One of the great things about GAW is that I'm surrounded by sheep. I don't feel threatened by any of you. Many of you are far more adept at research than I will ever be. I find myself surrounded by autists. But you're sheep.
It's why we can spot the wolves amoung us so easily.
I'd imagine one day this server will be put in the war archives and perhaps we will all be remembered as diligent if not faulted soldiers in the information war. I hope one day we have the freedom to out ourselves and take the prize that we deserve as heros.
Why would God send His only begotten son Jesus to pay for our sins if he wanted us to go to hell?
I assure you that God doesn't want you or anyone else to go to hell fren. He loves every single one of us more than we can even understand.
Hmmmm ..... the last point hits true.
I do believe salvation is simple. I think it's pride sometimes that will ultimately condemn man. The inability in this life to bend the knee to the will of Jesus.
Amen to that.
You go to hell for sinning without repenting. If you cheated then there are steps you can take to rid yourself of the sin. The steps are confessing your sin with your mouth and be truly willing to pay for it. Like the Tax collector. Jesus doesn't make the tax collector pay every cent, He forgives the true repentance. Same as the thief on the cross, the act of being truly sorry has been boiled down to a practice, almost performative. Like bull fighting encompasses the victory of man against beast, God allowed us a way to put ourselves in a position to be forgiven.
We also believe the Holy Apostolic Church is the only one with the power to forgive the sins because Jesus says so in the Bible. But there have been doctors of the church that have said that there are unseen elements of the church that may play a part in the forgiveness of some sinners.
God allows things to happen that are simply beyond our understanding of why. There is also purgatory, so I mean it's not like you will burn forever because you broke ur gf's heart. But still pretty fked up. 10 years of purgatory if you half ass repent?
Nobody deserves eternal life, and it is a free gift (grace). But we have to be in the position like the tax collector or the thief, who decided they where wrong, and He is right, we aren't better than them if we can't face our Lord like they did. They went to heaven.
We caths believe that the priest is appointed by Jesus Himself, who is God, via proxy through apostolic succession. Why God allows the communism to humiliate us like this is beyond my understanding. It is probably punishment for unfaithfulness and a call to sacrifice and prayer.
Or maybe my whole faith is wrong. I hope we all make it. As hard as it is, I'm commanded to pray even for the Satanists, that at the last moment they truly repent, which I don't know how it could be possible, but would fix this mess in one day.
He is holy. We are not. It's his will that his justice will prevail, it's his final destruction of evil that will triumph.
The heavenly hosts will be applauding when evil is extinguished.
Of course he loves us enough that's why he provided a way.
Is your "God" the same "God" in Judaism? Islam? It's the same God no? The term is blurry. It's far easier to use the word God to attain a moral high ground then it is to use Jesus Christ. The word God offends practically no body but the name of Jesus Christ offends so many people and that's why you call God by name.
Jesus is my Lord fren. Jesus is the one and only way to Father God. It's not complicated. It's wonderful.
"He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance."
~ 2 Peter 3:9
But not everyone will see repentance. Many of us have just enough morals to send us to hell.