RE: Sounds to Me Like God Said
October 7, 2015 at 9:52 pm
(This post was last modified: October 7, 2015 at 9:52 pm by Simon Moon.)
(October 7, 2015 at 12:07 am)Delicate Wrote:(October 7, 2015 at 12:03 am)Thena323 Wrote: Be certain that God will get the glory, regardless of the outcome.
If enough funds are raised to pay for her surgery, then He's "made a way."
If she withers and drops dead 2 months from now, the good Lord's released her and is "calling her home".
For any and all other possible outcomes, see: Testing of Strength and Part of the Plan/His Will/ Mysterious Ways.
See how easy brain cancer is when you just believe?
I get you're unhappy about this. But there's nothing wrong with it.
Sure there's something wrong with it.
People's beliefs don't live in a vacuum.
Their beliefs inform their actions.
The less one's beliefs accurately map to reality, the more likely they are to make bad decisions.
And, way too often, those bad decisions effect other people.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
