RE: How can a Christian reject part of the Bible and still call themselves a Christian?
October 6, 2016 at 5:24 pm
(This post was last modified: October 6, 2016 at 5:53 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 6, 2016 at 3:12 pm)Lek Wrote: The "ghost" is there if we are seeking him.
Doesn't the call to seek (or sincerely seek, or whatever qualifier you're going to add next) comes from the ghost? So how is anyone supposed to seek the ghost, that needs to call them for them to seek...and without whom a proper reading can;t be had? You need to understand that the way -you're- describing it, it's all on the ghost. There;s no sense in shifting responsibility (or blaim) for all of this shit you've claimed for the ghost on a man..just because you can;t fathom it not having shown up when the proper rites and incantations were muttered.
Quote:Zillions of people have read the scriptures, but they are not seeking the truth.Does it matter, so long as it leads to jesus....? You -just- told us that the bible was not authoritative in and of itself....how do you extract truth from something that isn't authoritative?
Quote:If "he" is really reading with a true openness and a sincere seeking of the truth then I can't say. This is my experience with myself and others and this is what the bible says. I believe I'm right. If I'm not, hopefully I'll become aware of that soon and will change my beliefs.But you did say, in fact you said so many things that all of them can't be simultaneously true. Do your beliefs have the ability to alter truth, or make contradictory statements true? Or is it just that no amount of contradictory statements is a problem so long as they all end in jesus? In any case, do you think it's wise to hinge your belief system on an ungenerous assumption regarding anyone and everyone who's read the bible and -hasn't- met a ghost?
"My claims are true, and the only reason that they didn't pan out for everyone they didn;t pan out for.... is because those people are all close minded, insincere non-seekers". Really? Meh, fine, if you believe it, you believe it..but at least clean up your batshit claims so that they -could be- true...if you're going to go the full asshole route.
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