(January 6, 2017 at 12:51 pm)downbeatplumb Wrote:(January 5, 2017 at 6:28 pm)Godschild Wrote: Obvious? I see nothing in the Bible that's fantasy. Yes, I've read it from beginning to end and many hours studying it. No fantasy, all reality. Believe I asked for some proof not just what pops into the head.
GC
I give you the tale IN THE BIBLE of Sampson and delila.
http://christianity.about.com/od/biblest...elilah.htm
This is a woman who robbed a man of his strength by giving him a haircut.
All reality no fantasy, yeah right.
What's fantasy here is you believe that this woman robbed him of his strength.
dbp Wrote:Quote:Using her powers of seduction and deception, Delilah persistently wore down Samson with her repeated requests, until he finally divulged the crucial information. Having taken the Nazirite vow at birth, Samson had been set apart to God. As part of that vow, his hair was never to be cut.
When Samson told Delilah that his strength would leave him if a razor were to be used on his head, she cunningly crafted her plan with the Philistine rulers.
I could go on but it really is a load of bollocks. And rather obvious bollocks at that. I cannot believe that anybody can believe tat that is real for even a moment, how gullible would you have to be!
Now let me explain what I said above. As you posted Samson took a vow to God and then broke that vow, he sinned against God and God took his power. Delilah was an instrument in God's work, if you hadn't given up on the rest of the story you might have seen what I'm explaining. Samson's power was restored even though his hair had been cut off, the whole time it was God's power within Samson, some of the same power that created the universe.
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.