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Originally Posted by guccilvr
Sure you are commanded.. by a book that has yet to be proven. God inspired it blah blah. I think there's a difference between telling someone that you believe in god and how good he/she/it is, and telling someone how they are a horrible sinner and if they don't worship this magic man and devote 100% of their life to him, they will burn in some pit forever. That sounds..umm.. like a dictator. Was jesus a dictator? is god? "You must do what I say, including killing innocent people (ignore the fact that the commandment says 'thou shalt not kill', or you will be sent to a firey pit for all eternity!"
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The first thing I'm going to say is "Read the Bible".
All right, now that I've got that out of the way I'll actually respond to your points (Or lack thereof). The proof which you require isn't the same proof as I require. I believe the Bible to be the work of God, therefore I believe it. You, on the other hand, require scientific proof. Scientific proof is can only disprove the known and not the unknown (I've written this about a hundred times on multiple threads, so I don't feel like re-typing out the entire thing. You can go find one of those posts and read it). And where does the Bible say that you must devote 100% of your time to worshiping God? Are you just making things up as you go along? And, as I'm sure you're well aware, the commandment "Thou shalt not kill" has been translated to mean "Thou shalt not commit murder". Could you find me a place in the Bible where God commanded killing outside of wartime? >_<
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It's amazing how silly the bible is when you break it down. It's like the classic fairy tale.. except a lot more gruesome.
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It's only silly to you. To me, it's the absolute truth.
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To call my argument hogwash, was not in regards to someone approaching me, but rather the attitude that the person projects while they are trying to 'win my soul for jesus'. so therefore, your argument, is complete hogwash.
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So, are you saying that if I came up to you and beg and pleaded that you'd turn your soul over to Jesus? Go figure...!
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Originally Posted by pigglet
so she basically qualified it as being anecdotal. then you pointed out that its anecdotal. god i love it when everyone agrees.  |
All right. I admit I didn't read the rest of her response. Fair enough.