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News: Arizona anti gay Preacher hit with baseball bat
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Originally posted by Humunukuapua
Organized religion in any form is what is evil, and is used as the excuse by most to not become a Christian, because it is so violent and judgemental. To be a Christian you do not need to go to church every Sunday, have the Bible read out to you and take Holy Communion, as you said it is a personal relationship between yourself and God, and that essentially is the church.
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Absolutely this! A lot of people who go to church every weekend live very unchristian lives at home. I've seen it first hand
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Originally posted by AccioMiley
Absolutely this! A lot of people who go to church every weekend live very unchristian lives at home. I've seen it first hand
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Exactly, it's like they believe that they can keep re-doing their sins repeatedly then washing them away at church. That's not how it works at all though. You need to be willing to change your ways, or at least give it a big try.
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Originally posted by AccioMiley
Absolutely this! A lot of people who go to church every weekend live very unchristian lives at home. I've seen it first hand
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Yep. Those people and the "pastors" on T.V scamming people out of their money are probably the main reason why people reject God. I mean they're basically doing the same thing everybody else doing but think because they go to Church they're somehow better or less wrong.
Edit: not all pastors,obviously, but the one's selling healing, wealth and prosperity for $19.99: "If you trust and believe that God will heal you, then sow your faith seed of [desired amount] today"
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Originally posted by loveless
You're whole post.
Everything people are seeking-- love, peace, security, acceptance, purpose, etc-- can be found in Jesus, not money, relationships, sex, marriage, etc (all of those things will let you down and leave you empty, God never will). And the crazy thing is God isn't distant, he's not impersonal. He cares about each and every one of us individually.
You said, "But once you witness the power and love of God first-hand you'll know how all-loving he truly is." <---- this is so true. I wish more people were just willing to give him a try. For one moment just forget about everything you've been conditioned to believe. Be vulnerable for one moment and ask God to reveal himself to you. Say something like, "God I don't know if your real, I don't believe you are, but if you are show me". Don't worry about changing, come as you are. You don't have to "be right" to come to God. God is literally waiting with open arms to accept you.
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I was gonna write something on this but you hit every point
I hope everyone truly considers this meeting God in a meaningful way is a life changing moment
Imagine the euphoria you experience seeing your fave artist in concert being available to you for free anywhere you want. On top of that a truly loving giving comforting guiding father and the weight of any burden lifted from your shoulders anytime you ask.
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Originally posted by Flawfree
whether he did or didn't, the only source we have to go on is the Bible and that book has already made it clear many times over what they think of us. i don't see how it makes a difference when every other passage tells the masses we deserve to burn in hell.
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The Bible says that everybody deserves to go to hell because we are all sinners. Hell is complete separation from God. The Bible tells of how hell was created for Satan and the other angels who rebelled against God. Because god is 100% holy and just, he can't be around or condone sin. If he did, he wouldn't holy or just. In order for man to be reconciled with he God, somebody needed to pay for our sins-- we needed a substitute. The only person that was able to do it was Jesus. Think about this. In order for God the father to have you, he would have to sacrifice his only begotten son. In order for you to be spared from hell, Jesus-- a perfect being-- would have to become a man, live a perfect life, suffer and die. Because God loved us so much he gave up everything-- including his life to save us. Guess what, he didn't think twice about about dying for any of us.
I say all this to say that God doesn't want anybody to go to hell. He doesn't rejoice when the wicked die, for he knows what pain and agony awaits them. He wants everybody to go to heaven, but he gives man the ultimate choice. You can either choose Jesus and heaven (eternity with God) or you can choose to reject Jesus and go to hell (eternally separated from God). The choice is yours. But God has done everything to prevent people from going to hell.
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Originally posted by loveless
Yep. Those people and the "pastors" on T.V scamming people out of their money are probably the main reason why people reject God. I mean they're basically doing the same thing everybody else doing but think because they go to Church they're somehow better or less wrong.
Edit: not all pastors,obviously, but the one's selling healing, wealth and prosperity for $19.99: "If you trust and believe that God will heal you, then sow your faith seed of [desired amount] today"
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Originally posted by Dollas n Diamonds
I was gonna write something on this but you hit every point
I hope everyone truly considers this meeting God in a meaningful way is a life changing moment
Imagine the euphoria you experience seeing your fave artist in concert being available to you for free anywhere you want. On top of that a truly loving giving comforting guiding father and the weight of any burden lifted from your shoulders anytime you ask.
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Originally posted by loveless
The Bible says that everybody deserves to go to hell because we are all sinners. Hell is complete separation from God. The Bible tells of how hell was created for Satan and the other angels who rebelled against God. Because god is 100% holy and just, he can't be around or condone sin. If he did, he wouldn't holy or just. In order for man to be reconciled with he God, somebody needed to pay for our sins-- we needed a substitute. The only person that was able to do it was Jesus. Think about this. In order for God the father to have you, he would have to sacrifice his only begotten son. In order for you to be spared from hell, Jesus-- a perfect being-- would have to become a man, live a perfect life, suffer and die. Because God loved us so much he gave up everything-- including his life to save us. Guess what, he didn't think twice about about dying for any of us.
I say all this to say that God doesn't want anybody to go to hell. He doesn't rejoice when the wicked die, for he knows what pain and agony awaits them. He wants everybody to go to heaven, but he gives man the ultimate choice. You can either choose Jesus and heaven (eternity with God) or you can choose to reject Jesus and go to hell (eternally separated from God). The choice is yours. But God has done everything to prevent people from going to hell.
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God bless y'all!
And completely agree with the televangelists, they are the most money-hungry fraudsters you can get. It's even talked about in Revelations, how the 'false profits' will cash out and fool Christians out of their morality and money.
Hopefully this is all not too off topic lol. But anyway, hopefully the man hit will learn to be more tolerant and loving as God intends, and the person who hit him will learn not to be violent and hateful too
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Violence is not a solution but
BEAT HA
RUIN HA
DESTROY HA
SYNTHESIZE HA
BREAK HA
SHATTER HA
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I don't even go to church, but I feel like I'm lot more connected to God then most religious people are. Also people need to stop being hateful and discriminatory, God loves us all.
Also, violence is never the answer.
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Is he a troll
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Originally posted by EveryoneLovesMe
I don't even go to church, but I feel like I'm lot more connected to God then most religious people are. Also people need to stop being hateful and discriminatory, God loves us all.
Also, violence is never the answer.
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This! The whole superiority complex most organized religious people have is disgusting. They are putting themselves above everyone else.
Every person in the world is a sinner, but its what you do about those sins that makes you a good Christian.
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Drag ha girl
Rick & Morty teas
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He deserved it
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Originally posted by KillingYourCareer
where his god @?
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Karma served in a plater
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