Why do you believe in God ?

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  1. Ronstar

    Ronstar Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    the OT is considered the word of God by Christians and Jews.

    and no, I don't like being the victim of anti-Semitism.
     
  2. Arjay51

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    More likely they are just wrong. It happens quite often. That is why there is medical malpractice insurance.
     
  3. PrincipleInvestment

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    Victimhood aside ... Catholic, Christian missionaries, even crusaders and inquisitioners offered salvation and a palce in Gods heaven. If we remove Christ how do non jewish people come to redemtion and salvation? God has forsaken all except hebrew descendants? Is Christianity idolatry and blaspheme?
     
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    So you get to decide which of his beliefs is true? And they are just that, beliefs not facts.
     
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    Because of my life experiences, which is my own business and won't change the mind of anyone in this forum.

    And from studying the Bible, which is an amazing book once you have learned the prerequisites and can understand it fully.
     
  6. Battle3

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    Not quite. Of the Protestant New Testament, all were written by Jews except Acts and Luke, both written by Luke. Hebrews author is questioned but almost certainly was a Jew.

    The New Testament has its roots in the Old Testament. To understand the New Testament requires an understanding of the Old Testament.
     
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    That is because you must believe you are the ultimate authority.....a god unto himself
     
  8. yguy

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    Setting aside the dubious idea that you understand thing one about that, what's more to the point is that you didn't understand a word I said.

    You don't even know how many there were to begin with, so it's pretty stupid to talk about percentages.
     
  9. BillRM

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    Playing words game for Jesus it would seems............
     
  10. yguy

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    I would expect it to seem that way to an anti-Christian bigot. Why it would sound that way to anyone else, I wouldn't know.
     
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    Funny how you pipe up. And in your hallucination, I get to decide beliefs for others.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    Thank you for your contribution.
     
  13. Robert

    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    I saw what he said prior to this post. Some accuse me of trying to force them to do this or that. Imagine me being that powerful. I would love to have such power. I let GOD take care of himself. good points made by yourself.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You are thinking of the Emperor ahead of Constantine. He wiped out many Christians.
     
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    Robert Well-Known Member Past Donor

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    You are close to repeating what the neurologist said. And he was verified dead by doctors working on him. I wish you would view his video. He said that science can't explain him returning from the dead.
     
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    The Constitution stipulates a SEPARATION between the government OF We the People and all religions and beliefs.

    Freedom FROM religion is one of our fundamental rights.
     
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    You are told that his brain was INFECTED with meningitis to the point that it almost killed him and you believe the hallucinations that he was suffering from as a consequence are "evidence" that supports your confirmation bias?

    Do you have any idea just how flaky that sounds given that meningitis causes brain damage?
     
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    Wrong.

    The Bill of Rights states, Amendment 1:
    "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof"

    You do not have freedom "from" religion. You have the freedom to practice the religion of your choice, and the govt cannot create a state religion.

    Learn the Constitution.
     
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    Ron made some brief retort and vanished when I replied. He was obviously not interested in exploring the differences in beliefs or acknowledge what those variations imply and reflect. Ron will bash a Christian in a NY minute, and dissenters are anti-semitics. It's abosolutely black & white for him.
     
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  20. BillRM

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    Given the results was the ending of a war that would likely had cost millions more lives on both sides and one of those lives happen to be my father before my birth so I am very happy with and approved of Truman actions.

    We did not attack Japan any more then humans attacked the so call god that drown the world on a whim.
     
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    Ya mean like the Christians wiped out millions of Jews? Same dance, different steps
     
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    No it doesn't say that. It says that Congress can't make a law establishing a particular religion nor prohibit the free exercise thereof, thereby equalizing all religions in freedom. It's impossible for America to be free from God, as God is the essence of American independence and the peoples equality. This is not a religious belief. The Declaration of Independence refers to it as a self evident truth. "We hold these truths to be self evident"........
     
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    No, in your own statements you claim to decide what others believe. This fantasy of yours is really getting out of hand with its lack of logic and thought and acceptance of different things that others believe. Also you ignoring any evidence that does not support your position just goes to show how weak it truly is.
     
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    you have a bad habit of not answering questions posed to you.
     
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    lol
     

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