Sentences with phrase «thoughts on believers»

If true, what are your thoughts on believers using the same methods to advertise their myths?

Not exact matches

Though some think active stock - picking is the way to go, since the goal there is to outperform traditional benchmarks, Kirzner is still a big believer in his strategy, which is essentially investing on cruise control.

Thinking about that I think your right.Or getting all this free attention to promote a book free.We got believers and non-belivbers & do n`t knows.I have a good idea, but I can not prove it.I think whatever or whoever created us exists on the other side of the universe.That would probably be infinity.Then infinity would have to have an intelligence to know all things.Some deep $ h1t man.lol

Kim T, I am interested in your thoughts: During most of my life as a teen, young man, and on into adulthood (mid 30's) as a bible believer, I was plagued by lustful thoughts.

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.

I think the believers we see on this forum tend to be a hair smarter because they can actually operate a computer.

A Christian debt charity has called believers and wider society to think of others on the most notorious... More

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....

In my opinion, believers are fools for believing in superst - itious mythological tribal stories, and will be doubly foolish to think that what happened to the UK and the USSR can't happen to the US because «god (pick one or more) is on our side.»

And, while I would certainly admit that the atheists viewpoint, at times, can be expressed rather harshly, to think that the «believers» are any less vapid in their responses, is borderlining on «denial.»

A Christian debt charity has called believers and wider society to think of others on the most notorious shopping day of the year.

And, we've all heard enough stories about the «hazing» that goes on in our U.S. military forces, if one doesn't happen to be a «believer» or, a «believer» like they think you should believe.

I think you will see quite a few posts by believers on here that claim that prayer works, that they have had dozens of prayers answered personally by a deity.

Out of all the postings on this site today, I found «Derp's «post the most fascinating and informative, as well as deeply revealing.Even after boasting of what seems to be a practically perfect live by any measure, he informs us that he takes pleasure in mocking and ridiculing those of faith who are presumably his opposite; I can only wonder if, given all his supposed accomplishments, he is smart enough to realize how deeply revealing of his true character his remarks are.As a believer, I rarely engage in arguments with my atheist friends, and like to think I wouldn't lower myself to the level of juvenile name - calling and personal attacks against whatever my atheist friends hold dear.Most of the time we simply agree to disagree; when they hold forth with misinformation or ignorance on their assumed «knowledge «of my faith, I try to gently correct them; I certainly don't allow any disagreements we have to devolve into hateful insults and name - calling.

Thoughts or successes on how local believers have come together to live out the Body of Christ?

Sadly, I no longer share my thoughts on religion with anyone that is not an atheist for I have found very few believers can hold an open discussion without resorting to insults when they feel their beliefs are being questioned.

If so, everything you morons say bad about believers on the right, you also must think of your loser president.

If you have stepped out somewhere where you shouldn't have done then the conviction as a child of God will surely come but I tell you this, if Satan did not hold back on trying to kill the baby Jesus, and many children were slaughtered in that process, if he even thought he knew the scriptures so well he could try to deceive Jesus, and he did try then you can be sure that for every believer there is an adversary who would do anything to stop you from finding the forgiveness and grace of God that has the power to wash you clean of anything.

I'm not saying that when you'll do this you'll become an atheist (though personally I believe if you truely do think about it, that you will become one soon enough) there are a few people on this board (like JW) who has thought long and hard about god and rationalized it enough to still be a believer and make some sense, but fred, I will not be even remotely swayed to understand your point if you only use the bible as your bullhorn.

I thought straight away this is a joke as scriptures tell us only the father knows the time of his sons return and hes keeping it to himself he hasnt even told his son yet.Mark 13:32 This a mystery isnt God all knowing and isnt Jesus God it is a mystery.Yet I like that that is the case because it proves that the father is not the son and the son is not the father they are separate yet they are one just like the holy spirit.I have come across denominations that believe the father son and holy spirit are the one person i asked them how they can say that when Jesus was baptized we see 3 separate persons.We have enough information to know that we are in the last days the signs are present and increasing.Ever since Israel became a nation the countdown has begun.The verse the enemy will come like a thief in the night i have heard preached many times and i believe the preachers have got it wrong because they preach it from the view for the church to get there act together or you will miss out.This view is incorrect because if you are a born again believer following him in obedience and relying on the holy spirit you are not walking in darkness but are walking in the light so you will not be caught unaware as those who are sleeping this is a warning for those who are sleeping or walking according to the flesh they are in darkness.Remember the 10 wise virgins the ones who were alert and keep refilling there lamps went in with the bride those who slept were left behind and so it will be when the Lord returns.Now is the time to prepare our hearts and lives to be ready for his return.It is an exciting time to be living and we are to live in the expectation that the Lord could return at any time brentnz

I think nonbelievers should talk to nonbelievers more often here, instead of just pouncing on the latest inanity from believers.

For something that impossible to comprehend most believers sure do think that their comprehension of him is spot on.

What I was trying to say is that believers and their beliefs, primarily Christians in the US, have an impact on lives of everyone in this country and that is why many non-believer feel not just a right but often a duty to challange what they see a irrational thinking.

Jeremy thanks for your comments alot of this i never really thought about before until you provoked me to seek the truth in the word it is what we all should be doing finding the truth for ourselves God wants to reveal mysterys if we are open to hear.If we have been christians awhile we just take the word of whoevers preaching or whichever clip we see on god tube its knowledge but not revelation.Because the story sounds plausible we tag that on to our belief for example for many years i believed that the rich young rulers problem was money so the way to deal with that problem is to give it away and be a follower of Jesus sounds plausible.Till you realise every believers situation is different so the message has to be universal.So the reason its not about money because it excludes those that do nt have it and does nt make room for those that do have it but do nt worship it.The rich young ruler was not a bad person he lived by a good moral code but he made money his idol he put that before God.The word says we shall not have any idols thats a sin and a wicked one.In fact there wasnt any room in his heart for Jesus that is a tragedy.So when we see the message is about Idolatry we all have areas that we chose not to submit to God thats universal everyone of us whether we are rich or poor.I believe we are unaware that we have these idols what are some of them that was revealed to me our partners our children our work our church our family i can sense some of you are getting fidgetty.

Everything every believer thinks, says or writes on Scripture is their «interpretation of the truth of Scripture»; that's the nature of the beast that is man.

Based on some of your other comments, I don't think you are believer, which means I think you misread this person's comment.

I think we agree on the fact that it is by faith that all are saved i have no problem with that and its in that that there is unity.You find within any christian modern church law can be mixed with Grace that is not peculiar to any domination maybe it is more extreme in some.Where there are believers there are works of the flesh such as pride and self reliance.I was thinking today the word says if we believe in our hearts and confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord then you shall be saved.Its not a hard doctrine to believe thats in its basic form.The seventh day have tacked on to that belief adherence to the sabbath that is sadly how denominations spring up.In the anglican church we still recite the apostles creed how many church still do that today as a basis for there faith in Jesus Christ.Your statement that some are saved is just as true to those who go to modern christian churchs who say they are christian but walk according to the flesh..

It is the immediate task of any believer who thinks about what he believes, and who lives on the basis of his beliefs.

The new pessimism goes hand in hand with» though is not to be conflated with» some recent Christian thinking on cultural issues, even among believers of doubtless good will.

There is your answer to what terrifies an atheist... if any other non believer would like to add or change something i have said, by all means... but i think i hit the nail on the head!

Yes, it was the believer half who decided on our split (after 30 years)- I would have stuck it out... and to rub salt in the wounds, many friends and acquaintances think that it was I who did it and I really have no way to enlighten most of them.

But communities of believers kept asking me to come and share my thoughts on God and church, Scripture and theology, and my own church regularly asked me to preach.

Or didI I?Was I just more convicted in my views so I just went forward as a believer and thrust my beliefs on others without thinking about it as much as I do now.

I abandoned organized religion a long time ago, in part because in my view it promotes hypocrisy and intolerance, at the same time believers seem to think they have a monopoly on morality.

While Paul's thought is by no means always clear, and perhaps from letter to letter not always exactly the same, it is nevertheless certain that his concept of resurrection can be clearly distinguished from that of the traditional «bodily resurrection».27 Paul does not speak in terms of the «same body» but rather in terms of a new body, whether it be a «spiritual body», 28 «the likeness of the heavenly man», 29 «a house not made by human hands, eternal and in heaven», 30 or, a «new body put on» over the old.31 In using various figures of speech to distinguish between the present body of flesh and blood and the future resurrection body, he seems to be thinking of both bodies as the externals which clothe the spirit and without which we should «find ourselves naked».32 But he freely confesses that the «earthly frame that houses us today ’33 may, like the seed, and man of dust, be destroyed, but the «heavenly habitation», which the believer longs to put on, is already waiting in the heavenly realm, for it is eternal by nature.

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.

I think it's possible that soul sleep may have existed pre-Christ, at least for the believers, but that's just a theory based on Saul's experience with the resurrected Samuel («Why did you call me from my sleep?»

In the history of thought the Christian emphasis on individuality is best expressed in the Reformation doctrine of the priesthood of all believers.

As believers, we should model discernment and Christ - centered thinking on the issue, and that takes listening to people that you may not otherwise hear outside of national controversies such as this.

From Maddie: What are the most important things you think that other believers in Jesus as the Saviour are missing out on by not embracing the Jewish origins of Christianity?

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

The problem with prayer is that too many believers think they are finished on Sunday, begging for forgiveness for the the sins they comit Monday through Saturday and never trully working to be a decent human the rest of the time.

That, sadly, has nothing to do with whether on is a «believer» or not, but thought it should be said.

@swohio: You said, «Honestly, if atheists really think they're going to pursuade believers to stop believing by putting up such silly messages on billboards»

Honestly, if atheists really think they're going to pursuade believers to stop believing by putting up such silly messages on billboards, they are sadly mistaken and obviously know nothing about what it means to have faith in God.

Do you REALLY think that intelligent life on other planets recognizes the same imaginary god Earth's believers do?

The religious somehow think there is this war on religion being waged by non believers.

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.

I think by having such quick, categorical answers to issues that David writes about, you miss out on opportunities to see things from a different perspective or to empathize with other believers.

but i have a new idea for what believers think god is... and it may actually exist and funny enough is only tested thru its effect on other objects — kinda like a black hole — the collective conscienceness of every living thing... since we all are part of the same energies and have in some form or another a conscienciness, i believe that collective is what the believers claim is god — the collective being felt and moved like any conscienceness but with the power to effect us all as we all play into it — as long as we are open to it... your thoughts?