(February 27, 2013 at 12:27 am)Drich Wrote: What is being advertized? that anyone who A/S/K will experience The Holy Spirit/God. How is this false advertising?
Because it is presented as if it is a matter of inquiry, of asking a question and receiving an answer. It is nothing of the sort. It is coming up with an answer yourself and awaiting verification. The answer is entirely dependent on what you expect to get.
Quote:Have you considered that the reason this method was put into place was to help seperate the wheat and the weeds? To even further seperate the wheat from the Chaff?
Of course I have, and that is why the whole thing is a stupid joke. You can't ask the question honestly and ever expect an answer.
Quote:God Demands that we first Humble ourselves before Him, and then allow Him to lift us up.
Ever think that if You can not Humble yourself before God and do this one thing, then maybe He does not want anything to do with you?
That is precisely what I am demonstrating: you have to make assumptions for this to even work. You cannot humble yourself before God until you assume he's even there and before you assume that the Bible is correct in requiring you to humble yourself. Just a giant con for giant suckers.
Quote:NONE of this stuff is needed. Christ tells us (whether you believe it or even know of it or not.
Fuck's sake, listen to you. I have to accept ALL of those things on that list before what "christ tells me" matters!
Quote:All that one needs to have is the faith of a mustard seed that will lead him to A/S/K, and the Holy Spirit will take care of the rest of your list and then some.
I don't think mustard seeds are capable of faith.
Quote:When I started I could not check any of those items off of the list. All I had was an honest desire to know the truth, and enough loyality to be faithful to what God gave me. And even then I was only as faithful as i needed to be. The only real thing I brought to this adventure was a driving desire to know God if there was a God to be known.
That paragraph is full of assumptions. The biggest one is assuming that you ever got an answer.
If you did not have the assumption that there was a personal God who cared about you, you would never have attempted to contact that specific God using a specific biblical method. Perhaps you would have made a naked plea to whatever God listened, but that would not have gotten you an answer from Yahweh. Yahweh is not interested in answering questions from people who don't already believe in him, you've said as much yourself.
Quote:How long does one masturbate before he has the courage to A/S/K out a proper mate?
Even if I had the courage to 'ask' a fictional person on a date, I'd have to seriously delude myself into thinking I could ever receive an answer.