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Nah, that's ridiculous that all must believe in a man or a particular God in order to be saved. The idea of eternal punishment at all is the greatest sin that one could ever conceive of as well. Any God that is good, and indeed the source of good would never deny anyone his love permanently, else he would not be good. Eternal damnation is the biggest scam that's ever been perpetrated upon the planet. I'm not saying certain evil deities haven't tried to make it a reality, but that doesn't negate my comment.
"We cannot have good without evil" How about "the Good" and "less good". Deus Pater is the source of all love in the universe and he is Good, and there are varying degrees of how close you are to him.
originally posted by: WhateverYouSay
@yuppa
where does it say nonbelievers are given a chance to know him in the afterlife in the Bible?
you must have reached to age of accountability before you could be judged.God loves all of his children and no one is judged until the final judgment known as the white throne judgment which does not take place until after Christ returns and the millennium is complete.As far as where are the dead,we are told in the scriptures 'Don't be ignorant as the heathens concerning where the dead are,for if you believe that Christ has risen so are those who have gone on.2ND Corinthians chapter 5 verses 7 and 8 'to be absent from this body is to be in the presence of God.No one has been judged yet.Luke chapter 16 the parable of the rich man.There is a gulf that divides those who are saved and those who are not.There is only one judgment after Christs return and after the millennium.Read Revelations chapter 20 and 21.
originally posted by: WhateverYouSay
originally posted by: Seede
a reply to: WhateverYouSay
Sure am addressing the way many people interpret the Greek New testament, "I am the way the truth and the life. No one comes to the father but through me". Maybe he didn't say that and it was cooked up by Yahweh trying to co-opt the religion. Regardless it is so common so as to essentially be fact that in the Abrahamic religions, one must have faith in them to be saved
Yes that is correct in that all must come to God's kingdom through His Son Jesus. That is why all must stand before Jesus in judgment.
Nah, that's ridiculous that all must believe in a man or a particular God in order to be saved. The idea of eternal punishment at all is the greatest sin that one could ever conceive of as well. Any God that is good, and indeed the source of good would never deny anyone his love permanently, else he would not be good.
Eternal damnation is the biggest scam that's ever been perpetrated upon the planet. I'm not saying certain evil deities haven't tried to make it a reality, but that doesn't negate my comment.
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent.
Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent.
Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil?
Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
“Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?”
Therefore, give me a pragmatic reason to give a f**k about consequence over any and all selfish acts I commit on this earth whilst living my one opportunity to be me.
originally posted by: return35
There are two verses in the bible that talk about the same event,
1 Chronicles 21:1,
"SATAN incited David to number the people."
2 Samuel 24:1,
"GOD incited David to number the people."
While most people skip over these verses, and Christians say it can't mean what it says and Atheists say those 2 verses prove the bible to be nonsense, a different perspective is held in a new book that calculates the meaning of those 2 verses. It turns out that those verses tie into every other chapter of the bible in a code, purposefully written into the bible, to get across the point that Satan is God. The first page alone of this book gets across the main idea of the whole book and proves logically that not only is Satan God, but Satan must be God. The whole book is 440 pages and just keeps on piling on the evidence, but I think page 1 is enough for a discussion starter, you can read page 1 here...
www.docdroid.net...
Satan is God (1 page of writing proves it)
originally posted by: EasternShadow
a reply to: edmc^2
OP was just too bias that he overlooked the "he" or "it" in 1 Samuel 24:1 wasn't referred to GOD. Anyway, the entirety of his linked source is just a crap with little context and full of nonsense, not worth to read.
originally posted by: EasternShadow
a reply to: edmc^2
OP was just too bias that he overlooked the "he" or "it" in 1 Samuel 24:1 wasn't referred to GOD. Anyway, the entirety of his linked source is just a crap with little context and full of nonsense, not worth to read.
originally posted by: return35
There are two verses in the bible that talk about the same event,
1 Chronicles 21:1,
"SATAN incited David to number the people."
2 Samuel 24:1,
"GOD incited David to number the people."
originally posted by: return35
There are two verses in the bible that talk about the same event,
1 Chronicles 21:1,
"SATAN incited David to number the people."
2 Samuel 24:1,
"GOD incited David to number the people."
While most people skip over these verses, and Christians say it can't mean what it says and Atheists say those 2 verses prove the bible to be nonsense, a different perspective is held in a new book that calculates the meaning of those 2 verses. It turns out that those verses tie into every other chapter of the bible in a code, purposefully written into the bible, to get across the point that Satan is God. The first page alone of this book gets across the main idea of the whole book and proves logically that not only is Satan God, but Satan must be God. The whole book is 440 pages and just keeps on piling on the evidence, but I think page 1 is enough for a discussion starter, you can read page 1 here...
www.docdroid.net...