My skepticism and logic do not allow for me to believe in things that don't make sense to me. Further compounding the issue of belief and how it works is a deity/religion out there that wants to judge me for all of eternity due to what conclusion I draw in my very limited existence here - which just further influences me to not believe any of it as truth.
If you may permit, I pray that you would encounter God yourself that you would know throughly what you would be accepting or rejecting.
God says He has gives appropriate evidence in the natural world and will answer the call of anyone, because God first reaches out to us. God doesn’t want anyone to be separated from Him.
In terms of Heaven and hell. Hell is very similar to now, a world mostly run by those who reject God. Heaven is a place God has set aside for those who both want to do good (walk in God’s morals) and be around God. Hell is the place to send those who wish to do their own thing and don’t desire God, its also where God casts judgement for the wrong behavior people willfully made throughout their own life with their own choices.
God has promised that in Heaven there will be no more pain or tears—similarly those that cause pain and tears will not be there. But everyone causes pain and tears? that’s why this is a work in progress. God gave us the free will to make choices, but without God’s perspective we haven’t made good ones.
Thus God hatched a plan to save humanity, because free will and evil cannot be ignored. God has already offered everyone a free ticket out of Hell. One that is not earned by works, but simply acknowledging God. God then educates us in good morals.
A question everyone has is, why is the world full of evil when there is a good God? Why doesn’t He intervene?
A very important question.
Because “belief” in God is really two parts:
Is God real?
But also
Is He worth serving?
In polytheistic societies people are willing to believe in the Christian God along with the others, but God is to be honored only, He is the only true God—and then they aren’t interested.
But back to the question of evil. It is tied up in free will.
God doesn’t hide the consequences of decisions. This is a very important theological point.
Imagine if you didn’t get burned when you put your hand in a fire, but it’s still hot. Or if you injested poison but were fine. If the world was free of cause and effect that actually wouldn’t be a logical world and you wouldn’t be able to make true sense of anything. God lets humans reap from evil or wrong actions. He lets people who eat too much get fat. He lets people who have premarital sex get pregnant. He lets people who have a desire to covet lands and lives commit war.
God has never left the earth without examples or hope in alternative way of living though. In people that choose His ways, over their own morals and choices.
I place the blame for evil in the world on humans, it is humans that made the choices not God. Why do people not intervene on behalf of the innocent? Why does the world and its morals rot and people join in rather than turn away?
God gave us the earth to rule, but ruling it without His wisdom, love, and justice has made it a bad place.
Do I think God is worth serving? I do.
I believe He is the true guidance about how to live and source of strength against powers of evil. I respect God.
God saves those that ask. And God is just waiting.
I believe character of God and what we are to be like looks like this:
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control”
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself”
“For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech, who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways”
Long reply, but I tried to be thorough in providing sense and understanding. Though there’s definitely more that could be said. If you had more questions I’d be happy to give the time to explain more. If not and if you’ve read this far I appreciate you entertaining the ideas and taking time for conversation. If you feel like you haven’t experienced God’s good will or character in your life toward you, I pray that God would bless you shortly in such a manner where you have needs or wants in you or your family’s life.
People are deceived... We've lived under this deception forever. It's not that humans are inherently evil (which Christianity seems to imply) it's that the evil ones have become the most influential and powerful. As we're watching now, that's changing as the Cabal loses its iron grip. Most people I encounter are good people... Some make bad choices but that doesn't make them bad. It makes them human. So, the whole good/bad human thing is really subjective.
The whole system seems juvenile to me.... Faith-based salvation, generational curses, murder of innocent children by God... And then the adherents leave a lot to be desired when I have conversation with them... They either attack me or leave me unimpressed with their lack of knowledge of their own religious text.
I do appreciate the conversation though... But even here, it's hostile territory if you don't conform to the common religious ideology of GAW.
Well I am glad you appreciated the conversation either way.
I can’t speak to juvenility as I think it’s been a big part in providing in my opinion wisdom beyond my age for life and maturity and the most ideal romantic relationship I could have imagined, but I won’t take offense by your perspective.
You don't know how big the universe is. You don't know how many earth-like planets there are (something like 40 million similar to ours in the Milky Way). So I don't really know how'd you come up with the math for your statistics when we know so little about our universe.
Regardless, religion/lifestyles claiming to not be religions, aren't for me.
I don't wish to control anyone and I don't need a book to tell me that it's wrong. Humans inherently want to be free and explore but these overbearing dogmas limit and many times, prohibit such things. You're so simple minded you see bad examples of non-believers and paint with a broad brush to make a point because you're intellectually lazy and/or incompetent. Meanwhile, you never mention the wars and the lives destroyed by religion and the destruction its left in its path as well.
Your comments are a prime example of just how twisted and stupid you religfags are. The irony is the arrogance that comes along with it. Calling me a communist when I'm here fighting to spread and share the truth. All because I don't believe in your ancient, primitive, insecure, degenerate, god.
Appreciate the comment.
My skepticism and logic do not allow for me to believe in things that don't make sense to me. Further compounding the issue of belief and how it works is a deity/religion out there that wants to judge me for all of eternity due to what conclusion I draw in my very limited existence here - which just further influences me to not believe any of it as truth.
So, hopefully, you see the problem here.
I can understand that.
If you may permit, I pray that you would encounter God yourself that you would know throughly what you would be accepting or rejecting.
God says He has gives appropriate evidence in the natural world and will answer the call of anyone, because God first reaches out to us. God doesn’t want anyone to be separated from Him.
In terms of Heaven and hell. Hell is very similar to now, a world mostly run by those who reject God. Heaven is a place God has set aside for those who both want to do good (walk in God’s morals) and be around God. Hell is the place to send those who wish to do their own thing and don’t desire God, its also where God casts judgement for the wrong behavior people willfully made throughout their own life with their own choices.
God has promised that in Heaven there will be no more pain or tears—similarly those that cause pain and tears will not be there. But everyone causes pain and tears? that’s why this is a work in progress. God gave us the free will to make choices, but without God’s perspective we haven’t made good ones.
Thus God hatched a plan to save humanity, because free will and evil cannot be ignored. God has already offered everyone a free ticket out of Hell. One that is not earned by works, but simply acknowledging God. God then educates us in good morals.
A question everyone has is, why is the world full of evil when there is a good God? Why doesn’t He intervene?
A very important question.
Because “belief” in God is really two parts:
But also
In polytheistic societies people are willing to believe in the Christian God along with the others, but God is to be honored only, He is the only true God—and then they aren’t interested.
But back to the question of evil. It is tied up in free will.
God doesn’t hide the consequences of decisions. This is a very important theological point.
Imagine if you didn’t get burned when you put your hand in a fire, but it’s still hot. Or if you injested poison but were fine. If the world was free of cause and effect that actually wouldn’t be a logical world and you wouldn’t be able to make true sense of anything. God lets humans reap from evil or wrong actions. He lets people who eat too much get fat. He lets people who have premarital sex get pregnant. He lets people who have a desire to covet lands and lives commit war.
God has never left the earth without examples or hope in alternative way of living though. In people that choose His ways, over their own morals and choices.
I place the blame for evil in the world on humans, it is humans that made the choices not God. Why do people not intervene on behalf of the innocent? Why does the world and its morals rot and people join in rather than turn away?
God gave us the earth to rule, but ruling it without His wisdom, love, and justice has made it a bad place.
Do I think God is worth serving? I do.
I believe He is the true guidance about how to live and source of strength against powers of evil. I respect God.
God saves those that ask. And God is just waiting.
I believe character of God and what we are to be like looks like this:
“But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control”
“You shall love your neighbor as yourself”
“For the Lord gives wisdom; from his mouth come knowledge and understanding; he stores up sound wisdom for the upright; he is a shield to those who walk in integrity, guarding the paths of justice and watching over the way of his saints. Then you will understand righteousness and justice and equity, every good path; for wisdom will come into your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul; discretion will watch over you, understanding will guard you, delivering you from the way of evil, from men of perverted speech, who forsake the paths of uprightness to walk in the ways of darkness, who rejoice in doing evil and delight in the perverseness of evil, men whose paths are crooked, and who are devious in their ways”
Long reply, but I tried to be thorough in providing sense and understanding. Though there’s definitely more that could be said. If you had more questions I’d be happy to give the time to explain more. If not and if you’ve read this far I appreciate you entertaining the ideas and taking time for conversation. If you feel like you haven’t experienced God’s good will or character in your life toward you, I pray that God would bless you shortly in such a manner where you have needs or wants in you or your family’s life.
People are deceived... We've lived under this deception forever. It's not that humans are inherently evil (which Christianity seems to imply) it's that the evil ones have become the most influential and powerful. As we're watching now, that's changing as the Cabal loses its iron grip. Most people I encounter are good people... Some make bad choices but that doesn't make them bad. It makes them human. So, the whole good/bad human thing is really subjective.
The whole system seems juvenile to me.... Faith-based salvation, generational curses, murder of innocent children by God... And then the adherents leave a lot to be desired when I have conversation with them... They either attack me or leave me unimpressed with their lack of knowledge of their own religious text.
I do appreciate the conversation though... But even here, it's hostile territory if you don't conform to the common religious ideology of GAW.
Well I am glad you appreciated the conversation either way.
I can’t speak to juvenility as I think it’s been a big part in providing in my opinion wisdom beyond my age for life and maturity and the most ideal romantic relationship I could have imagined, but I won’t take offense by your perspective.
God bless and see you around.
As I stated, rewarding or punishing someone based on whether they believe in the supernatural or not, is not a system I can endorse.
You don't know how big the universe is. You don't know how many earth-like planets there are (something like 40 million similar to ours in the Milky Way). So I don't really know how'd you come up with the math for your statistics when we know so little about our universe.
Regardless, religion/lifestyles claiming to not be religions, aren't for me.
Go home religifaggot.
I don't wish to control anyone and I don't need a book to tell me that it's wrong. Humans inherently want to be free and explore but these overbearing dogmas limit and many times, prohibit such things. You're so simple minded you see bad examples of non-believers and paint with a broad brush to make a point because you're intellectually lazy and/or incompetent. Meanwhile, you never mention the wars and the lives destroyed by religion and the destruction its left in its path as well.
Your comments are a prime example of just how twisted and stupid you religfags are. The irony is the arrogance that comes along with it. Calling me a communist when I'm here fighting to spread and share the truth. All because I don't believe in your ancient, primitive, insecure, degenerate, god.