the beleievers testimonials, even the ones of the form;
person interviewed after horrific accident/fire/disaster and claiming God/Jesus/angels saved them (and let everyone else slowly crispify in the conflagration)
and yet we NEVER here from these people later after they have started their own personal experience based One True Faith Ministry. They all seem to go back to their prior lives. One might think if God Almighty had taken time out from throwing gas balls around the firmament to personally save Joe Shmoe from a gas leak that leveled his apartment building, Joe there might launch a big successful ministry. Failing that, since Joe was Saved, and whatever schism of Christianity he happened to attend on Easter for the prior 10 years MUST BE THE ONE TRUE FAITH now, why aren't the hierarchy of that church trotting him out in a nationwide ad campaign pressing their (righteous) claim ?
If these things happen, and are interpreted that way, why don't we see the follow up that should logically flow from these experiences ?
Boils down to what I don't see from these 'personal experience/witness' folks is plausible behavior afterwards that would indicate they themselves REALLY believe it. And if they did, mebbee I'd take the claim a little more seriously.
person interviewed after horrific accident/fire/disaster and claiming God/Jesus/angels saved them (and let everyone else slowly crispify in the conflagration)
and yet we NEVER here from these people later after they have started their own personal experience based One True Faith Ministry. They all seem to go back to their prior lives. One might think if God Almighty had taken time out from throwing gas balls around the firmament to personally save Joe Shmoe from a gas leak that leveled his apartment building, Joe there might launch a big successful ministry. Failing that, since Joe was Saved, and whatever schism of Christianity he happened to attend on Easter for the prior 10 years MUST BE THE ONE TRUE FAITH now, why aren't the hierarchy of that church trotting him out in a nationwide ad campaign pressing their (righteous) claim ?
If these things happen, and are interpreted that way, why don't we see the follow up that should logically flow from these experiences ?
Boils down to what I don't see from these 'personal experience/witness' folks is plausible behavior afterwards that would indicate they themselves REALLY believe it. And if they did, mebbee I'd take the claim a little more seriously.
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
