Hey, my god (s) can kill more of
his believers than your god (s).
But it must be remembered that the Christ of faith is no more visible to the Christian
believer than God is.
Not exact matches
What better place to learn to know the irrational
god -
believers than on the Beliefs page?
So, what is my point?To read Paul's polemic, his rhetoric and generally his theology as an end in itself, rather
than his attempt to bring others to an experience of the living
God is to me, missing the point.It seems that much of the divisiveness between
believers on this blog and a few others I visit is just that: I often read... Paul says this... hey, but Jesus says that... no, he wasn't saying that, he was saying this and so on and so on.Am I the only one bored with this «your Mother and my Mother were hanging out clothes» approach.I think we need a little more adverb, as in maybe....
The atheist who claims to come from a «faith» background is extremely confused and more to be pitied
than admired.Had the supposed «
believer» continued in the «faith» they claim to have forsaken, they would ultimately have appeared before
God and been rejected.These were deceived, they never met
God, they never knew
God and they never understood
God.They are devoid of the Truth and twice lost.There is hope while they still breathe
Gods gift of life that they might someday meet and be reconciled to
God, but their lying nature makes salvation less likely.Debate with them is an exercise in futility.
God bless
If you are not a
believer and are not repentent, it does not more
than a «
God bless you» after a sneeze.
A lot of
believers in
God have contributed more to science and our understanding of logic
than me, too.
And to say that Biblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical
believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete
than those of other ancient beliefs due to
God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and apostles.
I am one who went from a young person with faith to one who did nt believe in
God and discovered a finally life with
God was far richer
than anything I could have imagined as a non
believer.
Uncle David: If there are more
God -
believers in the population, and more of them are attracted to AA because of their belief in the higher power in the first place... it does not necessarily follow that AA's approach is more successful
than any other program because of sheer numbers.
WE ARE GIVEN AUTHORITY... we don't scream
God take this devil out... WE TELL THEM TO COME OUT... WHEN A COP ORDERS U TO STOP WHAT HAPPENS IF U DO NT???? DEVILS KNOW THE DRILL & MUST COMPLY... THEY ARE WAY MORE CUNNING
THAN A NON
BELIEVER... BUT NOT MORE CUNNING
THAN THE
BELIEVER WHO HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED TO NOT BE DECIEVED.....
If folks don't have a sin issue any longer
than why did
God use the word sin throughout the rest of the NT even when referring to
believers.
You by your own admission set it aside and go with what YOU THINK your
god wants which you can no more demonstrate is the correct path
than any other
believer who does the same but does not agree with your moral conclusions.
Certainly, as
believers in Jesus we need ongoing faith, and what would be more natural and right
than for the new birth to serve as an instrument of
God whereby our faith in Christ grows and multiplies?
Those who believe that miracles are refuted by modern science may view them symbolically rather
than literally, saying, for example, that the stilling of the storm (Mark 4:35 - 41) shows that
God is with the
believer in the storms of life.
We can be sure that
believers found
God in him, but I don't see how we can say more
than that.»
If
God is based on the same stuff as Jupiter, Horus and Baal,
than he's still a myth no matter how much later
believers needs and «understanding» develop him, right?
Obviously,
God intervenes radically only in response to a radical attitude on the part of the
believer — radical not in regard to political means but in regard to faith; and the
believer who is radical in his faith has rejected all means other
than those of faith.
However, and quite surprisingly I should add, you might be interested to know the effect your words have upon a
believer in
God of forty years, and by the way I wish to thank you for your words in this province, that when I read such terse thoughts they have the distinct effect of deepening, in an extraordinary way, my faith and cause me to love and worship
God even more
than ever.
For example, if a
god believer would require more evidence of ownership before purchasing a house or gemstone
than they require of their
god belief, then that's just stupid, and the
believer needs to realize this horrible bias they employ.
I think that your idea of teaching, with interaction between the one teaching and the people being taught is better suited towards emphasizing that fact
than preaching, because the teacher can then work with the listeners regarding how
God can use the truths being taught in each individual
believers life.
How about, an erroneous concept of
God (an idol), erroneous interpretation of the bible, and a concept of the «church» as an organization or something other
than consisting of all of the
believers in the world.
tf: Did you once consider that maybe the reason it appears we speak out more against your
god than other
gods is because it is your
gods believers that seem to be at the center of so much in this world??? I don't see Pagan's standing on street corners or attempting to use their holy books to deny equal rights.
No, it becomes arrogant to think you have it right and everyone else is wrong when you can't objectively demonstrate your
god any more
than believers of other
gods can.
Believer or not, I would think that you wouldn't want a scientist to start using
god in their explanations any more
than you would want your mechanic to invoke demon possession for your car problems.
«but more profound scientific knowledge will lead you a few of you to
God», rather
than being so positive about something you can't be positive about... especially since, I would never be one of «
God's followers,
believers, whatever», even if I saw him face to face and shook his hand.
You should ask yourself, to help cure you of your horrid delusions, why it is that even the majority of
believers in the world believe in a different
god than you do, with wildly different rules to follow, and why your supposedly omnipotent creature can't do a better job of marketing himself over those other beliefs.
I know this will upset the legalists who have posted here, but I think
God (I use this English word which comes from the German word Gott — rather
than Yahweh since I am writing to English readers as opposed to Israelis) is not going to damn any
believer who knowingly sins and later regrets doing so and repents (changes their mind / heart).
And because of that fact you will find few who are angrier with or cuss him more
than I. And because of this I can state for a fact that the Atheist's are more realistic (extremely harsh and unforgiving) in assessing
God and his actions
than the
believers.
I would state that probably less
than 100,000 christians and
god believers in the US can logically support their theism, and that it is merely an extension of their childhood training and a vestige of that immature comfort from ignorance.
If you've met atheists who pity
believers, it is becuase they know that the whole of existence is much grander, and more humbling to the individual,
than those who subscribe to an anthropocentric / anthropomorphic
God are willing to admit.
In my book Jewish Renewal: A Path to Healing and Transformation, I point out that in the original Hebrew version the word for «the Lord» that calls Abraham to sacrifice his son is very different
than the word for the angel of
God (YHVH) who tells Abraham to NOT GO THROUGH WITH IT, and that the reason we Jews celebrate Abraham as the father of our people is NOT because of his faith in being willing to carry out this violent and bloody act, but rather because he was able to hear the voice of
God as a voice that allowed him (and through him all subsequent Jewish and Muslim
believers) to NOT FOLLOW THE VOICE OF CRUETLY AS SOMEHOW THE VOICE OF
GOD.
The
believer is bound to obedience until the government exceeds its commission, whereupon one must obey
God rather
than man.
Bob... I think I am as unconvinced as you are about the veracity of claims that are made by some
believers as to what
God is doing or about to do in their lives, but I've come to think that religion or the search for meaning is much larger
than any particular expression of any one tradition.
I agree we have way more today
than 1st century
believers had in terms of knowledge, but then do we have more in terms of the power of
god in our midst.
They are godless because hate and pride are the hallmarks of non
believers and those who reject
God / Christ as well as anything or entity that would dare suggest they bow to any other
than self.
What we do acknowledge is a unity in Christ with Roman Catholic
believers who, no less
than we ourselves, have been saved by
God's grace and justified by faith alone.
You so - called «
believers» are weak minded fools who more often
than not use your
gods to explain what you can not otherwise grasp or to justify your actions even when they fly in the face of human decency.
In love of
God,
God's Angels,
God's Holy Books and
God's Prophets as Christians, Jews and Muslims which all of you to become more active in approaching those who are non religious to attract them rather
than concentrating on each other as to gaining converts against each other or to fight in war with each other but are to become as one or wallies against it otherwise this country would become a Hell for
believers inside and overseas under evil powers?!
We, TRUE
believers have lesser tendencies to commit murders and other unpardonable sins
than atheists because, we believe that aside from it is logically, morally and lawfully wrong to harm our fellow beings, we also believe that they are abominable in the sight of
God.
For in this case he knows more of
God than the so - called
believer who regards
God as a question which he has long settled to his own satisfaction.
If your not a
believer than im not trying to argue with you as
God would not argue with the devil on matthew as he mocked him.
It is no more or less serious
than other acts that can alienate
believers from
God and themselves.
No more
than the same arguments
believers use to defend
God's not being disprovable.
The New Testament teaches that each LOCAL body of
believers is to be separate from other bodies, with no common leader other
than God and Jesus.
They would rather stay in the world... a world of pain and suffering - as it compares to heaven -
than to be received by their
god in heaven ** OR ** 3)
Believers really don't believe
The non-
believer feels that same indifference to one more
god than a
believer does.
For the
believer's knowledge of Jesus has been hardly more dependent upon the historian's research
than has his knowledge of
God.
I love how people think that they can play
God, if your a true
believer than you would leave judgement day to him.
Every thing is becoming possible since they our earthly lords wanting to act as
Gods replacing
believers only
God and satisfying atheists beliefs in their Earthly
Gods more
than the
God of Heavens.