Understanding Falun Gong
30 Jun '16 12:34Originally posted by josephwTo this scarab, it sounds like total negation of conceptualization😵
Nothing exists? We have no mind? No truth to know?
Sounds like spiritual anarchy.
30 Jun '16 13:50Originally posted by FetchmyjunkThe bible and Christianity are riddled with internal contradictions. Are you saying therefore that Christianity can't be true, because of these contradictions?
All religions may contain some fragments of truth, but if they are contradictory on how to get to God then they can't all be true.
30 Jun '16 13:51Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeYou just want to be in a relaxed state of mind? Have you tried Bunnahabhain?
Well, on a personal level, I'd just be content with finding calmness of mind. I'm not looking for, and would indeed be quite miffed, if meditation only succeeded in unlocking memories of eating worms.
30 Jun '16 14:55Originally posted by checkbaiterI think, if aliens do exist, they have a rough deal, if the only door to salvation (Jesus) is on an entirely different planet.
Nah, just being sarcastic to your first post on PG.,😀
30 Jun '16 17:142 editsOriginally posted by Ghost of a Duke
I think, if aliens do exist, they have a rough deal, if the only door to salvation (Jesus) is on an entirely different planet.
It's hard enough already for the poor chap born in Japan who is much more likely to be drawn into Shintoism or Buddhism, purely as a result of the geographical lottery of existence. (And woe betide him if he doesn't adopt a foreign religion completely outside of his own culture and belief system).
It's hard enough already for the poor chap born in Japan who is much more likely to be drawn into Shintoism or Buddhism, purely as a result of the geographical lottery of existence. (And woe betide him if he doesn't adopt a foreign religion completely outside of his own culture and belief system).
"And I, should I not have pity on Nineveh, the great city, in which are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot discern between their right hand and their left, and many cattle ? " (Jonah 3:11)
30 Jun '16 18:24Originally posted by sonshipOut of interest, if you had been the chap born in Japan, do you think you still would have found your way to Christ, or would your spiritual path embraced the more common religions of the region?It's hard enough already for the poor chap born in Japan who is much more likely to be drawn into Shintoism or Buddhism, purely as a result of the geographical lottery of existence. (And woe betide him if he doesn't adopt a foreign religion completely outside of his own culture and belief system).
As a Christian and a gospel preaching on ...[text shortened]... to obey the Great Commission to take the Gospel to all the world and still admit some unknowns.
30 Jun '16 19:31Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeI think if someone truly wants to know God, God will reach out and find a way to that person. But it is a two way street. Just my opinion, of course.
I think, if aliens do exist, they have a rough deal, if the only door to salvation (Jesus) is on an entirely different planet.
It's hard enough already for the poor chap born in Japan who is much more likely to be drawn into Shintoism or Buddhism, purely as a result of the geographical lottery of existence. (And woe betide him if he doesn't adopt a foreign religion completely outside of his own culture and belief system).
30 Jun '16 19:48Originally posted by checkbaiterIndeed. Perhaps God does this through all the world's religions, rather than being reliant on Christian missionaries. Perhaps God, in his wisdom, comes to man in different guises.
I think if someone truly wants to know God, God will reach out and find a way to that person. But it is a two way street. Just my opinion, of course.
12 Jul '16 23:10Originally posted by Ghost of a DukeHe said that as a gospel preaching christian he doesn't know that
Out of interest, if you had been the chap born in Japan, do you think you still would have found your way to Christ, or would your spiritual path embraced the more common religions of the region?
And to make the question a little trickier (and assuming you have answered that you would still have been drawn to Christianity) would this still have been the case if you had lived 400 years ago?
19 Jul '16 22:242 editsOriginally posted by Ghost of a Duke
Out of interest, if you had been the chap born in Japan, do you think you still would have found your way to Christ, or would your spiritual path embraced the more common religions of the region?
And to make the question a little trickier (and assuming you have answered that you would still have been drawn to Christianity) would this still have been the case if you had lived 400 years ago?
" Jesus answered and said to them, Do not murmur among yourselves.
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day." (John 6:44)
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