What's the easiest way to explain the gospel?

by proclaim_truth 30 Replies latest jw friends

  • bohm
    bohm

    oh the humanity CA, you just wanted people to stop posting a viewpoint you didnt like, only asking for a bit of censorship to suit your preferences, and all of a sudden people was giving you a reality check!

    Persecution, i tell you!

    And now once again you are trying to tell me to cheer up -- you try and tell people not to derail the thread, then you make it about your emotions and get passive-agressive with another poster. The truly awfull thing is i bet you think you are being really smart with your spiell.

  • Christ Alone
    Christ Alone

    Read my last post, bohm. And cheer up! No one was calling persecution. I was calling for "sticking to the thread topic". It just seemed like this was going to turn into another rehashing of the believer v non believer threads. There are a ton of those. It's nice to have a variety.

    And actually I'm only saying "cheer up" because it made me laugh. Yes, I'm easily amused.

  • bohm
    bohm

    CA: And actually I'm only saying "cheer up" because it made me laugh. Yes, I'm easily amused.

    I have no problems visualizing that..

  • hamsterbait
    hamsterbait

    The fact remains that the GOSPEL tells us that God has it in for every single one of us, because our purported original naked parents ate a piece of his fruit.

    Unless we tell God how wonderful he is for having his own son butchered instead of us, he will have us sent to Hell to be tortured forever by another imaginary being who had the effrontery to disagree with him.

    That is the Good News.

    Almost as bad as "Buy the Watchtower or our god will kill you and dash your babies to pieces on the wall."

    HB

  • steve2
    steve2
    I was pointing out that immediately the thread was changed into another believer v non believer thread.

    CA, my comments were not framed in terms of believer v non believer so your conclusion about what I did to the thread (e.g., derailed it) is wrong.

    In my initial response, I provided a basic sociological overview of what the gospels accomplish - so took a slightly different approach to the question posed in the thread subject line. I rounded it off by including a centuries' old quote that had observed well before our day and age that humans in general - which, um, also includes me - are predisposed to want something to be true.

    Your reaction to my pretty brief comment appears to have been colored by statements I have made on other threads. If you had not known my previous posts, you probably would not have given my comments a second thought.

    You were the one who first raised the believer v non believer divide. You have definitely contributed to derailing the thread topic - which is fine. But you do need to own your own contribution to the way this has panned out.

  • Christ Alone
    Christ Alone

    I already admited this, steve. On page 1 I said: That being said, you're right Steve...I think I derailed this more than anyone...oops...

  • steve2
    steve2
    I already admited this, steve.

    That's okay - I'd say my comments probably did not help either! Besides, it's not a sin to derail a thread and the 'trick' is getting thew topic back on track or just going with the flow.

  • myelaine
    myelaine

    dear trebor...

    this: "that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures" can truly be appreciated when you understand the magnitude of the gift that Jesus gave of Himself.

    the scripture that comes to my mind is: isaiah 53:10-11

    ...God the Father poured out His wrath against the sins of ALL mankind on the Son...not a one of us could bear the wrath of God for just our own sin so Jesus took the punishment for each individual who will apprehend God's gift. He was bruised for our iniquities.

    love michelle

  • 144001
    144001

    The easiest way to explain it is to state the reality: it's fiction.

  • Finkelstein
    Finkelstein

    What's the easiest way to explain the gospel ?

    Second hand bullshit that people make religions out of or religious publishing companies ( WTS.)

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