Sentences with phrase «discussion about gods»

You can't have a serious discussion about gods or religion with people that actually believe there are gods, or that religion is more than a fairy tale.

It is ok to talk about family and loved ones as long as the discussion about God is not neglected.

Ka does engage in genuinely serious discussions about God with one religious high school student.

You say you don't know gods will because to try and think like god is too hard (which for the record I think is a cop out in any debate or discussion about god that I understand you really believe it and are not trying to duck around a question, but to say I don't know, god is too powerful to understand sort of halts discussion from there)

You say you don't know gods will because to try and think like god is too hard (which for the record I think is a cop out in any debate or discussion about god that I understand you really believe it and are not trying to duck around a question, but to say I don't know, god is too powerful to understand sort of halts discussion from there) but you also are saying to speak with him on a daily basis.

Or to put it another way again, discussion about God's predestination should not fall under the category of justification, but under the categories of sanctification and glorification.

This means, however, that discussions about God must have a certain inherent tentativeness, a certain openness to question.

How many Christians, I wonder, are aware that in the Book of Job there is much discussion about God and about human suffering and wickedness but not a whisper about heaven or hell, or anything of the kind?

When we've turned a discussion about God into who has which opinion and which opinion is better, then we've all lost.

I'm hoping a lot of people see it and it leads to honest discussion about God and religion.

peter... logic in a discussion about god?

This is his long prelude to a lengthy discussion about God's righteousness and salvation «for all who believe» (3:21 - 8:39).

We become so used to our questions and ideas being ill - received that we often enter discussions about God expecting / assuming that we'll be challenged or segregated or labeled.

Humtake... Pick any religious discussion about God, and atheists will swarm in like a flood to try and say God doesn't exist...

All discussion about god are as relevant as discussion about flying pink elephants.

One of us is making the other look bad... oh, just like the discussions about God.

Not exact matches

the only important thing in life is how we treat one an other, how we live our lives, dipping into religous orthodoxy and entering a discussion about what god to pray to is nothing more then selfindulgent hokus pocus guesswork.

To close in «The Stand» Mother Abigail and Nick Andros (who is portrayed as being at lest agnostic) have a discussion (through Ralph reluctantly translating for Nick) about his belief (or lack of) in the Christian god.

You have to bring God into any discussion about dying.

At such a critical point in a persons's life I would hope that there would be some discussion about whether their soul is right with God before they die.

Our original discussion was about the «perfection» how / when / where God worked to allow for the most people possible.

If you can't form an opinion with regard to this question than you are not an atheist, and really have no place in this discussion about belief in God.

LBC radio presenter Darren Adam had a discussion with a caller on Monday about the existence of God in which he explained reasons for his unbelief, but said the offer of a ticket to paradise was «possibly the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me on this programme».

Serendipitously, two weekends ago when he did that, it was a chapter about how discussions of theology need ordinary people to be involved, how well - educated and well - read and well - travelled scholars also need us low church experiential local folks talking about how we see and experience and know God, about how theologians are hiding in every walk of life.

All this, which is only a part of what ought to be said about the Atonement, is not irrelevant to our discussion; for like Professor MacKinnon, though in a rather different way, I want to lay the greatest emphasis on the decisiveness and uniqueness of the Cross and the Resurrection In both these acts of God, however, I find no inconsistency between their decisiveness and «objectivity» and the fact that they are directed towards men: the former as conveying to them the divine acceptance which is also judgement, the latter by bringing to them, in the Easter experiences, the active presence of the living Lord.

A woman who is held back, minimized, or downplayed is not walking in the fullness God intended for her as an image bearer (for instance, take a look at Carolyn Custis James» excellent discussion about being an «ezer kenegdo» in her book, «Half the Church.»)

The originality of Hartshorne's discussions about the nature of God, and particularly his daring and novel defense of the ontological argument, have led some to overlook the fact that, as he himself says, his primary interest lies elsewhere.

Any way say, Man of God respectable Terry Jones, of Florida's Dove's Church, maybe a day would come that the world and Muslims would thank you for your causing all these discussions to come out today's on this site blogs and many other sites blogs and to it leading to have more people religious discussions leading them read and learn more about Islam and the Quran many who's eyes had opened to reality converted to Islam or at least respect Muslims and their religion.

lord krishna is true god and jesus is his devotee... so all foolsih nris who have zero knowledge about spirituality and god, please, stop ur stupid discussion here, its better u use ur brain in ur material life things... haha

You need to either speak about the real God or Dawkins Idol so that we can have a worthwhile discussion.»

By engaging people in the effort to understand God by focusing study of various subject matters within the horizon of questions about Christian congregations, a theological school may help them cultivate capacities both for what Charles Wood [2] calls «vision,» that is, formulating comprehensive, synoptic accounts of the Christian thing as a whole, and what he calls «discernment,» that is, insight into the meaning, faithfulness, and truth of particular acts in the practice of worship (in the broad sense of worship that we have adopted for this discussion).

I see a lot of discussions here about God and His mystery, always going back to square one time and again and without any retention of nor progress on previous sessions.

I believe it is the responsibility of all those who disagree with Richard Dawkins» rather superficial and juvenile conclusions about the biblical text, to create space for a deeper discussion around the way in which we work with it and, as a consequence, who we understand God to be.

I also think your discussion made me think of the problem with «proof» - texting» scripture to validate a position or a certain belief about God!

In any case it was probably inevitable that Bultmann's pupils (such as Günther Bornkamm)-- while accepting his negative verdicts that Jesus did not think of himself as Messiah, Son of God, or Son of Man — should refuse to accept the dispiriting embargo on all discussion about how Jesus did regard himself, and refuse as well to accept the excessively rigorous skepticism about the facts behind the Gospels» literary forms.

«have gay friends and we have truthful discussions about what God expects, not lies to stroke everyone's egos down on earth.»

Today as i was thinking about Jesus sending the demons into the pigs and i thought God is not punishing but judging and he made a decision.This idea came from your other discussion which i believe is what he does he decides to make a judgement call he is sovereign and it shows his tender heart and mercy that not a single person was afflicted.The pigs unlike men have no soul so have no eternal consequence upon them they live and they die.either way they were going to get killed.We can be assured that Gods judgements are right and just the pork was going to the gentile nations who worshipped other Gods and no doubt would have been offered to idols so there is a consequence when we disobey the Laws of God even even when we do nt know or understand his laws.brentnz

if you can lie to yourself with immunity, you might be an atheist if you think the indifferent support your side, you might be an atheist if you don't think at all, you might be an atheist if you are drawn to religious discussions thinking someone wants to hear your opinion, you might be an atheist if you copy paste every piece of crap theory you find, you might be an atheist if you think you are right no matter what the evidence shows, you might be an atheist if you can't hold your water when you think about science, you might be an atheist if you can't write the word God, with proper capitalization, you might be an atheist if you think your view has enough support to be a percentage of the seven billion people on earth, you might be an atheist if you think The View has enough support to be a percentage of the seven billion people on earth, you might be an atheist if you live in a tar paper shack, writing manifestos, you might be an atheist if you think you're basically a good person, and your own final authority you might be an atheist if you think your great aunt Tillie was a simian, you might be an atheist if you own an autographed copy of Origin Of The Species, you might be an atheist if you think that when you die you're worm food, you might be an atheist if you think the sun rises and sets for you alone, you might be an atheist if all you can think about is Charles Darwin when you're with your significant other, you might be an atheist if all you can think about is you when you're with your significant other, you might be an atheist if you attend a church but palm the offering plate when it passes, you might be an atheist If think this exhausts all the possibilities of definition, you might be an atheist.

Discussion about Satan will have to wait for another time, so let's us just consider how sin is a blessing, a means of grace, and why we can thank God for sin.

If the beliefs of the client about God come into discussion, they may be evaluated in terms of their contribution to sickness or health, but the counselor normally avoids discussing them directly.

When, in a Western setting, a Christian believer and an atheist enter into discussion about the existence of God, it is common for them both to assume the unity of God.

Fourth, as used in most evangelical discussion, the term is a philosophical judgment controlled by categories alien to Scripture; it is a slogan based on «how God ought to have inspired the Word» which has been substituted for careful patient analysis of what the Bible does teach about itself.

These questions lead on to interesting discussions about whether the universe has a built in «directionality» or is guided step by step by a God who is forever interfering to put things back on course; and about the meaning of time and the role of special relativity.

Whether or not one uses the word God, we are all engaged in a discussion about the nature — the ultimate nature — of reality.

Neville i mentioned those people only because the discussion was talking about dominionism the combination of the church and state as a governing rule all those people were government leaders all of them suffered in there own way.Its was the suffering that prepared them for the roles that they were to play and there faith in God was what helped them get through.We are made stronger in our weakness no matter how important or unimportant we may appear to others.I guess it is easy to fall into the lie about political involvement that its hard to make change but some people have had a huge impact.Really it is God who deserves the praise he is the one that creats the opportunitys to make impact on the world as in our strength we can do nothing.In hebrews the great men and woman of faith there are those that seemed unimportant to the world and many suffered for there faith Our Lord knows everyone by name and every small act of faith we do he remembers because we do it out of our love for him that is what the christian walk is about living for Jesus and sharing that love with others.brentnz.

The author examines what Whitehead had to say about God in Process and Reality by dividing the discussion into two parts.

Deciding to produce and record this project here in Boone with the talented musicians here allowed for a much more organic process, and led to beautiful late - night discussions about what God had been teaching us.

Here, Ogden's complaint against Antony Flew is apropos: «My sole concern is to do something about the widespread irresponsibility of arbitrarily excluding from consideration some of the most evidently pertinent contributions to the theistic discussion» («God and Philosophy» 179).

If discussion on our Facebook page is any indication, the punch - line about God's sovereignty at the end of this Mophie ad turned out to be pretty polarizing.

He says that if the Bible teaches us anything about God, it is that we learn about God and develop a relationship with Him, not by simply accepting everything the Bible says, but by actually engaging with God in a spirited (both senses of the word are intended there) discussion about the Bible.