RE: Why do christians think god communicates with warm fuzzy feelings instead of direct verbal speach?
December 3, 2012 at 5:05 pm
(December 3, 2012 at 7:52 am)Brakeman Wrote: It makes no sense for the holy spirit to require a magic decoder ring or a special sensitive technique in order to communicate with his followers.That is why Christ Gave us the parable of the talents/Bags of Gold in Mt. 25 and in luke 19. So that something like the principle of rewarding faithfulness with More in the way of spiritual gifts does make sense.
Quote:If a rational holy ghost wanted to talk to you it simply would in the fashion seen so many times in the bible.Who did the Holy Ghost speak to that did not want anything to do with God? The Pharasees fit that bill (Meaning their was plenty of oppertunity) but did not ever speak to one of them directly or rather did not speak to them in a way the directly understood.
Quote:If it didn't want to talk to you it just wouldn't. The Gnosticism technique of which you and Drich seem to employ was thrown out of the church quite a few centuries ago. The masons revel in codes and secrets too.StrawMan. Your ignoring what has been said in favor of your own repersentation of the arguements presented.
Quote:Again, why can my dog communicate more clearly and more effectively than your holy spirit?Because you love you dog and try and make an effort to understand him.
Quote: If the holy spirit had a nugget of wisdom to impart into you, why wouldn't the message be godly perfectly clear?It is, and further more it is in plain sight. For everything 'revealed' has already been written down in the bible. Do you honestly think i have anything new to offer here? Everything I say is just a different look at the same old bible. That what the Holy Spirit does for us on a personal level. It takes a principle that has already been established in scripture and breaks it down for you and writes it on your heart so YOU can understand with or without a teacher.
Quote:You and Drich are probably not the only two "real christians" in the world. If the holy spirit guided all the real christians once a year even, we would be sure to see such a statistically massive difference in good effects among society. Yet this is not seen. Christians become criminals and divorce just as much as any other population set, if not a bit more. American atheists have better metrics than the christians, how is that possible with even an inkling of divine guidance?
Because you have altered the standard in which righteousness is measured. (It is not hard to hit the bar when you lower it first.) For if it were where god set it then None one could reach it. "Divine guidance" is just thier to show you that you Can not ever reach the standard of God so as a sinner we must yeild to the attonement offered. That is why you will find the big sinners" reaching out to God before the self righteous who think it possiable to obtain a perfect or acceptable level of 'morality.'
