it seems to me that most, if not all christians are really hung up on sin and redemption from sin and how naturally evil we all are.. my question, and observation is this : i had nothing to do with whatever you say adam and eve did wrong, i have always, throughout my life, treated whoever i came into contact with compassion, respect and love.. i have lived by the golden rule.. not many people, hand on heart, can say that, i can.. so, is your god going to judge me for the "sin" of some mythical forebears of mine ?
is he going to say that , because i did not believe in him, i willl be judged adversely, even though i lived by the precepts he is supposed to support ?.
all i can say is, if your god is like that, i refuse to worship or acknowledge him.. and i certainly do not want to get to know him.
LXXVIII:
"Why," said another, "Some there are who tell
Of one who threatens he will toss to Hell
The luckless Pots he marred in making -- Pish!
He's a Good Fellow, and 'twill all be well."
Well worth reading the whole 105 verses if you are inclined towards philosophical poetry.
isaiah 43:10-12 "but you are my witnesses.
" god's decree.
"you're my handpicked servant so that you'll come to know and trust me, .
"Yes, I am God.
I've always been God
and I always will be God. No one can take anything from me.
I make; who can unmake it?"
Who is he trying to convince - himself?
sorry, i posted this in another section.
meant to put it here.. just wondering which kind is worse to active jw's?
my aunt used to be a jw but now she is a mormon.
Joining a new religion is worse, because losing faith in god is considered a personal failing.
Deciding that a rival religion is better than the Watchtower Society, is betrayal of the highest kind.
is there really a god?
is there really a divine creator or did the universe around us just "evolve?
" what an incredible thought to even imagine that there could be a supernatural being so powerful as to create a universe.
Rather than ask - is there a god? I ask, is there god? Is the universe aware of itself? If so, what would we call that quality of awareness that is part of the universe itself? God will do as a word but it is a word that has been abused.
If this awareness exists, it may have come out of the universe and its development rather that being an awareness that has created out of nothing and imposed itself.
*sigh* i have been noticing lately there are a number of groups of "christians" signing up as members of this forum, with the obvious agenda of gaining converts for their own cult-like religions.
i have been wondering things like:.
hmmm...maybe i'll try ignoring them.. thank you simon for the space to vent.. satinka.
The Christian proper gander is equally matched by atheistic rhetoric. The two warring factions balance each other out.
Personally, I find it entertaining to read about both sides of the great divide. The battles are great fun, though my desire to comment has diminished.
Peace to you all
A slave of life who won his freedom.
now i met this nice woman on the net.
its a six hour cardrive away.
due to my employment, there is no way i could give up my position and just move to her.
Re: can long distant relationships last?
Long distant relationships are the best. It's the close encounters that cause the problems.
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James Thomas - Glad to see you are still around. I have missed you.
if the hebrew word rendered "day" has multiple meanings, why was the most accurate translation of the word not used?
why doesn't it say "eons" in the nwt?
if god really meant to say "eons," why didn't he make sure it said "eons" instead of days.
A day to us earthlings, is the time it takes for the earth to revolve once. Until god made the earth there was no such thing as a day. So whoever wrote Genesis had his head a long way up...................in the clouds.
no racial slur here.
literal!.
about 20 minutes ago, while working in the yard, the banny rooster who is always threatening me and others [we have several free-range chickens not a farm], decided to approach and feign a flogging.
" I feel bad that I allowed my anger to flare against him. But I think in the end it was inevitable."
AK-Jeff you have become god to the chickens. They will worship you from now on and obey your commandments.
the purpose is that you may walk in the way of good people and that the paths of the righteous ones you may keep.
for the upright are the ones that will reside in the earth, and the blameless are the ones that will be left over in it.
as regards the wicked, they will be cut off from the very earth; and as for the treacherous, they will be torn away from it.
"How should Proverbs 2:20-22 and other scriptures that specify the earth (or land) as man's eternal home instead of a supernatural dimension like heaven" be understood?"
Like all mystical and poetical writings, they should be used for recreation only.
god has a standard.
man has an opinion of that standard.. the two disagree.. god has the power to kill man.. man dies.. but--wait, there's more!.
man tries to earn favor.
Terry you can 'with Logic absolute, the Two-and-Seventy jarring Sects confute.' The problem is, people would rather see the world through rose coloured glasses or the blood of the lamb.
The truth is, reality is not so bad but we have to be prepared accept that no one can die for us, we have to die ourselves. Such truth is unacceptable to the majority of people.
