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Ask me any question about Christianity

Politesse

Amor Vincit Omnia
I'm a butt-in-ski. ;)



There is no "why" is what I'm saying. You have to invent your own "why." For me it's to pursue love and adventure. For others it might be to sing or write or care for sick people. Most humans feel we need to have a "reason" and it is my opinion that there is no objective reason for our existence.

Part of why I believe this is thinking about how silly it seems if we bring this down to smaller levels. I stubbed my toe...WHY did I stub my toe. It rained over the weekend when I wanted to go golfing. WHY did it rain when I wanted to go golfing? There is no "why" in my opinion, no reason, it just rained that day or I just stubbed my toe by mistake.
That doesn't really answer the question, though. I mean, you stubbed your toe because there was a table in front of it and you misjudged the distance, it didn't "just happen". But humanity, to you, "just happened"?
 

RedDragon94

Love everyone, meditate often
How can there be such a person? Evolution is a process of gradual change, there's no particular point at which one becomes human, at least not from a scientific standpoint. Is there a theological reason to believe in such a person?
So by that understanding we're still monkeys? I just think that there had to be a primate that was first to evolve into what we are. There's a first for everything.
 

RedDragon94

Love everyone, meditate often
What about when he whipped the living tar out of those moneylenders? Violence. Shouldn't he have turned the other cheek? How can you physically beat people up and still be considered "perfect?"

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I think the reason why he did that yields more meaning than the act itself.
 

viole

Ontological Naturalist
Premium Member
Wrong, he still went through the pain of being tortured and murdered.

Yes, that is what I call a bad weekend. But it is not so bad if you resurrect after a couple of days, is it? Not many murdered people enjoyed this.

Ende Gut, Alles Gut (happy end, everything fine), they say in Germany.

C'mon now. Do you really think that was impressive? Going through that, knowing from the start that it will take only a few hours before coming back as the ruler of the Universe? Everybody would do that.

I am a bit disappointed, I thought my sins required a bit more than that to be cleansed. I mean, that is important stuff, isn't it ? :)

Ciao

- viole
 
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Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
FYI: I am not an inerrantist (someone who believes the Bible does not contain errors), but I do believe the Bible points us to God. Therefore it is authoritative. I will try to answer you biblically for the sake of some of my other fellow believers and provide you with examples as to how what the Bible says is relevant to what you're asking. I hope all of us learn something new about each other and grow as individuals.

I have a another question(s) for you.

Q: What traits does the Holy Spirit give christians from scripture that other religious do not share/have?

Q: If adam and eve had not sined, does scripture imply why the state of not being able to sin is better than being able to?

Q: By what grounds does god use to justify the goodness of the ability to sin while at the same time convicting a person once they do?

Q: If god sees the hearts of every person, according to scripture, why does he convict the hearts of people who genuinly do not believe in him and/or believe he exists? (Pretending that they have heard of the word god or read the w-ords of god)

Q: To those who have not heard about the god of abraham and get a pass-go to heaven, by what means or justification god uses to grant them entry when they have uncovered inherited sin?

Q: Adding to the above question. If a toddler dies and goes to heaven and it was only the Act of sinning that, in latter years, would have brought him to hell, what was the role of inherited sin if it does not need to be covered by christ's blood?

Q: The Bible is not god's Word. Where in the bible does it say the Bible or Torah is Jesus Christ himself? If it says it is, where? If not, why say the Bible is God's Word and by what justification does that make more sense to say that? Logically speaking.

Q: If scripture says Jesus is god, then why do the authors who wrote the bible say god "has" a son rather than gos "is" the son?

Q: If scripture says christ is god, then by what means can he be a representation or image of himself? (i.e. If I copied myself and my twin is named Jane, how do I justify Jane Is me without saying she is my twin-she is my copy-she is my sister-she is my dauhter-or she represents me?)

Q: Why does Christ have a separate name when he is the father himself?

Q: Where does the inspiration of god stopped to where no other christian today can share the same inspiration as John, Mark, Mathew, and Luke? Is it a different inspiration? If so, by what characteristics are their inspiration different than any other christian?

Q: If Jesus is without sin, how can he have the temptation to sin?

Take your time.
 
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FYI: I am not an inerrantist (someone who believes the Bible does not contain errors), but I do believe the Bible points us to God. Therefore it is authoritative. I will try to answer you biblically for the sake of some of my other fellow believers and provide you with examples as to how what the Bible says is relevant to what you're asking. I hope all of us learn something new about each other and grow as individuals.

I would like to ask the question:- After a person is born again and is saved (John 3:3), can he lose his salvation?
 

Politesse

Amor Vincit Omnia
So by that understanding we're still monkeys? I just think that there had to be a primate that was first to evolve into what we are. There's a first for everything.
No, species aren't self-contained categories; they are arbitary points of division around a normally diverse gene pool. In reality, you see a cline, a gradually changing spectrum between related species. The population of H. erectus that became us gradually picked up H. sapiens - like traits over long centuries, becoming more and more distinct and sapiens looking. But there would never have been a "first human". How would such a person reproduce? Their children would only be half humans, and their children quarter humans, if species were absolute categories rather than a general description of a changing population. What actually happened was that are our defining traits gradually entered the gene pool that became ancestral to us.
 

Tomorrows_Child

Active Member
FYI: I am not an inerrantist (someone who believes the Bible does not contain errors), but I do believe the Bible points us to God. Therefore it is authoritative. I will try to answer you biblically for the sake of some of my other fellow believers and provide you with examples as to how what the Bible says is relevant to what you're asking. I hope all of us learn something new about each other and grow as individuals.

Hi Red Dragon (cool name), I like that you have admitted that you believe the Bible may contain some errors. However it raises a major question with me. You said that you believe the Bible points to God (to a certain degree I agree) but if it is not perfect, how can you trust it to guide you? And a second question, do you believe God is perfect?
 
Explain to me how God created the universe is just six literal days?
Explain to me, how Noah the marsupials of Australia got to the ark in the Middle East.
Who did Cain marry?
 

Milton Platt

Well-Known Member
FYI: I am not an inerrantist (someone who believes the Bible does not contain errors), but I do believe the Bible points us to God. Therefore it is authoritative. I will try to answer you biblically for the sake of some of my other fellow believers and provide you with examples as to how what the Bible says is relevant to what you're asking. I hope all of us learn something new about each other and grow as individuals.

If it is not inerrant, then who is the arbiter who can say with absolute certainty what is correct and what is not?
 

Unveiled Artist

Veteran Member
I have a another question(s) for you.

Q: What traits does the Holy Spirit give christians from scripture that other religious do not share/have?

Q: If adam and eve had not sined, does scripture imply why the state of not being able to sin is better than being able to?

Q: By what grounds does god use to justify the goodness of the ability to sin while at the same time convicting a person once they do?

Q: If god sees the hearts of every person, according to scripture, why does he convict the hearts of people who genuinly do not believe in him and/or believe he exists? (Pretending that they have heard of the word god or read the w-ords of god)

Q: To those who have not heard about the god of abraham and get a pass-go to heaven, by what means or justification god uses to grant them entry when they have uncovered inherited sin?

Q: Adding to the above question. If a toddler dies and goes to heaven and it was only the Act of sinning that, in latter years, would have brought him to hell, what was the role of inherited sin if it does not need to be covered by christ's blood?

Q: The Bible is not god's Word. Where in the bible does it say the Bible or Torah is Jesus Christ himself? If it says it is, where? If not, why say the Bible is God's Word and by what justification does that make more sense to say that? Logically speaking.

Q: If scripture says Jesus is god, then why do the authors who wrote the bible say god "has" a son rather than gos "is" the son?

Q: If scripture says christ is god, then by what means can he be a representation or image of himself? (i.e. If I copied myself and my twin is named Jane, how do I justify Jane Is me without saying she is my twin-she is my copy-she is my sister-she is my dauhter-or she represents me?)

Q: Why does Christ have a separate name when he is the father himself?

Q: Where does the inspiration of god stopped to where no other christian today can share the same inspiration as John, Mark, Mathew, and Luke? Is it a different inspiration? If so, by what characteristics are their inspiration different than any other christian?

Q: If Jesus is without sin, how can he have the temptation to sin?

Take your time.

MAN! I wish someone can answer these questions for me.
 
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