Much easier thanks. No straw man, but, here is where we got off track. When I asked have you ever done anything wrong for the right reason, you replied not with claiming it was endorsed by God.
Who claimed God endorsed this?
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Can Atheists Imagine?
- Thread starter Reverend Rick
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Who claimed God endorsed this?
I can imagine many things. When I read a book and imagine unicorns and gryphons fighting in epic battles does that mean the seed for becoming a unicorn and gryphon believer is planted?I'd go with it simply meaning I have a mind and can use it.
And trust me... no seeds here.
Did you water it?
Yes I did say some Christians will do anything to save souls. I never said if it was right or what God thinks about it because I don't speak for God. God judges I don't.
Past and future remark, same deal. I started the ball and you all ran with it. I don't deny what I said, but I never said I did it or it was right.
Past and future remark, same deal. I started the ball and you all ran with it. I don't deny what I said, but I never said I did it or it was right.
Gentoo
The Feisty Penguin
It's leading to the question of why or even if it's okay for some to bend or break the same rules they're enforcing. Obviously I'm not saying that you do this, just curious as to your thoughts on it.
Jaymes
The cake is a lie
First: I've already told you there's no seed.
Second: If there was, I see no reason to water it. If it's something hardy and worth believing in, it'll grow on its own, without my help.
That is my hope.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Trust me, I know better than most people my age life can literally change in a second. Tearing my ACL took away a potentially promising pro-wrestling career, which I honestly set my life up on being able to make a living doing that. I had no plan B. The one day, with a second, everything changed.
But, I am saying "Never" when it comes to me being a Christian again, or a "real" Christian for those of you who claim you can't unconvert from Christianity. I can't give my reason's publicly on RF, but it is a 100% garuante that I will not convert.
Nothing is a 100% guarantee, although I believe that is the way you see it now. I have high hopes of spending eternity with all of you.
Jaymes
The cake is a lie
Odds are you're wrong, as I'm not attracted to the branches of Christianity that don't look down upon transgendered people unwilling to continue lying to themselves.
When you put things in God's hands, a giant weight can be lifted off your shoulders. All things are possible with God. You can ask God for anything. No one is unworthy of his gifts.
Jaymes, I believe you when you say you need healed. If being healed means you need an operation there has to be a way to make you whole. All things are possible with God.
Shadow Wolf
Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
Don't worry, for we will.
Myself, I have lost my job a couple months ago, and have bills pilled to high heaven, and late fees stacking fast. I do not worry about it. I simply do what I can. And, after suffering through a few jobs I have loathed, I have a very good chance of landing a job I will enjoy.
How about a new life? Parents that love and appreciate me? My injuries fully healed? Mental conditions magically gone overnight? And there are alot of other things I would ask for.
Nanda
Polyanna
Believe it or not, I'm perfectly happy as an atheist. I don't have any anger or bear any grudges toward Christianity, I just find, after years of soul-searching, that I'm simply an unbeliever. I don't feel any gaping, god-shaped hole in my life, and to be honest, there's nothing that I'd want from any god. All said, I'm pretty content.
McBell
Unbound
I asked:
Nowhere can I find in the Bible that Christians are allowed to break Gods commandments in order to convert.
Perhaps you can point one out to me?
Your reply:Perhaps you can point one out to me?
Yet you did not present a single verse.
OK, I will get back to you with it, now that I understand what your looking for.
Isaiah 64:5
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righeousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Thou meetest him that rejoiceth and worketh righteousness, those that remember thee in thy ways: behold thou art wroth; for we have sinned: in those is continuance, and we shall be saved.
Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righeousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Papersock
Lucid Dreamer
Isn't that sometimes called a "holy sin?"
Or maybe "the ends justify the means."