Sentences with phrase «by believers like»

My arguments are to show the boundless ignorance displayed by believers like you.

you mean atheists are condescending and mean when they point out inconstancies and outright lies thrown around by some believers like yourself.

Not exact matches

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Tony Dgee I think that the finding here is that non-believers have a higher motivation because they realize that they have to make it in the world by themselves, whereas believers are like the dependant adult children we unfortunately have in society.

You are correct, but John will be in denial, just like all the believers of all religions made up by mankind.

Like Luther, Lumen Gentium affirms the common priesthood of the faithful and grounds it in a shared participation of all believers in the one priesthood of Christ: «The baptized, by regeneration and the anointing of the Holy Spirit, are consecrated to be a spiritual house and a holy priesthood, in order that through all those works which are those of the Christian man they may offer spiritual sacrifices and proclaim the power of Him who has called them out of darkness into His marvelous light» (cf. 1 Peter 2:4 - 10).

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.

Message to all anti-gay believers out there, your views on homosexuals are rooted in the belief that it is a behavior or a choice, yet you refuse to be corrected by someone who actually is gay and would know, how Christ like are you being that you should refuse to listen and discriminate according to your own assumptions?

Out of all the postings on this site today, I found «Derp's «post the most fascinating and informative, as well as deeply revealing.Even after boasting of what seems to be a practically perfect live by any measure, he informs us that he takes pleasure in mocking and ridiculing those of faith who are presumably his opposite; I can only wonder if, given all his supposed accomplishments, he is smart enough to realize how deeply revealing of his true character his remarks are.As a believer, I rarely engage in arguments with my atheist friends, and like to think I wouldn't lower myself to the level of juvenile name - calling and personal attacks against whatever my atheist friends hold dear.Most of the time we simply agree to disagree; when they hold forth with misinformation or ignorance on their assumed «knowledge «of my faith, I try to gently correct them; I certainly don't allow any disagreements we have to devolve into hateful insults and name - calling.

The simple truth is that the internet and social media has userped the power of the «church» to control the people, and people who once occupied pews now find it easier to find like minded believers (of all fathis and creeds) online and can be exposed to any theology they want by simply using Google.

What I would like to see is that the tolerance you want from believers, be demonstrated by you and show them the «right» way to behave towards others and quit being prejudice of others.

Believers could substantially reduce the number of abortions without a single change to any laws just by behaving as they would like everyone else to!

Like the third soil the cares of the world consume this BELIEVER and what he is worried about, concerned with and concentrating on gets wiped out by the storms.

Now, we certainly have two or more people gathered together (Jesus liked the two or more thing), and they have asked in Jesus» name, and we have not one but a million faithful believers who, by definition, have faith and believe.

These attributes assigned to god by believers are just like the fake medals and ribbons given to rulers of small, countries.

Then agian, you're just like the rest of the believers here who would sound just as shocked by a protester at an abortion clinic thinking «anti-abortionist at an abortion clinic!

The Sanskrit mantras when translated may be as disappointing as Italian opera in translation — words like wheel, bedpost, bridge and collar abound — but in Sanskrit the mantra claimed by one's trainer to have the right nuances of sound and meaning for the believer.

But the common Christian believer may intuit the threat of the historical consciousness in something like this crude way; the perceived threat can not be conjured away by unsupported exhortations for the believer to accept the modern world view.

Now if we consider the question of what it is like to be a believer, and if we mean by a believer someone fully formed by orthodoxy, we have to admit that there are very few believers out there.

Kind of like these comments spewed by the believers.

If all Christians were distinguished by their love, like the believers in Acts wouldn't you use that as an argument for Christianity?

The next thing to say is that, as the believer, theologian, and preacher that I am, I read Scripture in the way followed before me by Chrysostom (regularly), Augustine (fitfully), and all Western professional exegetes since Colet, Luther, and Calvin that is, I approach the books as human documents produced by people of like passions with myself.

A believer could act like an atheist, I suppose, but what would he learn about atheists that he could not get by just reading some atheist literature or talking to some atheists?

I have seen this thrown out before by believers but what they don't seem to understand about «feelings» like love and even pain, is that it's subjective.

As opposed to the thousands and thousands of billboards & church message boards every 50 ft with their snarky comments pushing their beliefs and quite often attacking non -(Jesus) believers and / or science directly or indirectly, all the millions of people that like to go around constantly «sharing their beliefs» about how everyone who believes differently is gonna be tortured and burned for eternity, or the countless attempts by local, state, and federal government officials to push laws based on those beliefs and to favor those beliefs all over the country.

Craig both seventh day and anglican are believers they are saved by faith in the death of Jesus Christ and they believe in the forgiveness of sins sactification and the resurection at Christs return.This is what i meant regarding theology one has to be careful otherwise you exclude groups of christians because some of there other theology may not be the same as ours.They still hold to the central truths of the bible but have differences ie like sabbaths or baptism but that does not mean they arent saved or are christians.What church denomination do you belong to if you mentioned jehovah witness or mormons that is a different story as they do nt believe that Jesus Christ is central to there faith they have relegated him to nothing more than a prophet so there is no salvation in those religions.brentnz

The believers are like fruit bearing trees that have been planted by the Lord in the paradise.

For many believers in this group, it is about finding a righteous (and humane) path to oneness with their god and for non-believers (like myself) it is about the defense of certain freedoms and a right to live our lives unhampered by the beliefs of others while still maintaining those common values that are important to the progress and betterment of mankind.

Unfortunately, other believers seem easily cowed by the usual threats of hell that conservatives routinely fire at all who oppose their views, so it seems like you're stuck with hearing from us for the time being.

There is your answer to what terrifies an atheist... if any other non believer would like to add or change something i have said, by all means... but i think i hit the nail on the head!

Sarah God forgives you for your actions if you confess it to God he does nt change he still loves you.It is hard but as a believer we must forgive those who hurt us not for there sake but for ours harbouring anger bitterness and unforgiveness causes us to get sick that is where i believe your mental illness is coming from.Those negative emotions have the power to destroy us if we let them.Only Jesus can help us to forgive when it hurts so deeply like you are experiencing tell him you cant do it and ask him to help you by his holy spirit so he can set you free and bring healing and restoration to your life brentnz.

You can attempt to use the comments by anyone you like, strong or weak atheist or believer, but without real evidence, all you have is an opinion and faith.

While Paul's thought is by no means always clear, and perhaps from letter to letter not always exactly the same, it is nevertheless certain that his concept of resurrection can be clearly distinguished from that of the traditional «bodily resurrection».27 Paul does not speak in terms of the «same body» but rather in terms of a new body, whether it be a «spiritual body», 28 «the likeness of the heavenly man», 29 «a house not made by human hands, eternal and in heaven», 30 or, a «new body put on» over the old.31 In using various figures of speech to distinguish between the present body of flesh and blood and the future resurrection body, he seems to be thinking of both bodies as the externals which clothe the spirit and without which we should «find ourselves naked».32 But he freely confesses that the «earthly frame that houses us today ’33 may, like the seed, and man of dust, be destroyed, but the «heavenly habitation», which the believer longs to put on, is already waiting in the heavenly realm, for it is eternal by nature.

I think the point is not to try to «convert» believers but to reach out to those who already don't believe or feel like they don't believe but are surrounded by those who do and thus feel trapped / isolated.

Most believers come to moments like this, where they either have to face the reality that the Bible is indeed flawed, or force themselves to be reas.sured by defences so ridiculous that they must be embarras.sing to even think about.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

If what you interpret Paul as saying is that before creating all the myriad galaxies and star systems God decided that They would put some humans on the third planet from an insignificant star on a little arm of a middling galaxy and that the first hominids chosen role would be to perform pretty much to spec and do something silly and rebellious (arguably without sufficient information as to consequences for themselves and their off spring, oh, and for serpents) and cause affront to the tripartite godhead warranting separation of Gods grace from all their offspring; then we are left with people being chosen from way back before the Big Bang to do some terrible things like killing babies or betraying Jesus who was chosen on the same non date (time didn't exist before creation) to die in a fairly nasty fashion and thereby appease the righteous wrath of himself and his fellow Trinitarians by paying a penalty as a substitute for all future sins (of believers?)

The Simpson family's weekly worship gathering is led by Reverend Lovejoy, a seemingly once passionate preacher burned out on an overly needy congregation, like constant questions from the Simpson family's neighbor Ned Flanders, a true yet exhausting believer who wears Lovejoy's patience thin.

Hopefully the message might make a believer take a hard look at their ridiculous beliefs, like magic gardens with magic apples that are guarded by talking snakes, lol.

When religious leaders like the Ayatollah Khomeini or Meir Kahane propose to run a country strictly by what they understand to be God's revealed word, and hence to do so undemocratically, most American believers become deeply troubled.

Just another example of christian hypocrisy — yap in public about being oppressed and behave differently in private, much like with abortion (where 70 + % of abortions in the USA are had by believers).

Justification in the sight of man by way of sanctification or becoming ever more like Christ is a process which has the potential of saving others.; this by exemplifying through faith in action that faith alone in the blood of Christ alone saves you, this on the hope of attracting believers from faith to faith in action and unbelievers first to faith and salvation and then to faith in action, paying it forward, growing His Kingdom.

i say these so called believers in god are being played like a fool by their religion leaders.

By the way, for you true believers, I just checked my underwear and I have a skitter that looks just like the baby jesus.

Luther teached that a believer shall always live a life of righteousness by the power of his first baptism (mostly infant baptism) and if he has sinned again the believer shall exercise privat confession and return to his first baptism, but not try to get righteousness by good works (to say a rosary, to do a pilgrimage, buy indulgence and the like).

unfortunately, by definition, a «True Believer» is like Satan, and never repents... if they repent (for real), then they are no longer a «True Believer» (that is, a destroying, non-thinking fanatic, that uses bonds of hatred to create a mass movement).

I have been a Christian saved by the blood and cross of Jesus for decades and have not come across any true believers who think like you describe them?

They just call it by different terms like «premise» or «tenet» or or «axiom» so that most of us don't realize that they too are believers.

As for hearing sounds of a deceased dog... not sure how that ties into anything thats being discussed at the moment (dogs, by the way are generally agreed by most believers that they don't have souls so...) but hearing something like that is still explainable without having to insert a «spritual realm» answer to explain it.

: An Evangelical Engagement with Contemporary Questions, he does his fellow evangelicals a vital service by identifying and discussing six areas where critics like Ehrman have sown deep seeds of doubt in the minds of believers and seekers as to the reliability of the Bible.