Post your tough questions in here regarding Christianity

KittyKatz, before leaving, to address your what if for those who have never heard of JC and further evolution banter. The former first. Those who have never heard of Jesus, first, note that God will judge all people righteously. It seems there will be a stricter judgment for those who have rejected the gospel of JC than those who have never heard. Those who have never heard of the law are not imputed sin under the law. Those who follow the law (e.g. practicing person) will be judged by the law. The people who have never heard of the law are judged by the law of God which He has placed into hearts. There is one particular class of individuals that certainly go to heaven. The Bible makes it clear that infants and children who die go to heaven on the basis of their inability to fully understand the difference between good and evil and make a rational choice. It is likely that older individuals who are, likewise, unable to choose because of a mental disability, go to heaven without the requirement of having to directly choose Jesus as Savior. Jesus is not the real name of the Savior anyway. His real (Hebrew) name is "Yeshua," which is usually translated into the English as "Joshua." The Greek transliteration is "iaysous." The word "Christ" is not Jesus' last name, but His title. The Greek word "christos" (translated "Christ" in the English) means "Messiah," the "anointed one." I can't judge a sharp line, though its seems those who perpetrate evil, even without the knowledge of the gospel, will likewise be condemned, since they have violated their God-given conscience. In the same way, those who play the "religion game" of going to church, but living apart from a relationship with God, will be condemned. After 1628 post behind this very post, there are still questions being filtered through God not grading on a curve based on good works. If you break the law, you can not pay the penalty by promising to obey the law in the future. Try doing so with a speeding ticket. We must front God and the wages of sin are to high for us to pay. Though, God wanting you to escape punishment and still running an honest courtroom, payed the price for you. He just asked that you hold on to the receipt. You didn't address my evolution questions, so I will conclude that when you use the term "100% fact" towards evolution, it translates that you believe its probability to be extremely high, that you are not bothered by the scientific doubt about it, and consider it to be the correct explanation of life. Facts are data, theories are structures of ideas that explain and interpret facts. Facts don't go away when scientists debate rival theories to explain them. And if you declare evolution a fact and modern humans evolved from ape like ancestors. Well, then it will not matter if humans didn't do so by Darwin's proposed mechanism, bc you believe it will be done so by some other mechanism yet to be discovered. Evidence is something that adds weight to an argument or theory, proof is undeniable. There seems to be some confusion about what exactly evolution is within the thread. When most people say evolution, they are referring to Macro-evolution (or speciation), which is the process of one animal slowly changing into another animal. People also tend to refer to Micro-evolution (or adaptation) when trying to prove Macro-evolution but they are two separate processes. The latter is a theory based on speculation that there is no intelligent designer that created the universe and life, therefore it must have arisen by natural causes, but no proof to honour it. In my observation of the raw evidence, what you believe in that man evolved from ape like ancestors is; a pure science-fiction, fantasy island, dreamland, imagination cocktail. Have you ever stop to notice that in the creation versus evolution argument in the mainstream today, the majority are polarized groups. Whenever evidence comes along which disproves a theory, it is simply adapted to fit the evidence. Now, they may say that this follows a scientific method: modifying your theory to fit your results; but in many cases another sub-theory is quickly invented to brush evidence under the rug. Just as there are cults within Christianity and vultures who turn the faith into a business. There are extreme doctrines of atheism and those that turn it into a religion of science. The "Discovery channel" has a duty of entertainment, long before a duty to provide you with an education. It is reality entertainment based on science that sells, not science based on fact. Enjoy the clay court finals, KK.

As i said, AT the end of the day

If you want to believe the universe popped into existence out of NOTHING, by NOTHING, for NOTHING then that is your belief.

If you want to believe, as a result of that explosion that came from nothing, caused by pure random flukey chance what we see today, then that is your belief.

From that, as the earth was formed by pure flukey chance, the earth and anything formed from it has NO PURPOSE. As there was no creator and everything happened by a fluke, there is no purpose.

If i created a chair, the purpose is for someone to sit on it. If the earth and humanity was formed by no creator and just pure fluke, well then there is no purpose. Much like a tornado ripping through a town. The debri has the same purpose as earth - NOTHING.

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That said, where did God come from?

Thanks for the quick synopsis....I have been following this thread, but only off and on.  Like the 9/11 thread, it has eventually given me a headache.  I do, however, appreciate some of the logic that folks have brought forth. 

really rostos?  https://www.covers.com/postingforum/post01/showmessage.aspx?spt=35&sub=101068865

im hopin youre not that big of a fuckin douche

The lips of the godly speak helpful words, but the mouth of the wicked speaks perverse words. ---Proverbs 10:32

Praise the Lord Almighty!!

Thanks for sharing about your answered prayer. A while back my company tried to fire me unjustly and through my prayers to the Lord asking him for justice, it was answered.

My lawyer got the company to reinstate me after being out for 9 months and I got 9 months of back pay including all over-time that I would have had, had I been working during those 9 months.

Yeah the Bible has some very interesting reading, no doubt.

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Seek his will in all you do, and he will show you which path to take. ---Proverbs 3:5-6

Praise the Lord Almighty!!

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  9 month paid vacation amen brother amen.  Do you mind if I ask what you did ?

Let me just tell you that it was something so minor and so it wasn't justified that they fire me and let's just leave it at that...ok?

False weights and unequal measures, the Lord detests double standards of every kind. ---Proverbs 20:10

Praise the Lord Almighty!!