If you STRONGLY believe there is a God

1. It really depends on what religion you are talking about. I believe God may approve of some but not of others and that man has purposely been confused after the "Babel" incident because we were led astray by some of God's earlier creations. I believe all religions are the same and the confusion came after "Babel" and is man made confusion. I believe the Egyptian,Greek, Roman, Nordic and other Religions of old to be Religions that Worshipped Nephilm. I believe One God religions all stem from the same God but after Babel Man confused itself or was confused and that He possibly had to talk to us in more separate groups. Leading to different interpretations of God.

2. If God is in everything and everyone then he was in the person that wrote this books down and I think this is how he left it for us. Plus some awesome God fire carved tablets of stone with ten simple rules.

a reply to: Raggedyman

If god wasn't happy, god could immediately change it. God also created humanity knowing what it will do to itself. And let it happen without intervention. God is all knowing. Past and future.

This idea of a god that is inactionable or unhappy , but still all knowing and powerful is hypocritical.

God has every power to come down and say "please behave humans im not happy". Instead he does not which indicates that god knows humanity would create suffering and desires to keep it that way.

a reply to: Snarl

I have met God on three occasions. I met 'another' God on another occasion. That might need more explaining than I have time for.

Does your God have a name?

Personally, I believe in the God of the Bible and I think he's perfectly capable of preserving his message through the Bible no matter what language. I don't believe that it was God's will to allow man to gather texts, put His name on it, and push it as something that belonged to Him if He wasn't in control of the whole process of how it was put together.

Did I see you refer to your God as the God Almighty? Why would the Almighty lead you to believe that there is "another God"? This is what concerns me about people who claim to believe in the God Almighty from the Bible, but bash the idea that He had the power to preserve His own word through men, whom He also created.

Remember, this is what Jesus said about the power of His Holy Spirit...

John 14:26

26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.

So, once again, it is my absolute belief that the power of the Holy Spirit has the ability to bring "remembrance" and any kind of knowledge He wants to mankind to preserve.

I believe the reason we even have scripture is to keep everyone from being deceived by Satan, who God also said can appear to others as an angel of light and deceive them. Destructive spiritual entities of all kinds also have the power to influence us and we have to use the tools that God gave us to be able to decipher the difference. This is another reason that God warned His people about divination, mysticism, and other previous pagan practices that could interfere with their relationship with the Lord God Almighty.

I like that everyone speaks for what God should be and should do.

Read Job. God doesn't care what you think he should be, he can't stop being what he is. A righteous judge.

A lot of people want to be clever and pretend that they're going to put God under a microscope and analyse his ways and 'figure' him out.

You want to figure God out? Go nail yourself to a cross for people who spend 60 years+ hating you.

Go heal the sick and bring down today's rulers with a rod of authority so pure, even Pilate could find no fault. Kings have shuddered at his sight and Angel's bow at his throne, powers go silent and demons obey him.

Keep that pride, foolish man, you'll be brought down soon enough. A just judge awaits you and without Christ you WILL be found wanting. You'll die in sin and be cast into outer darkness. Gnashing of teeth and pain will be your reality, which is of your own making.

James. Pure religion is this, that you would visit the orphans and widows in their distress and keep yourself unspotted from the world.

Your God is yourself and you'll never know true freedom in Christ, you'll never feel the connection to.something so pure that sin can't stand in its presence.

The real kicker, HES COMING BACK SOON. Don't suppose you're going to 'stand up to him' your knee WILL bow and your tongue WILL confess that he, alone, is LORD. Hallelujah!!!!!! Praise to the king of kings and peace towards men, in Christ's name, amen.

Get right with God ATS, repent, you DON'T have much time.

a reply to: Joneselius

Your post is close to excellent.

Deetermined's John quote is very well chosen.

Apocalypse predictions on a site like this, should be taken with a grain of salt.

So don't get high blood pressure ATS users.

But preparedness is always good, we should always be prepared.

It's hard to rid oneself of fear, anger, judgment, pride and lust and replace it with forgiveness, charity and love. Praying can't hurt. God helps.

God bless you all.

Herein is the answer to every one of your questions from a Christian biblical perspective. I'll leave the verse notations in for reference purposes.

Romans 1:18-31 --
18 For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. 19 For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. 20 For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly perceived, ever since the creation of the world,[g] in the things that have been made. So they are without excuse. 21 For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. 22 Claiming to be wise, they became fools, 23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man and birds and animals and creeping things.

24 Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among themselves, 25 because they exchanged the truth about God for a lie and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator, who is blessed forever! Amen.

26 For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; 27 and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.

28 And since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, God gave them up to a debased mind to do what ought not to be done. 29 They were filled with all manner of unrighteousness, evil, covetousness, malice. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, maliciousness. They are gossips, 30 slanderers, haters of God, insolent, haughty, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to parents, 31 foolish, faithless, heartless, ruthless. 32 Though they know God's righteous decree that those who practice such things deserve to die, they not only do them but give approval to those who practice them.

a reply to: Snarl

You need to stop looking at those religious texts. They're (almost) not worth the paper they're printed on. They've been wrecked by 'interpretation' over and over and over and over again. They're nothing that gets to the heart of the question you're really asking here.

It really is that simple, Brother. There's nothing else.

God is real. If you want to know what He wants from _you_ ... find Him. Ask Him yourself.

Treat others the way you want to be treated (or: the way you'd like them to treat a loved one)

That's really all there is.

I've read volumes and volumes of "texts" re this topic.
Truly, the Golden Rule is really all there is.

a reply to: Deetermined

I believe the reason we even have scripture is to keep everyone from being deceived by Satan,

hmmm. so, wouldn't that mean "everyone" needs to know how to read, how to research, and how to think critically? Or are they just meant to listen to what the loudest voice has to say?

Destructive spiritual entities of all kinds also have the power to influence us and we have to use the tools that God gave us to be able to decipher the difference.

We do, indeed. Discerning the difference, then, remains the trick, eh?

This is another reason that God warned His people about divination, mysticism, and other previous pagan practices that could interfere with their relationship with the Lord God Almighty.

All "modern" religious "practices" include every one of those things: divination, mysticism, and other previous practices that, as you well know, predate Christinaity. True story. Not to mention "prayer" - you forgot to mention "prayer".

Anyhoo, how are things? You seem tense. Worried? Just deciphering.

originally posted by: Deetermined
Does your God have a name?

The only thing he ever said to me is, "Everything's alright." I can't explain to you how hard it was just to get that one little question out. Being in the presence of God is overwhelming. A state of sustained swoon might be the best way I could type out what it's like. I couldn't take it the second time. I had to walk away.

Personally, I believe in the God of the Bible and I think he's perfectly capable of preserving his message through the Bible no matter what language. I don't believe that it was God's will to allow man to gather texts, put His name on it, and push it as something that belonged to Him if He wasn't in control of the whole process of how it was put together.

I very much believe God could give His word through a prophet. I'm sure he could give it through me ... or the fella who took me to see him the first time (a more articulate fella ... and a better man than I could ever hope to be).

Did I see you refer to your God as the God Almighty?

I did, but don't get carried away.

Why would the Almighty lead you to believe that there is "another God"?

I went looking with specific intent and trespassed. Was given 'the word' to un-ass the area ... and you can believe I did. I think He was the Japanese people's God.

I believe the reason we even have scripture is to keep everyone from being deceived by Satan, who God also said can appear to others as an angel of light and deceive them.

God didn't warn me about Satan. Never seen him.

This is another reason that God warned His people about divination, mysticism, and other previous pagan practices that could interfere with their relationship with the Lord God Almighty.

I don't know about all that. I also don't think God is to any degree concerned with those things. I think that's just people scaring other people into the pews. God just didn't strike me as being that way.

How many people have ever told you they met God? And I mean straight-up as I'm telling you here? And, then, didn't suggest you do something? "Change your liiiiiifffe!! Do it while there's still tiiiiiimmme!!" If God had given me a message to share, I would be all about that. He didn't. "Everything's alright."

a reply to: Snarl

"Everything's alright."

Everything is exactly right and as it is and what it is.

a reply to: Joneselius

The real kicker, HES COMING BACK SOON. Don't suppose you're going to 'stand up to him' your knee WILL bow and your tongue WILL confess that he, alone, is LORD. Hallelujah!!!!!! Praise to the king of kings and peace towards men, in Christ's name, amen.

Get right with God ATS, repent, you DON'T have much time.

Oh my word!!!

Poor dear. I have some paper bags in the pantry if you need one....just breathe, dear heart. Just breathe. Four in, hold for four, four out, rest for four. Repeat. Get a grip on yourself!

*mercy!!!*

originally posted by: HalWesten
Actually it was the finger of God (He) that wrote the original Ten Commandments in the tablets. So...

Cool! And exactly where are the tablets now? What non-biblical evidence exists that there ever was any tablets? Lastly, why do the Ten Commandments resemble the Book of the Dead which we have real proof of? Please..... faith does not work here. Real evidence, not double speak.

Denny

a reply to: VeeTNA

Get a grip of what? I don't warn through hysteria.

This isnt a shock to Bible believing, God fearing Christian's - we all feel it. His return is soon. Are you ready?

World events are lining up with prophecy. This is the beginning of sorrows. I do so dearly hope you heed this warning, its given in love. Please repent and find Jesus whilst it's possible.

I wouldn't warn you if I didn't love you. You're a creation of God and it would be an insult to speak to you as though you're anything but, beautiful creation.

Be blessed. Its important that you know how precious you are to God.

So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.
- Genesis 1:27

a reply to: Joneselius

His return is soon. Are you ready?

Yep!! Sure, yeah!

World events are lining up with prophecy.

Haven't they always?

This is the beginning of sorrows.

For whom? I've already endured more sorrows than I can count; that's part of life. It's meant to teach us.

I do so dearly hope you heed this warning, its given in love.

Sincerely appreciated.

Please repent and find Jesus whilst it's possible.

What makes you think I'm lost? I'm good. No worries.

originally posted by: HalWesten
Actually it was the finger of God (He) that wrote the original Ten Commandments in the tablets. So...

Those were never meant to be 'commandments' ONLY to be thought of as 'covenants'.

a reply to: vethumanbeing

Those were never meant to be 'commandments' ONLY to be thought of as 'covenants'.

Really! Hmmm, and here I thought they were suggestions.

originally posted by: Snarl

Snarl: How many people have ever told you they met God? And I mean straight-up as I'm telling you here? And, then, didn't suggest you do something? "Change your liiiiiifffe!! Do it while there's still tiiiiiimmme!!" If God had given me a message to share, I would be all about that. He didn't. "Everything's alright."

I was told the same thing. "Everything is going to be OK". I have met that entity as well (or a representative of my higher self at a particular juncture of enlightenment) and it was overwhelming.

originally posted by: VeeTNA
a reply to: vethumanbeing

Those were never meant to be 'commandments' ONLY to be thought of as 'covenants'.

Really! Hmmm, and here I thought they were suggestions.

A covenant is an Agreement; not an order to be obeyed "OR ELSE".

originally posted by: blueman12
a reply to: Raggedyman

If god wasn't happy, god could immediately change it. God also created humanity knowing what it will do to itself. And let it happen without intervention. God is all knowing. Past and future.

This idea of a god that is inactionable or unhappy , but still all knowing and powerful is hypocritical.

God has every power to come down and say "please behave humans im not happy". Instead he does not which indicates that god knows humanity would create suffering and desires to keep it that way.

Interesting your comprehension of God, why do you say “could” change things, how?
Does God destroy evil doers, play with their brain?
Does God know the future, how do you know that? I don’t read that, where do you?

God gave humanity freewill, should God suddenly remove free will?
Should God force everybody like we are all puppets ?

For someone who I suppose doesn’t believe you sure have a set of parameters based on belief. You don’t seem to have put any thought into anything at all re this topic, seriously, nothing more than a spontaneous reaction

I guess you are not talking the Judeochristian God?

originally posted by: vethumanbeing

originally posted by: HalWesten
Actually it was the finger of God (He) that wrote the original Ten Commandments in the tablets. So...

Those were never meant to be 'commandments' ONLY to be thought of as 'covenants'.

So, not commandments, for the Jews you mean?
God took them pretty seriously
I don’t think you understand what a covenant is and I don’t think you know what the “Law” was. Two different things altogether biblically

God wanted people to love each other but He also wanted them to respect each other.
the commandments were about respecting each other
The covenant was between mankind and God