(May 2, 2016 at 7:02 pm)IATIA Wrote:(May 2, 2016 at 12:35 pm)Godschild Wrote: Reading the Bible without the Holy Spirit's guidance will leave you with as much understanding as you had before you picked up the book for the first time.
From what I understand, your god sent it's words to us that we would understand and no qualifications were made other than believe it or go to hell.
Good statement, you just proved the necessity of the Holy Spirit's guidance to understand scripture. Actually though this is a idea that can be understood through just reading, if you cared to ever do that, if not then you should refrain from making false statements about scripture.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.