Divine Inspiration

[Darkstar]

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What about white lies? Gossip, anger towards another? Are these immoral you would naturally turn from? To God these sins (that our morality as trivalized are the greatest sins we can commit according to God.)

Morality is a crap standard that gives one a false sense of righteousness. That is why Christ identified the 'morality' of the preists of his day as "Self Righteousness." So everytime you wish to use you 'motality' as a standard to look down on or superceed the expressed will of God substitute that word 'morality' with self righteousness.

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(bolding added)
Well...thou shalt not lie is not a commandment. Gossip can hurt people and mere anger, if it is never acted upon, is only hurtful to the person holding it. Also, are white lies immoral if they are told to emotionally protect someone? It is debatable. As for the bolded, you still have no evidence to support that claim. Just because people are imperfect doesn't make their morals a 'crap standard'. Maybe people are deviating from morality, has that not ever occured to you?

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Then I guess I'm a terrible person because I don't believe.

congats! admitting that you are a 'terriable person is a step in the right direction of repentance.
"We" are all terriable people.

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That was obvious sarcasm. If everyone thinks of themself as a terrible person...well it's obvious why that would have negative effects. Think of The Scarlet Letter. Would you really want to live in a society like that? Is that society really more moral than ours? (Rhetorical:No it is not)

"God working in mysterious ways' is an answer given to the young in the faith.

It's the stock answer for when people can't explain god's actions. Like here:http://www.whydoesntgodhealamputees.com/god4.htm

To one who has trouble unerdstanding that one is not in the business of trading 'good deeds' for favors with God.

Agreed, one should do what is right on principle, not just because god says so. If god orders something immoral, you need to have the courage to resist it. After all, how do we know that he doesn't deliberately do bad things to see who is brave enough to stand up for what is right?

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Meaning if one lives a 'good life' he is not assured of always being provided what he wants or the life he wants to live. If this person's minds set can not comperhend a God beyond the one who trades 'good deeds' for the good life then "God works in mysterious ways" is all the answer that person will be able to comperhend. If you want an answer beyond that one then learn to sek God on His terms and stop trying to make God fit your understanding of Him.

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If you understand him so well them why don't you explain why he allowed the holocaust? Especially when Hitler evoked his name in doing it. Hitler's religious views, and religious quotes from him

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I have been literally given a winning lottery tickets worth of money. from a man I had only met maybe once or twice before and only in passing, and I could have spent it any way I wish. The prophecy however told me how to spend it, and I did/am doing. i did what I was told, and God is being faithful to the promise I have been given. For i am on the brink of 10x's what I had orginally been given.

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Define 'given'. If the guy gave you lottery numbers and those won, that would be one thing. However, if you have acquired wealth through other methods, then I don't know if that proves anything.

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Memory is a funny thing, you could have accidentally filled in his predictions with things that had already happened.

Ah, no. I was driving a 1964 Ranchero/Falcon (that i paid 500 dollars for) with seats that were not attached to the car and a plywood floors, with no heat or defrost, (Which was very memoriable because of how cold it was that day/evening) oh and I was living with my Father. so no confusion there about my finances.

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Fianances? I meant that you could have misremembered him as predicing something that later happened that he didn't actually mention. Also, the details about the car are not exclusive to that memory, so of course you would rememer them if you knew what car you owned at the time.

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If I was making this up don't you think after 15 years of telling this story I know enough to cut that bit out? I am being faithful to what has been said and faithful to the experience. He used the word Psychic but did not fully commit to it. I can only assume the reason he did this was to allow those of you who do not want to believe an out or a way to dismiss the account without forcing to accept or completely lie to yourself to overcome these events.
As a side note this also helped me develop the understanding as to the reason why does not provide absolute proof for everyone.

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Well, that leaves us with two options. Either you really are lying and just admitted you made it ambiguous to be more believable (not an accusation, just an observation of a possibility) or you misremembered. Again, why does god value belief without proof over worship? He has no reason not to give proof of his existence.

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How have they been ignored? There are many thousands of missionaries that dedicate their lives to Africa each year.. Or do you mean why God hasn't forced you or those like you to do something about the need you see in Africa?

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Missionaries go to Africa...so does the peace corps, and the peace corps doesn't say god told them to. (I don't even know if many missionaries say that) The fact is, the problem is still there. Jesus fed the hungry, but god is relatively apathetic about the Africans.

God orders several genocides in the bible, so that isn't really a contradiction.

Noope

No as in, yes it isn't a cotradiciton, or no as in he didn't order genocide? Genocide in the bible If you don't believe the site, then look up those passages referenced in an actual bible.

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Maybe when you gain a few more life experiences you will understand. There is nothing else I care to share that can help me communicate this to you. all I can say, is that even if you know how something will work out it is still very possiable to be disappointed with the outcome.

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So, if I understand you correctly, god knew that the path he was on would end up in dissapointment...but he didn't change anything. And I am supposed to assume that he had a good reason for going against his own will?

About the bolded; I think there is some paradox about his omnipotence regarding that, but I can't remeber what it is. Does anyone else know?