RE: When you prayed did it ever work?
October 31, 2012 at 11:59 pm
(This post was last modified: November 1, 2012 at 12:07 am by Drich.)
(October 31, 2012 at 4:12 pm)DoubtVsFaith Wrote: He was talking about your bias, not God's bias. You are biased towards counting the hits and ignoring the misses. Maybe, just maybe, if you didn't do that you wouldn't believe in God in the first place.
If 8 times out of 10 you got shocked when you turned on a given light switch, would it be your belief that the next time you turn on the switch even though 2 times out of 10 you did not get shocked? Or would the 'hits' preveil over the 'misses?"
(October 31, 2012 at 4:16 pm)Faith No More Wrote: So, how is it possible for someone to "turn their back on the cross" when they don't believe the deity involved exists in the first place? Am I turning my back just by denying its existence?
You out of everyone here know how you can have assureance of the existance of God. All you need is the Smallest amount of faith to simply ask, seek and knock, as He has taken the time to outline in Luke 11, and God will open the gates of heaven to you and give you what you are looking for. Because you will not humble yourself to God, you are turning your back on what He has offered you in the way of the 'proof' you know you need.
(October 31, 2012 at 4:33 pm)Faith No More Wrote: So, how do you compensate for your own bias when determining whether you're actually talking to god?
The sheep know the Shepard's voice. When God speaks or directs 'we' know. We know where our knoweledge and wisdom end. Wisdom or direction beyond our ablity to give or offer (when it aligns with scripture) it comes from God.
