Originally posted by Suzianne
I congratulate robbie on his OP.
To the point, and well on target.
To the atheists trying to pick him apart for it, well, I know it's what you 'do', so I really can't fault you for that.
To the Christians finding fault with robbie over it, I say 'get over yourselves'. I am a Christian, and yet not of robbie's denomination, and yet I find no fault ...[text shortened]... 's but as I said, I have no problem with his OP. It is what it is. A starting point.
That's all very well if you buy into the idea that
what he says is true and you can rely on that
text as factual and unambiguous but,
If it is all a fairy tale and people place faith and hope in it
to the detriment of themselves and others and they are wrong.
What then?
You are asked to believe three things.
1. There is a God and he created the heavenly angels and the world and man.
2. There were those of heaven who questioned this God.
3. Those Satanic agents who questioned this God decided to turn his creation
( man ) against this God. So in order to redress the balance, this God
who allegedly had a son born of a human female, decided to use this son to
act as an intermediary between humans and this God.
Believe this intermediary and you would gain your reward.
Do not believe him and your fate is sealed. You would be
destroyed along with the so called Satanic agents who questioned
this God in the first place and his authority to rule over all.
It's a bit far fetched don't you all think?
No one can prove any of it.
If it had any credence then it would be still made plain today
as it was allegedly made plain back then in the old testament.
But it hasn't and it doesn't and no one can say it does without
any shadow of doubt. No one has any proof that this God
exists or ever existed or that he has a son and that he had
magical powers.