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I'm not trying to be funny JayRob because this is a subject that I take very seriously; but why do you care? You told me that you don't acknowledge my Lord God Jehovah, the One God from the Holy Bible, as the creator of Heaven, Earth, and all therein the Earth. And since you don't believe or acknowledge Him, you don't believe, acknowledge or accept Jesus Christ to be our Redeemer and Saviour, nor do you believe,acknowledge or accept the Holy Spirit that Jesus said He would leave to us to direct us, guide us, and comfort us during our times of sorrow and trouble. So, again I ask you, why do you care?
Why do I care? It's not that I care about the bible, but I care about the truth and facts.
Should one remain silent when a wrong doctrine is being taught? Should one remain silent when he sees inaccuracies being taught? Should one remain silent when he witnesses a murder, yet has proof as to who committed the murder? Should that person remain silent because others disagree with him?
Ask yourself, why did Paul care to preach to the Stoics and believers in the unknown god? Was it because he cared about the pagan gods or was it because he supposedly cared about revealing the truth?
Apply that same principle to me. I care about the truth and it's revelation more than about the bible. That should be the goal of all of us.
If the bible isn't teaching the whole truth, shouldn't that be pointed out to those who may not know it? I think so and I also don't think one should weakly blame the messenger, but they should weigh what the messenger says. If it has fact, then accept it. If not, reject it. This is why I've come to reject most of what's in the bible.
And before you say you're "doing research" or "have proven facts", if you don't care, why go through all the trouble. You might be having what you think to be a "conversation" or "debate", but it really looks like you're provoking an argument, like the rest of your posts. But that might just be how I see it.......I can't speak for anyone else on the Prayer Board.
So folks who believe in Christianity can post any and everything they please, yet don't they offend others with their posts? If I can put up with some posts on here without getting upset, surely those who read my posts should be able to do the same, especially if they have the holy spirit working with them. Don't you think?
So the apostle Paul can debate and argue with others, yet not one of you mentioned this as causing strife among those he preached to? You called it preaching the gospel, but not provoking strife.
Now when I post something contrary to the opinions of some, I'm unlawfully being accused of provoking others to strife? If it was okay for Paul, why isn't it okay for me or anyone else to have a differing opinion? Sounds very hypocritical to me and almost borders on censorship. It really does.
For someone who does not believe or acknowledge God, you sure do spend a lot of time looking for ways to disprove and/or refute Him.
Many Christians don't believe in pagan gods but spend their time preaching against it and finding ways to refute them. Are they wrong for this? If they don't believe in it, why do they spend so much of their time trying to disprove it and prevent others from believing in such gods? The same principle applies to me.
But since you quote the Holy Bible so much, I guess you might be just biding your time and would rather confess Jesus Christ is Lord later rather than now......because sooner or later, you'll confess.
I mistakenly confessed years ago when I didn't know any better. Thankfully, those days are over due to the fact that I know a lot more now than I did back then.
What do I know now that I didn't back then?
I now know that the bible has many false statements, many unscientific statements, false history, inaccurate history, dozens and dozens of unfulfilled prophecies. It has stories and characteristics that were taken from other books and writings from various cultures; it has a savior whose physical attributes and characteristics are virtually identical to the saviors of other religions, religions that existed long before Christianity came on the scene. That's called plagiarism. It has so-called miracles that couldn't have possibly come to pass except in stories of fiction such as the sun stopping, a donkey talking, dozens and dozens of people rising out of their graves in Jerusalem, a worldwide flood that covered Mt. Everest. And those are only a fraction of mounds of evidence clearly proving that the bible is a man-made doctrine that's been pawned off as being revealed to ancient nomadic tribesmen by an all-knowing god of the universe.
As I stated earlier, I'd rather hold on to facts than fantasy, evidence than mere faith. I also hold on to the fact that it's your prerogative to believe what you want to believe and accept what you want to accept, with no strife from me.
