The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom

[Billinsd]

I used to have a bumper sticker on my old VW Beetle. "Honk if you are Jesus". I rarely got honked at and some people flipped me off.

I would have honked!

 

[Jason Snyder]

I would hope folks wouldn’t stoop to making pejorative statements and labels about someone with differing beliefs.

 

[Jason Snyder]

“God blesses those who are persecuted for doing right, for the Kingdom of Heaven is theirs. “God blesses you when people mock you and persecute you and lie about you and say all sorts of evil things against you because you are my followers. Be happy about it! Be very glad! For a great reward awaits you in heaven. And remember, the ancient prophets were persecuted in the same way.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭10‬-‭12‬ ‭NLT‬‬

 

[Bugger]

What I love about the science argument is that the science is constantly changing after we make new discoveries. So therefore if you go to science for your beliefs then you have to be willing to accept everything until proven otherwise.

Is Christianity any different? The New Testament Bible is a collection of letters discovered in random places hundreds of years after being written, in various states of decay, and by unknown origins or the names whitewashed to be more palatable to the European population. Who’s to say more won’t be found? In fact, many artifacts with equal validity and by the same authors have been found and were omitted from the Bible because they didn’t jive with the church’s stance at the time. Are you willing to accept new texts as they are found, or do you think the Bible is complete with whatever they happened to have at the time of publication?

So on this basis please use science to disprove creation.

Disprove that Wookies didn’t exist a long time ago in a galaxy far far away. It’s the same argument.

 

[NVUplandHunter]

If you were one of the thousands suffering from the physiological and emotional impacts, including PTSD, due to abuse at the hands of a religious institution you might view things differently.

And, if you were to stretch beyond your main character syndrome's focus on self-absorption and desire for attention (64 pages, of which you have ~50-60 of the posts), you might realize for a moment that survivors would likely prefer to not be reminded of such events on a daily basis, which, yes "one line" can do....."dude".....really.

Brother I say this with all the love in my heart, you need to heal. You need to get help and heal from your trauma. It’s not weakness, it’s actually strength. Seeing a threat title should not distrust your peace this badly. Again, I say that with care for you.

I don’t have a desire for attention at all. Yes I’ve engaged this post a lot, because I’m passionate about it. My faith is my center, and I enjoy discussing it. Call me self absorbed whatever, you’re lashing out and I don’t care.

Now… you want to point the finger at me as if I know you or anything about your history. You can save that. We are men here, we don’t read minds. Ask any woman and she will back up that statement. And this is also why you need to heal. Others are not responsible for your triggers, you are. You need to control that as they are your own feelings. Get some help my guy, I’ve done it and it works.

 

[NVUplandHunter]

Who created God?

John Chapter 1

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.”

He has been here from the beginning. He is the one is, was, and always shall be.

Very theological explanation but if you pray for understanding, you’ll receive it.

Matthew 7:7-8
“Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks, receives; and the one who seeks, finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.”