Atheists interpret bible verses

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

My favourite Bible verse:

'It is easier for a rich man to pass through the eye of a needle than it is for a camel to.'

(The original text was somewhat garbled).

Boru

[Ravenshire]

Holy crap, that's funny. I'll see your fantasy literature, and raise you:

"Then Ilúvatar spoke, and he said: 'Mighty are the Ainur, and mightiest among them is Melkor; but that he may know, and all the Ainur, that I am Ilúvatar, those things that ye have sung, I will show them forth, that ye may see what ye have done. And thou, Melkor, shalt see that no theme may be played that hath not its uttermost source in me, nor can any alter the music in my despite. For he that attempteth this shall prove but mine instrument in the devising of things more wonderful, which he himself hath not imagined'."

- JRR Tolkien, The Silmarillion

Tolkien was a prominent Christian and his writings reflect it every bit as much as C. S. Lewis. Just thought you should know.

And, I enjoyed the "Lord of the Rings" and "The Chronicles of Narnia" for the fiction they were. What's your point?

[Wyrd of Gawd]

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Here's a cool verse to think about when you go to a funeral:

Isaiah 14:11 (CEV) = "Your pride and your music have ended here in the world of the dead. Worms are your blanket, maggots are your bed.”

[sinnerdaniel94]

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadth unto life, and few there be that find it.

Here's a cool verse to think about when you go to a funeral:

Isaiah 14:11 (CEV) = "Your pride and your music have ended here in the world of the dead. Worms are your blanket, maggots are your bed.”

That's an appropriate one for an unsaved dead person, but this passage is commonly said at Christian funerals. Very comforting words.

14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
15 For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
16 For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
17 Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
18 Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
1 Thessalonians 4

[Losty]

what sets Christianity from the other religions is that it deals with the problem of sin. There is a clear solution.

Define sin and prove that it exists

Still waiting.

[Bob Kelso]

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadth unto life, and few there be that find it.

“Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn."

[robvalue]

Define sin and prove that it exists

Still waiting.

I'll add to the request:

...and tell us why we should care about it.

[Hmmm?]

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadth unto life, and few there be that find it.

I'm a kjv girl myself...

2 Peter 2:16 the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet!

I'm with the dumbass...trying to forbid the madness of the prophets...yet, I can't seem to find any to listen to my cry!

[GrandizerII]

Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadth unto life, and few there be that find it.

I'm a kjv girl myself...

Just curious. What do you know about how the KJV came about?

[Hmmm?]

the sun and moon will be darkened and stars won't give its light and a massive earthquake will rock the world and then sign of the Son of Man will come in the clouds. everyone will see Him and some will mourn and others will rejoice because they will forever be with the Lord.

that is the sign that will prove his deity

How do you know, Daniel?




Deuteronomy 18:20-22, But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die. And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the Lord hath not spoken? When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.



How long does the prophet get for his words to come to pass, Daniel? 200 years? 2000 years? How could the prophet be put to death if he is predicting events that wouldn't happen for hundreds or thousands of years?