52
   

Question to those who do or do not doubt Christianity

 
 
reasoning logic
 
  1  
Reply Sat 19 Jan, 2013 07:19 pm
@XXSpadeMasterXX,
Quote:
Can someone explain to me how all these bots get in the programming of A2K?


Have you asked God this question? he is the creator of everything isn't he?
0 Replies
 
XXSpadeMasterXX
 
  0  
Reply Mon 21 Jan, 2013 05:04 pm
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. day...everyone who celebrates...
0 Replies
 
XXSpadeMasterXX
 
  0  
Reply Wed 23 Jan, 2013 12:38 pm
@izzythepush,
Thanks mate...Was pretty surprising....
0 Replies
 
Kristian James
 
  1  
Reply Wed 23 Jan, 2013 02:16 pm
@XXSpadeMasterXX,
Well first off if you ever do meet him the last words out of his mouth would be "I am Jesus"... Secondly if you asked for "proof" of who he was you would probably just get laughed at, the identity isn't exactly advertised by him or those who know him. When in his presence those who need to know will just suddenly become aware of the fact, when the proof of his identity is needed as it once was there will be plenty, you can count on that...
XXSpadeMasterXX
 
  0  
Reply Wed 23 Jan, 2013 03:25 pm
@Kristian James,
Thank you for your answer...Mine was the same...Just curious what atheists would ask...
reasoning logic
 
  1  
Reply Wed 23 Jan, 2013 07:01 pm
@XXSpadeMasterXX,
Hi spades. Smile

I would have so many questions that I would not know where to start.
reasoning logic
 
  1  
Reply Wed 23 Jan, 2013 07:05 pm
@Kristian James,
Quote:
Well first off if you ever do meet him the last words out of his mouth would be "I am Jesus".


How do you know this did he tell you? Are these the last words out of your mouth? " Hi I am Kristian James" If not what makes you so sure that he would introduce himself differently?
0 Replies
 
XXSpadeMasterXX
 
  0  
Reply Wed 23 Jan, 2013 07:10 pm
@reasoning logic,
Hey mate...When you get some time...Hit up that last post I sent you if you are interested...

How have you been?
0 Replies
 
reasoning logic
 
  1  
Reply Wed 23 Jan, 2013 07:16 pm
@XXSpadeMasterXX,
Quote:
Do you think that asking people to watch the videos you post....to have them give you their opinions, of something you think is reality...is off your rocker? Or closer to reality? For them? For you? Or both?


Spades I share many things with people to see how they respond I enjoy studying how people have false memories, memory illusions and all sorts of psychology.
FOUND SOUL
 
  1  
Reply Thu 24 Jan, 2013 01:36 am
@reasoning logic,
Just to set the record straight.

If you don't share however, "talk" are you studying then.

One would hope not or else that is a sad world one would live in.

Evening Spades, Izzy.....

Snowman was quite scarry by the way Smile

If there is a God, and off course I believe so. His presence I think would have to be "logically" powerful.. So powerful that you would stop in your tracks, if you met him. He is above human so it would make "logical" scence that you would feel a form of power ... Mind you many a Man uses the word power and thinks he is a GOD.

My opinion.
izzythepush
 
  0  
Reply Thu 24 Jan, 2013 02:21 am
@FOUND SOUL,
He was only a little snowman, 3.5/4 foot, you can't be scared by that. Or is it just that snow is such an alien concept in your neck of the woods?
FOUND SOUL
 
  1  
Reply Thu 24 Jan, 2013 02:35 am
@izzythepush,
Smile

We donnnnna have snow, well we do in Melbourne but not Adelaide, been there, Melbourne that is, in the snow also Tasmania, beautiful... Even learnt how to snow plow Smile

Na just fooling with you I mean no smiley face? Sheeez x
izzythepush
 
  1  
Reply Thu 24 Jan, 2013 03:34 am
@FOUND SOUL,
It was a twig, I didn't have any smiley twigs. Blame Mother Nature.
FOUND SOUL
 
  1  
Reply Thu 24 Jan, 2013 04:50 am
@izzythepush,
Give ya some Smile Smile Smile Smile

x
0 Replies
 
XXSpadeMasterXX
 
  0  
Reply Thu 24 Jan, 2013 08:23 am
@FOUND SOUL,
Yeah...We have only got a little snow...but it has been below 25* F the last 4 days...
0 Replies
 
XXSpadeMasterXX
 
  1  
Reply Thu 24 Jan, 2013 09:00 am
@reasoning logic,
How has your studying people shown you that they are false? "in your opinions"
XXSpadeMasterXX
 
  1  
Reply Mon 28 Jan, 2013 04:58 pm
@Frank Apisa,
Nice win for Tiger this week...But it is good he was up 7 strokes today...He fell apart on the last 10 holes...

I gave away 22 points with my players this week by starting wrong guys...
spendius
 
  1  
Reply Wed 30 Jan, 2013 12:01 pm
@XXSpadeMasterXX,
Prof. Hofstadter wrote in his essay on Abraham Lincoln--

Quote:
Humility belongs with mercy among the cardinal Christian virtues. "Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth." But the demands of Christianity and the success myth are incompatible. The competitive society out of which the success myth and the self-made man have grown may accept the Christian virtues in principle but can hardly observe them in practice. The motivating force in the mythology of success is ambition, which is closely akin to the cardinal Christian sin of pride. In a world that works through ambition and self-help, while inculcating an ethic that looks upon their results with disdain, how can an earnest man, a public figure living in a time of crisis, gratify his aspirations and yet remain morally whole.? If he is, like Lincoln, a man of private religious intensity, the stage is set for high tragedy.


What is your position on this important matter?
XXSpadeMasterXX
 
  0  
Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 05:46 am
@spendius,
I happen to agree with this...

Quote:
The motivating force in the mythology of success is ambition, which is closely akin to the cardinal Christian sin of pride. In a world that works through ambition and self-help, while inculcating an ethic that looks upon their results with disdain, how can an earnest man, a public figure living in a time of crisis, gratify his aspirations and yet remain morally whole.?

I think it has a lot more to do with humble, patience, perseverance, practice, peace, faith and obedience...then it has to do with ambition and self help...Or I would say those things I have said, lead one to find themselves, often from religion, religious, church, prying, reflections of conscious...self awareness, self evaluation, self worthy, self truthfulness, self honesty...honesty, will, caring, willingness to care...etc...And using them together, and not trying to work against those things...

I happen to agree with most of what this professor said...Especially about accepting the virtues, but not being able to practice them...But I do not understand, it sounds like he is saying it is hard to be humble, because it requires you to battle pride (a deadly sin) with humility (a virtue) when you practice the faith without the church? But I would say church or no church, everyone knows if they think they fall to the deadly sins, or are doing the virtues, even in a humble way with our own consciousness....

And wasn't Lincoln an atheist? Where did you hear, or why do you think (besides this professor) that Lincoln was even a man of "private religious intensity"?

Humility is already one of the 7 virtues Spendius, and since it combats the worst deadly one (pride) I would have to say it is the highest virtue...No?

I personally think from what God has said to me, the only deadly sin that exists is rejection of God...

I think many will flip that around to personal rational ways of justifying sin, which is not my intent...Because I feel that EVERY sin separates you from God and makes it that much harder to let your soul be in ultimate peace...

But I do believe that so long as you have faith, you will not be lost...Even if God is going to condemn people...Which I do not believe anyways...

I think every sin is deadly, and there is a heavenly virtue for every sin...

Or you could say (from the church's perspective, with my own views) I think that deadly sins extent well beyond "7" And so do the heavenly virtues...
spendius
 
  1  
Reply Sun 3 Feb, 2013 08:03 am
@XXSpadeMasterXX,
I thought the Prof. was availing himself of an opportunity to scoff at the hypocrisy of embracing the success myth whilst professing to be Christian.

The whole point of Jesus was the devastating failure.
 

Related Topics

Atheism - Discussion by littlek
The tolerant atheist - Discussion by Tuna
Another day when there is no God - Discussion by edgarblythe
church of atheism - Discussion by daredevil
Can An Atheist Have A Soul? - Discussion by spiritual anrkst
THE MAGIC BUS COMES TO CANADA - Discussion by Setanta
 
Copyright © 2024 MadLab, LLC :: Terms of Service :: Privacy Policy :: Page generated in 0.19 seconds on 12/23/2024 at 07:56:40