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To: A_perfect_lady
Imagine a world with no God: Imagine a world where rewards and punishments seem to be handed out in a wheel-of-fortune-like, random manner, where much does not make sense, you can never tell what will happen from day to day, and no one seems to be in charge. Looks pretty much like our world, eh? Despite what people on here say, your choice is not "Believe in God and trust him, or get mad and be angry with Him." It's "Close your eyes and believe someone is in charge, or open them and see the world for the random, lonely, and ungoverned place it is." Once you get used to seeing it for what it is, learn to make the best of it. There's nothing out there but stars. But at least your thoughts are your own.

That might work except for the problem of "where did all this come from?". Add to that, the truth that there IS a design and order to the universe and not at all the random chaos some like to believe it is. However, I do agree with you that the choice we have is stark - there IS a God or there is NO god. I believe that God does exist because I have seen His work. I guess you could say I know too much to ever go to unbelief. I found out that God really IS a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him and that he CAN be found when we seek Him with all our hearts.

157 posted on 05/19/2013 3:50:32 PM PDT by boatbums (God is ready to assume full responsibility for the life wholly yielded to Him.)
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To: boatbums

Part of it, I think I perceive, is the false modesty of rejecting “eternity in our hearts.” Some of us humans are happy enough in the world’s playground which is of, for, and about the world. But we have to put a lid on that “eternity” thing (which expresses itself as spiritual yearnings). And the world affirms this as normal.


159 posted on 05/19/2013 3:54:50 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: boatbums

By the way I admire the spiritual insight of your tagline. It is true! A life laid wholly on Jesus will incur NO more blame from heaven. Not a mite, not a speck. God assumed the entire metaphysical burden, as it were, of guilt of the saved at the cross. And inasmuch as we may care about other blames, it is because we are moved to illustrate God’s love to the world (and therefore DO try to make amends etc. as God empowers us to do so).


162 posted on 05/19/2013 3:59:21 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (How long before all this "fairness" kills everybody, even the poor it was supposed to help???)
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To: boatbums

I suspect it is indeed quite random. If there’s only a one-in-a-million chance that life could emerge without a creator, then look around and notice that out of the millions and millions of stars we can see with planets around them, there’s no sign of life on any of them yet. I suppose every lottery winner thinks God chose him, but the fact is, random chance still accounts for one winner. Our planet won the lottery and here we are, convinced that the whole thing was planned that way. Well, you are.


203 posted on 05/19/2013 5:24:31 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady
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