Posts by iCeltic

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4 sincere questions for those that believe there is a God

by S EIGHT in

greetings.. allow me to set the questions up.. after 30 years in the truth (i'm now late 40's) and having established the truth about the truth i consider myself agnostic going on atheist.. i struggle to believe there is a god when i observe life yet i try to convince myself there must be something out there.. here's the basis of my question: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23583116 .

in summary, 2 young boys have been killed by a snake that escaped from a pet store in canada.

it made it's way up through the ventilation into the apartment they were staying in.

iCeltic

The post about god stepping in and saving his wife and child is so blinded and narrow minded. Are your wife and child more precious to god than mine, or anyone else's?

People with major health problems, ones that seemingly are hopeless, pull through everyday without explanation, it offers absolutely no proof whatsoever that god exists and that he saved them. It's almost unbearable reading idiotic comments like that.

of course you are, like everyone, welcome to believe that's what happened, but stating it as a fact is lunacy.

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2 she-bears kill 42 children

by confusedandalone in

jw
friends

we all remember this passage vividly: from there elisha went up to bethel.

while he was on his way, some small boys came out of the city and jeered at him.

"go up baldhead," they shouted, "go up baldhead!

iCeltic

It's things like this that make me think surely the bible cannot be an inspired book from a loving god. It's not a case of having a good argument against the bible being true, it's more a case of things like this can't be ignored.

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Scriptural list of gods anger?

by iCeltic in

can anyone point me in the right direction, a good descriptive list of gods anger, genocide, vengeance and general things that we would view as bad and the scriptures next to it to show where these things are in the bible?.

iCeltic

MadGiant - perfect, many thanks.

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Does faith excuse serious problems with the bible?

by iCeltic in

i constantly read that having faith is the answer to knowing that god (or in most cases, jesus) exists.

but to me it's quite clear there are serious difficulties in believing the bible.. adam and eve.

talking snake.

iCeltic

My feeling is that many people want to believe in god and Jesus, so much so that they do. Having just read what Shirley said there and see how odd it would be to think that way, the want must overtake reason (IMO)

Of course I could be wrong, but to me belief in god asks way, way more questions than it answers.

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Does faith excuse serious problems with the bible?

by iCeltic in

i constantly read that having faith is the answer to knowing that god (or in most cases, jesus) exists.

but to me it's quite clear there are serious difficulties in believing the bible.. adam and eve.

talking snake.

iCeltic

That looks like an interesting book to read, great example punk.

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Does faith excuse serious problems with the bible?

by iCeltic in

i constantly read that having faith is the answer to knowing that god (or in most cases, jesus) exists.

but to me it's quite clear there are serious difficulties in believing the bible.. adam and eve.

talking snake.

iCeltic

My wider point really is since the is so much bloodshed, hatred and behaviour by so called faithful humans that we would view as vile, is it worth even looking through so called nicer parts considering how violent god and his people seem to be?

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Does faith excuse serious problems with the bible?

by iCeltic in

i constantly read that having faith is the answer to knowing that god (or in most cases, jesus) exists.

but to me it's quite clear there are serious difficulties in believing the bible.. adam and eve.

talking snake.

iCeltic

Watchtower free - agreed, it does make it difficult to see any good when this is the norm.

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Article: It's Time to Outlaw Extreme Shunning in Modern Society

by AndersonsInfo in

http://gilmermirror.com/bookmark/23272594/article-extreme%20shunning#.ufwjurllscm.facebook.

extreme shunningthe gilmer mirror.

its time to outlaw extreme shunning in modern society by: richard e. kelly .

iCeltic

AAWA gives me a bad feeling.

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Does faith excuse serious problems with the bible?

by iCeltic in

i constantly read that having faith is the answer to knowing that god (or in most cases, jesus) exists.

but to me it's quite clear there are serious difficulties in believing the bible.. adam and eve.

talking snake.

iCeltic

It's difficult looking for good points while wading through the murder and forced rape. I'm pretty sure if someone goes out and murders someone on the same day they helped a wee old lady to cross the road, it probably wouldn't be much of a defence in court. Just saying.

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Does faith excuse serious problems with the bible?

by iCeltic in

i constantly read that having faith is the answer to knowing that god (or in most cases, jesus) exists.

but to me it's quite clear there are serious difficulties in believing the bible.. adam and eve.

talking snake.

iCeltic

Isn't there even a case in the bible where gods people are commanded to go and hide in the vineyards and wait on the woman coming out from a festival and they were to kidnap them and take as wives? It even said they were instructed in what to say if the woman's fathers or brothers asked (asked? Hello..) them what they were doing.

hard to ignore? I'm curious what you think of that, *lost*?