(January 14, 2015 at 11:40 pm)Godschild Wrote: I did not come to know much of the truths of scripture until I had grown up and studied for several years. Regardless of what most here say about the Bible it's not a fairy tale or myth (is there an actual distinction between the two) for enjoyable reading and leave it at that. It's a serious work that could have never come together in it's present form without an external guide(God).
Christianity has very little to do with feeling, it has everything to do with learning and knowledge, seeking what is true, knocking to receive the truth and after the truth is given it's up to you to reject it or accept it. Has any of this been a process in your life. You shouldn't leave learning to others they are fallible and might misguide you, a search with God will reveal what is true and real from what's a lie and false. Now I do not mean you shouldn't listen to others, you should, you should check it out against the Bible and find if it's the truth.
GC
Let me sum up my thoughts in a little scenario called..."The Crappy Vacuum"
Lets say theoretically I wanted to build a vacuum but knew before hand the design was flawed and ultimately knew withoute a doubt that I was only gonna get angry with it. Any rational Human being would probably save the trouble and not build the vacuum in the first place, right?
What god does is this...
Knowing before hand it's flaws and ultimately dissatisfaction (if you believe him to be all knowing) builds the vacume...then gets mad at it for being the vacuum he designed.
But it doesnt end there...
Instead of discontinueing the obviously "flawed" product...he goes on to manufacture millions and millions of that same vacuum only to be condemned into fiery damnation (which he knew already would happen but builds that particular vacuum anyway. For shits and giggles I suppose) and all that is only if you actually believe in all that bs...
It doesnt require allot of thought and research dude...just comman sence.
What "loving" father knowingly brings their child into the world knowing it was doomed to suffer hell fire?...deemed by none other then the father himself.
The Bible in of it's self was written by men, no matter how much you sugar coat it. Therefor opt to human error or personal "edit". I refuse to believe something just because it is said so in a two thousand something odd book...im sorry but no. But to be fair I will continue reading it (which am a good ways through already...never said I didnt read the bible "at all")
Im sorry if I came off hostile and offencive...but I really spoke from the debths with this.
