|
Register | Sign In |
|
QuickSearch
Thread ▼ Details |
Member (Idle past 3942 days) Posts: 2657 From: A Better America Joined: |
|
Thread Info
|
|
|
Author | Topic: What are the Degrees of Fundamentalism? | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ringo Member (Idle past 443 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Faith writes: Do you know scripture at all? I will note again your conspicuous absence from the Bible Study forum. If you want to discuss scripture rather than pontificate, I'll see you over there.
He must punish sin because it opposes His very nature. Nonsense. There is no "must" to God. He can do what He wants. Vindictive-god is a fundamentalist fabrication.
ONLY those who hate God have something to fear. So all those children who die in "natural" disasters have nothing to fear? Or do they hate God? Help scientific research in your spare time. No cost. No obligation. Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1475 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
I have absolutely NO interest in participating in the usual subjecting of the Bible to the liberal dismantling of it that is done around here. Bible Study indeed!
The scripture is very very very clear on God's actions in this world. It takes denying scripture to come up with the view of God you have.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
ringo Member (Idle past 443 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Faith writes: I have absolutely NO interest in participating in the usual subjecting of the Bible to the liberal dismantling of it that is done around here. You have no interest in defending the Bible? Understood. Help scientific research in your spare time. No cost. No obligation. Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1475 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
You raise theological questions I have studied for years and have answers to, but I see no place for discussing them here. I vehemently disagree with most of what you said and I'm far from alone with it. Many Holy-Spirit inspired leaders of the church disagree with you.
I was GIVEN the message about destruction coming to America some 14 years ago when I was fasting and praying for a week for God's guidance. There is nothing "automatic" about it and it does not come from anything in me. It was a period of intense encounter with God full of His presence. If anything I have not been faithful enough to the sense of mission I had at that time since then. It's not an easy message to carry. One is constantly up against not only the usual atheist condemnations but objections from supposed Christians. But I can tell you I am not alone with it. It was my first take on 9/11 but about all one heard thereafter from Christians along with everybody else was "God bless America" rather than "Repent, America." Some, but very very few, gave the message of judgment. The purpose of this message is not necessarily evangelism, it's declaring the sovereignty of God to a world that denies Him.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1475 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
That's right. I have no interest in defending the Bible. Believe what you want.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
ramoss Member (Idle past 643 days) Posts: 3228 Joined: |
Gosh.. God loves everyone equally, as long as they use the proper words to worship him, else he sends them to hell. He also sends natural disaster, disease, hurricanes , earthquakes, tsunami's.. but he watches every sparrow fall.
Somehow, there seems to be some actions that are in conflict there.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1475 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
There's no conflict to one who submits to the Bible as written with trust in the God who wrote it. It's the distrust of God and trust in your own fallible intellect that makes it not make sense to you.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
sidelined Member (Idle past 5939 days) Posts: 3435 From: Edmonton Alberta Canada Joined: |
Faith
It's the distrust of God and trust in your own fallible intellect that makes it not make sense to you. I cannot speak for ramoss but for myself one of the simpler reasons for not bothering with the bible is that the matter is not one of distrust in a God but in men with agendas of their own who indeed wrote the bible.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
docpotato Member (Idle past 5078 days) Posts: 334 From: Portland, OR Joined: |
Exd 22:18 Thou shalt not suffer a witch to live. As a literalist, you must get really busy around Halloween time. They're everywhere.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
jar Member (Idle past 425 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: |
Gosh.. God loves everyone equally, as long as they use the proper words to worship him, else he sends them to hell. He also sends natural disaster, disease, hurricanes , earthquakes, tsunami's.. but he watches every sparrow fall. Somehow, there seems to be some actions that are in conflict there. The idea that events like the tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, tornados or other natural disasters are some Divine Retribution is nothing but a return to the mentality of the Dark Ages where sickness or poverty or accident were seen as punishments from GOD. It is nothing short of Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit and pure Ignorance, attributing Evil to GOD, and all Christians, all Theists as a matter of fact, should stand up, speak out and condemn those who preach such Blasphemy. Aslan is not a Tame Lion
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1475 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
That very standard rationalization is really nothing but trust in human intellect and distrust in God.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1475 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Yes, witches are now just nice people who appreciate nature, and sorcery is just fun. With that pretty idea we casually allow every kind of demonic thing to influence people and take possession of their minds. Few have any sense of the dangers involved to them from the demonic spirits who are the power behind these things. Perhaps God will give us a revival in which many of them see the truth. In that case I think exorcisms might become necessary.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
ringo Member (Idle past 443 days) Posts: 20940 From: frozen wasteland Joined: |
Faith writes: That very standard rationalization is really nothing but trust in human intellect and distrust in God. Is it any wonder that people distrust the god you depict? Edited by Ringo, : Fixed quote. Help scientific research in your spare time. No cost. No obligation. Join the World Community Grid with Team EvC
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1475 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
No problem, jar, you can rest easy. We're condemned right and left by the lot of you.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
Faith  Suspended Member (Idle past 1475 days) Posts: 35298 From: Nevada, USA Joined: |
Only an all-powerful holy God is worthy of trust. Not the wishywashy powerless phantom you all invent.
|
|
|
Do Nothing Button
Copyright 2001-2023 by EvC Forum, All Rights Reserved
Version 4.2
Innovative software from Qwixotic © 2024