(November 11, 2016 at 6:00 am)Tazzycorn Wrote:(November 10, 2016 at 9:22 pm)Emzap Wrote: No, its because if you look back, there are about 10 pages dedicated to discussing abortion. We disagree. We will continue to disagree no matter how much we defend our own sides.
I know that some Christians and especially 'so called Christians' use God as an excuse and a cover to do horrible things. I know that this is probably true of some churches, and some church leaders. Sin affects all of humankind. Christians aren't exempt. We aren't perfect people, as much as some claim to be. But we realize our brokenness and need for forgiveness and for a savior, Jesus Christ. Knowing Him and believing in Him doesn't make us perfect. The struggle with sin won't end until we reach Heaven. And then there are those who masquerade around churches who are really not Christians. They do horrible things with no conscience against it. It happens in churches, and that breaks my heart. Scandal happens in schools, in the government, in families, and in just about every aspect of society. What a broken world we live in.. But that doesn't change what I believe about God. My hope is build on nothing less than Jesus' blood and His righteousness.
If humans are the final culmination of the perfect god's perfect plqn, then why are they so flawed, both physically (George W Bush nearly choked on a pretzel while in office, for example) and morally (eg Mother Teresa got off on the suffering of those she was trying to help, Pat Robertson gets off by thinking of all the little old ladies he's put into destitution over the years).
Oh and you still haven't answered my last question, what will you do when you realise that jesusism is a lie?
They are flawed because of sin. Because they have chosen a way to live apart from the way God wants for them, and that sin has been passed down generation to generation. But God sent His son, Jesus, to die to pay the penalty for our sin and to redeem and restore those who believe. This isn't in this life, but in the next. There is hope that the brokenness of humanity will be fixed. Also, I don't know that humans are the 'final culmination' of God's perfect plan. There is more to God's plan than this life, this time, right now. Its not over.
I don't plan for something I don't think will happen. What will you do when you realize that Jesusism is true? If I'm wrong, I lose nothing. But if you are wrong, you lose everything. In light of eternity, I want to be right with my Creator.