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Originally posted by Noncompatible
reply to post by CLPrime
Until it can, then any given deity is simply an imaginary friend for adults.
Originally posted by troubleshooter
Originally posted by Noncompatible
reply to post by CLPrime
Until it can, then any given deity is simply an imaginary friend for adults.
Perhaps childhood 'imaginary friends' are the vestigual remains of a mostly lost human ability...
...that dos not survive into adulthood.edit on 16/6/12 by troubleshooter because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by CLPrime
reply to post by borntowatch
I didn't say we'll be held accountable for our sins. I said we wouldn't be condemned for our sins, but we would be held accountable for our work that we do (or don't do) in Christ. This is called "reward"...whether good or bad.
Originally posted by CLPrime
reply to post by Noncompatible
You're essentially right. The best I can do, really, is to say that, since this is 2012, it's quite easy for you to claim a lack of evidence...but had you been at Jerusalem in around AD 30, the proof of God's existence (and his love and grace) would have been raised up for all to see, nailed to the cross, for you to tell him to his face that he doesn't exist.
The evidence hasn't changed...it's now just a lot easier for people to discard.
Originally posted by TKDRL
reply to post by borntowatch
So you believe that bull? That people will burn in hell for not knowing they done wrong? That must be a horrible. Considering that the oldest bibles are not much like the ones that the romans put out there. What if god said that you must eat earthworms to be saved, but the roman catholic church purged that verse? Must be scary as hell to think about.
“Wake up, sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Originally posted by CLPrime
had you been at Jerusalem in around AD 30, the proof of God's existence (and his love and grace) would have been raised up for all to see, nailed to the cross, for you to tell him to his face that he doesn't exist.
The evidence hasn't changed...it's now just a lot easier for people to discard.
Originally posted by Annee
Originally posted by CLPrime
had you been at Jerusalem in around AD 30, the proof of God's existence (and his love and grace) would have been raised up for all to see, nailed to the cross, for you to tell him to his face that he doesn't exist.
The evidence hasn't changed...it's now just a lot easier for people to discard.
There is no factual proof of any of this.
There was a real Jesus who was condemned to death for being a political dissident.
Stakes (poles) were used - - not crosses.
Originally posted by cloudyday
reply to post by borntowatch
Hey, I read Ephesians as you suggested, borntowatch. What really struck me was this verse here:
“Wake up, sleeper,
rise from the dead,
and Christ will shine on you.”
Ephesians 5:14 NIV
What little faith I have in Christianity is based on a couple of times when I thought I saw Jesus. But it's hard to find anything I can believe in the Bible or theology, because basically I'm an atheist. But I like to believe in Jesus because seeing Him was just like this bible verse:
9 Therefore God exalted him to the highest place
and gave him the name that is above every name,
10 that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow,
in heaven and on earth and under the earth,
11 and every tongue acknowledge that Jesus Christ is Lord,
to the glory of God the Father.
Philippians 2:9-11 NIV
I don't see how anybody could see that and not believe in universal salvation. Nothing else is good enough for Jesus in my opinion.
There is no factual proof of any of this.
There was a real Jesus who was condemned to death for being a political dissident.
Stakes (poles) were used - - not crosses.
Originally posted by CLPrime
reply to post by Annee
There is no factual proof of any of this.
There was a real Jesus who was condemned to death for being a political dissident.
Stakes (poles) were used - - not crosses.
I trust that's eye-witness testimony on your part.
Originally posted by borntowatch...
If everyone was called to Gods Kingdom explain this verse
Mathew 7-13 "Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it.
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