Who is God?

[shel90]

Don't say such a thing like that, You have to understand there's some people out in the entire world who doesn't understand the bible. Give them time to come around. I used to be like them, They are just confused, I certain do not approve your type of behavior as a Christian, there's no needed to be harsh.

Thank u, Cheri. I stopped responding to her cuz she was always harsh back to me. Iam like "uhhh ok whatever".

 

[Cheri]

Please do not bashing about this, just focus on who is really God himself..

God is one of the three persons, the father, son and holy spirit (The Holy Spirit is a “person” equal in every way with God) So Jesus had God's spirit inside his body, so he equal to God, also Jesus was the son of God too.

 

[Cheri]

Thank u, Cheri. I stopped responding to her cuz she was always harsh back to me. Iam like "uhhh ok whatever".

I know I apologized., there's some Christians out there who are similar alike and I don't approve some of their behavior, they can be so judgmental and that's not how God would want that. Remember the story about Mary Magdalene? Mary sat at Jesus’s feet and cried her eyes out, wiped his feet with her hair, some of the Christians were so harsh toward to her, the only person who wasn't, was Jesus. The Christians didn't like her because she was identified as a "whore" in their eyes, after all those Christians are not as innocent as she was, they were sinners too. But, they won't admit that.

 

[xentar]

I'm going to pull the obligatory harsh atheist routine they're so famous for and say... Jesus is Santa Claus for grown ups.

It's basically the same story line; behave and do as you're told and you'll be rewarded!

 

[Blade Runner]

I'm going to pull the obligatory harsh atheist routine they're so famous for and say... Jesus is Santa Claus for grown ups.

It's basically the same story line; behave and do as you're told and you'll be rewarded!

How can we be rewarded if we have the choice of going to Heaven or go to Hell?

If you want Hell, simply steal a bike.

If you want Heaven, do not commit a sin, and help other people.

There is no rewards, but simply choices.

 

[xentar]

How can we be rewarded if we have the choice of going to Heaven or go to Hell?

If you want Hell, simply steal a bike. (don't behave aka punishment)

If you want Heaven, do not commit a sin, and help other people. (do as you're told aka reward)

There is no rewards, but simply choices.

You repeated exactly what I just wrote ad verbatim, strangely enough.

 

[Yiffzer]

How can we be rewarded if we have the choice of going to Heaven or go to Hell?

If you want Hell, simply steal a bike.

If you want Heaven, do not commit a sin, and help other people.

There is no rewards, but simply choices.

Uh, Santa Claus is the same.

If you're a bad kid, you get absolutely nothing.

If you're a good kid, you get stuff.

You're mistaken on one end - there is a reward. A reward of having a gift from Santa Claus for making the right choices.

 

[Dark-Half]

Spoiled kid: WAHHHH WAHHHHH I WAAAANNNNTTTT

 

[Nesmuth]

I'm glad I lead a very secular life. Free from the Great Mystery debate.

Richard

 

[jazzy]

I'm glad I lead a very secular life. Free from the Great Mystery debate.

Richard

I love Great Mystery debate! Not everyone is for it but some people enjoy this.

 

[Cheri]

How can we be rewarded if we have the choice of going to Heaven or go to Hell?

If you want Hell, simply steal a bike.

If you want Heaven, do not commit a sin, and help other people.

There is no rewards, but simply choices.

LoL! We are all sinners even yourself is a sinner, from reading your posts here at AD, You are no innocent angel, either am I, All it takes is F-a-i-t-h, We cannot have eternal life and heaven without God’s forgiveness. “In Him (meaning Jesus) we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.” (Ephesians 1:7a) which means we have to seek to God to forgive our sins, we will have eternal life, which means we have a way of entering in Heaven.

For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) believe in Jesus that he died for us, for the sins we committed.

But, still have to also to repent your sins to God, It has to come from the heart, and mean it. Like supposedly I lied today, I would have to repent my sins and mean it from the heart, but every one of us have sin from time to time there's no one on this entire earth is sinless.

 

[Blade Runner]

LoL! We are all sinners even yourself is a sinner, from reading your posts here at AD, You are no innocent angel, either am I, All it takes is F-a-i-t-h, We cannot have eternal life and heaven without God’s forgiveness. “In Him (meaning Jesus) we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.” (Ephesians 1:7a) which means we have to seek to God to forgive our sins, we will have eternal life, which means we have a way of entering in Heaven.

For God so loved the world that He gave his only Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life.” (John 3:16) believe in Jesus that he died for us, for the sins we committed.

But, still have to also to repent your sins to God, It has to come from the heart, and mean it. Like supposedly I lied today, I would have to repent my sins and mean it from the heart, but every one of us have sin from time to time there's no one on this entire earth is sinless.

How do you know if I'm not an innocent angel? Keep in mind I did not swear here. I merely revealed the truth for them all to see. Not all people are sinners. I've met Christians who's more extreme than I. They pray to the bible and attend church everyday like there's no tomorrow.

If you had said some Christians are sinners then, you might be right.

 

[Blade Runner]

You repeated exactly what I just wrote ad verbatim, strangely enough.

Not really. Some people believe in punishment yet, they enjoy it. We live in a perverse society. Sometimes people can't be reformed into a better citizen because they don't want to change who they are. I could say for instance, I know that stealing is bad, yet I've stolen something. Why is that? Is it because I might feel there's a greater purpose behind my motives that leads to me stealing? Remember sometimes a greater good outweighs the bad pm on some occasions.

 

[Blade Runner]

Uh, Santa Claus is the same.

If you're a bad kid, you get absolutely nothing.

If you're a good kid, you get stuff.

You're mistaken on one end - there is a reward. A reward of having a gift from Santa Claus for making the right choices.

I'm sorry but Santa Claus is a fictional character that was manufactured to scare Christian kids into behaving right. The character you speak of is manufactured crap just like the stuffed plushed dolls your sister sleeps with.

I'm sorry, but just because other Christians believe in that character does not mean you have to lump me in with them. I don't even worship that often, Sorry to disappoint you.

 

[SxyPorkie]

Everyone who believes in Bible.. always says it is a PROOF... No it is not.. because Bible is written by MAN..... not by God... who created God.... nothing says in the Bible...

 

[Cheri]

Everyone who believes in Bible.. always says it is a PROOF... No it is not.. because Bible is written by MAN..... not by God... who created God.... nothing says in the Bible...

Duh! We all know that, The bible teaches us the truth about God, even if men wrote the book, Think about it, God can communicate the world in any way he wants. He could send an angel to everyone with a long announcement, So God choose the written words by choosing a person to write the bible.

You know God who is the spirit put his words into a fresh and blood humans who can read and understand. God used the holy spirit to inspire 40 writers over a period of 1500 years to write down his words.

You also stated nothing was said in the bible? That's full of baloney.

It states right here on (2 timothy 3:16) All scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realized what is wrong in our lives. It straighten us out and teaches us to do what is right.

 

[Yiffzer]

I'm sorry but Santa Claus is a fictional character that was manufactured to scare Christian kids into behaving right. The character you speak of is manufactured crap just like the stuffed plushed dolls your sister sleeps with.

I'm sorry, but just because other Christians believe in that character does not mean you have to lump me in with them. I don't even worship that often, Sorry to disappoint you.

1. I never said anything about you believing in a Santa Claus.

2. If you call Santa Claus "manufactured crap", then God must be "manufactured crap" as well.

3. You insist that you are not a sinner [cited]. You say that you don't worship often. According to the Bible, those that do not worship God are sinners. So you are a sinner, correct?

 

[Cheri]

2. If you call Santa Claus "manufactured crap", then God must be "manufactured crap" as well.

Don't compare God to Santa Claus, because they're not the same.

We are here on this earth because of God, God will hold everyone accountable, each for their own lives. He even sent a "Messiah" Jesus to die for our sins, so you're saying you don't believe in Jesus either or Jesus is a "manufactured crap?" or there was never a "Messiah"? and You sit here and compare him to Santa? It's best to keep your judgmental to yourself, because you're going to regret what you said some days.

 

[xentar]

Don't compare God to Santa Claus, because they're not the same.

God, Santa Claus, Flying Spaghetti Monster, Pink Elephant, Fairies, are all the same. They can't be proven they don't exist and it can't be proven they do exist.

Such as you can't disprove the existence of my girlfriend. I may have a girlfriend who happens to be spending some time in Australia or Spain right now. You don't know. So I guess there's no problem with me going around and bragging about how great my girlfriend is and using her as an excuse for this and that, since you can't prove she doesn't exist. And it's all perfectly fine if other people start talking about my girlfriend as if she exists, even if she doesn't, since no one can prove she doesn't. Awesome.

We are here on this earth because of God, God will hold everyone accountable, each for their own lives. He even sent a "Messiah" Jesus to die for our sins, so you're saying you don't believe in Jesus either or Jesus is a "manufactured crap?" or there was never a "Messiah"? and You sit here and compare him to Santa? It's best to keep your judgmental to yourself, because you're going to regret what you said some days.

But why, in any case, do we so readily accept the idea that the one thing you must do if you want to please God is believe in him (or Jesus)? What's so special about believing? Isn't it just as likely that God would reward kindness, or generosity, or humility? Or sincerity?

What if God is a scientist who regards honest seeking after truth as the supreme virtue? Indeed, wouldn't the designer of the universe have to be a scientist? Bertrand Russell was asked what he would say if he died and found himself confronted by God, demanding to know why Russell had not believed in him.

'Not enough evidence, God, not enough evidence,' was Russell's reply.

 

[Dark-Half]

Don't compare God to Santa Claus, because they're not the same.

We are here on this earth because of God, God will hold everyone accountable, each for their own lives. He even sent a "Messiah" Jesus to die for our sins, so you're saying you don't believe in Jesus either or Jesus is a "manufactured crap?" or there was never a "Messiah"? and You sit here and compare him to Santa? It's best to keep your judgmental to yourself, because you're going to regret what you said some days.

Au contaire, the concept behind them is exactly the SAME thus lies his point which is completely valid. It makes people into sycophants.