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Originally posted by FabianFnasIf the Word of God isn't a book of lies, then we know for sure.
But you don't know for sure, are you?
If you tell me that you are sure, then I will repost the same questions to you as I did before.
Just to show you that you don't know. Nor anyone.
I'd also point out you want to know how high that bar is for walking righteously, I'd start
a study on what scripture calls evil, and sin. Calling someone a fool is enough to put you
in danger of Hell, putting one person above another, doing something you condemn
another for, doing anything not in faith. If we do not have God's grace upon us we will
die in our sins, judgment begins in the house of God, He does not play with sin. We all
have fallen short, we all need God's grace.
1 Peter 4:18
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Originally posted by KellyJaySo this:
If the Word of God isn't a book of lies, then we know for sure.
I'd also point out you want to know how high that bar is for walking righteously, I'd start
a study on what scripture calls evil, and sin. Calling someone a fool is enough to put you
in danger of Hell, putting one person above another, doing something you condemn
another for, doing anything ...[text shortened]... ter 4:18
And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
"And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?"
is your answer?
Originally posted by KellyJayI often look at the front covers of those WatchTower leaflets, where the lions are sitting down happily with the lambs and everyone is holding hands and singing, and pray to God that if heaven does exist, it's nothing like that.
I disagree, there is no need for darkness...we could live loving, happy, and caring lives
without ever having to experience darkness, evil, lust, greed, and the measure of it would
be the joy we feel.
As Jung rightly observed, in order to know and appreciate happiness, we need to have moments where things are not so euphoric. True happiness also has no place for the boring or mundane, and an existence void of human foibles and idiosyncrasies would be nearer to hell than heaven.
(Footnote: The above is posted with a jovial countenance and no intention is meant to insult).
Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeSo you pray to God.
I often look at the front covers of those WatchTower leaflets, where the lions are sitting down happily with the lambs and everyone is holding hands and singing, and pray to God that if heaven does exist, it's nothing like that.
As Jung rightly observed, in order to know and appreciate happiness, we need to have moments where things are not so eup ...[text shortened]...
(Footnote: The above is posted with a jovial countenance and no intention is meant to insult).
Originally posted by Rajk999I think it more likely my inner rebel wants to reclaim religious words like 'pray' and 'faith' and utilise them freely in every day language.
Its in your subconscious and it will leak out.
You are secretly a man of faith.
You seem to be man of good works.
Maybe you are in the Group 2 category.
Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeI once got a joyless self-righteous dysfunctionally ideological and attempted-English-language-annexing ticking off from sonship for using the expression "my goodness". 😛
I think it more likely my inner rebel wants to reclaim religious words like 'pray' and 'faith' and utilise them freely in every day language.
Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeI demand footnotes be bolded before I will give you credit for them! 😉
I often look at the front covers of those WatchTower leaflets, where the lions are sitting down happily with the lambs and everyone is holding hands and singing, and pray to God that if heaven does exist, it's nothing like that.
As Jung rightly observed, in order to know and appreciate happiness, we need to have moments where things are not so eup ...[text shortened]...
(Footnote: The above is posted with a jovial countenance and no intention is meant to insult).
Originally posted by KellyJayYes, and only your book, nothing more. The only thing you know about the hell is multithousands of years old book. What they philosophized you take as a truth?
Read what I wrote! We know because the scripture tells us.
Don't you have any modern sources?
Originally posted by FabianFnasYou realize God being faithful throughout time and our generations is part of this evidence? You want God to jump through a hoop for you, think again He is God you are not.
Yes, and only your book, nothing more. The only thing you know about the hell is multithousands of years old book. What they philosophized you take as a truth?
Don't you have any modern sources?