(March 23, 2012 at 2:20 pm)Welsh cake Wrote: You Christians set up all the different denominations, stop trying to escape the question with that 'God wills it' bollocks. Why can't you all stop arguing, resolve your conflicts and believe in the same creator?
Again Our Greatest Command is To Love Our Lord God with ALL of our Heart, Mind, Spirit, and Strength! Now because we are all different this love will look different from person to person, culture to culture, soceity to soceity. A person with Charasmatic gifts would not be full filling the Greatest command if he were forced to worship in a atmosphere designed for serious study and debate. Likewise the accidemic would not be able to worship God to the full fillment of our greatest command if he were made to worship God in the home of the Carasmatic. So God gave us the freedom to seperate ourselves to worship Him with All of our being, amongst like minded believers!
Now reread what i said about if God wanted us to all worship alike He would have given laws and commands like He gave the Jews. (they worshiped alike for this very reason)
Quote:You're not. You all have distinctive faiths from each other, hence the 35,000 denominations. United my arse. You're all a disorganised mess.Paul spoke of this using a very simple analogy. We are One body with many parts:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=1 Corinthians+12&version=NKJV (Read the whole chapter)
Quote:Your god concept is not my parent. He didn't adopt meNo He created you.
Quote: He doesn't keep in touch.When's the last time you called?
Quote: He doesn't let me know he's there.Maybe you just don't see what He has done.
Quote:He doesn't protect me should I get mugged or involved in an accident.What if a good mugging or a accident is what it took you to get past what you need to, to find God?
Quote:There is no relationship between us. None.Who's desision was that?
Quote:No god fathered me.And no God will, unless you Ask Seek and knock for that gift.
Quote:Apparently we can't, not when we speculate he's real and is currently hiding from us instead of interacting with us like any loving figure would, no.He is only "hidden" from those who do not seek Him.
Quote:panic: Its HELL THREAT TIME!Brother it is not a threat. If a man is driving on an uncomplete bridge sooner or later He will fall. If you tell this man of the impending fall are you threating him? or warning him of what he appearently does not see?