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To The Christians...What Denomination Are You?
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 (December 17, 2014 at 9:33 pm)Godschild Wrote: Calvinist do that also, they believe only God knows who He has preordained to be saved, so they still get out the word, God does work in mysterious ways. I never understood the point to Calvinism. If god has already preordained who's to be saved, then why bother? ![[Image: Bumper+Sticker+-+Asheville+-+Praise+Dog3.JPG]](https://images.weserv.nl/?url=1.bp.blogspot.com%2F-d-3rfdI7nG0%2FTerwtFyFXoI%2FAAAAAAAACak%2F7kFSmHeVrng%2Fs320%2FBumper%2BSticker%2B-%2BAsheville%2B-%2BPraise%2BDog3.JPG)
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December 18, 2014 at 7:09 am
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2014 at 7:09 am by TubbyTubby.)
 (December 17, 2014 at 10:34 am)Nope Wrote: Thread titles are difficult to create so hopefully mine made sense. So which one is with the People's Front of Judea? MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment) (December 18, 2014 at 7:09 am)TubbyTubby Wrote: More to the point, if he preordained those to be saved why bother letting my mum give birth to me? Because he's a prick. I thought we already covered that part.
All of you are predestined.
You get to choose to walk in it or not. (December 18, 2014 at 8:54 am)professor Wrote: All of you are predestined. So we're actually not predestined at all.
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December 18, 2014 at 9:04 am
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2014 at 9:12 am by watchamadoodle.)
I've noticed Christians on forums never want to share anything concrete about their religious beliefs past or present. It makes me wonder if their practice of Christianity is mostly limited to role playing on the internet. Maybe preaching on forums is their primary means of feeling Christian? I don't understand why Christians never want to say specifically what they believe. They always say they aren't religious and so forth. Probably they keep their specific beliefs nebulous so nobody can criticize them.
 (December 18, 2014 at 8:54 am)professor Wrote: All of you are predestined.I chose to "walk in it" for a while, then I looked down and realize what I was stepping in and made a different choice.
"Well, evolution is a theory. It is also a fact. And facts and theories are different things, not rungs in a hierarchy of increasing certainty. Facts are the world's data. Theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. Einstein's theory of gravitation replaced Newton's in this century, but apples didn't suspend themselves in midair, pending the outcome. And humans evolved from ape- like ancestors whether they did so by Darwin's proposed mechanism or by some other yet to be discovered."
-Stephen Jay Gould  (December 18, 2014 at 8:54 am)professor Wrote: All of you are predestined. You mean it's more like a personalized recommendation?
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition
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December 18, 2014 at 9:52 am
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2014 at 9:54 am by Drich.)
(December 18, 2014 at 5:53 am)abaris Wrote:(December 17, 2014 at 9:33 pm)Godschild Wrote: Calvinist do that also, they believe only God knows who He has preordained to be saved, so they still get out the word, God does work in mysterious ways. That concept is Paulinian in nature, John Calvin simply pointed back to it. So why bother? Because 'we' don't know who has been called and who has not. Look at the example of Paul/Saul of Tarsus. He started out life Hating Christians, and ended up being one of the Founding Fathers of the Church. This mean just because one maybe at odds with God now, does not mean God has not called them home.. That said not all are called come. So again why bother? Because 'we'/none of us Christian or not know who has or has not been called home. (December 18, 2014 at 7:09 am)TubbyTubby Wrote:(December 18, 2014 at 5:53 am)abaris Wrote: I never understood the point to Calvinism. If god has already preordained who's to be saved, then why bother? How do you know you haven't been pre-ordained to be saved? (December 18, 2014 at 9:04 am)watchamadoodle Wrote: I've noticed Christians on forums never want to share anything concrete about their religious beliefs past or present. It makes me wonder if their practice of Christianity is mostly limited to role playing on the internet. Maybe preaching on forums is their primary means of feeling Christian? I don't understand why Christians never want to say specifically what they believe. They always say they aren't religious and so forth. Probably they keep their specific beliefs nebulous so nobody can criticize them. See the above comments and do your worst. :Razz: |
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