(June 17, 2015 at 4:04 am)robvalue Wrote:Quote:How about Christians try and ask God to come down and fix the stupid book instead of telling him what he means in it?
I can't imagine a statement being more out of tough with sanity than this. Christians do not see the Bible as needing to be fixed, nor do they tell God what it means. We rely on God to open up His word to us. There are some who believe they have heard from God and state things that are not true or make a big deal out of small things, these Christians are acting more like politicians than Christians inspired by God.
In actuality it is the unbelieving who believe the Bible needs to be fix,why, because they do not understand what the Bible is nor have they sought God to reveal it's deeper truths, those truths that can only come to a spiritually understanding heart and mind that lives in a relationship with God. For your information the Bible is a text book given to man to live a spiritual relationship with God, If you or anyone else makes more out of it than this you'll never understand.
Quote:What a load of crap. It's a crap book. It wouldn't make it past the first round of proof reading by five year olds without being torn up.
So you are a five year old who can't comprehend the written word of an omniscient God, we already knew this.
Quote:So I was thinking: this is meant to be the God of the whole fricking universe. So you'd think that one single planet could agree on who this God is, assuming there has been any actual contact. But no, the planet cannot agree, there are different religions. And not even the religions can agree, there are thousands of sects within some. And not even the people within each sect can agree, they all get different messages from God.
God has given each one the right to decide what they want for there lives, He's asked Christians to let people know what He desires for their lives. He does this without force or even pressure from himself, I know of no one who believes God ever pressured them into choosing Christ. People may have done this to other people and this isn't right, especially in the eyes of God.
Quote:Not what I'd expect. Either the method of communication is worse than dial up attached to a paper cup, or everyone is imagining things.
Those who have surrendered their lives to God have no need to imagine things, we've been given the proof. It's those who rely on their own understanding who imagine all sorts of things.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.