Do you believe in God?
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I respect that. I believe in a God that transcends man made religion, which I view as man's imperfect attempt to understand God. As such, I have less issue struggling with religious dogma. That said, it is a matter of personal faith, and my beliefs are not better than yours as they are a personal matter.
I am, however, not a fan of one religion vilifying another for their expression of faith in God, be it Christians or Muslims.
Only to the religiously dogmatic. Dogma in man made expressions of faith in God is dangerous.
There is no Christianity without Christ.
And I am not (nor have I ever) vilifying another religion. It's not up to me. The judgement is not mine to make.
Consider half the world is Muslim or Hindu, plus the Jew's and the multiple flavors of Christianity, some is going to be dissapointed on judgement day. There was a really good South Park episode about this.
So, what do you call 65 million aborted babies? That is certainly not supporting life.
Agree. It's not a popular vote though. Majority doesn't rule.
I accept that people believe otherwise. It simply doesn't change anything.
What difference would it make how I feel? I have no authority on the subject.
Again, I'm not making a judgment on any level. If I didn't believe as I do on the subject, I simply would not be a Christian.
I accept that "they" believe that I am wrong and that I may be going to whatever they call hell. My faith tells me otherwise.
I cannot be saved without Christ.
The common thread here is they also have faith in Yahweh, Allah, Vishnu, Buddha, etc. Like I said, only one group can be correct.
On South Park it was the Mormons...
OK then I respect your viewpoint and I respectfully disagree.
There is nothing inconsistent with your beliefs and my beliefs. I agree there is no Christianity without Christ this is there is no Islam without Mohammed. I also believe it it’s not my place to judge who will be damned and he will be saved. My only issue, and it is not you said it, is with those that believe if you’re not a Christian you were automatically condemned to hell.
Christ told us there is no way to the Father except through him.
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
John 14:6
You can quote scripture written by man all day long, not gonna change my beliefs and I’m not here to change yours..
I wasn't trying to change your mind, I was defending Christ and his Word.You can quote scripture written by man all day long, not gonna change my beliefs and I’m not here to change yours..
You don’t need to defend it with me. I’m not attacking it. I just respectfully disagree with the divinity of Who actually wrote it.
And Hitler was a devout Roman Catholic, and he murdered masses. Slavery and the genocide of Native Americans which killed more than 60 million that we can count was done in the name of Christianity. I'm a history professor, if you would like to play this game about "who has killed more" we can do that and you'll lose but i didn't make my comment to do that, nor is it what i want, which is why i wrote at the end "this is just my opinion".
Nobody is hiding - and here is another person who cant have a damn conversation without bringing politics into it. But just so you know, my mother has been a devout Christian for 60 years, the pastor at her church, studies scripture everyday and yes - she IS a Democrat because she doesn't believe her religious views should be the determining factor on how she should vote for a president or congressman that is making decisions on whats best for everyone. She also supports Gay rights and is pro - choice because she is pro-life personally but she doesn't want her views to decide for others. As for me, im not either party, and its because of people like you on both sides who take their party affiliation like a damn cult
Slavery was not originated by Christians, Sir.
I never said it was originated by Christians - I said slavery from Africa to this country by the Europeans was done in the name of Christianity - they literally said this was God's will . Slavery, in one form or another, has existed since the beginning of man
You gotta always take it with a grain of salt because I didn't think he said it but that's Facebook for you. I just like the story.First of all I believe in God. Second of all I believe in God as matter of faith. Third Albert Einstein having this conversation with his professor was De-Bunk’d back in 2004. Fourth the story first appeared in 1997 and at that time it was not attributed to Albert Einstein, that was added by somebody some years later. There’s also a distinct fallacy in the argument being attempted, because you cannot see, feel, touch or smell the brain, but you can hear the brain in the conversation. The production of language, particularly in a pattern of coherent thoughts, is direct evidence of the brain through one of the five senses.
PS I always like the story though.
By the way Albert Einstein did actually say this……in 1925, Too a young promising student.
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Did you read my post on atheism? I can post it again for you if you'd like.
It’s a good story. It highlights the most important thing for everybody to remember which is God is a matter of faith and science as a matter of the scientific method and proof. The two should never be confused. But in the bigger picture I’ve always viewed science as man’s attempt to better understand God‘s thoughts and there’s a lot of faith in science too. So the scientist should never hold themselves above God or faith, and the best scientist know that.
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You've got to believe God is merciful. I too had that thought but we are thinking as humans and not as God thinks.
Why would the ways of men change your perspective on God? There is also evil and Satan. He's attractive to the human mind and the best of liars.
Allah in Hebrew means curse. He is the moon god of Arabia and predated Mohamed. He had children. After Islam he became childless.
Gods name is Yaweh as the Father and Yehoshua as the Son.
Gods name is Yaweh as the Father and Yehoshua as the Son.
Because people say they're Christian it doesn't demean Christ or his word. There are many wolves in sheep's clothing.
Allah is related to the Hebrew word Elohim, which means the God, which is it's literal translation in Arabic. Since Islam is an Arab religion , it would make more sense to use their translation.
Written by man, inspired by God.You can quote scripture written by man all day long, not gonna change my beliefs and I’m not here to change yours..
Islam is a false religion and an anti-christ religion if not the religion of the Antichrist himself. I use the Hebrew because that was the language of Abraham and Israel. If it means curse in Hebrew then that is revealing as to the nature of the being in question. Allah is a false god not to be confused with Yaweh/Yeshua/Yehoshua.
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