(((((Dear Abaddon)))))
You said:
"Whilst I respect your right to believe what you like,..."
AAF says: "Thank you.
"I cannot respect a belief that, for the reasons I have very clearly outlined, seems unquestioning and contradictory."
You have free will. Believe in "what you like" - you have that right also. I submitt to my God entirely, and I DO NOT question my God.
"It's all very well you belieivng that you have had a personal experience that validates the existence of god."
Thank you.
" So have madmen and murders the world over. So did the Popes that set the Inquisitors to work. So did the pagan priests who sacrificed humans to their gods. "
"Their belief was just as string and just as certain as your, their belief was based on EXACTLY the same reasoning as yours, that despite evidence to the contrary, THEY WERE RIGHT."
MATTHEW 7:20: " Really, then by their fruits YOU will recognize those [men]"NWT
"The fact you decide that all those people (with the same reasoning and justifications as you) were wrong and you are right, without offering up any rational defence of your belief, puts you on the same shelf of supersticious ignorance as all those with similar reasoning. "
Please elaborate. Thank you.
"How is that meant to be a good example to the world? Not even bothering to defend your beliefs other than in terms meaningless to those who question you? Doesn't it say 'to the Romans I was a Roman', rather than 'I couldn't make the Romans understand what I meant but I didn't really try either'? Remember, you're the one advertising yourself as a Christian, and we are counciled to judge a tree by its fruits. "
The Bible teaches us Christians NOT to put our God ever to the TEST! I respect/esteem this admonishion very much!
ROMANS 4:3" " For what does the Scripture say?" Abraham exercised faith in Jehovah, and it was counted to him as righteousness." NWT
ROMANS 4:4:" Now to the man that works the pay is counted, not as undeserved kindness, but as debt."NWT
ROMANS 4:5:"On the other hand, to the man that does not work but puts faith in him who declares the ungodly one righteous, his faith is counted as righteousness."NWT
"I've never find evasion to be that tasty, have you? "
No comments. I respect your observation, Abaddon.
"Note, I am critical of your beliefs and reasoning."
" I'm sure you're what is termed 'a nice person' in yourself. "
Abaddon, I'am sure for sure what I term myself of being - I consider myself a Jehovah God Witness and Christian who loves my fellowmen.
From reading a recent thread here on this forum, I discovered that you posted a comment on a thread here where you made an observation that you are an atheist . I respect you as you are. From what I gathered from reading that particular post , you were once a Christian. Why are you questioning me a Christian/my Christian Faith now that you have left the Christian faith? Is it for the solo purpose of winning arguments that you come here to disturb me, knowing very well that you ONCE were a Christian yourself and you perhaps think that you are now astutely versed in your newly- found beliefs and you can insubordinatly put me to shame because I am a Christian? Have some integrity in yourself, Abaddon.
I am here to gain Christians for Jehovah God, and Not to debate with atheists who refuse to accept the True God again.
I am not qualified to argue/debate with people who consider themselves atheists with regards to religion, other than if they show an interest to return to the True God: in this case they are welcome to discuss Christian matters with me - I will love them dearly for that.
1 PETER 4:16:" But if [he suffers] as a Christian, let him not feel shame, but let him keep on glorifying God in this name,"NWT
"You have however very obviously exchanged one form of mental slavery for another. "
Not according to the Bible! I am a free Christian now. Thanks to my Creator and Jesus Christ : Jehovah God is a God of Freedom.
ROMANS 8:21:" that the creation itself also will be set free from enslavement to corruption and have the glorious freedom of the children of God."NWT
ROMANS 7:6:" But now we have been discharged from the Law, because we have died to that by which we were being held fast, that we might be slaves in a sense by the spirit, and not in the old sense the written code."NWT
"At least with this one you get to feel good about yourself I suppose"
I am a Christian.
Christian Love,
AAF