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few housekeeping items: Human Emotion, Magic, Islam & War, Passover Lamb, Atheist's god, Hatred for Jesus, "Oh no, here come the Jews!"
Response to comment: "I have seen and read words of such moving wonder that I was in tears- and not in the Bible. You belittle people to the point where I truly wonder if you have any human feelings in you at all."
God gives us emotions, but we should not trust our eternity on a feeling. We should trust our eternity on something--someone that we can count on. Someone said you change opinions but you can't change facts. I do not argue that Christians believe on facts alone. It also takes faith on our part. a“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved."
Am I "self-suffering" or do I have "[no] human feeling at all"? How can I suffer without feeling?
Response to comment: "What about [Magic, Spells and Divination]?"
When you give your life over to "whatever force" and dabble in the occult, a demon will be happy to move in.
Read: Christianity, Cults & the Occult, 10 Questions and Answers of Magic, Spells & Divination, and Is Witchcraft the Way?
Response to comment: "Oh, and Muslims do not worship pagan moon god or any themes from Christianity, but nice to see another example of hatred and warmongering at its finest."
I agree, Muslims have perfected the art of war. Their founder was a pedophile, rapist who worshiped a moon god. He studied Judaism and Christianity. He was not accepted by the Jews (sign of a false profit) and thus changed his prayer posture from Jerusalem to Mecca. "Ye shall know them by their fruits (Mt 7:16)."
Response to comment: "I wonder how much more peaceful humans might be if there never was a Bible? If we can see past the evils of the Bible and realize God does not sanction war, killing or even the pride and racism of believing in a 'chosen people' or a 'holy land' maybe we can all solve the greatest downfalls of humanity."
God loves all people. But He does have a chosen people no matter what the liberal tells you. Arabs envy the chosen people and some Jews ask if God could "choose" someone else at this point. God keeps His promises (Deuteronomy 6 & Judges 11). If He wants to chose or sanctify a people, He may. It is His universe and He makes the rules.
Read: What Christianity Has Done for the World
Response to comment: "I've always wondered about the crucifixion story...Was this the same person who invented the story of Pilate having a "tradition" of offering to free one criminal at Passover?"
Excerpt, Ronald L. Dart Born to Win Radio Program:
"The whole idea behind sin offerings in the Bible is for a man to acknowledge His sin and to recognize that there is a price to be paid for it. Now God didn't make a very big deal out of it. All it took was a little goat [or lamb]--that, that little fella had to die because you sinned-- would have an effect on a normal person, I should think. For the most part when we do something wrong nothing happens...at least that's what we think. and it calls to mind a passage in 'When a crime is not punished quickly, people feel it is safe to do wrong.' Ec. 8:11, NLT)." (Archive Minor Profits #11).
Christ became the sacrificial lamb (Jn 1:29). "A ram with its head caught in the thrones died instead of [Isaac, Abraham's son], the crowned Christ dying willingly as the antitype (Enyart Battle Royale X, pg. 126). 11 "Now 2all these things happened to them as examples, and qthey were written for our 3admonition, rupon whom the ends of the ages have come."
Response to comment: "We are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer God than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
We are created to worship the true and living God. When we fail to worship Him, we do not worship nothing. We worship a lesser gods (e.g. self, riches, lusts, the plant, etc.) What you galvanize your life around, you worship. You are correct, worshipping the Creator God is putting to death all lesser gods.
Response to comment: "If Jesus knows everything I suppose He already knows how to squeal like a pig..."
You must have seen the movie Gladiator? You would remember then what the Roman general Maximus in the movie said to Commodus: "The time for honoring yourself will soon be at an end." Jesus' work on the cross is finished. He will be your Savior or He'll be your judge. At the name of Jesus, every knee will bow and every tongue will confess that He is Lord (Ro 14:11). You're going to find out someday that you are not god.
Why would you hate the only man who ever lived who committed no sin (Jn 15:25)? Do you hate His holiness? "Everyone who practices wickedness hates the light and does not come to the light, for fear that his acts will be seen (Jn 3:20, ISV, BEB)." Your deeds will be seen someday if you do not repent. "Therefore, thus says the Lord God, 'Because you have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are uncovered, so that in all your deeds your sins appear-- because you have come to remembrance, you will be seized with the hand (Eze 21:24, NASB)."
"...If Jesus [would just]..."
In scripture, when God performed miracles, people hated Him all the more. "As the crowds were increasing, He began to say, "This generation is a wicked generation; it seeks for a sign, and yet no sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah (Lk 11:29, NASB)." It is not a miracle that you need. God could move a mountain and you would not be impressed. Even if someone came back from the dead, you would not be persuaded (Lk 16:31). God would not even have to blink an eye to save you. He saves people everyday. But if you are not paying attention to Him, you could miss it. I hope your heart like Pharaoh's, has not become to hardened. You would not want His hand to let go of you.
By the way, if you met 10 youths in a dark alley, would you hope that they were a gang of Jews just out of Torah study ("Oh no, here come the Jews!"); a gang of Christians, Muslims or atheists?
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few housekeeping items:
Response to comment: "Why do you apparently feel the need to start new threads with your replies to posts in another thread instead of just replying in the original thread?"
I was accused of spamming the site (posting a reply to the individual and in the general area). To avoid confusion I will posted in the general area.
Text originally posted at EvilBible.com