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lola.308 wrote:Ignorant Ignis wrote:illumin@ti wrote:Allyuh doh learn? Megadoc has no understanding or compassion for any other way but his.
'His' god is a jealous and maniacal one that says its my way or the highway. According to Megadoc if ur a Muslim, Hindu, Jew, or Baptist, ur screwed, Since his god alone can dictate, forgive and all that rah rah....'Intelligent' conversation with analysis and comparison is not something you'll find here with him. Only condemnation and small church syndrome in yuh waist.
all thats well and good ......... but where does have to go to get yuh virgins exchange when yuh reach heaven ..... i find nobody answering meh
where yuh receipt???
I hear yuhzcarz wrote:@megadoc
Believing in something isn't that easy you know. If you told me that Jesus is the sovereign Lord and someone else said that Shooter_boy_J was the sovereign Lord then why should I believe you? Circular logic need not apply. Your response will probably be:
Jesus is the sovereign Lord because it is written in a holy book.
Then i would respond:
What if another guy told me that shooter_boy_J was declared sovereign Lord in another book just as holy as yours?
Then your logically fallacious response:
My book is true.
My response:
Why?
A clear degradation in the argument would subsequently arise:
Your response can only be:
Because it is.
Which leads me to my first point where i said circular knowledge need not apply. I will not accept the fallacy of 'something is only true because it is.'
If you can explain to me in a form that doesn't involve falling in to the trap of becoming fallacious or involving circular logic then restate.. i would love to see things your way, makes life seem more worthwhile, but have you considered that that is all religion is? An invention of the human mind to give humans a little hope? But anyway I won't try to turn anyone from their religion, they are the more content ones.
I will never doubt the existence of God. To me he is an absolute infinity, the only one of its kind (hence i don't believe in an infinite universe). But about the God portrayed in religion.. i can't understand how man with finite intelligence, can even attempt to understand the infinite mind of God. You won't be able to. Your chances of understanding ANYTHING whatsoever will thus tend to zero (if you, as I, believe in an all-powerful (as mathematicians say absolutely infinite)) God.
I once used this as an excuse not to serve GODtrini mk5 wrote:megadoc1, Why allyuh so-called "children of god" always sound the same way...PROGRAMMED. I all for GOD but i want to believe in"him" how I WANT TO BELIEVE IN "him" NOT based on a book that was written by man...and i doh mean to sound like i attacking yuh but is just something i noticed with ALL so called CHRISTIAN'S. Free thinking was one of Gods greatest and worst gifts...
I love your passion manillumin@ti wrote:Allyuh doh learn? Megadoc has no understanding or compassion for any other way but his.
'His' god is a jealous and maniacal one that says its my way or the highway. According to Megadoc if ur a Muslim, Hindu, Jew, or Baptist, ur screwed, Since his god alone can dictate, forgive and all that rah rah....'Intelligent' conversation with analysis and comparison is not something you'll find here with him. Only condemnation and small church syndrome in yuh waist.
trini mk5
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megadoc1, Why allyuh so-called "children of god" always sound the same way...PROGRAMMED. [b]I all for GOD but i want to believe in"him" how I WANT TO BELIEVE IN "him[/b]" NOT based on a book that was written by man...and i doh mean to sound like i attacking yuh but is just something i noticed with ALL so called CHRISTIAN'S. Free thinking was one of Gods greatest and worst gifts...
zcarz
@megadoc
Believing in something isn't that easy you know. If you told me that Jesus is the sovereign Lord and someone else said that Shooter_boy_J was the sovereign Lord then why should I believe you? Circular logic need not apply. Your response will probably be:
Jesus is the sovereign Lord because it is written in a holy book.
Then i would respond:
What if another guy told me that shooter_boy_J was declared sovereign Lord in another book just as holy as yours?
Then your logically fallacious response:
My book is true, because I have tested what is written in it. I heard about a God who loves me and died for me, so I decided to (go to church, read the Bible, get on my knees and ask him to show me sign if he was real. That day I experience something that is hard to explain, as I ask Jesus into my heart, a peace came over me, it was a peace that is hard to described. As Jesus came in as he promise in his word he would do, I had no desire, to do the things I did before. The desire to get drunk to get rid of my troubles was now replace with a peace that my troubles would pass away. The cigs, was no more necessary because I no longer need to draw peace from it.
Then there was the sickness that I was on medicine for that the doctors said I would have to live with for the rest of my life. I read one day as I continued to seek out God that he promise to be my healer. So I decided to test this. I prayed for healing. Strange, the next time I went to the doctor, he looked at me puzzled. The sickness was not there any more, I would no longer need medication all my life.
Then I experienced......
and I experienced....
and I tested God in this....and he delivered
My response:
Why?
my response: That is a stupid question isn't it, you should ask how can I experience this to. [/b]
toyo682 wrote:So it seems that in this tread men are more concern about reason than facts. I think it is more important that the facts are presented
Tread lightly, my son. While this whole post is full of good points, you started with a badly biased statement. You use 'facts' to refer to items you believe to be true. A 'fact', however is something that IS true (can be proven, you know?). I am not disputing your beliefs. For you to air them, was the OP's wish. However, faith is based on believing in something that can't be proven... so to rephrase that first statement of yours, one would say that men are more concerned with reason than with your personal religious beliefs. Do you blame them? Reason is what makes us who we are (this is a moot point, considering the dotish people one meets now on a daily basis )... While I agree that you should present your beliefs - this was the OP's idea - just remember your audience. Apologetics teaches you how to put forward your ideas without relying on scripture (which would be considered null anyway by a non-christian audience) and to rely on that which all men respect: logic. After all, christianity is logical - as are many religions. They only folk who disagree with this are those who either don't really understand what they believe, and have egos too big to accept that many others understand better than they do; and those who are fundamentalists. (But you should know all this already... I don't understand how someone with the background you claim to have, could make these remarks you do. Perhaps a 'refresher' course should be among your plans before you take up the mantle you referred to earlier.
OK, I admit that the whole because the Bible says bit can be insulting to man, it can insult the intellect.
How can scripture be insulting? This one escapes me.
Even in the Bible God was ready to reason so reason we shall.
From here on in, you made good.
Firstly any given religion can only be understood in light of its beliefs and norms, which most times are based on what ever holy book governs said religion. My beliefs, and yours are based on something that you deem to reasonable, or what you find to be factual. Bottom line is belief in anything must have a base, it does not exist in a vacuum.
I am a Christian, therefore my beliefs are based on the Bible which I have come to deem as reasonable grounds to believe what I believe. It is the foundation of my belief. Or is it more reasonable to be a Christian and base my belief in Christ ( which is essentially what being a Christian is) on what the Koran or any other religion's holy book says. Of course not. I am not saying that these books don't have moral teachings.
Quite right. Just remember your audience, and never alienate them.
toyo682 wrote:According to your belief of this the deeds are done so that your faith in the savior will be accomplished
toyo682 wrote: d spike it is clear English is hard to understand.
English is not hard to understand. Try and use it properly.
My overall conclusion of may faith as stated in much of my post, comes from testing the Bible against my experiences, comparison and reason.
Quite right, and so it should be. However, it still remains but your opinion, not fact.
I don't believe because it says so in the Bible. any ways care to answer any of the questions that I have asked or you are going to stick with I am not going to tell you. I seems that your conclusion is that there are many ways because you think so, no more ignorant than the Bible says so... you have lots of opinions so where do you reference from? Oh let me guess your are not going to say!
First of all (my apologies to those who have heard me say this time and again) my beliefs are not for public consumption. I fail completely to see what good could possibly be achieved by airing my religious beliefs here. (Privately, yes, by all means - I have always enjoyed a thought-provoking discussion, but not here. Such a discussion could only end up being provoking! ) As I have stated before, the best that could happen is others realize that I have a good understanding of what I believe (I don't need to hear this) and the worst is I waste my time (which I value). I have hinted very heavily to you that rationale thinking alone makes sense on a forum such as this. However, everyone has the right to state their beliefs without being chastised or discriminated against... so those who wish to do so, most certainly should.
this Christian life is a hard life to walk if one is to stay pure, so if there is a easier way to heaven show some proof of it, at least state some of your experiences that lead to such a belief.
No, son, it doesn't work that way - re-read my statement above if you must. We each find our own way back to God. ('You bloom where you are planted' is a very apt idiom.)
No, son, it doesn't work that way - re-read my statement above if you must. We each find our own way back to God. ('You bloom where you are planted' is a very apt idiom.)
I guess this is where we separate in our beliefs. I wish you luck in finding your way back to god, hope at the end of life's journey you and those who hold this belief do make it. I can say this I am glad that the God that I serve has found me. thank God he has shown me this different way.
d spike wrote:megadoc1 wrote:he never instructed me to give evidence,all he ask is that I preach the good news
So much for being called to witness...
Megadoc1, why don't you try to answer the OP's questions? Give it a shot, nah...
zitanos wrote:So I was having a discussion the other day with some ppl about religion and heaven etc., coming out of that I had a few unanswered questions. So I'm asking the religious folks in here to educate me if they have answers on any of these.
1. Where do babies go when they die?
dont worry about where babies go for my God is the creator and sovereign lord
he decides that and no one questions him.
but ask yourself where would you go when you die , you have some control there(aka your will)
2. If heaven, then do they age in heaven, or do we all remain the same age in heaven that we were when we died?
age is not of heaven if you make it there (I pray you do what it takes to get there) you just live forever
3. I understand Hindu's believe in reincarnation, how does this work?
n/a
4. Are animals allowed in heaven?
beats me (go to answer no1)
5. The 72 virgins concept. Is this true? If so, seems to be a good thing for the man. What does the woman get out of it? And for married muslims, when the man die, does he and his wife separate in heaven, considering she most likely is no longer a virgin? (if so what becomes of her)
lol nice question my lord jesus said it here
Mat 22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,
Mat 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.
Mat 22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother:
Mat 22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
Mat 22:27 And last of all the woman died also.
Mat 22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.
Mat 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
Mat 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
there will be no sex in heaven
6. For believers of heaven, is there 1 heaven? or 1 for each religion?
If there is only 1, does jesus, allah (pbuh), and whoever else live side by side as multiple gods in heaven?
I believe that there is one heaven and only Allah (Arabic for GOD)the father
and Jesus the son and the angels and his servants live there
7. I know some christians believe, if you don't worship Jesus, you're not getting into heaven. What about the tribes in the amazon, or a baby who dies at birth, who never had the privilege about knowing about Jesus. What happens to them?
again go to no1 answer then return here
worshiping Jesus does not get you to heaven it is not about works or what you do , getting to heaven is done by believing that he died for your sins
and for you to to have life ,when you repent of your sins and turn to Jesus
you will worship him ,out of love for him
8. If you don't believe in heaven, or God... and you don't believe in hell where do you go?
hell whether you believe it or not
9. Can heaven exist without hell? If so, then is it possible when you die, the only place to go is heaven? If not, then Heaven needs hell to exist, hence, so does that mean believers, should be thankful that hell exists?
hell was created for Satan and his followers but unrepentant sinners and people who hate God ends up there
GOd desires all men to be saved but he cannot always have his way
because of mans free will
10. If hell needs to exist, for heaven to exist. Then we need "bad" people, or non-believers on earth, for believers to be-able to go to heaven.?
we are all bad in the sight of God but he always loved us that's why he
gave his only begotten son so whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life
Someone once raised the question, why did God put us on earth for such a short period of time. Imagine Most of us will spend 60-80yrs on earth, some babies spend a few seconds. Considering the length of time eternity in heaven is, 60-80 years or even in the case of the baby (a few seconds) is just a drop in the barrel when we consider the length of time which constitutes eternity. Are we really here for such a short time on earth ... to go to heaven and relax for the rest of time? (if so, sounds like a steal of a deal).
steal of a deal is correct this GOD I love put in place a way
for us and tell us what to do and how to do it
plus he helps us its like a test with multiple choice
a =life
or
b= death
and he (the creator) telling yuh chose life
but it have people (the creature) still choosing the wrong answer
NB: I am not trying to offend any religion here. If I did, please let me know, and I apologize in advance. I'm hoping those of you with more knowledge in the respective religions can help us clarify some of these questions.
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zcarz wrote:lol.. anyway, you say we have free will.. but God's mind should be all knowing right? Then that should mean, before you are born, he would know if you were going to heaven or hell making your 'free will' only a perception. Do you agree?
free will is like thiszcarz wrote:^No WHAT in heaven??
lol.. anyway, you say we have free will.. but God's mind should be all knowing right? Then that should mean, before you are born, he would know if you were going to heaven or hell making your 'free will' only a perception. Do you agree?
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