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The main reason I don't like George Bush is he is an idiot. Really I have not one clue what the man really believes but what I can say is that from all that I have seen him say and do, he is most definitely a very crappy president.
Ej you are right on about the anti-Christ. Everything is set up now for him to make his entrance any day now.
When we see someone come to the forefront and negotiate a peace between Israel and the Arabs, that is where he will come into power.
A one world system set up by men is going to be the kingdom of the anti-Christ. When he negotiates this peace the US and Europe are going to make sure he has all the money he needs.
Peace in this world without Christ is going to be a very seductive thing.
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Starting to Believe Again
Re: Starting to Believe Again
by Eli » Thu 03 Aug 2006, 14:12:24
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Re: Starting to Believe Again
by lateralus » Thu 03 Aug 2006, 15:09:35
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ElijahJones', 'Y')eah people are odd like that, they can want something to be true so badly and sometimes even bad things, that they find a way to get it to happen. That in itself is a deception.
Yes it is.
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Re: Starting to Believe Again
by Zardoz » Thu 03 Aug 2006, 15:37:41
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('ElijahJones', '.')..I'm betting on something called eternal life...a chance to live forever...
...which is, of course, the reason and purpose for the development of all religious belief systems. We are so frightened of the idea that our existence will end that we have concocted fantastically complex mythical fabrications, all designed to convince us that we will somehow go on and on forever, immortal and serene, euphorically happy in "paradise".
I'm very sorry, EJ, but you are going to lose your bet.
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Re: Starting to Believe Again
by EndDays » Thu 03 Aug 2006, 21:04:19
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Our true Saviour, Jesus Christ, didn't rescue us for a better earthly life, He died on the cross to take our punishment for our sins on Himself.
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Our true Saviour, Jesus Christ, didn't rescue us for a better earthly life, He died on the cross to take our punishment for our sins on Himself.
I don't get it....if Jesus took punishment for our sins, how come Christians still threaten everybody with flames and hellfire? There should not be any flames or hellfire if this is correct.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('EndDays', 'G')od is Holy and Perfect
If God is perfect, why would he need a bloody and horrible human sacrifice of Jesus to make his point? Why couldn't he have just had a thousand burning bushes and told everyone that they are forgiven? And could Jesus have been better employed in spreading god's word by going on an international speaking tour instead of undergoing a torturous blood sacrifice in a hellish backwater of the Roman Empire?
None of this Christian dogma makes any sense to me.
Take a second look at the Cross of Jesus Christ.
This is God taking our punishment on Himself! The idea that the cross was so bloody and horrific shows us just how much God loves us. God would rather leave the glory and honour of the throne in Heaven, come down to live as a man, live extremely humbly, and die a horrific death as the atonement for our sins.
While it is the utmost of love, it is also God showing us how serious sin is.
Jesus' sacrafice did not remove Hell, Jesus died to create the bridge back to God. Ever since the fall, we have been seperated from Him. Jesus provided the way for those who are born again - those who've repented and put their trust in Christ alone for Salvation. He was also clear there is no other way, but it makes sense because any other attempt to reach God results in still dying in our sins.
"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (John 14:6)
The rest are still going to perish in Hell because they've broken God's Laws and will face God on Judgment Day in their sin.
Faith in Christ is the vehicle which God saves us.
"For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith--and this not from youselves, it is the gift of God--not by works, so that no one can boast. " (Eph. 2:8,9)
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