RE: Ask, Seek, Knock
October 12, 2012 at 12:23 am
(This post was last modified: October 12, 2012 at 12:30 am by Brian37.)
(October 11, 2012 at 9:57 pm)Drich Wrote: I have used the Term: Ask, Seek, and Knock A/S/K and the verses in Luke 11 to describe the start point of Christianity in several threads now. Does everyone understand this principle fully? Do you know what you are A/S/K for and you do you what that looks like when you get what you A/S/K for? Do you know what to do with it when you got it?This is nothing but appeal to emotion. You fell for this and since you did and it sounds so great to you you want to sell it to others.
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What you don't like is that even Thomas Jefferson did not view questioning like you do.
To you questioning is nothing more than "Learn more about us"
Jefferson's view was "Kick the shit out of the tires, investigate, and if you don't like the product, dont buy it"
"Question with boldness even the existence of a god, for if there be one, surely he would pay more homage to reason than to that of blindfolded fear".
Google that phrase and you should be able to find the entire letter. Later on he goes on to say that if your questioning leads you to end that there is no god, then you are being honest with yourself.
You only want questioning like a Salesman at a used car lot wants you to ask you about the pretty lemon he wants to stick you with.
"Get to know me first" is what the seemingly nice boyfriend says until you marry them and end up in the hospital.
Questioning requiers the ability to go where the evidence leads, not where you want it to go.