RE: Christian recall notice
February 23, 2015 at 1:11 am
(This post was last modified: February 23, 2015 at 1:14 am by Thumpalumpacus.)
(February 22, 2015 at 8:15 pm)ether-ore Wrote: I think if you are really interested, you would be seeking to find God by coming to understand what He requires of you.
You are advising someone who doesn't have faith to have faith. How, exactly, should he go about that task?
(February 22, 2015 at 8:15 pm)ether-ore Wrote: All a believer can do is provide information. It is the power of the Holy Spirit that converts, and this will never happen unless you are humble enough to be open to it and in tune with it. These things are a matter of choice.
What information can you provide?
Remember, you've claimed you can provide information. Do not supply opinion and dress it up as fact. Provide information -- i.e., facts.
As for the "power of the holy spirit", it cannot even command me to capitalize its pronoun.
(February 22, 2015 at 8:15 pm)ether-ore Wrote: I just wanted to reiterate that the mistake you are making is expecting someone or God to come to you. It is you who has to approach God on His terms, in prayer and in the name of Jesus Christ and through sincere scripture study... not to find fault, but to understand.
Well, your god must not really care for people, then. See, I have a son. And when my son is about to err, I do what I can to prevent that, before he errs, even if it means that I must (gasp!) present myself in his life and give him a positive example.
Now, you think that your godling is perfect, yet he cannot even do what I, a mere mortal, does. He cannot become present to give the right example for behavior he wishes to see.
Why should anyone worship your absent god? Why should anyone obey an invisible policeman? Your deity has been AWOL for two millennia. If he cares, let him show his face.
If he doesn't show his face, he either doesn't care, or doesn't exist.