21 Oct 18
@secondson saidI accept you believe that.
No.
There's only one God.
What though is to prevent a Hindu from using creation as tangible evidence for the existence of 'their' gods? Like Christianity, they have religious texts attributing creation to their particular variety of the divine.
21 Oct 18
@ghost-of-a-duke saidThey don't have Jesus.
What though is to prevent a Hindu from using creation as tangible evidence for the existence of 'their' gods? Like Christianity, they have religious texts attributing creation to their particular variety of the divine.
@secondson saidYour dodge is noted.
Don't worry about them. Worry about yourself.
Your excuse is noted.
I provided two beliefs that many Christians hold that serve as excuses for those who do not obey:
Two beliefs held by many Christians play a major role in not obeying:
1) Ceasing to sin is not required for "salvation" / "eternal life" / living in the Kingdom / receiving the "spirit of truth" / being "born again".
2) Ceasing to sin is not possible for any given human being.
The truth is that they do in fact serve as excuses for many Christians who do not obey.
But then, you aren't one to allow the truth to get in the way of what you like to believe.
For example, you like to believe that the Bible is the inerrant word of God and that in the following passage God is not condoning chattel slavery:
Leviticus 25
44“ ‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves. 45You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property. 46You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life,..
For you truth is what you like to believe.
21 Oct 18
@secondson saidTo be supposedly wilfully disobeying "commandments" - and to be asked to make "excuses" for doing so - one has to believe they exist. If you just want to assert that whatever you think is true and exists is true and exists, then just go ahead and assert it. But don't wrap it up in sheer silliness like the question in the OP.
What is silly is the notion that because you don't believe God exists that He doesn't.
21 Oct 18
@proper-knob saidThe evidence says otherwise.
No. Jesus is dead. Odin lives. He's all around you.
@secondson saidThis is not a response to what I put to you. Being colour blind not an example of disobedience. One has to believe a commandment exists for one to be accused of consciously disobeying it.
Don't be silly. One does not have to believe something exists for it to exist.
If you were colorblind would that mean colors don't exist?
21 Oct 18
@fmf saidObviously you are willingly missing the point.
This is not a response to what I put to you. Being colour blind not an example of disobedience. One has to believe a commandment exists for one to be accused of consciously disobeying it.
It is illogical to assume something doesn't exist simply because one doesn't believe it exists, just as being ignorant of the law doesn't make one immune from prosecution for breaking it.