I'm busy with my own
personal god of war.
If only you could believe in
a personal God of providence who initiates action for the world's good and who answers prayer; and if only you could believe in life after death!»
The Christian faith because it believes in
a personal God of love believes also in the perpetuation of human personality.
About God there is considerable doubt and uncertainty, not only in the secular world but in Christian circles as well, with various attempts to preserve the meaning and value of God for human experience without
the personal God of historic Christian faith.
Belief in
the personal god of religions is despite invalidating evidence.
If there were a god it is not
the personal god of religions.
This should not be confused with Brahms, the name of
a personal god of the Hindu trinity.
If Einstein actually said that you have to take it in context with the «God» that he said that he believed in, Spinoza's God, which is nothing like
the personal God of Christians, but more like a poetic way of describing the natural laws that govern the universe.
He probably would have demanded, «Will you give up
your personal gods of procrastination, perfectionism and the pursuit of trivia?»
We do not know what, if anything, was pre-Big Bang and a god is one of many possibilities, but that is a long way from
the personal gods of religion for which there is no evidence.
Not exact matches
Every image in this review was captured on my
personal PlayStation 4 Pro from a retail version
of «
God of War.»
Osteen's
personal wealth, and his advocacy for a theology that glorifies material possessions as a sign
of God's favor, have long made him a controversial figure in church circles.
I am fascinated by the billboard displaying the four letters
of God's
personal name... YHWH Even Indiana Jones knows His name... Ezekiel 6:13: And they will have to know that I am Jehovah.
Before the «Dispensation
of Grace»
of God, by which we are saved through «Faith in Jesus Christ» as Lord and our
personal Savior, Jesus Christ fulfilled the «Law
of God» on our behalf during His ministry on earth, died on the «Holy Cross» for the «Remission
of Our Sins» once and for all, descended to hell and defeated death, then rose from the dead on the third day bringing us «Eternal Life» and «Reconciliation» with
God the Father!
You tend to side with some idea
of a
personal God and idealize that
God as lovey - dovey — at other times (though far less) you are clearly «Atheish».
Undoubtedly, Jesus still loves us all more than either
of us could ever fathom but the only way you, me, we're going to be able to live fulfilled and victorious lives is by accepting
God's truths as they truly are in the bible and by leaning on His grace for empowerment to walk in them in our
personal relationships with him.
I know nothing
of your
personal situation, but I have met many atheists who were once believers, some great tragedy struck them and they feel that
God didn't act.
He's a Thomist in terms
of «epistemology,» which means that he believes that we're, by nature, all about both economic liberty and the truth about the
personal, relational
God.
You are disregarding the sacredness
of one's
personal submission to
God in the manner (perhaps previous baptism) chosen by the individual / s themselves.
In its intrinsic supernatural reality, marriage includes three goods: the good
of exclusive,
personal, reciprocal fidelity (the bonum fidei), the good
of welcoming children and educating them to know
God (the bonum prolis), and the good
of the indissolubility or indestructibility
of the bond, the permanent foundation
of which is the indissoluble union
of Christ and the Church, which is sacramentally represented by the marriage (the bonum sacramenti).
I am sorry there are people that have no faith in
God, but I am more saddened by the efforts
of ALL in this discussion to cast words
of hate on others in some
personal attempt at achieving self - worth at the expense
of someone else's belief (or non-belief).
There is ample evidence for the existence
of God, what you decide to do with this evidence is ultimately up to you, but do not claim that there is none... and I would submit to you that many people believe many things without evidence every single day... but do not lump all people
of faith into one basket... I have
personal proof that
God exists, but proof for me may not be proof for you, some people can see something with their own eyes and still deny it, that is why I said it is ultimately up to you to decide what you believe... there is much evidence both for and against the existence
of God, you need to decide which evidence you choose to believe...
I think we are too quick to depersonalize this and miss that we are talking about complex individuals who are trying to figure out, like all
of us, what it means to be made in the image and likeness
of God and yet have a whole intact
personal identity which can include same - sex attraction.
A person can hold a
personal view
of God that does not depend on any organized religion.
Few can match Job for pure misery, a man who went from immense
personal wealth and happiness to utter nothingness in a matter
of days, and fewer can match him for stony faith — a resolute, steely trust that
God had an answer, even if that answer didn't really make sense from an earthly perspective.
You actually begin to know
God and just as with any relationship the more
personal and intimate the greater the depth
of knowledge.
I said it to hotair already, but I will expand it a bit for you: what is evidence for some is not accepted by everyone; just as in a court case, some jurors are convinced with very little evidence while some people can not be convinced
of something no matter how much evidence there is... much
of this comes from how you were raised and your own
personal world view, for many people
God does not fit into their world view so whatever evidence there is they close their eyes and say, «No, I don't believe that!»
Even Darwin believed in
God but got mad at Him because
of personal events in his life (or so I have read).
Religious leaders free themselves from the obligation
of talking about evil, by pretending that it's only a matter
of free will and people can choose what they want and the consequences are only
personal («between you and
God»).
You can deny the existense
of God but you can not deny a persons
personal story
of how he changed their life!
If you believe that Christian doctrine is essentially an attempt to capture dimensions
of human experience that defy precise expression in language because
of personal and cultural limitations, then the truth about
God, the human condition, salvation, and the like can never be adequately posited once and for all; on the contrary, the church must express ever and anew its experience
of the divine as mediated through Jesus Christ.
Also a
personal pet peeve
of mine is when people suggest that suicide is a sin which implies that person goes to Hell... I believe someone who is at the point that they take their life is already in Hell... I can not believe in a
God who would do that.
Not that we are fit (qualified and sufficient in ability)
of ourselves to form
personal judgments or to claim or count anything as coming from us, but our power and ability and sufficiency are from
God.
Rather than looking at corporate work as the evil scourge
of the earth (though you certainly want to make sure your
personal values align with an organization's corporate values), riding the elevator to the 11th floor every day may be exactly where
God needs you to develop your spiritual character, your gifts and to reach those who are broken, empty and living without knowing their Savior.
I have my own
personal relationship with
God, and it is none
of your business.
As Anton LaVey explained in his classic work The Satanic Bible, Man — using his brain — invented all the
Gods, doing so because many
of our species can not accept or control their
personal egos, feeling compelled to conjure up one or a multiplicity
of characters who can act without hindrance or guilt upon whims and desires.
I believe deeply in
God, and find it weird all
of these «chaplains» who are so weeble wobbly on their relationship with a
personal Savior in Christ.
They could, but you would get as many answers as there are people, because belief is a very
personal thing and we all craft our
gods in our own image... or in the image
of what we fear most.
Although I was raised in a Christian family and charismatic, fundamentalist church, attended a Bible college, and had professed the Christian faith for years, it wasn't until this experience that my intellectual assent
of God's truth became deeply
personal.
People like you really have to get your head out
of the bible; spirituality is about your own
PERSONAL relationship with
god, not the dogma in some stupid old book
I would argue that any further knowledge
of / about
God can not happen if you remain behind the line
of belief, whether you can factually prove anything empirically (that you can make
God prove Himself at will) or use the vehicle
of myth, legend, story or subjective and very
personal experiences too extraordinary for words to fully convey.
I think goverment and
God should be two seperate ent «ities, when it effects the
personal lives
of people.
And also my
personal opinion is that it is not the sin
of betrayal
of son
of God it is that Judas missed out on Jesus's reconciliation ministry.
All
Gods are thus externalized forms, magnified projections
of the true nature
of their creators, personifying aspects
of the universe or
personal temperaments which many
of their followers find to be troubling.
So marriage is, for Christians, the primordial sacrament, the sacrament that's most deeply the visible sign
of the presence
of God or
personal logos in the world.
Hearing the audible voice
of God is a gift to some and usually it not for
personal gain but more about protection and guidance.
I've had seasons
of utter
personal darkness where the one point
of contact and truth I desired was a manifestation
of God's reality in my life and circumstances.
And I believe that it is very arrogant
of people to claim that only their
personal interpretation
of their favorite translation
of the bible constitutes the entirety
of God's revelation to humanity.
Some use religious terminology to describe
personal experience and belief but do not believe in any
of it literally and reject all traditional notions
of deity, relying upon cohesive natural law as «
god.»
EvolvedDNA «why is it rude to call you on your myths» = > we can talk about
gods of past that were man made but our
God is a living
God and some
of us have a
personal relationship with
God because
of what
God has actually done in our lives.