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Originally posted by acidhead
now the devil afik is a fallen angel , angels dont have the same power as god so by this reasoning - god isnt as powerfull as religion makes out (he would have been able to squash a few fallen angels if he was) which brings us more to the thought that god is more of a race of alien being who isnt all powerfull.
maybe my total lack of religious teaching is my downfall and im sure ill say the odd prayer for good luck b4 i die , but it seems so senseless
Originally posted by acidhead
ok , erm , why would they give a monkeys if we go to heaven ?
Originally posted by CommonSense
LSG,
The common understanding of the "US" is a reference to the Holy Trinity. Three persons in one God. Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
Tell me what takes greater strength, to pound on someone who has wronged you, or to hold your cool and not crush them?
When satan rebelled against God one of the things he was saying was, "God is wrong and He doesn't know what He's doing. If God had squashed the fallen angels, the question would have still remained, maybe satan was right, maybe God doesn't know what he's doing.
Let's see we live in a world that has disease, violent storms, famines, economic upheavals, kids killing other kids in school, war, weapons of mass destruction, dictators who kill millions etc..... Lets see Saddam Hussein poisoned thousands of Kurds, he had the power and weapons to do that, did that make Him right? God has given us a world run by finite man under satans influence, and look around, it's messed up. I quess God was right we do need Him, for He is infinite and holy and knows what is right and wrong.
Because they hate(and that is not even a strong enough word)God. Mankind is the object of God's love. satan is out to hurt God and us by trying to keep us apart. it's like a good guy bad guy movie. The bad guy(satan) kidnapped(tempted us to disobey and rebel against God) the child(mankind) you(God) love. He tells the father," Now what are you going to do, your creation is sinful and you can't be around sin." God paid the ransom Himself(Jesus Christ), He took your sin and disobedience and placed it upon Himself so He could rightly judge and destroy that sin with His wrath. Believe and accept Christ and your sin is gone. You can now once again be in the presence of the Father who loves you. Don't just read part of the Bible, read the whole thing. Are there patrs that will test your stamina, you bet, try reading Numbers and Deuteronomy. It's hard but it's there for a reason. There are alot of unanswered questions on this site, God has the answers
Originally posted by Preest
Originally posted by Paraclete
By making us think that perhaps God does not exist.
I think thousands of suck ass christians can do a much better job of that then a few alien sightings, don't you?
Originally posted by TheBorg
dlbrandt: God said he did all of this "for his own good pleasure". What should one make of that?
Originally posted by dlbrandt
There are alot of unanswered questions on this site, God has the answers.
Originally posted by Sinobyte
Originally posted by dlbrandt
There are alot of unanswered questions on this site, God has the answers.
So does Buddha, Confuscious, Allah, Mary, Aliens, David Icke and about a hundred other gods and religious cartoon characters.
I find it funny that early Sumerian culture recorded their history (including their religious history) long long before the Jews began to write what would eventually become the Bible and yet Christians still claim it's the "one true faith" or Jehovah is the "one true god" and salvation can be found in "the bible".
Originally posted by dlbrandt
Originally posted by Sinobyte
Originally posted by dlbrandt
There are alot of unanswered questions on this site, God has the answers.
So does Buddha, Confuscious, Allah, Mary, Aliens, David Icke and about a hundred other gods and religious cartoon characters.
I find it funny that early Sumerian culture recorded their history (including their religious history) long long before the Jews began to write what would eventually become the Bible and yet Christians still claim it's the "one true faith" or Jehovah is the "one true god" and salvation can be found in "the bible".
Remember there's only one true God(Jesus Christ). All other religions are man's attempt to reach God. Christianity is God reaching down to man. Hope this doesn't start an argument or offend to deeply, but there are many things that the Catholic church does that are not right. They are probably the most well accepted christian denomination that is false and wrong.
Originally posted by dlbrandt
Remember there's only one true God(Jesus Christ). All other religions are man's attempt to reach God. Christianity is God reaching down to man. Hope this doesn't start an argument or offend to deeply, but there are many things that the Catholic church does that are not right. They are probably the most well accepted christian denomination that is false and wrong.