Short version for those who didn't want to read through all my posts above:
"Damn Romans! Yahweh, how can you see this and do nothing to help? What happened to our promised kingdom?"
"Maybe it's not on this earth. Maybe it exists in the sky with Yahweh."
"You mean we don't just go to Sheol (the grave) when we die?"
"No, we go to live with the Messiah in Heaven."
"Sounds good to me."
...and the rest is history.
"Damn Romans! Yahweh, how can you see this and do nothing to help? What happened to our promised kingdom?"
"Maybe it's not on this earth. Maybe it exists in the sky with Yahweh."
"You mean we don't just go to Sheol (the grave) when we die?"
"No, we go to live with the Messiah in Heaven."
"Sounds good to me."
...and the rest is history.
Atheist Forums Hall of Shame:
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist
"The trinity can be equated to having your cake and eating it too."
... -Lucent, trying to defend the Trinity concept
"(Yahweh's) actions are good because (Yahweh) is the ultimate standard of goodness. That’s not begging the question"
... -Statler Waldorf, Christian apologist