RE: What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold?
March 24, 2018 at 9:27 pm
(This post was last modified: March 24, 2018 at 9:45 pm by He lives.)
(March 24, 2018 at 8:24 pm)drfuzzy Wrote:(March 24, 2018 at 7:19 pm)He lives Wrote:
Yeah. Same book. Thousands of different denominations. Get 5 preachers from the SAME denomination and ask them about a passage, and you'll get 5 conflicting responses. Interesting, that. You would think, if some deity wrote a book and wanted people to follow it, that it would be a lot less confusing. And you would think that if a deity was actually inspiring it's mouthpieces on earth, the inspiration for a passage would be the same for every preacher. But no - for thousands of years, what we get is "we have it right and those guys over there aren't REAL xtians".
Yes it is interesting that people have so many perspectives, but we can figure it out if we put forth the effort. Here is my perspective of the Bible:
(Old Testament | Ecclesiastes 12:13 - 14)
13 ¶ Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.
14 For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
(March 24, 2018 at 8:29 pm)Jörmungandr Wrote:(March 24, 2018 at 7:19 pm)He lives Wrote: Are you saying she was fully conscious during the entire operation? Her eyes were taped shut and she was still able to describe surgical instruments and the surgical procedures used on her.
More at:
https://www.near-death.com/science/evidence/people-have-ndes-while-brain-dead.html
Her physical brain was not conscious during the operation, but her spirit saw everything that was happening during the operation. When she woke up she remembered everything her spirit had seen. That is how she was able to describe everything that happened. I still don't think you are understanding what I am saying here.
