Are we important?

Originally posted by @romans1009
I’m referring to what God says in the Bible. You didn’t catch that?

I did. Calling bull. Started a thread about this, so see you there I guess.

Originally posted by @eladar
You are only important if you agree with the majority. Importance is a popularity contest.

No sir. If lets say I were drowning and so need some air, there is no vote involved and yet air would be more important to me than anything else.

Originally posted by @romans1009
Not everyone sees the Truth. Too many people won’t set aside their pride and all their worldly baggage when going to and reading God’s Word.

So your personal interpretation of the bible is supreme and all other interpretations are wrong.

Originally posted by @apathist
No sir. If lets say I were drowning and so need some air, there is no vote involved and yet air would be more important to me than anything else.

But if you're not important to the majority, your air wouldn't matter in the greater scheme.

Edit: Along the line of reasoning you replied to.

Originally posted by @apathist
So your personal interpretation of the bible is supreme and all other interpretations are wrong.

Did I say that? There is a lot of doctrine I’m uncertain about, but I don’t fault the Bible for that. I fault myself. I believe the Bible is the inerrant Word of God and if I got deep enough into it, my questions would be answered. I just haven’t done that.

Billy Graham had a crisis of faith concerning the Bible but after much soul searching resolved in his mind to place his full and complete faith and trust in it.

Originally posted by @apathist
No sir. If lets say I were drowning and so need some air, there is no vote involved and yet air would be more important to me than anything else.

If that’s the only instance - or even one of the few instances - you can think of where importance is not decided by popularity, I feel sorry for you.

Originally posted by @whodey
I was asked if I thought I was important in comparison to the greater scheme of things.

I think that this question was asked with an underlying assumption that things have more or less worth based upon the premise of size or power or quantity.

What say you? Do such factors as size or power or quantity increase or decrease ones importance?

In cosmological terms, neither one of us is important.

Sorry to break it to you.

I think I broke whodey.

Oops. 🙁

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
I think I broke whodey.

Oops. 🙁

We’re all important to God, Heartpence.

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
In cosmological terms, neither one of us is important.

Sorry to break it to you.

Cosmological terms? I've never met Mr. Cosmological. Is he a neighbor of yours?

What you mean is, from your perspective all that has happened apart from me is more important than myself. That is YOUR perspective, not Mr. Cosmological's perspective.

What if God created the vast universe that is trillions of years old with the most important goal of created us?

Originally posted by @whodey
Cosmological terms? I've never met Mr. Cosmological. Is he a neighbor of yours?

What you mean is, from your perspective all that has happened apart from me is more important than myself. That is YOUR perspective, not Mr. Cosmological's perspective.

What if God created the vast universe that is trillions of years old with the most important goal of created us?

"What if God created the vast universe that is trillions of years old with the most important goal of created us?"


Are you open to the idea that He didn't?

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
"What if God created the vast universe that is trillions of years old with the most important goal of created us?"


Are you open to the idea that He didn't?

Are you open to the idea that He did?