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By the way -- if you claim to be a Christian...

I believe I know it. I can't show you that I know it. You can't show me or anyone else either. You just believe you can. But the evidence of this thread backs me up in my conclusion.
Everyone knows because we all have that witness of God because He put that in us, He gave us the Word of God and through prayer we communicate to Him, that’s how He worked it out. There is no physical tool on earth to detect the spiritual, unless you are spiritually alive or into witchcraft and are assisted by demons.
These things are beyond physical so by looking for proof the way you’re asking is impossible until you die. You could be taken up to heaven be glowing like Moses, raise the dead and still wouldn’t be able to convince or prove this to the skeptic and spiritually blind, examples of this are recorded in the Bible and other books.
 

Dan From Smithville

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Everyone knows because we all have that witness of God because He put that in us, He gave us the Word of God and through prayer we communicate to Him, that’s how He worked it out. There is no physical tool on earth to detect the spiritual, unless you are spiritually alive or into witchcraft and are assisted by demons.
These things are beyond physical so by looking for proof the way you’re asking is impossible until you die. You could be taken up to heaven be glowing like Moses, raise the dead and still wouldn’t be able to convince or prove this to the skeptic and spiritually blind, examples of this are recorded in the Bible and other books.
You have a circular argument. Everyone knows who is faithful because God put that knowledge in us. And that knowledge is in us because we are faithful.

I don't know that you are and that is not a test of my own faith. It is a fact. I could easily make claims about religion or other Christians, but I wouldn't be true to my faith to do so in my view.

Humans are a physical tool. You are contradicting yourself. Why is that given you claim near omniscience?

Making claims the way you are while acknowledging that the answers can't be known or shown and challenging others because they recognize that this evidence doesn't exist isn't a virtue.
 
You have a circular argument. Everyone knows who is faithful because God put that knowledge. And that knowledge is in us because we are faithful.

I don't know that you are and that is not a test of my own faith. It is a fact. I could easily make claims that you are, but I would be true to my faith to do so.

Humans are a physical tool. You are contradicting yourself. Why is that given you claim near omniscience?

Making claims the way you are while acknowledging that the answers can't be known or shown and challenging others because they recognize that this evidence doesn't exist isn't a virtue.
You say you are a Christian that means you had an encounter with God but you’re contradicting yourself and the Word of God, by what you’re saying. When I bring that up you accuse me of quote mining and misrepresentation.
You seem to have a fear of man and what people think of you on here if you go all in for Jesus Christ.
 

YoursTrue

Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
Then you know there is a spiritual realm that human beings are body, soul and spirit.
OK, but you bring up an interesting point. Which brings me back to the idea of supposed (yup) sequence of evolution. We each have a body. Now when we're alive (not dead) we have spirit. But since this is not particularly the thread to discuss this, I'll just say that, maybe another thread at another time about what is the soul, body, and spirit and how are they connected.
 

Dan From Smithville

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You say you are a Christian that means you had an encounter with God but you’re contradicting yourself and the Word of God, by what you’re saying.
No. I am not. I am contradicting you, but you are not God nor infallible.
When I bring that up you accuse me of quote mining and misrepresentation.
You did both of those things. That is a fact. It is in the record of this thread.
You seem to have a fear of man
No. I have no fear of you. Just in case you were getting ideas.
and what people think of you on here if you go all in for Jesus Christ.
I am going all in for Christ, which is why I correct the errors, flawed thinking, baseless claiming and fallacies that I see bandied about so wantonly as if they were something glorious to behold.
 
OK, but you bring up an interesting point. Which brings me back to the idea of supposed (yup) sequence of evolution. We each have a body. Now when we're alive (not dead) we have spirit. But since this is not particularly the thread to discuss this, I'll just say that, maybe another thread at another time about what is the soul, body, and spirit and how are they connected.
As a Christian I found dwelling in the secret place, the presence of the Lord it doesn’t matter what’s going on around me, there is peace and a confidence from God,

”He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the Lord, “He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust.” Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence.“
‭‭Psalms‬ ‭91‬:‭1‬-‭3‬ ‭NKJV‬‬
 

Dan From Smithville

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As a Christian, I believe I am blessed from God with the peace, confidence and the intellect that allows me to navigate the rough waters and bear the discernment to choose well from the claims of men and see where those claims are flawed.

I can do that too. It doesn't mean I'm wrong about what I said here either.
 
No. I am not. I am contradicting you, but you are not God nor infallible.
By being a Christain already says I was a sinful person, lost and in need of a Savior, that I understood the wrath of God was on me and I was separated from God. Sorry I ever gave you the idea that I thought I was infallible or God.
One thing I won’t do though is deny Jesus Christ, apologize for having a biblical world view and defending what I know and experienced with my Father in Heaven. Living the Word of God and speaking up. Sorry you don’t like my style but I would buy you dinner, help you out if you needed it no matter what, whether we agree or disagree on things, that doesn’t matter to me.
 
No. I have no fear of you. Just in case you were getting ideas.
Of course you don’t have any fear of me it’s the skeptics and others you’re afraid to offend by going all in for Jesus Christ, IMO. I’m still wondering the falsehoods I made, as a fellow believer you should know exactly where I’m coming from
 

Dan From Smithville

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By being a Christain already says I was a sinful person, lost and in need of a Savior, that I understood the wrath of God was on me and I was separated from God. Sorry I ever gave you the idea that I was infallible or God.
One thing I won’t do though is deny Jesus Christ, apologize for having a biblical world view and defending what I know and experienced with my Father in Heaven. Living the Word of God and speaking up. Sorry you don’t like my style but I would buy you dinner, help you out if you needed it no matter what, whether we agree or disagree on things, that doesn’t matter to me.
The implication here is that anyone that disagrees with you is doing all those things. As I said once before, you place a high premium on yourself.

I don't appreciate your "style", but that isn't the biggest problem. It is that you claim things as if you are the authority and I have seen nothing from you to support those claims. As a Christian, my personal blessings may be extraordinary, but they are not superior to God's but from God in my belief. I am humble and thankful before the Lord in that recognition. I would recommend you consider that for yourself.

I hope you truly have found God, but I think you need to continue to gain in your understanding of things.

Whether you would or wouldn't help me if I was in need is something I cannot test or know, but saying so doesn't make it a fact or render it hyperbole either. I would help you if you were in need regardless of whether you were Christian or not. I have done that many times.

I'll pray for you like I pray for another on here. I will continue to help you has I have been.
 

F1fan

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Doesn’t matter either way to me, we cast out demons in Jesus Name all the time.
Religious theater, and I'm sure it's entertaining. But there is no basis in reality in what you describe here.
Even if you saw this in person all you see is the manifestation and then they’re gone. How you going to test that? You’d say “confirmation bias” lol.
We examine observations with knowledge and reason, not faith. The reason we use reason and not faith is because faith is unreliable and is indifferent to evidence. That is why faith can't lead to any truth.
Talking to alot on here reminds me of this account:

”As he passed by, he saw a man blind from birth. And his disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “It was not that this man sinned, or his parents, but that the works of God might be displayed in him. We must work the works of him who sent me while it is day; night is coming, when no one can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.” Having said these things, he spit on the ground and made mud with the saliva. Then he anointed the man’s eyes with the mud and said to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means Sent). So he went and washed and came back seeing. The neighbors and those who had seen him before as a beggar were saying, “Is this not the man who used to sit and beg?” Some said, “It is he.” Others said, “No, but he is like him.” He kept saying, “I am the man.” So they said to him, “Then how were your eyes opened?” He answered, “The man called Jesus made mud and anointed my eyes and said to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went and washed and received my sight.” They said to him, “Where is he?” He said, “I do not know.” They brought to the Pharisees the man who had formerly been blind. Now it was a Sabbath day when Jesus made the mud and opened his eyes. So the Pharisees again asked him how he had received his sight. And he said to them, “He put mud on my eyes, and I washed, and I see.” Some of the Pharisees said, “This man is not from God, for he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said, “How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?” And there was a division among them. So they said again to the blind man, “What do you say about him, since he has opened your eyes?” He said, “He is a prophet.” The Jews did not believe that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of the man who had received his sight and asked them, “Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?” His parents answered, “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind. But how he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him; he is of age. He will speak for himself.” (His parents said these things because they feared the Jews, for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.) Therefore his parents said, “He is of age; ask him.” So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said to him, “Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.” He answered, “Whether he is a sinner I do not know. One thing I do know, that though I was blind, now I see.” They said to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?” He answered them, “I have told you already, and you would not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? Do you also want to become his disciples?” And they reviled him, saying, “You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses. We know that God has spoken to Moses, but as for this man, we do not know where he comes from.” The man answered, “Why, this is an amazing thing! You do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes. We know that God does not listen to sinners, but if anyone is a worshiper of God and does his will, God listens to him. Never since the world began has it been heard that anyone opened the eyes of a man born blind. If this man were not from God, he could do nothing.” They answered him, “You were born in utter sin, and would you teach us?” And they cast him out.“
‭‭John‬ ‭9‬:‭1‬-‭34‬ ‭ESV‬‬
The text is irrelevant.
 

Dan From Smithville

These are not the droids you're looking for. O-WK
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Of course you don’t have any fear of me it’s the skeptics and others you’re afraid to offend by going all in for Jesus Christ, IMO. I’m still wondering the falsehoods I made, as a fellow believer you should know exactly where I’m coming from
No. There is no evidence of that either.

I happen to agree with them on statements of fact and comments about the science, since I am a scientist. I know how to find the literature and can call them on claims they make that are poorly supported. I don't know if you understand much about those sorts of things, but in science, you have to have a thick skin while your favorite idea is getting butchered by the very people you hope would find it as grand as you do.

I think you're just reaching for any reason to ignore what I have to say.
 

Dan From Smithville

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Don’t know what quote mining is
So you say, but you did it textbook.
but seemed like you were saying there was only a physical
The physical is all we have objective evidence for. I have been quite clear in that.
and we didn’t have a soul or spirit and then you talk about God so yeah it was odd.
I was clear in stating my beliefs and I believe you even responded to the post where I did that. So claiming the contrary seems less convincing to me.

Do you think God wants us to ignore what we see with our eyes and what others can show us to be facts? That is the message I have been getting from you consistently.

You have selected an interpretation. Likely, because that is what you have been told you should believe by other men and women. That you have selected one doesn't make it the only one or even the best one. In fact, the Creation of God, this world, is also a truth of God in my view and tells us much that would indicate certain interpretations may be limited and flawed. I wouldn't be honest with myself or in my view, with God if I were to pretend that knowledge away because some dude told me I had to.
 

YoursTrue

Faith-confidence in what we hope for (Hebrews 11)
As a Christian, I believe I am blessed from God with the peace, confidence and the intellect that allows me to navigate the rough waters and bear the discernment to choose well from the claims of men and see where those claims are flawed.

I can do that too. It doesn't mean I'm wrong about what I said here either.
So then going back to Adam, and the biblical genealogy from there, to Abraham and eventually Jesus...
 
don't appreciate your "style", but that isn't the biggest problem. It is that you claim things as if you are the authority and I have seen nothing from you to support those claims.
I can claim everything that God says I can according to the Scriptures because I believe what He says and the promises He made to me.
Anything less is a lack of trust in God.
He says I’m seated with Him in the heavenly places in Christ.
That I’ve been blessed with every spiritual blessings in Christ.
That I have authority in the Name of Jesus to lay my hands on the sick for healing, cast out demons, preach the Gospel and minister salvation.
Yes, coming from the pit to being treated like a king and priest and an ambassador of Christ is an awesome privilege, yeah I boast a lot in Christ and what He has done for me.
 
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