i dont know how but i never said those things. i am gussing that me and someone else posted at the same times and the names merged or something. thoose quotes are not mine.
Look, I see the sincerity behind your faith, and I'm convinced you're probably a very nice person, but what you are presenting to me is not evidence. Essentially you are saying, "I bowed my head and silently asked a question to an omniscient being, and then received an answer from a supernatural spirit that is one with that being." Isn't it more logical to come to the conclusion that the answer was probably generated internally from your own brain?
Brother, I am a ruthless seeker of the truth! I don't want to be living a lie, so please, if I am wrong in my thinking, show me the right way! I only ask you to use evidence and reason.
I'm sorry, but I really don't know what you are talking about.![]()
Asking a question of God and getting an answer- and answer you could not find in days- to get it by the simple asking in that very moment- What in the name of God do YOU call that?
Oh, yea.... your head.
That's right. For you God is dead.
You seek proof to your answers.
Your mind is made up.
But when someone comes along with and shines some light on the subject- you try to tear them apart.
Mat 7:6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.
Everyday is a chance to change for the better.
What is so hard about the word evidence? Really? Do you guys just not understand what evidence means? Do you not understand that your god does not wish to be proven, as stated directly in the Bible? Do you know what faith means?
Coincidences happen everyday, it's nothing short of naive to attribute the random occurences of everyday life, to that of a supernatural being. God does not talk to you, if you think he does, you are delusional. You say you hear voices, I'm beginning to get a little concerned. What if God told you to kill someone?
You think I bow my head. Nope. My God has long hair and hung out with stree people. I also know his voice very well. And it was a question asked outside of me and an aswer I could not discover. The answer did not come from my head. But hey, when there is no God- what are you suppossed to think.
You are not a ruthless seeker. No. You have shut the door on God and have built a wall blocking yourself away from the highest provider of Knowledge, wisdom and understanding. But again, you refuse to see or believe this. Only you are right in the world you live in.
And your final satement proves all our points.
You understand nothing of the Bible at all. And what you think you know has so many holes in it you could use it for making drip coffee. And who ever sold you your 'knowledge', sadly, didn't have the sense God gave a bucket of dead fish.
Sorry to have to tell you that.
It's what breeds your hate. Your twisted knowledge of things you know nothing about is like an inncubater for culturing your hate.
If you were to act with kindness even when you are hurt- it might help.
I watched Doc!!! make amends to Medicineman today. That was cool.
I almost typed "I folded my hands, bowed my head...", but I took out the folded hands part because I thought that would have been too distracting for you. I should have take the bowed head part out too. It was totally meant to be representative of the act of prayer, and was totally inconsequential to the point I was making. Actually didn't mean offense.
It's very suspicious to me that you have spent so much time telling me what I AM, rather than addressing my stated concerns about your faith and God. You are blocking an attempt to help me learn about this truth you possess, and using your entire interaction with me to simply define me into a box and label. I'll ask you again, if you possess a greater truth, please show me the evidence of that truth so I can believe too! Sorry, I can't just take your word for it.
You claim to have a relationship with a loving god yet when I expose my vulnerability of not understanding one of your statements, you use it against me instead of explaining it to me. Is this what your god would want you to do?
Nobody sold me my knowledge. Knowledge isn't meant to be sold. If someone sold you your knowledge, this might very well be the fundamental problem in your line of thinking.
I actually feel honestly sorry for you after reading these statements. It really does make me sad for you. Does this count as acting with kindness?
Again- my bad for being a bit defensive but with all the smack downs happening in these forms- I guess I took your words a bit hard. And I mis- read the very last sentence too. Please forgive. As I am sorry.
Water under the bridge.
I simply say what I believe to be the truth of the matter, and if that cuts to the core of some people, that wasn't my intention. I use the term "delusion" to mean specifically a false belief that is resistent to reason and confrontation with the actual truth. I don't throw this around to hurt people's feelings but to accurately communicate what I believe is going on. It is also important to note that delusion is not synonymous with being psychotic or dumb. I think aquiring wisdom is all about casting away our delusions. I'm very open to hearing evidence that would support your theories, but I suspect the only evidence is experiential.
Experimantal?? That is so sterile. The rock group Yes made a good point when they sung "There's one difference between you and I - your heart is inside your head."
Fine. Life is just one grand experiment. So our evidence is 'experimental? That doesn't even make sense.
Plus your post, that has yet to appear on this site, can not be taken out of context. It's also from the Mosic law befor the Judges and well before Grace. What you may not understand about dispensation of time may be harming your understanding of God in relation to that time. Anyhow... I've been waiting to post a reply but must also power down for the night.
Cheers Ancap
Again. It's a personal relationship. It needs to be proven to your - each one of us- in a personal way. One could provide you with the evidence- the planet you're standing on but it wouldn't work. It didn't work for me. I've told you what happend to me and still you want me to prove God to you. That's not how HE works. He proves himself to those who seek.
But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.