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Originally Posted by willravel
God isn't a genie. Fucking idiot. You can't run out into traffic and say, "In the name of God I stop you, Buick!" and have a car stop. One of God's greatest gifts to us was the intelect to understand the world around us. I understand that I can't breathe water. God made water so that we can't breathe it. This idiot was going against God's laws of resperation and that's that. How do I know all this? I had a revelation last night. Another revelation said to buy Pepsi, but I think that was a commercial.
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I'd have to say that willtravel has reflected my thoughts on the subject more or less already.
The pastor also needed to study a bit further. Some will argue that the bible itself teaches not to treat faith in this manner. Deu 6:16 reads--"You must not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah" .NET bible has the following study info.
"The place name Massah (מַסָּה, massah) derives from a root (נָסָה, nasah) meaning “to test; to try.” The reference here is to the experience in the Sinai desert when Moses struck the rock to obtain water (Exod 17:1-2). The complaining Israelites had, thus, “tested” the Lord, a wickedness that gave rise to the naming of the place (Exod 17:7; cf. Deut 9:22; 33:8)."
Perhaps in time of need, this pastors faith may have allowed for a water walking miracle, but not as a spectacle of some sort.