RE: What Is The Point Of Prayer?
August 23, 2013 at 6:48 am
(This post was last modified: August 23, 2013 at 6:50 am by discipulus.)
(August 22, 2013 at 11:17 pm)Esquilax Wrote:(August 22, 2013 at 5:59 pm)discipulus Wrote: Jesus of Nazareth who is called the Christ is a person. He is also God incarnate so I do not understand what you mean by the barrier is too high.
You're kind of begging the question, there. The intimation I was making was that god would need to be real to communicate, and since... well, I'm an atheist, obviously I don't believe that. Injecting Jesus into the conversation is effectively the same as talking about Spiderman, unless you can demonstrate the existence of Jesus.
Until then... my point stands.
What do you mean demonstrate the existence of Jesus?
(August 22, 2013 at 6:47 pm)Maelstrom Wrote:(August 22, 2013 at 5:59 pm)discipulus Wrote: I know I am communing with God when I pray because through faith and obedience, I have over a period of time cultivated a relationship with Jesus Christ and I know His voice. Kind of like how you know your brothers voice or your fathers voice because over time you have heard it and know what it is like and the kinds of things they say.
In the same way, when I pray and when God speaks to me it is not with an audible voice but rather an impression or a sense that only the spiritual regenerated man possesses. It is by grace through faith and this not of myself but rather the gift from God.
Replace "God" with invisible pink unicorn, and see for yourself how crazy you are.
Why would I do that?