RE: Freewill
March 29, 2012 at 5:09 pm
(This post was last modified: March 29, 2012 at 5:21 pm by Godscreated.)
(March 29, 2012 at 4:51 am)FallentoReason Wrote:Godschild Wrote:I seek the truth within them so that I can better understand why Christ found us worth dying for. I seek the truth of God's love, I do not use the Bible for a history book because it was never intended for that purpose, the scriptures are about God's redemption of humanity and the love He has for His Messiah. It is my opinion that it doesn't take courage to seek out scriptural truth, a humble heart opens up much.Christianity is a purely historical religion you realise. The reason why I would dismiss Mohammad as a liar is because he had isolated 'encounters with god'. That's of no use if you want to prove something. The NT on the other hand is written by so called witnesses (except paul). You even have Jesus performing miracles in public where people could later on testify about what they saw.
I used to believe in the NT like I believed WWI happened. It was well documented and engraved in human history. Turns out the NT returns a negative because no historians had anything to say for or even against Jesus. History tells me he never walked the streets and healed.
Christianity is not a historical religion, man has tried to make history of christianity, to either try and dismiss it as you have or to blame it for undesirable consequences that have occurred in the name of christianity.
(March 29, 2012 at 4:35 am)genkaus Wrote:(March 29, 2012 at 4:00 am)Godschild Wrote: How is everyone sacrificed, Christ gave His life willingly even for those who refuse to believe, would you, I want to see you pull of the second part. RAISE FROM THE DEAD.
If I wanted to it'd be very easy to give up my life willingly.
And how is being raised from the dead a part of sacrifice. In a sacrifice, you give up something. You don't get it back and continue to call it a sacrifice.
Christ sacrificed his purity by taking on the sins of all of mankind. That lost purity, as it was before his death can never be recovered. I know you probably do not understand this or care to, but this is the sacrifice He made.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.