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How does one really attribute anything factual to God? I have read it, but to believe it, requires a previous belief, which I do not have.
The Pope doesn't exist...yet. There is no central Catholic (or Orthodox or Protestant) Christian Church. Yet.
One day, a man would claim he was acting in the place of the Son of God--vicariously. It was a warning. Just my $0.02. YMMV (Your mileage may vary.)
VICARIVS FILII DEI (Vicarious Son of God -- the Pope)
Now, class, recall your Roman Numerals: I,V,X,L,C,D,M
VICARIVS
V = 5, I = 1, C = 100, I = 1, V (u, the Romans didn't write "U," they always wrote "v") = 5. For those of you who want to argue this point...I give you...our own monuments in D.C., written in similar fashion.
...for a total of 112
FILII
I = 1, L = 50, I = 1, I = 1 ...for a total of 53
DEI
D = 500, I = 1 ...for a total of 501
112 + 53 + 554 = 666! ("6" represents man, created on the sixth day, etc; the Bible always represented man, and tripling it represents man making himself God.)
Add to this the fact that the way the warning verse in the Bible is phrased (from memory, here, bear with me) something like "behold a mystery: the name of the man is the number of the beast, let him who is wise figure this whole thing out" or suchlike. Apologies, don't have a Bible with me. But I find it somewhat disturbing that this fits so well.
Sauron
I would not even attempt to understand why God does what He does. I’m just thankful for what I have, and how He made me.
Not exactly, just the paperwork for the SS is sent in by the hospital. I can't remember if we even signed anything.
But you have willingly believed what you currently choose, out of thin air.
“But if God created us, knowing what our choices are going to be, and cannot be wrong...doesn’t that mean we must do what He knows we are going to do? Where is the freewill part? How can we really choose, if the outcome is already known? Doesn’t that mean He created us, without the ability to do anything other than what He designed us to do? Wouldn’t this idea of freewill, just be an illusion?”
Great philosophical thought my friend. The more I came to know God/Christ direct, the more simple it became and I realized organized religion is sometimes more hinderence then help in interpretation of scripture or God’s personality for that matter.
Here is what I know - God claims in the bible He knows you before you were born. I agree, our DNA code carries half of how we will behave 100% of how we will be physically formed at the moment of conception. The second part is variables and prediction. Think of predicting the weather. With 500 variables you can predict the weather about 85% accuracy. If you had let’s say a Quantum computer (now proven theoretically possible to build) you could feed 500,000 variables and predict the weather 50 years out with 99% accuracy. Who and what is God? The greatest mathmetician and coder to ever exist and who will ever exist. So indeed, we all have free will, but the variables (prophecy) at God’s disposal about our earth, people etc. is probably in the septillions.
I could only watch a few episodes of Enterprise. It was too gay. Rubbing the decontamination jelly on the porn queen vulcan was too much. It just went downhill from there. Remember the TNG gay episode where the lebian alien wanted to date men, or some such? Or the planet of 20th century american indians, when wesley crusher went to another plane, and his mother handed him a jacket because she said he might get cold? I kid you not
At the end, those not saved will take the mark only because they will lack discernment and will be deceived. At this point in time someone will come along who will literally save us from extinction. By this time humanity will be on it’s last legs and will be begging for a saviour. Following him will seem like the right choice, but it won’t be. He will demand a very heavy price.
What if sin didn’t really exist, or the punishment?
Ah, thanks. Interesting.
I don’t know why God created us.
and I was a cub scout so I know what you mean :)
See my 186 post. It is very much within our finite minds to comprehend. I also think the prophets of old, Christ Himself as flesh incarnate and the Apostles also had this understanding. Want to know the infinate truths? Ask God, He will tell you, it requires a relationship.
See my 186 post
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You’ll just be upgraded to the new Vista version I’m afraid.
Oh sure. A woman rides the beast, and plenty of people believe the woman si some incarnation fo the catholic Church. The pope is certainly meddling int he formation of the EU.
TRAMP STAMPS
tattoos on the backs of sexually liberated young women - those are the sign of the beast
I believe it’s just the way God made me, otherwise, I would believe differently. To me, it’s self-evident.
Lovely. Can’t wait.
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