God can send a whirlwind, But every single storm that comes is not sent
by God like some heavenly destroyer, Hurricanes hit the coast of the United states, if you live on the Coast your gonna eventually get hit by a Hurricane.
Religion however has tried to supersede our humanity and tell us it's okay to kill those other humans because they aren't like you, they don't worship the same God as you, they don't have the same hope for an afterlife, they aren't special and «chosen»
by God like you... that is the true face of evil on the planet, the one that tries to make you forget your humanity with bribes and extortion.
Not exact matches
And the entranceway won?t be guarded
by giant Aku Aku
gods like in the past.
A 20 - metre - long frieze, hand - etched on a glass panel and backlit
by LEDs, depicts fashion models lounging
like Greek
gods.
A lot of people get offended
by that,
like «Oh my
God!
The institutional church is so often
like Satan... longing to be worshipped and obeyed; teaching that obedience to one scripture is more important than balancing them all; luring us to abuse our power to make a difficult path chosen
by God into a simple solution of no new spiritual growth (Matt 4).
Like all mainline Protestant denominations, United Methodism finds itself challenged on its traditional position on sexual morality
by the emergence of the conscientious conviction that gay and lesbian relationships are a legitimate expression of
God's good and diverse creation.
This is funny since he only thinks there was a
god because
like most people that's what's been drummed into their heads
by preachers and society as a whole....
One nation under
god was added
by religious zeolots,
like you, in the 1950's.
This thread is exceedingly more interesting than the usual»»cause
god did it» spew presented on this blog
by the
likes of Chad, George, et al..
And the Christian
God is a lot
like Prometheus — a
God who is animated
by love of and pity for man and is willing to suffer for us to be healed or delivered from the misery of our mortality.
Marriage,
like the seventh day Sabbath was defined
by God in the beginning, not
by man and can not be changed
by man and his corrupt governments.
We are taught to bring other to
God by our own behavior, not
by forcing them to be
like us.
Evolution doesn't plan anything, even if it looks
like it was planned
by God 2.
When you see the sin of man poured out on Christ
by man you have the picture of what sin looks
like and does to the holy purity of
God.
I'd
like to add to that the idea that as a Christian we may be tempted to flee day to day problems
by imagining that
God will lift us out of it all, or prayer will make it go away.
Atheists: I know many there are many people that practice religion just
by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems
by repeating pre-made sentences over and over, but there are others different, I don't think Religion and Science need to be opposites, I believe in
God, I'm Catholic and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking for the cause and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science and technology instead of putting their faith in a
God, I don't think
God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them
by ourselves that's were
God is, also I think that
God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules
like Physics and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?
But one must also understand the ignorance of man
like yourself, who has been mislead
by false doctrines about
God and have been blinded from the truth.
You say you obey
god and not men, but I would be willing to wager that you use a book written, translated and edited
by man to determine
god's
likes and dislikes
What exactly does a universe that was not created
by god look
like to you so that we can use it as a reference for this one?
aka the book written
by man to control man... of course it has things that are evil... u can only interpret the word of «
god»
by what u know around u cuz apparently he speaks
like nostradamus so man hears peace and love and changes it to bigotry and war
My thoughts on what Jesus looks
like were spurred
by a fascinating lecture at Baylor
by the University of Colorado's Paul Harvey, author with Edward Blum of The Color of Christ: The Son of
God and the Saga of Race in America.
the person being voted for
by these individuals probably does have the right scientific markings
like, no
God, abortion on demand no matter how late in term, good in business and stealing (er) expropriating for personal gain, cheating on your mate, etc, etc. 2nd.
You said, «Their anger may come from the fact that they do not
like the idea that they might have to be accountable to a higher authority (
God) when they die and our witnessing to them reminds them of this event that they have to look forward to unless they repent and accept Jesus as their Savior before they die» Make sure that you also accept Thor, Zeus, Ra, and tens of thousands of other
gods ever invented
by man.
To «live
by the Spirit and walk
by the Spirit» not to expirament for ourselves on our own because «we are not our own» we are possessed
by the very Spirit of
God and as such speak
like Holy Spirit in us... think about possession for a second, what does it look
like?
And I'll stand
by the platform that if you don't
like God, or Christianity, that's your inaliable right.
Q. 4 It is only acceptable as an adult to believe childish Bronze Age mythology
like talking snakes, the Red Sea splitting, water turning into wine
by magic, mana falling from the sky, a man living in a whale's belly, a talking donkey, superhuman strength, a man rising from the dead and angels, ghosts,
gods and demons in the field of:
I don't understand why anyone would be offended
by someone praying for the souls of their dead ancestors, whatever religion you happen to be, if you don't believe in
God it isn't
like it hurts anything, if you beleive in a different
God, again it isn't
like it hurts anything...
in other words «would i believe in any creatures
like human, trees, stones, idols etc that has not power to live
by itself that are my
God (s)?»
This was picked up
by the various «Holiness Movements» and is prevalent largely in conservative Christian circles
like the Assemblies of
God, Southern Baptists and such.
It's
like all of those religions living under one roof, built
by one «
God» in separate rooms.
Now that I have put to death my old sin nature,
by the grace of
God, I will become more Ch - r - i - st
like in my ways and in my whole being.
That's why issues
like the ailing environment, world hunger, and overpopulation are largely ignored
by many Christians; instead of taking responsibility for these problems they leave them up to
God to solve one way or another.
So, stop acting
like you have some kind of divine mission too save America
by bringing
God into our court system.
There are many songs written and played
by people against whom I have the most fundamental and passionate disagreements in the moral and intellectual realms (which are the most important ones), yet hearing their songs can evoke ecstatic feelings that are very much
like feelings of worship and longing for
God.
He spoke to me through one of my oldest best friends (who
by the way is also completely non-religious; it was although
God took over his body and voice to speak with me) and delivered so many messages over a period of about 2 hours that my mind feels
like it will explode.
Explain to them that Mormons believe that
God was once a man, just
like us; that he still looks
like one; and that we can,
by following Mormon practices, can become
gods just
like God.
False Christians arn't persecuted True ones are though they even have been persecuted
by the Vatican and other false Christians they are under ban in places
like NK and Iran and some other places Jesus apostles where persecuted stephen was stoned John the baptist was decapitated Paul was
liked in prison for a while you see only true Christians are persecuted how can the richest orinization on the planet claim to follow
God and be the richest on the planet and actually persecute everyone else.
Offering comfort
by listening and allowing the dying to express their understanding of the Divine (
God, for me)
by talking of family and love is the ultimate expression, in my opinion, of what a real person of
God should be
like, especially at the end.
Colin is obviously a critical thinker who is far to intelligent to be judged
by the
likes of people who believe in a imaginary
god and as $ backwards religious book that promotes hate and bigotry.
inherit it
by birth just
like their hindu stupid
god monkey.
IF you were to look at creation it - self and how complex and in order things are surely after a few days of thinking about it you would have to say there must have be a creator in all of this stuff going on??? there is to much out there to say it all happened
by chance or accicedent... you do nt have to go past the moon or the nearest planet to see what im talking aobut i will pray that
God will reveal him self to you and you too can see what im talking aobut... you can emial me if you
like randytherealtor7 at yahoo com
I think cancer
like so many diseases are a mutation of
Gods creation, caused
by sin.
If we are true believers of
God and we have to ensure that what we have been believing has been the Truth as ordained
by God and have been doing good we will see at the time of death Heaven the place we are going to, So when we see heaven our worldly posessions
like family, wealth etc go into oblivion and we are not concerned the least about them since what we are now going into will dazzle us so much.
Judas's betrayal is still carried out
by me and other sinners on a daily basis when we think
God should act more
like us as opposed to us acting more
like God.
Also, it sounds
like someone got upset
by their college professor, and now since they have a CNN blog they figured they would soundoff on them because they are «successful» in the sight of the liberal (theologically) media, where «
god» is anything we desire.
I feel
like a lightweight in the heavyweight division; this statement is not driven
by a need to appear humble or to «earn points» with
God or those longsuffering Christians still reading this thread
by turning the other cheek and being meek.
What people see in
God suggests that people want to worship and be loved and punished
by something very much
like themselves.
By all accounts in Genesis it doesn't look
like god ever had that intention, and furthermore, what would be the point?
Despite all the emotion I just poured out, I need to remember —
like the Psalmists — to conclude
by remembering that
God is in control, He will walk with me and go before me, and it is my role to trust that He is sovereign.