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[nihilistcat]

[Iroscato]

Still waiting on a proper answer to my question, Randy...

My apologies. I forgot to logoff before going to work; I haven't actually been online all day.

What was your question?

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With all of history behind us, and all that is to come ahead, how do you feel knowing your faith is but one of thousands of religions that have arisen, and will eventually decline and fade into nothingness? How do you still believe in a system that will inevitably be lost to time in the centuries to come, becoming nothing more than a footnote in historical academia?

TL;DR - your religion will one day be lost to time and is in the grand scheme of things, utterly irrelevant. How do you reconcile with that?

I'd appreciate an answer that actually addresses the question, rather than your "Double dumbass on YOU"-esque attempt earlier.

[Randy Carson]

[rexbeccarox]

Mod hat :


Care to add your own thoughts before I report you, once again, for spamming?  This is a discussion board and large walls of copypasta text without your own thoughts is against the rules.  


/Mod hat

Go for it.

I gave a scripture-based answer to a direct question. Since this is the Christianity sub-forum, I think I really ought to be allowed to explain my faith using my scriptures. The question and answer related to the Christian worldview.

Now, if you would rather just ban me rather than see the word of God posted in your forum, knock yourself out.

But your heavy-handedness in this regard gives the appearance that you are afraid of being confronted by the truth of God's Word. If God does not exist, then meaningless Bible verses shouldn't trouble you in the least. But they do, don't they?

And be honest, if I were an atheist, you wouldn't give a damn what I posted as long as it fit your personal belief system.

So, either I defend my faith my way, or you can ban me and go back to telling yourselves that you really showed another Christian what for.

I'm happy either way.

Oh, you poor, persecuted little special snowflake.  What troubles me is not Bible verses (hahahaha!), rather your breaking of the rules we've had in place for years.  I'm a moderator; it's my job to make sure people are following the rules.  My personal feeling that you're an annoying mosquito who makes my job more difficult has nothing to do with it.  What are you doing on a discussion forum if you can't discuss things in your own words?  Nah- don't answer that; it really doesn't matter anymore.

[Randy Carson]

My apologies. I forgot to logoff before going to work; I haven't actually been online all day.

What was your question?

---

With all of history behind us, and all that is to come ahead, how do you feel knowing your faith is but one of thousands of religions that have arisen, and will eventually decline and fade into nothingness? How do you still believe in a system that will inevitably be lost to time in the centuries to come, becoming nothing more than a footnote in historical academia?

TL;DR - your religion will one day be lost to time and is in the grand scheme of things, utterly irrelevant. How do you reconcile with that?

I'd appreciate an answer that actually addresses the question, rather than your "Double dumbass on YOU"-esque attempt earlier.

Your questions are based upon some assumptions that I do not accept nor do I believe them to be within the realm of possibility. Consequently, I do not think about these things at all.

Jesus said:

Matthew 16
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it[/b].

Matthew 28
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age[/b].”

The Catholic Church will not fail before the return of Jesus, and I'm not convinced that will be much longer...perhaps not in my lifetime, but sooner rather than later.

[Esquilax]

[Iroscato]

With all of history behind us, and all that is to come ahead, how do you feel knowing your faith is but one of thousands of religions that have arisen, and will eventually decline and fade into nothingness? How do you still believe in a system that will inevitably be lost to time in the centuries to come, becoming nothing more than a footnote in historical academia?

TL;DR - your religion will one day be lost to time and is in the grand scheme of things, utterly irrelevant. How do you reconcile with that?

I'd appreciate an answer that actually addresses the question, rather than your "Double dumbass on YOU"-esque attempt earlier.

Your questions are based upon some assumptions that I do not accept nor do I believe them to be within the realm of possibility. Consequently, I do not think about these things at all.

Jesus said:

Matthew 16
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it[/b].

Matthew 28
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age[/b].”

The Catholic Church will not fail before the return of Jesus, and I'm not convinced that will be much longer...perhaps not in my lifetime, but sooner rather than later.

You poor thing. You have no idea how utterly blinkered your little world is.

[Randy Carson]

Go for it.

I gave a scripture-based answer to a direct question. Since this is the Christianity sub-forum, I think I really ought to be allowed to explain my faith using my scriptures. The question and answer related to the Christian worldview.

Now, if you would rather just ban me rather than see the word of God posted in your forum, knock yourself out.

But your heavy-handedness in this regard gives the appearance that you are afraid of being confronted by the truth of God's Word. If God does not exist, then meaningless Bible verses shouldn't trouble you in the least. But they do, don't they?

And be honest, if I were an atheist, you wouldn't give a damn what I posted as long as it fit your personal belief system.

So, either I defend my faith my way, or you can ban me and go back to telling yourselves that you really showed another Christian what for.

I'm happy either way.

Oh, you poor, persecuted little special snowflake.  What troubles me is not Bible verses (hahahaha!), rather your breaking of the rules we've had in place for years.  I'm a moderator; it's my job to make sure people are following the rules.  My personal feeling that you're an annoying mosquito who makes my job more difficult has nothing to do with it.  What are you doing on a discussion forum if you can't discuss things in your own words?  Nah- don't answer that; it really doesn't matter anymore.

My posts are annoying because you are convicted by the Word of God.

You will use your "rules" to silence me - I've been expecting that - but everyone can see through your actions, becca.

Isn't it ironic that you (ab)use your authority in this forum to shut me up while atheists like yourself are constantly screaming that the Catholic Church was guilty of doing the same thing to pagans and non-Catholics in the early Church?

So, how is your censorship of me any different from the alleged abuses of the Catholic Church which you hate?

[Iroscato]

And the veil drops. Fuck off, you petulant little child

[Randy Carson]

Your questions are based upon some assumptions that I do not accept nor do I believe them to be within the realm of possibility. Consequently, I do not think about these things at all.

Jesus said:

Matthew 16
17 Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by my Father in heaven. 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it[/b].

Matthew 28
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age[/b].”

The Catholic Church will not fail before the return of Jesus, and I'm not convinced that will be much longer...perhaps not in my lifetime, but sooner rather than later.

You poor thing. You have no idea how utterly blinkered your little world is.

That is possible.

Alternatively, it is possible that you are living in darkness and cannot see what I see.

This forum perpetuates that.