<r>jimbo;969001 wrote: well maybe god does not play loud music untill 3 am and slam doors until stupid o'clock in the morning <EMOJI seq="1f914" tseq="1f914">:thinking:</EMOJI><EMOJI seq="1f914" tseq="1f914">:thinking:</EMOJI><br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> but in my nieghbours defence millions of people ha...

<t>spot;968991 wrote: It's a time-ordered list of the targets of the Nazi Party in their rise to power, not a graded scale of suffering. The list would be meaningless were it ordered differently. They came, and then they came, and then they came, and now there's nobody left to prevent them because I...

<t>gmc;969006 wrote: <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> I would never claim that atheists don't do bad things as well. But I find it irritating when christians come out with this notion that they are somehow more evil because they happen to be atheists and hitler did what he did because he as one-ignoring anyt...

<t>[QUOTE=twistwoods;968848]<br/> <br/> (I'm having a senior moment right now and so I cannot remember the name of the person I am thinking of, but there was a Christian pastor who was killed in a concentration camp and after the war they found a note he had left which said something like, 'They cam...

<t>gmc;968552 wrote: <br/> <br/> Hitler was raised a catholic, germany was a christian country where religion played a big part. He would never have started on the christians if the pope had actually condemned hitler and what he was doing he would have had serious problems-what would catholics do ob...

<t>Accountable;968212 wrote: I was referring only to this thread, in which you did indeed come wading in full of complaints and disparaging remarks of your own, not having contributing one syllable yourself - in this thread. But, the point is either made or missed.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> Welcome, an...

<t>gmc;968390 wrote: God is imaginary and you don't have to contend with the reality whereas your neighbour is -well your neighbour and if you're really unlucky very annoying and inconsiderate. If you're not a Christian you just work out ways to get along with each other. Differences are what make p...

<t>Hoss;968117 wrote: [QUOTE=twistwoods;968108]<br/> <br/> I suppose you are right, after so many times of going back and forth it is pointless to rehash our differences. I cannot be persuaded away from truth. When my spirit bears witness with the Spirit of God that I agree with the scriptures nothi...

<t>Ted;968086 wrote: twistedwoods:-6<br/> <br/> Excellent posts. Right on. God did create everything and since apparently He does not make mistakes than he also created homosexuality. <br/> <br/> This whole thing emerges as a result of the heresy of the reformation-inerrancy.<br/> <br/> Shalom<br/> ...

<t>Hoss;968056 wrote: [QUOTE=twistwoods;968050]<br/> <br/> Twistwood, <br/> <br/> I see no difference in what you said above and what you said earlier. There is a flaw in your thought pattern here, God is perfect, and he makes no mistakes. It’s an overriding principle of his character. So if man i...

<t>[QUOTE=Hoss;968016]Twistwoods, <br/> <br/> Thats your mindset, you believe that God created a person to be the exact opposite of what he intended. How is that biblical? You believe exactly like the scientists who say that we were not created in the image of God, but evolved and are evolving. <br/...

<r>Accountable;967671 wrote: You read right. I was pointing out that you come wading in here full of complaints and disparaging remarks of your own, not having contributing one syllable yourself, then wrap it up with "I believe I have a very specific calling to witness to the love of God." I enjoy i...

<t>Accountable;967411 wrote: A really laser-focused specific calling, I'm guessing. :-2<br/> <br/> <br/> It is sometimes hard to tell whether or not people are being sarcastic when they write something and this is no exception so forgive me if I am misunderstanding your reply.<br/> <br/> I am guessi...

<t>Hoss;967271 wrote: I completely disagree. This site is far from boring period. It's the best place I have ever visited on the internet.<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> The reason I said it is boring is because all the Christian sites I have visited (and I have visited dozens of them) seem to get bog...

<t>Hoss;967298 wrote: I like all my neighbors and don’t really have a problem with anyone.<br/> <br/> <br/> But who are these neighbours you claim to love? Perhaps they are a lot like you - then its easy to love them!<br/> <br/> Almost every day I hear about Protestants who hate Catholics and Cath...

<t>Why is it that so many Christians find it so easy to love God but so hard to love their neighbour - especially when the neighbour is not a carbon copy of themselves? <br/> <br/> Is it possible that we can only really love people who are like ourselves and who share our beliefs? If so, is it possi...

<t>JAB;967079 wrote: If this one doesn't interest you, then be my guest... The 'start new topic' button is available for anyone's use.<br/> <br/> <br/> I had a bet with my husband that it wouldn't take long for people to tell me to go fly a kite! Turns out I was right. :rolleyes:<br/> <br/> The reas...

<t>Are you lot still concerning yourselves with trying to read God's mind? Don't you ever get bored with it? I know I do! I thought this site was going to be interesting but it isn't - it's BORING!<br/> <br/> For goodness sake, leave God's decisions to him and don't try to make them for him!!! You k...

<t>Of course it could just be that the majority of people get wiser as they get older! Or it could be that they realise there is no lasting satisfaction in chasing the almighty dollar / euro / pound or yen and there is much more satisfaction in searching for Almighty God - especially as, unlike mone...

<t>Jester;944196 wrote: <br/> <br/> I recall as a young young child I collected natural things, leaves, rocks, tree bark, critters, alwasy always it was because I was so amazed by them and I always had a notion they had a designer. I knew man didnt do it. Mostly casue grampa,who knew everything didn...

<t>Jester;944096 wrote: A wise father makes a glad heart! <br/> <br/> Can I ask you what was your first thought towards God and what casued it that you can recall?<br/> <br/> <br/> Well, I'm not at all sure you'll approve. It certainly isn't anything very profound or philosophical. As I said in my l...

<t>Lon;943478 wrote: Are you saying that no human person influenced your thinking, that you came to the lord of your own volition?<br/> <br/> <br/> Not exactly. I have no doubt at all that my dad had a huge influence on me but I am adamant that he did not indoctrinate me. We are all influenced by ou...

<r>Jester;943672 wrote: ahahahahahahahahahaha I almost told her earlier that you and her would get along well since you both decide what the bible says line by line rather than in context. <br/> <br/> <E>;)</E><br/> <br/> At least you're consistant Ted!<br/> <br/> Its called the pluralist line item ...

<t>Lon;942962 wrote: Seems to me that if there is a god capable of creating the heavens and earth and all things within, then the same god surely is capable of giving us instant acknowledgment of his existence from our birth. Instead we are instructed, taught and brainwashed that there is a god, and...

<t>I'm genuinely sorry if you thought I had tried to avoid answering the question. That was not my intention. I'll say it as plainly as I can.<br/> <br/> I don't know whether homosexuality is a sin or not. God has not revealed that to me. My instinct is that it is not a sin but I am not prepared to ...

<t>As a lifelong Christian, it has always puzzled me why so many of my fellow Christians feel the need to spend so much of their time and energy in considering this topic. <br/> <br/> I have always regarded the Bible as a book of witness - witnessing to the way God revealed himself to certain chosen...

<t>spot;782327 wrote: That doesn't seem particularly good of him, setting Himself up as judge without any consent from those He's judging. None of us have asked Him to.<br/> <br/> <br/> That's a strange type of logic, isn't it? Do criminals have to give permission before judges in courts of law can ...