But besides the fact that Thomas Aquinas says that bad arguments for God's existence do more harm than good, since
they give unbelievers an occasion to laugh (ST I, q. 46, art. 2, response), I would also claim that apologetics is not that difficult.
Every day God
gives the unbeliever the opportunity to accept Him as the Savior.
I consider that a very wrong way and heretical in the sense its not
giving the unbeliever what is necessary for them to know the importance of what they are considering.
Not exact matches
For them it would have happened anyway: like the person who had cancer and there was an intercessory prayer offered up and the cancer disappeared, to the
unbeliever it was just a fluke because you can't
give credit to something, which to them, doesn't exist.
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:
Atheists have
given the earth mass murder, genocide and misery since the first foul
unbeliever existed.
Thus, it is no surprise when empirical research shows that Justin Bieber Blog people who are believers
give more of their time and resources to the needy than do
unbelievers, and people who cherish limited government (conservatives)
give more than welfare - state liberals.
It seems that Christians depend on God to enable them to do good because they simply can't believe they can do it on their own, they believe they are too weak, but if that were true, why are
unbelievers able to be kind,
giving, loving and unselfish?
Does our knowledge of Jesus public ministry
give us all we need to know about his interaction / relationships with
unbelievers.
And we are blessed as believers and
unbelievers that we are created by God who is loving, merciful and gracious to
give us time to find our way to Him, or back to Him, to begin rebuilding and reconnecting as Father and child.
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.
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?
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and
give to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and
give to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next to impossible for rich to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (
Unbelievers, among others, go to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)
I would rather be with the Lord Jesus, but for the
unbelievers sake, I'll do all I can to show you that God not only loves you, but wants to heal you and
give you life everlasting.
«Jesus is confronted by
unbelievers who demand a sign (miracle) and he says none will be
given this wicked generation but the sign of Jonah»
It reminds me a little of the pastor who says
give your $ and you will be blessed - Oh I know you owe that rent and need food and clothes - but
give to the church and you will be blessed - all this while there is a verse that says a man who doesn't care for his own household is worse than an
unbeliever.
While I do agree with everything
Unbeliever said, I can't resist saying to Keith: «An atheist must be looking pretty good
given those (not completely true) choices»
Then after
giving unconditional election a second and more Biblical look, I went through the musing s about how it could be true if all
unbelievers go to eternal hellfire torment, and then I got hit with the realization that the New Testament teaches eternal torment for Satan and his followers, which I heartily endorse, but It teaches destruction for
unbelievers.
Always amusing to see how quickly a dispute within a
given church quickly becomes an excuse to bash
unbelievers.
Your comments on the term «
unbeliever» especially
gave me pause, as that's the term I have normally used myself.
What
gives you the impression she is an
unbeliever?
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.
But if you are an extreme
unbeliever then I hope that you
give some room or space for us believers in faiths of GOD to discuss their indifference's by gathering the Puzzle to lay out the base of the «Foundation of the Holy Book» before that which no one knows of but GOD just as the verses speaks of here...!?!
Do you see the prescription Pascal
gives for the
unbeliever?
I'll bet he prays that the US will become a theocracy, execute or oust all
unbelievers, murder every gay person, force all women to
give up contraceptives and become chattel, and insti t ute the teaching of creationism and intelligent design along with forced prayer in the public schools.
No need to take my word, warning comes before destruction and it Jesus Christ who shall
give you the very evidence that you refused to accept while being alive and by then, it will be too late for the
unbeliever and the religious people who has taught false doctrines.
What is in the heart of the
unbeliever who has the truth available to them, i.e. the gospel of Jesus Christ, is the rejection of the God who made them, having not
given Him the chance to make Himself known to you in a personal relationship with Him.
I don't want to
give my whole creation / evolution backstory here (although I may do that in another post), but I can't imagine that the Creation Museum could have a more receptive «
unbeliever» (in their particular story, at least) than me.
many non believers have been deceived by the catholics etc as they also have the wrong information about Our God and this is why so many remain
unbelievers because don't have the correct information
given to them if thye did they may understand and accept that the truth is about Compassion.
Acts 16:14 is not talking about God regenerating an
unbeliever so that she can believe, nor is there any mention anywhere about God
giving her the gift of faith.
I'm sure
unbelievers will disagree with me, but that is their God
given chioce.
But no; this is not to go over to well with the
unbelievers, very few believed Jesus and the disciple's spoke forth as the Holy Spirit
gave them the words to speak forth, and God is still the same today and they call themselves Christians but they live in unbelief: They truly think that God has changed His ways:
busy with so called ministry, busy doing outreaches to bring in the
unbelievers, yet still so lonely because most of us do not understand the true meaning of community, nor do we walk in it because it takes our time, a commodity that many of us don't want to
give up.
The Bible verse, 2 Corinthians 6: 14 - 18, is precisely the reason that we can never
give ground to
unbelievers.
Optimism easily
gave way to despair, and the times were ripe for yet more
unbelievers in the American civil religion.
2Cor 2: 12 What we [believers — NOT you
unbelievers] have received is not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may understand what God has freely
given us.
@ispew: Since you, as a self - professed
unbeliever desire to attempt to teach us believers Bible doctrine, I will
give you some scriptures in reply:
While repentance will not
give anyone eternal life, it will aid the
unbeliever in hearing the believing the Gospel.
Peter's testimony was
given while Saul of Tarsus was still an
unbeliever and many years before the Apostle John composed his Gospel and Epistles.
For an
unbeliever, it shows the truth about demonology, demon possession, demonic deception and
gives the reader something to think about.
For Christians, God has
given His will and that is that we do not unequally yoke ourselves with
unbelievers II Corinthians 6:14.