I'm more open - minded
than any believer on here.
Not exact matches
In fact, paper currencies and instruments (or electronic ink
on paper) probably have more «
believers»
than all of the religions in the world combined.
Believers who are driven with a very stong sense of compassion are out there
on mission trips.
Believers are far more motivated to perform
than those that are here by chance.
When the totality of facts are taken into account, «miracles» turn out to be nothing more
than believers who are desperate for some sign of my existence ignoring the downside of a set of facts, focusing solely
on the upside and calling the quarantined «good» a miracle from me or one of the other sky - fairies.
I think the percentage of atheists versus
believers is higher
than the number you provide, and I also think the important point (perhaps implied by tallulah) is that per person, there is more anger
on the side of the theists
than the nonbelievers.
If you are concerned that I spend time everyday in prayer or encouraging some poor soul as a waste that is a value judgment no different
than a
believer that looks down
on what gays do in their bedrooms.
You have, based more
on your own prejudices
than you may realize, condemned me and Christine and any other gay
believer.
If you are trying to convince those who are
believers that they should not believe, your efforts are futile since we know not to let anyone take us captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy which depends
on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather
than on Christ.
What better place to learn to know the irrational god -
believers than on the Beliefs page?
So, what is my point?To read Paul's polemic, his rhetoric and generally his theology as an end in itself, rather
than his attempt to bring others to an experience of the living God is to me, missing the point.It seems that much of the divisiveness between
believers on this blog and a few others I visit is just that: I often read... Paul says this... hey, but Jesus says that... no, he wasn't saying that, he was saying this and so
on and so
on.Am I the only one bored with this «your Mother and my Mother were hanging out clothes» approach.I think we need a little more adverb, as in maybe....
He did more
than anti-unicorn
believers posting
on unicorn blogs.
Since the story as seems to be bigger
than just «Osama being used and abused» but it was always every crime made by inelegance or the crime world was tagged to him being behind it... even those who wanted to collect the insurance of their buildings the blew them up and tagged it to the late, even those who enjoyed the fluctuations of shares prices have made their moves to effect the same and tagging it to the late... It is not that i know but rather being every thing is possible to fabricate... What ever the case might be or made done, we say;
Believers: The Ultimate Victors [2:216] Fighting may be imposed
on you, even though you dislike it.
But wondering if that would work out they decided to push
on churches to spread and depute pastors to travel to those countries for preaching and converting masses to bring those countries in to division among them selves for easier penetration in the name of saving Christian
believers or generate hate and fights among them as with the operation that Egypt recently had and accused Muslims for it just to bring Egypt in to division for in the end to call for separation of the country in to more
than one as one Islamic and one Christian just as being planed for Sudan North and South!?
And to say that Biblical teachings are invalid because there are other similar beliefs that have older known written sources invalidates the Biblical teachings also should take into consideration that for certain Biblical
believers that all those truths whether they are known to have been placed in the Bible first or known thus far to have been placed elsewhere that they believe that they all come via deity who at the beginning of human history
on this world dispensed those truths to humanity and that to those who believe in the biblical teachings believe that through time they are more complete
than those of other ancient beliefs due to God restoring those truths through revelations given to later prophets like say Moses and other later Old and New Testament prophets and apostles.
As an aside, the irony might be lost
on you that, despite the fact that so many atheists here are so quick to note that
believers do not have a monopoly
on morals, you are essentially proving the point of
believers that, from a historical perspective, atheists far more
than believers have lacked morals vis - a-vis war and death.
Many churches view seeking as merely a stage
on the way to being a
believer — and therefore seeking is seen as something less worthy
than believing.
Instead, you are simply seeking to be the church in a different way
than by sitting in a church building with other
believers on Sunday morning.
And rather
than focus
on entertaining or befriending the unbeliever, they focused
on educating and training the
believer.
The challenge facing the church is to discard the unproven scientific theories of the 1980's and 1990's; to understand the scientific evidence that shows non-reverable sexual orientations; and to give the gay
believer in Christ mercy to be married for life to the same sex spouse (rather
than to continue to insist
on the sacrifice of celibacy).
These conversations can be frustrating for sure, and I'm only now beginning to accept the fact that I can't drag unwavering
believers along
on my journey any more
than they can drag me along
on theirs.
If you are a
believer, please use your prayers for important things rather
than on show - business sports that involve doping and corruption.
Liberal Wesleyans decided that an emphasis
on the Second Blessing as an immediate possibility for all
believers did more harm
than good.
If God is based
on the same stuff as Jupiter, Horus and Baal,
than he's still a myth no matter how much later
believers needs and «understanding» develop him, right?
Obviously, God intervenes radically only in response to a radical attitude
on the part of the
believer — radical not in regard to political means but in regard to faith; and the
believer who is radical in his faith has rejected all means other
than those of faith.
We are top of the food chain and our actions have identifiable consequences
on the environment around us, but both atheists and
believers can agree
on that much (well most of us any way), but that's not good enough for most people, they have to have MEANING, there has to be something more
than meets the eye with them.
Using belief as a means to separate the
believers from the non-
believers is no different
than to separate
on race or color.
tf: Did you once consider that maybe the reason it appears we speak out more against your god
than other gods is because it is your gods
believers that seem to be at the center of so much in this world??? I don't see Pagan's standing
on street corners or attempting to use their holy books to deny equal rights.
Daily
believer momentum of positivism
on twitter verbalism is better
than dissonant dilly dally rupturing of unbeliever negativisms
But because they, even more
than believers yearn for justice
on earth.
Then he congratulates himself
on knowing more of it
than a
believer.
There was much greater emphasis
on the need to undermine religion by social and economic action rather
than by direct confrontation with religious institutions and
believers.
Missionaries had to pay attention to the faith as it was transmitted to and appropriated by new
believers rather
than rely
on scruples that stemmed from the doctrinal disputes of Europe.
My wife has sat right beside me (25 yrs in July) and remarked to me
on more
than one ocassion that some of the women who post here seem angry when she has been a
believer for almost 40 years and embraces here role and ministry gladly and she has never felt inferior or second rate as some here indicate they have.
Anyone with a sense of irony has to see how many more nonbelievers
than believers post
on the Religion Blog.
I do, of course, think that community and fellowship with other
believers is important, but there are so many ways of doing this other
than by sitting in a pew
on Sunday morning from 10:30 - 12:00.
In love of God, God's Angels, God's Holy Books and God's Prophets as Christians, Jews and Muslims which all of you to become more active in approaching those who are non religious to attract them rather
than concentrating
on each other as to gaining converts against each other or to fight in war with each other but are to become as one or wallies against it otherwise this country would become a Hell for
believers inside and overseas under evil powers?!
Believers, have a point when they say that agnostics / atheists don't know anything either, but some would rather disbelieve something
on the basis that their is no proof rather
than believing something
on the basis that you can't prove otherwise.
If your not a
believer than im not trying to argue with you as God would not argue with the devil
on matthew as he mocked him.
And while some TV has been essential viewing for
believers because a show finds a way to show a Christian as an actual character rather
than a stereotype, TWD succeeds spiritually as an overall metaphor, rather
than putting just one or two believable Christ followers
on screen.
Believers worked for 6 days, often much more
than 8 hours per day (as in many countries today), cared for their families, and still were able to evangelize and serve their local churches — sometimes
on a daily basis.
I only know personally of two successful christian communities where
believers live either together or buy up houses
on a particular street and run businesses (other
than some cult communities which are differently run — they are not, I think what we are talking about here) and share resources.
By this we do not mean just the temporal development that historical criticism discerns in the redaction of these codes, the evolution of moral ideas that may be traced out from the first Decalogue to the Law of the Covenant,
on the one hand, and from the Decalogue itself through the restatements and amplifications of the book of Deuteronomy to the new synthesis of the «Holiness Code» in the book of Leviticus and the legislation subsequent to Ezra,
on the other; more important
than this development of the content of the Law is the transformation in the relationship between the faithful
believer and the Law.
Award winning gospel rap artist FaithChild added his voice to the campaign stating: «I am a strong
believer in being the hands and feet of Jesus whilst here
on earth, and what better way is there
than to be a help for someone in their time of need.
Both of them are now
believers, which is their choice as adults, but they fully understand my position
on religions and we sometimes have some wonderful discussions
on the subject, but I usually just get them confused because I know so much more about the Christian faith
than they do because I have studied it from a secular point of view.
2) Where's your source for your number «1 out of a thousand», because its more commonly accepted that most atheists study and reflect
on spirituality far more
than «
believers».
Someone wrote
on here ahteists have no reason to live, no goals.Like you
believers in fairy tales are better
than us.We are realists.We do not believe in the magic jewish man in the sky.Our goal is to live & let live in a happy world.
Some lying idiots say so called atheists know more about the Bible
than believers... that sure isn't evidenced
on these blogs.
In reply, perhaps atheist know the Bible somewhat better
than the average
believer, but when you hear and feel God, one doesn't need to be a scholar
on the Bible.
There is nothing essentially sinful in Hindu society any more
than there is anything essentially pure in the Christian society - for that is what the church amounts to - so that one should hasten from the one to the other... So long as the
believer's testimony for Christ is open and as long as his attitude towards Hindu society in general is critical, and towards social and religious practices inconsistent with the spirit of Christ is protestant and practically protestant, I would allow him to struggle his way to the light with failure here and failure there, but with progress and success
on the whole.
In a number of passages, Hook reports passing judgment
on himself as if from God's perspective, having hope of a sort stronger
than he could quite account for and experiencing within himself a surge of creativity of the sort a
believer might point to.