(September 17, 2018 at 9:52 am)Drich Wrote:(September 14, 2018 at 6:38 pm)Gawdzilla Sama Wrote: It says in the Bible that whatever you pray for, if you're a good Christian, it will be granted to you. So why didn't any good Christian pray for Florence to miss land completely?
In Christ's name.. whatever we pray for in Christ's name is the condition.
What that means is we are asking on the behalf of Christ not just saying his name. this means we are restricted for the things Christ would want for us to have.
You really don't know Bible because Jesus promises powers to Christians more potent than those of himself and Jesus is clear about it: John 14:12 says, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father."
And also Jesus wants his believers to move mountains around, Matthew 17:20 says, "Jesus said unto them .... If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you."
Not to mention most famous of all passages promising believers supernatural powers which provides one of the most readily accessible tests for the Bible's validity. In Mark 16:17-18, Jesus says, "These signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover."
Even today, Americans are dying because these verses are in the Bible. Unfortunately, all too often children pay the price for their parents' stupidity. Those who choose to put their God-inspired book to the test and really believe they can drink any deadly thing and play with dangerous serpents with impunity are headed toward catastrophe.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
