"god" and gays.

[Cory Shallow]

Ohh.."Gaia"...I see what you did there.

[God The Holy Father]

Diabetic Meerkat

When I was Christian I learned some pretty critical parts of the religion. One of which eliminates any worry about any sin, ever.

All sins are equal therefore asking for forgiveness of them is just as easy, regardless of the sin. Yes, some sins are considered 'deadly,' but that's just another way to say 'really really frowned upon.'

Also, somewhere in the bible it says 'if a man lays with another man as he does a woman then he shall be put do death.' It does not say 'this is the one unforgivable sin that you can't fix.' So if you are gay, and worried about going to 'hell', ask for forgiveness from 'god' for he will forgive you. If you're really that worried about going to 'hell,' ask for forgiveness every time you have sex since that is the same context the bible puts it.

IMO: The idea of an eternal resting or burning place is a primitive idea. In a 'hell' you would go just as insane as you would in a 'heaven.' Gods, demons, devils, and angels alike are all manifestations that we as humans have created to give us a feeling of 'eternity' after death. And, again, in my opinion, the 'eternities' we think of in religions are all askew. In such a vast universe and everyone thinks we get locked up in 'heaven' never to leave, never to have another challenge. It sounds awful!

...... You are not supposed to think about God you are supposed to follow God only!

He made you to worship him. The punishment for not worshipping him is hell.

[God The Holy Father]

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

John Calvin

shade_awakened

besides, if traced back to its roots, the main diety of judaism that became the "god" we know today was male, controlled weather and war methinks

I, uh, mentioned that in another thread.

Yahweh and His Asherah.

Yahweh and his Asherah? God is male !!! God does not need a wife!!!! GOD IS A MAN

MAN IS PERFECTION !!!! >:O

That didn't sound gay at all.

KEEP YOUR PAGAN GNOSTIC BULL CRAP
AWAY FROM THE PURE EARTH OF GOD.

Earth God?

EARTH MADE BY GOD !! >:O

[God The Holy Father]

Cory Shallow

Ohh.."Gaia"...I see what you did there.

GAIA = PAGAN NAME FOR EARTH >:O ALL PAGANS MUST BE STONED TO DEATH.

[Rainbow Load]

God The Holy Father

Diabetic Meerkat

When I was Christian I learned some pretty critical parts of the religion. One of which eliminates any worry about any sin, ever.

All sins are equal therefore asking for forgiveness of them is just as easy, regardless of the sin. Yes, some sins are considered 'deadly,' but that's just another way to say 'really really frowned upon.'

Also, somewhere in the bible it says 'if a man lays with another man as he does a woman then he shall be put do death.' It does not say 'this is the one unforgivable sin that you can't fix.' So if you are gay, and worried about going to 'hell', ask for forgiveness from 'god' for he will forgive you. If you're really that worried about going to 'hell,' ask for forgiveness every time you have sex since that is the same context the bible puts it.

IMO: The idea of an eternal resting or burning place is a primitive idea. In a 'hell' you would go just as insane as you would in a 'heaven.' Gods, demons, devils, and angels alike are all manifestations that we as humans have created to give us a feeling of 'eternity' after death. And, again, in my opinion, the 'eternities' we think of in religions are all askew. In such a vast universe and everyone thinks we get locked up in 'heaven' never to leave, never to have another challenge. It sounds awful!

...... You are not supposed to think about God you are supposed to follow God only!

He made you to worship him. The punishment for not worshipping him is hell.

Someone had to think of god to create god.

[Cory Shallow]

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

Ohh.."Gaia"...I see what you did there.

GAIA = PAGAN NAME FOR EARTH >:O ALL PAGANS MUST BE STONED TO DEATH.

But I'm an atheist. As denoted by the crimson 'A' below this.

Though I'm curious, what makes a pagan?

[God The Holy Father]

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

Ohh.."Gaia"...I see what you did there.

GAIA = PAGAN NAME FOR EARTH >:O ALL PAGANS MUST BE STONED TO DEATH.

But I'm an atheist. As denoted by the crimson 'A' below this.

Though I'm curious, what makes a pagan?

A person who rejects the way the bible and I describe God.

[Cory Shallow]

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

Ohh.."Gaia"...I see what you did there.

GAIA = PAGAN NAME FOR EARTH >:O ALL PAGANS MUST BE STONED TO DEATH.

But I'm an atheist. As denoted by the crimson 'A' below this.

Though I'm curious, what makes a pagan?

A person who rejects the way the bible and I describe God.

I thought Pagans were like more-devout hippies.

[God The Holy Father]

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

Ohh.."Gaia"...I see what you did there.

GAIA = PAGAN NAME FOR EARTH >:O ALL PAGANS MUST BE STONED TO DEATH.

But I'm an atheist. As denoted by the crimson 'A' below this.

Though I'm curious, what makes a pagan?

A person who rejects the way the bible and I describe God.

I thought Pagans were like more-devout hippies.

Therefore, they deserve to die.

[Cory Shallow]

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

Ohh.."Gaia"...I see what you did there.

GAIA = PAGAN NAME FOR EARTH >:O ALL PAGANS MUST BE STONED TO DEATH.

But I'm an atheist. As denoted by the crimson 'A' below this.

Though I'm curious, what makes a pagan?

A person who rejects the way the bible and I describe God.

I thought Pagans were like more-devout hippies.

Therefore, they deserve to die.

Eventually, I suppose. Like everyone else, including gods.

[God The Holy Father]

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

But I'm an atheist. As denoted by the crimson 'A' below this.

Though I'm curious, what makes a pagan?

A person who rejects the way the bible and I describe God.

I thought Pagans were like more-devout hippies.

Therefore, they deserve to die.

Eventually, I suppose. Like everyone else, including gods.

Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be put to death. (Exodus 22:19 NAB)

[Cory Shallow]

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

A person who rejects the way the bible and I describe God.

I thought Pagans were like more-devout hippies.

Therefore, they deserve to die.

Eventually, I suppose. Like everyone else, including gods.

Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be put to death. (Exodus 22:19 NAB)

Is that so. Not too far away from this one, either:

Quote:

Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

[God The Holy Father]

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

I thought Pagans were like more-devout hippies.

Therefore, they deserve to die.

Eventually, I suppose. Like everyone else, including gods.

Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be put to death. (Exodus 22:19 NAB)

Is that so. Not too far away from this one, either:

Quote:

Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

God is good.

[Cory Shallow]

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Therefore, they deserve to die.

Eventually, I suppose. Like everyone else, including gods.

Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be put to death. (Exodus 22:19 NAB)

Is that so. Not too far away from this one, either:

Quote:

Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

God is good.

And omnipotent, and allows Satan to exist. Wouldn't that make God the greater evil?

[God The Holy Father]

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

God The Holy Father

Cory Shallow

Eventually, I suppose. Like everyone else, including gods.

Whoever sacrifices to any god, except the Lord alone, shall be put to death. (Exodus 22:19 NAB)

Is that so. Not too far away from this one, either:

Quote:

Exodus 20:4
Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.

God is good.

And omnipotent, and allows Satan to exist. Wouldn't that make God the greater evil?

At first it might seem that if God created all things, then evil must have been created by God. However, evil is not a “thing” like a rock or electricity. You cannot have a jar of evil. Evil has no existence of its own; it is really the absence of good. For example, holes are real but they only exist in something else. We call the absence of dirt a hole, but it cannot be separated from the dirt. So when God created, it is true that all He created was good. One of the good things God made was creatures who had the freedom to choose good. In order to have a real choice, God had to allow there to be something besides good to choose. So, God allowed these free angels and humans to choose good or reject good (evil). When a bad relationship exists between two good things we call that evil, but it does not become a “thing” that required God to create it.

Perhaps a further illustration will help. If a person is asked, “Does cold exist?” the answer would likely be “yes.” However, this is incorrect. Cold does not exist. Cold is the absence of heat. Similarly, darkness does not exist; it is the absence of light. Evil is the absence of good, or better, evil is the absence of God. God did not have to create evil, but rather only allow for the absence of good.

God did not create evil, but He does allow evil. If God had not allowed for the possibility of evil, both mankind and angels would be serving God out of obligation, not choice. He did not want “robots” that simply did what He wanted them to do because of their “programming.” God allowed for the possibility of evil so that we could genuinely have a free will and choose whether or not we wanted to serve Him.

As finite human beings, we can never fully understand an infinite God (Romans 11:33-34). Sometimes we think we understand why God is doing something, only to find out later that it was for a different purpose than we originally thought. God looks at things from a holy, eternal perspective. We look at things from a sinful, earthly, and temporal perspective. Why did God put man on earth knowing that Adam and Eve would sin and therefore bring evil, death, and suffering on all mankind? Why didn’t He just create us all and leave us in heaven where we would be perfect and without suffering? These questions cannot be adequately answered this side of eternity. What we can know is whatever God does is holy and perfect and ultimately will glorify Him. God allowed for the possibility of evil in order to give us a true choice in regards to whether we worship Him. God did not create evil, but He allowed it. If He had not allowed evil, we would be worshipping Him out of obligation, not by a choice of our own will.