In Eastern Europe, for example, among the victims of Communist rule, including not only non-Catholic Christians but
even unbelievers, the values preached in the Gospel» truth, justice, etc.» remained down through the years a vision of possibility to cling to.
The point about this is that, in 1963,
even unbelievers knew and recognized what was being mocked.
Even unbelievers have hours when they feel that they are not simply talking to themselves, but that they are listening and speaking to a Presence greater than themselves.
Even unbelievers could have «manned up» and handled business.
Remember that
even unbelievers can convert.
Not exact matches
Yes, to believe in God is ridiculous for the
unbeliever, it's true, God does not exist for them,
even the Bible will support that, and yes, prayer is ridiculous too — that is for the
unbeliever; because an
unbeliever just doesn't know how or where to see or hear an answer to prayer.
Thank - you Cecilia, but if you don't believe, then you are where you are because of your unbelief, and what fellowship does a believer have with an
unbeliever: We are not of the same Spirit: Therefore it can not be,
even as is written:
All who were in the Bible spoke in and by the Holy Spirit in boldness when it came time for them to minister the Word,
even as it is with me, also to bring forth my testimony as a witness: I can not fellowship with
unbeliever's because all they do is cause division, and Christ is not divided: Therefore; remain as you are: This is the third time I have come to you, and you rejected me for the Word of God: Many did not
even know that Jesus spoke the Word of God through Holy Spirit, so how is it that you are to know unless it be given to you to know: My God is Just and He is right, He knows the hearts of man are wicked and have turned from Him: Thank - you all, there are some that did get it: Thank - you Father in Jesus name Alexandria:
Even for the
unbeliever, practicing this agape love means not condemning the person for their wrongdoings, but choosing to see the potential in who that person can become.
It's
even sadder when we think we're better then
unbelievers.
But after their stories are out there for a while, and substantiating evidence and maybe
even proof starts rolling in, and the tide seems to turn and their peers start believing too, then sometimes the
unbelievers change their minds and listen to the victims, the survivors, and the marginalized.
Those of us who believe will never stop because an
unbeliever has a difference of opinion, so I guess we're
even.
Satan knows that if he can get a pastor to fall into sin, he can keep people away from church, and ruin the reputation of Christians among
unbelievers, and sometimes
even destroy that church.
The verses which call for war against
unbelievers were revealed when pagans were still putting obstacles in the way of the activities of Muhammad
even after opportunities for reconciliation had been given.
But if these beliefs had not been presented to him at all, or were presented in a hateful way, or were presented in a true and right way but he was incapable of fully understanding them, or
even if he were capable but died before being fully convinced — in such cases a man is not an
unbeliever according to Almighty Judgment and will not suffer everlasting punishment.
Usually,
even a non-Christian knows something about the earth, the heavens, and other elements of the world... Now it is a disgraceful and dangerous thing for an
unbeliever to hear a Christian, presumably giving the meaning of Holy Scripture, talking nonsense on these topics... How are they going to believe these books in matters concerning the resurrection of the dead, the hope of eternal life, and the kingdom of heaven?
In place of a scripture - based argument,
even combining the scriptural affirmations with the scenarios propagated by various stripes of
unbelievers should paint an unmistakable picture of what happened.
According to Calvinists, when Jesus says that «unless one is born again, he can not see the kingdom of God,» this means that
unbelievers are spiritually blind, and can not
even see the offer of the kingdom of God, or see their need for grace and everything else that comes with the kingdom of God, unless and until they are born again.
My question was aimed for the majority of peope that also disagree with you as much as me and cling to their faith so violently that if someone
even broaches the subject, they immediatly lash out and try to either convert the
unbeliever, condem him, or bring up the inane, breathtakingly stupid argument of «I can't prove there is a god, but you can't prove there isn't so we're at an impass» — I think that argument is probably the most frustrating thing EVER
The author of one recent article called me a false teacher, a heretic, an
unbeliever, an apostate, and
even a crank!
When someone else says that all infidels must die, that the martyrs are blessed, and employ the Future Fail Fallacy, they believe that the extermination of
unbelievers is historically inevitable and
even willed.
I am not an atheist or
even an agnostic — just a total 100 %
unbeliever in any of the organized schemes mankind has come up with.
I've seen in my marriage the pain of abortion, in my family the pain of a child who lived a handful of hours, of being in need and not
even fellow Christians will assist in the smallest of essentials while
unbelievers readily will.
(31) Fain would they extinguish Allah's light with their mouths but Allah will not allow but that His light should be perfected,
even though the
unbelievers may detest (it).
I am not a fan of gay marriage or Roe v. Wade, and
even though I would vote to outlaw the former and repeal the latter, neither of those actions in themselves will make a single
unbeliever say «How wonderful Christ is!»
But I do know this:
Even an ardent atheist can look at a house of worship and see the signs of an invisible human longing that is common to us all, believer and
unbeliever alike.
Interesting... He's already exposed them as
unbelievers, yet when they are angry at His words He speaks in
even stronger terms.
Tiggy said, on November 17th, 2009 at 11:55 am I guess if one goes to church and just ignores the theology, then that's okay, but if you have someone suggesting that Satan is influencing your life in some way, and you want to stand up and say, «I don't actually believe in this being you think is influencing my life, then you are immediately considered a heretic or an
unbeliever or
even socially unacceptable in a not so subtle, yet unarticulated way.
God appears to me in another form besides that of love; in the form of omnipotence, of a severe power not bound by love... So long as love is not exalted into... an essence, so long there lurks in the background of love a subject who
even without love is something by himself, an unloving monster, a diabolical being, whose personality, separable and actually separated from love, delights in the blood of heretics and
unbelievers, — the phantom of religious fanaticism.»
----------- tiggy, I won't consider you a heretic or an
unbeliever, or
even socially unacceptable --------- I would just tell you you were wrong.
If we are fellow workers with God in the creation of a fully achieved humanity, then the problem suggested above — that art in praise of God can stand on its own and be beautiful
even to the eyes of the
unbeliever — should not surprise us.
Sexual looseness is repeatedly condemned; husbands are urged to love their wives; marital fidelity
even when «unequally yoked together with
unbelievers» (K.J.V.) is counseled though warnings are given against assuming voluntarily such a relationship (I Cor.
Great religious art can and does stand on its own, quite apart from its origins in theology, and it has aesthetic power
even for the
unbeliever.
Now if you were an
unbeliever and some how ended up in Heaven, praising a god you thought was stupid, you would hate it, you might
even say, «This is Hell!»
Even the Christians and their Bible talk of doing nasty things to
unbelievers.
Some Christians continue to characterize fathers who share parenting responsibilities or stay at home with their children as «man fails» and «worse than
unbelievers,» instructing women to intentionally avoid earning more money than their husbands,
even if it is less practical for their family to do so, or else they will injure their spouse's ego.
Such a doctrine would be common ground
even between Christians and
unbelievers.
Do you find yourself trying to rationalize God's violent demeanor in the Bible to
unbelievers or
even to yourself?
And Joel, try to have more grace to deal with
unbelievers like captain nemo and others on here who are wasting their time reading about something they don't
even believe in.
It is very interesting to me that some of you (
unbelievers) are
even responding to this story.
There is no Higher Power there in whose name you can go out and bash
unbelievers, or browbeat them (or
even cajole them for that matte) r. Anyone who tries that is working out of their own head, not out of AA.
«
Even an ardent atheist can look at a house of worship and see the signs of an invisible human longing that is common to us all, believer and
unbeliever alike.»
The
unbelievers spend a lot of time mocking Christians and their faith
even though the only way they can know what Christ and Christianity is all about is by becoming a believer.
Yes, preaching to crowds of
unbelievers often involves calling them to repentance, which may bring you harm, or
even death.
Yet
even this situation contains a wonderful possibility: we are privileged to speak of God's deeds in Jesus Christ, confident that this truth can spark responses not only among believers but
even among
unbelievers.
Beyond
even this, however, the idea that faith is a work, and therefore a work of God in the heart of the
unbeliever is «a theological fiction which can not be supported from Scripture» (Kevin Butcher, «A Critique of The Gospel According to Jesus,» JOTGES 2 [Spring 1989], 38).
Even most
unbelievers believe this.
Can one
unbeliever explain to me why God should intervene when only a few
even belong to him?
PeterVN, it's called FAITH, maybe you as an
unbeliever need to see something physical to
even recognize that there IS A GOD, and you don't want to belive the bible because you are scared.