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And then he'd remind them of all the picking and choosing they do with the bible. It's all or nothing really. I'm sure he would also point out all of the distorting that these folks do and how ashamed he is for them using his word as a means for hate/oppression. Think many so called Christians will be surprised how God feels about their behaviors when he does return.
There is an interesting dichotomy found in the Gospels. Jesus is vastly more kind to the “lost” than he is the established religiosity. However in all his encounters with those who are not of faith, he leaves them with a simple instruction “go and sin no more”.
Your child is really really sick in the hosp and they are running test on your child. Do you not have faith that your child is going to get better. Or are you just doom and gloom your child is doing to die
When your child or loved one walks outside for the day do you not believe or have faith that they will return home safe?
No, I don't believe that at all. I expect it.
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When you wake up in the morning do you not believe that you will live to go back to sleep in that bed?
Again, I have no such belief. I expect to.
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It is no different then having faith that there is a GOD.
It's vastly different.
Each of the three examples you've cited is based on experience, not belief.
Belief in a god is based on blind faith in some ancient myth that insists you go along with the story without any experience, or else you're threatened with all kinds of horrible consequences. That's what belief is; unquestioning acceptance w/o evidence based in some part on fear.
It shows that intellect and belief in religion are directly correlated. The more you learn and the more you know, the less likely you are to believe in the moronic beliefs of Christianity (or any other religion). Seriously, 59% of people without college believe Jesus is coming back in less than 40 years while only 19% of college graduates (some are probably from Bob Jones, Liberty, Point Loma Nazarene or an equivalent "college") believe, that's a huge difference.
That also means that most people without college degrees believe the apocalypse is coming soon...scary stuff. This is why all that money we spend on military to have all those enlisted boys at our disposal should actually be spent on getting those same boys a real education so we can move past these primitive notions of religion like most of the rest of the Western world.
Primitive notions of religion? Like most of the rest of the Western world?
I wouldn't have any problem with it at all, except that these kind of people often try to enact laws and dictate policy based on their crazy beliefs.
Uh, we have a form of government in this country that places the power to enact laws into an elected legislative body, not man-on-the-street individuals.....unless you mean Obama and his power to write Executive Orders and his status as a Christian is questionable.
There's only one, yes one, unforgiveable sin. A roster of good deeds gets you nowhere (but hell) if you don't accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
That's fine and everything but I'm talking about the people who cheat on their spouses, remarry in the church, work on Sundays, have sexual relations outside of marriage, and many other things that are not acceptable in the bible. Yet, they will be the first ones to condemn homosexuality.....something that is open to interpretation in the bible anyhow. If you are going to walk the walk......walk the walk all the way.....don't pick and chose.
Hey Roy, I believe in the tooth fairy...does that make me okay?
What decade did you go to elementary school in? I did it in the 1940s when the progressives hadn't taken over education so must not know much. Hell, I got my MS in 1957 and surely all those old conservative professors didn't know nearly as much as those of today.
Go ahead with your uneducated crap because you have a severe need to feel superior that I don't understand at all.
there have been serious studies that show that prayer is effective.
lmfao :d
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