Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeThat sounds (unfortunately) like a verse an atheist would relate to.
'Being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart.'
Ephesians 4:18
Thanks for the contribution!
Originally posted by @romans1009Sadly, it's something for you to reflect on:
That sounds (unfortunately) like a verse an atheist would relate to.
Thanks for the contribution!
'Being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart.'
Ephesians 4:18
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeYou don’t know me and you’re once again trolling, looking to get me angry so you can then criticize me for not acting like a Christian.
Sadly, it's something for you to reflect on:
'Being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart.'
Ephesians 4:18
You’re no longer worth responding to.
Originally posted by @romans1009What you also do not know, neither accept is that many atheists or non Christians were once Christian or part of a Christian upbringing. It is the crookedness of the leaders or adults around them that caused them to shift away from the church.
I didn’t know atheists had favorite Bible verses. That’s awesome!
There are many who are still in Christ and not part of the church.
But then for you that sounds like a contradictory sentence.
Originally posted by @rajk999Doesn’t sound like a contradiction to me at all. I don’t think attending church is required to be a Christian.
What you also do not know, neither accept is that many atheists or non Christians were once Christian or part of a Christian upbringing. It is the crookedness of the leaders or adults around them that caused them to shift away from the church.
There are many who are still in Christ and not part of the church.
But then for you that sounds like a contradictory sentence.
Originally posted by @romans1009A Christian is a follower of Christ teachings [my personal definition].
Doesn’t sound like a contradiction to me at all. I don’t think attending church is required to be a Christian.
Anyone who does not follow these teachings are cut off, burned like the chaff, destroyed,
Originally posted by @romans1009Whether I [or you] have or have not... how does that change what Jesus said?
Have you sold all your possessions and given that money to the poor?
We are discussing the doctrine of Christ. Are you able to focus on that or do you have the typical facebook mentality seen here so often?
Originally posted by @romans1009Are you imagining that Ghost of a Duke is trying to get you "kicked off the site" too?
You don’t know me and you’re once again trolling, looking to get me angry so you can then criticize me for not acting like a Christian.
You’re no longer worth responding to.
Originally posted by @rajk999In that passage, He was illustrating the absurdity of someone who thought he was justified by the law.
Whether I [or you] have or have not... how does that change what Jesus said?
We are discussing the doctrine of Christ. Are you able to focus on that or do you have the typical facebook mentality seen here so often?
“For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.
For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory;
While we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen: for the things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.”
(2 Corinthians 4:16-18)