RE: Theism is literally childish
November 12, 2017 at 8:38 pm
(This post was last modified: November 12, 2017 at 8:42 pm by possibletarian.)
(November 12, 2017 at 12:09 pm)Neo-Scholastic Wrote:(November 12, 2017 at 9:10 am)Jörmungandr Wrote: Bullshit.
“For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of His Father with His angels, and will then repay every man according to his deeds. Truly I say to you, there are some of those who are standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in His kingdom.“ (Matthew 16: 27, 28)
Jor, I'd stick to philosophy if I were you. Every passage of Holy Scripture must be considered in light of the whole testimony of the Bible. Please don't make the same mistake as many Christians do by pulling one verse from its context to make a point. Even this one verse that you quoted, is steeped in allusion to prior texts and foreshadows those to follow.
Now here is the problem we have Neo, Christians love to quote scripture, but when it's quoted back at them use this typical type of vague excuse, that the early church thought Jesus would return in their lifetime is not in question to most scholars .
Romans 13:11
And do this, understanding the occasion. The hour has come for you to wake up from your slumber, for our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.
I Corinthians 7:25~31
25 Now about virgins: I have no command from the Lord, but I give a judgment as one who by the Lord’s mercy is trustworthy. 26 Because of the present crisis, I think that it is good for a man to remain as he is. 27 Are you pledged to a woman? Do not seek to be released. Are you free from such a commitment? Do not look for a wife. 28 But if you do marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin marries, she has not sinned. But those who marry will face many troubles in this life, and I want to spare you this.
29 What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short. From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not; 30 those who mourn, as if they did not; those who are happy, as if they were not; those who buy something, as if it were not theirs to keep; 31 those who use the things of the world, as if not engrossed in them. For this world in its present form is passing away
*Bold Mine
We could go on, but Christians love to slide between fact and allegory as it suits them making a nonsense of the bible itself, proclaiming that others do not truly understand, but often they do so without explaining it themselves or when they do it's so twisted and tortured relying on snippets from other scriptures (and by doing so committing the same offence)
'Those who ask a lot of questions may seem stupid, but those who don't ask questions stay stupid'