There has not been a Christianity thread in a while...
Aww, come on fellers. You can't let this one die.
How about the people who lived before Jesus walked the earth. No way of salvation for them? Since they did not know of or accept Jesus as their lord and savior? That's a pretty good amount of people sent to burn in hellfire and brimstone. 
How about the people who lived before Jesus walked the earth. No way of salvation for them? Since they did not know of or accept Jesus as their lord and savior? That's a pretty good amount of people sent to burn in hellfire and brimstone. 
I have. Quite in depth in fact. In my eyes, and under my interpretation, its a great book, filled with wonderful STORIES and analogies. Great "book of morals" .
A factual documentation, it isn't. Some of the stories take place at real times, in real places perhaps, but the stories contain such a simplistic view of the world, with simplistic explanations it can't be taken word for word. These people who wrote the Bible, weren't alive during the time the stories took place. These are the same people who thought the world was flat, thought sneezing may allow your soul to escape, people who thought so differently, your willing to believe on this one thing though ? Doesn't make sense to me.
Believing in god is human nature. Following religion is arrogance.
A factual documentation, it isn't. Some of the stories take place at real times, in real places perhaps, but the stories contain such a simplistic view of the world, with simplistic explanations it can't be taken word for word. These people who wrote the Bible, weren't alive during the time the stories took place. These are the same people who thought the world was flat, thought sneezing may allow your soul to escape, people who thought so differently, your willing to believe on this one thing though ? Doesn't make sense to me.
Believing in god is human nature. Following religion is arrogance.
One of you guys should snap that up before it's gone.
I would, but I already have a good one.


The best though is how they think people who believe in God don't think science applies to anything. There are plenty of scientists who believe in God.
LOL guess you just don't understand... I hope and pray sometime soon you will. I will pray extra hard for you in a bit when I go to bed for the night. I will have a serious heart to heart with God about you. There is always hope.
I decided to let it go, I simply applied the same arguement in reverse. It was over. I know it is built into the human ego to think and live the way we do. I also know that in the end people's attitudes change. The way the creator designed us.

I'm just glad I found truth earlier than the end.
That's funny right there! You know all about those wild statements since you're throwing them out so frequently.
And there is the problem... in YOUR INTERPRETATION. Your putting all your preconceved notions into what you read. Example.. the world is flat believers of long ago. In Genisis it says how the world is round and not supported by anything.... long before humans believed it. They didn't follow the Bible. People wrote the Bible with God's insperation. Simplistic explanation? or God's devine hand that made the world? I choose the later. You choose the former. Because you think man is God. I know God is God. And we will be judged when we die. Good luck.
click on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o
Nothing "in depth" nothing "factual" but very funny, and an interesting way to look at it. I personally agree with much of what he is saying. Even if you don't, watch the whole thing just for chits and giggles. See what he says, and how he says it. He brings up good points. 12 minutes might be way too much of your guy's busy time though....
Last edited by MercedesTech; Sep 24, 2008 at 01:41 PM.
Sorry Merc, you're wrong. It is all in the Bible. Everything. Sorry you're so closed minded to be able to see it, since you are so well versed and completely understand everything in the Bible.

The rest of yas
"ya snooze, ya loose"

uh huh.....
Anyways, you at least click my link ? Its frickin George Carlin man, guy is funnier then most !
Why Pray ? Doesn't God have a Devine plan ??? Why pray ? You think he will re-write and change his whole plan just for you ??? A little selfish don't you think ? Worship is fine, but to pray is imposing on a friendship, no ? Asking a little much ? Doesn't He already have a plan ? What if what you pray for isn't in His plan ? Does he HAVE to listen to everyone whine and complain about the littlest things ? Man, that woudl SUCK.
Originally Posted by Jesus
Our Father, which art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Amen.
Hallowed be thy Name.
Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us.
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever.
Amen.
click on this link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o
He brings up good points. 12 minutes might be way too much of your guy's busy time though....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeSSwKffj9o
He brings up good points. 12 minutes might be way too much of your guy's busy time though....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y-yH_Qyipc
That’s what sucks about free will. If God flew down from heaven every time somebody hurt someone else, free will would be kind of a joke. That’s not to say God is silent on those issues, though – it’s entirely possible that the molestation was stopped sooner than it otherwise would have without some kind of divine intervention. If you die and it turns out God is more than a made up concept, you can ask him.




