06 Jul 16
Originally posted by KellyJayI agree with this, to an extent. We don't need to know the future to have faith and react to the world we live in, in a way that pleases God. God knows our hearts, and I'm absolutely fine with that.
I am not the one claiming to know how God should view things that is you. My abilities
start and end with my abilities to gather information from the universe around me. The
God of the Bible sees it all quite differently since God sees it all at once, has total
knowledge about the largest pieces to the smallest, and can act any where, at any time,
or an ...[text shortened]... would need to know
the hows and whys we are here now. That is NOT knowledge you currently have.
06 Jul 16
Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeDo you know anyone without pride and ego?
Said the whale to the manatee
'now religion's just vanity,
Pride and ego man took
and put down in his book.'
Ecclesiastes 1:1-3King James Version (KJV)
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
06 Jul 16
Originally posted by KellyJayHey, take it up with the whale.
Do you know anyone without pride and ego?
Ecclesiastes 1:1-3King James Version (KJV)
1 The words of the Preacher, the son of David, king in Jerusalem.
2 Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.
3 What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
07 Jul 16
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Originally posted by apathistHe does it not based on whether we are good or not, but on what we believe without evidence.
No. If the Bible is true, then God is evil. If the Bible is true, then God is evil. An all-powerful creator putting mortal souls into eternal torment for any reason at all? It gets worse. He does it not based on whether we are good or not, but on what we believe without evidence.
A creepy ancient Hebrew god of war. I piss on it. There are way better gods all over the place.
Actually we will be judged for the works we have done, whether good or bad.
2 Corinthians 5:10King James Version (KJV)
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
As for the evidence there is plenty of that.
Romans 1:20New King James Version (NKJV)
20 For since the creation of the world His invisible attributes are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead, so that they are without excuse,
07 Jul 16
Originally posted by FetchmyjunkHow goes the cherry picking old chap?
[b]He does it not based on whether we are good or not, but on what we believe without evidence.
Actually we will be judged for the works we have done, whether good or bad.
2 Corinthians 5:10King James Version (KJV)[/b]
10 For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.