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Old 06-22-2020, 05:35 PM
 
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Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship. Christianity is life. A sinner can be so overwhelmed by the love of God, so that he commits himself to loving this God, who loves him unconditionally.
Yes - it's a relationship.

God reveals Himself, and the resulting belief in Him, births us into the family of God.
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Old 06-22-2020, 05:50 PM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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Yes - it's a relationship.

God reveals Himself, and the resulting belief in Him, births us into the family of God.
That's worthy of a Sunday School gold star on the fridge!
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Old 06-22-2020, 06:00 PM
 
Location: Free State of Texas
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Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship. Christianity is life. A sinner can be so overwhelmed by the love of God, so that he commits himself to loving this God, who loves him unconditionally.
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Yes - it's a relationship.

God reveals Himself, and the resulting belief in Him, births us into the family of God.
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Old 06-22-2020, 08:12 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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Christianity is not a religion, it is a relationship. Christianity is life. A sinner can be so overwhelmed by the love of God, so that he commits himself to loving this God, who loves him unconditionally.
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Yes - it's a relationship.

God reveals Himself, and the resulting belief in Him, births us into the family of God.
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Christianity teaches children that God killed his own CHILD to atone for their wickedness as punishment.

Have you ever considered how damaging that can be mentally and emotionally for that of YOUR CHILD?
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Old 06-22-2020, 08:17 PM
 
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Christianity teaches children that God killed his own CHILD to atone for their wickedness as punishment.

Have you ever considered how damaging that can be mentally and emotionally for that of YOUR CHILD?
No.

When God and Christ are properly understood, there's nothing damaging to be considered.
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Old 06-22-2020, 08:26 PM
 
Location: Ontario, Canada
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No.

When God and Christ are properly understood, there's nothing damaging to be considered.
You just need to turn certain cognitive portions of your brain off.
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Old 06-22-2020, 08:36 PM
 
Location: Arizona
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Christianity teaches children that God killed his own CHILD to atone for their wickedness as punishment.

Have you ever considered how damaging that can be mentally and emotionally for that of YOUR CHILD?
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No.

When God and Christ are properly understood, there's nothing damaging to be considered.
I wasn't asking about what you believe, rather, have you considered how things impact or affect children?

Last edited by Jerwade; 06-22-2020 at 09:05 PM.. Reason: spelling error when it comes to affect/effect
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Old 06-22-2020, 08:53 PM
 
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I wasn't asking about what you believe, rather, have you considered how things impact or effect children?
I already answered your question. There's no negative impact.
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Old 06-22-2020, 09:01 PM
 
Location: Auckland, New Zealand
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We're sitting on a big rock hurtling thru an endless space with everything working out in favor of supporting our particular life form. THERE is NO WAY its by random chance over time working out this perfectly.

Only a fool thinks this has always been with no designer behind it........so LOGIC dictates a supreme being somewhere. If you look at a Rolex do you think all the parts just gathered at the top of a hill and as it rolled down it came together and at the bottom you have a working watch..............
Are you saying that the only evidence for a supreme being is that 'THERE is NO WAY it's by random chance over time working out this perfectly'?

Just where do you suppose this 'supreme designer being' came from? What's it made of and where is it now?
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Old 06-22-2020, 09:14 PM
 
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I choose to be a Christian because I believe God came down as a man to show men how to become sons of God. Also God suffered and died by the hands of his own creation, to save us from sin but also to show you how much love he has for you by letting everything that happened to him be the evidence of his love that humans can’t comprehend. And imagine being God, you’ve come and done all this to save your creation and yet a lot of them are worshipping idols or not believing in God at all. And propose wonder why God was angry in the OT.
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