YOU CANNOT SEE.
[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.
[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.
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.
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?
[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.
[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?
God isn't forcing His love upon us. If He did then we would have no choice but to love Him. He'd be taking away our free will. So He's giving us a choice. Love Him and your reward is Heaven. Reject Him and condemn yourself to Hell. They are the two options God has presented us with and the ONLY two options. Remember God doesn't send us to hell, we condemn ourselves to hell. You give your wife a choice, "stay with me and we'll spend the rest of our lives together or go your away and never see me again". Are we as Christians afraid of Hell? Very much so, but it's necessary for us to keep our love in the Lord or risk losing faith.
Yet i maintain that God is the origin of that evolution process, not Darwin.
Which Quran were you reading? Of course people will tell you Islam is of love and peace but don't be fooled. Believe me when I say many Muslima in America wants glory to be Allah and death to the congress. For Islam is held higher than any national patriotism. Of course there are good Muslims out there... they just understand the difference between 'right' and 'wrong'. I ask you to actually read the doctrines before making generalisations about a particular faith.
[Commenting on another theist's slightly different belief in God, one which doesn't require accepting and loving Jesus to be saved]
May I ask you how you can love something that you've never even met, felt or heard? I bet you've never even seen god. How can you love something you don't even know?
The book of mormon contradicts the bible at every turn, and even contradicts itself, it's total bull.