I didn't see enough emphasis on Jesus Christ. Any religion can believe in a God - but Christianity is distinguished with the belief of the redemption that we have through the blood of Jesus Christ who died for us on the cross.
The problem here is that people don't actually objectively question religion, even though it is such an important institution. As its held up to logic, it falls apart, unquestionably.
Oh really? Oh, I prayed about your question, and God gave me an answer. If we choose to follow Him, the plan he has made for us will be put into play. If we choose not to, then the plan won't happen. God is in control, but he will not force you to do anything. That's the beauty of it. MAybe you don't want a relationship with him, because it will change your life.
Really, so all christians a schizophrenic? yes, it is biblical. God won't force himslef into your heart, you have to let him in. He's in control, but he won't force you.
Wait...so he has a plan, but you are in control as to whether it happens or not? You can determine God's Will? So if humanity chose, in your view, we could divert the worlds' path to armageddon? That goes against just about every word in revelation, old friend.
That's not what I said. If we don't follow god, then the life of good things(things you'd get awarded for in heaven) won't happen. You can always come back though. God's will is that everyone comes to heaven, but we have the choice to go or not. He won't force us into heaven. He will give you places where you can make that choice, but it's your call.
sure, a virgin birth, an omnipotent god that claims he knows all, yet says we have free will, and tons of other books that all say different things about the nature of god, yet your faith's choice to stick to only one makes tons of sense.
Just because he knows what choice we are goign to make doesn't mean we are not making it. Your closest friends will be able to predict choices you would make if you were put in certain situations i'm sure, so how much more will God know what road you will follow. And if God is GOD an omnipitant being how easy would it be for him to cause a virgin birth.
Religion is nothing more than a vehicle for intolerance and bigotry. Delusional "believers" might have you believe that Christianity is a tool for good works and a system of morals, but in reality, any secular organization can provide the same benefits with none of the lies.
Why wouldn't God manifest himself physically to all human beings? Because he wants us to come to him of our own "free will?" (an idea contradicted by predestination) That seems pretty egotistical.
Why believe in Christ over Mohammed or any other figure? Is there any logical or rational reason behind this choice?
Why are you a Christian? Because your family raised you as such? Because you had an "awakening" one day when a ministry reached out to you? So according to your vengeful God, the rest of the world is going to hell while your religious leaders embezzle, lie, cheat, and keep others down? Here's a better idea: do something productive that doesn't involve irrational beliefs. If you aren't going to deal in rationality, aren't you nothing more than a mild schizophrenic?
I became a Christian when my life as a child went to heck, and no one else was there but Him. Those 'leaders' are not following God, they are hypocrites, which we all can be. It's the world's choice to go to hell, which is sad.
Doing something based on "feelings" is a slippery slope. You could truly argue that it is a psychological disorder, or as richard dawkins claims, a delusion. Hard to argue that, but again, the schizo god crowd would never admit to hard facts.
Well, I went to Sunday school and I became a believer. I've been through things that you don't know about, and I've seen, heard, and felt God's presence. What ever you believe is your choice, I can't make it for you.
I DO think about it, I even have been studing it. Now I'm a stronger Christian. Murder(bombing clinics) and hatred have always been wrong and will stay wrong. It is wrong to do that. Yes, I think abortion is wrong. Yes, I think homosexuality is a sin. But I love the people, and so does God. We just hate the choices and the wrong that they do. Besides, as a side note, there is no rate of sin, I'm not judging sin. One sin is as bad as the next.
Your next response will probably be something along the lines of "Well, there's no arguing with someone like you..."
And you're right, there isn't. There's no arguing with me from someone who refuses to confront the facts of the bible in a LOGICAL manner, such as you. "Believers," are simply defined as those who swallow things with no evidence.
No, I have looked into things, and I will look into them more. Give me facts to confront, and I will do my best to give you logical answers. We are not really arguing that much, it's more of a discussion.
God didn't create robots? For what purpose? To stroke his own ego? If he was omnipotent, then he'd KNOW everything that was to happen. There is no FREE WILL if there's also predestination. It just can't fucking happen. That's the biggest error in logic in the bible, and until you can even BEGIN to get past that one, I doubt its even worth it to argue the thousands of other smaller ones.
How about a God who didn't play games with the souls of human beings?
Obviously if God was omnicient, he would have known that a) Satan would rebel against him, and b) placing the tree of knowledge in the garden was a bad idea. If these were the things that led to the creation of original sin, and God knew about them in advance and still did nothing, isn't God responsible for original sin?
These are but a few of the virtually infinite holes in the logic of the bible.
I love the "hard question" or "we can never know God's thoughts" type responses. What bullshit cop-outs. People who don't want to deal in logic will always resort to something like this.
so lets just give up and believe whatever the hell we're told. God put the tree in the garden, but he also know they'd eat. God put us here to suffer so that we could have free will just to stroke his ego. Whatever, logic doesnt apply to the bible.
The story just makes no sense whatsoever. An omnipotent God would have to have known what was going to happen in advance. Everything that happened, including Satan's actions, were a direct product of God.
Emcity is right. Why did God create smallpox? And if God created us why did he give us a ticking time bomb in our bodies in the form of an appendix? An appendix which serves no ther purpose than to burst. Boom! Surprise! Its god!
I don't know why he gave us an appendix. All I know is that He could create robots, or he could give us a choice. We chose sin. I think he knew, but he wanted to give us a chance. He still gives us a chance. Thus a just, but loving God. He wants us to love, so if he took that free will away, we would be forced to love him.
He knew we would choose sin. Why else would that tree just happen to be there? Why would satan even be allowed in? Even if God merely created the circumstances, he was negligent. But by the bible's own admission, God is omnipotent and can foresee the future well in advance. Did Adam and Eve somehow get past this rule? Ridiculous.
Predestination tells us that there is no free will.
Well, he had a perfect plan, be he gave us choice. Now, even though we didn't do what the plan intended, does that mean the plan was wrong? No, it's still there. We can still be without sin again, and be in the garden of eden. It's heaven, and God loed us enough to give a second chance. Yeah, really nice of him.
But, it also says in the Bible that God "lets us choose what path to take". yeah, he does know what's going to happen, but he lets us choose which way to go.
Then its not actually free will. That just means that some of us are damned to hell from the get go. Very loving God. Still doesn't address the question of the tree or satan.
This is a great form of evangelism. It shows the love of God by reavealing Jesus to them in a way that everyone who answers this question learns that there really is a God found in Christianity that does care for them and is just asking for a chance to be in their lives.
I didn't see enough emphasis on Jesus Christ. Any religion can believe in a God - but Christianity is distinguished with the belief of the redemption that we have through the blood of Jesus Christ who died for us on the cross.
kaeun 3 years ago
Great video! You did a good job. Praise God for that!
alpreacher 4 years ago
The problem here is that people don't actually objectively question religion, even though it is such an important institution. As its held up to logic, it falls apart, unquestionably.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Oh really? Oh, I prayed about your question, and God gave me an answer. If we choose to follow Him, the plan he has made for us will be put into play. If we choose not to, then the plan won't happen. God is in control, but he will not force you to do anything. That's the beauty of it. MAybe you don't want a relationship with him, because it will change your life.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
Doy ou have biblical evidence to support your claims, or did some voice just speak to you? Cause that sounds like schiztophrenia to me.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Really, so all christians a schizophrenic? yes, it is biblical. God won't force himslef into your heart, you have to let him in. He's in control, but he won't force you.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
Wait...so he has a plan, but you are in control as to whether it happens or not? You can determine God's Will? So if humanity chose, in your view, we could divert the worlds' path to armageddon? That goes against just about every word in revelation, old friend.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
That's not what I said. If we don't follow god, then the life of good things(things you'd get awarded for in heaven) won't happen. You can always come back though. God's will is that everyone comes to heaven, but we have the choice to go or not. He won't force us into heaven. He will give you places where you can make that choice, but it's your call.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
Obviously you've never tryed holding it up to logic then, i am a christian and i'm doing a maths degree and i think it makes perfect logical sense
Chriskg1989 4 years ago
sure, a virgin birth, an omnipotent god that claims he knows all, yet says we have free will, and tons of other books that all say different things about the nature of god, yet your faith's choice to stick to only one makes tons of sense.
emcitymisfit 4 years ago
Just because he knows what choice we are goign to make doesn't mean we are not making it. Your closest friends will be able to predict choices you would make if you were put in certain situations i'm sure, so how much more will God know what road you will follow. And if God is GOD an omnipitant being how easy would it be for him to cause a virgin birth.
Chriskg1989 4 years ago
What an obnoxious pile of religious propaganda.
This is pollution for the mind straigth away.
I wish you'd turn your talent into a much valuable Cause.
This one stinks
HerrSputnik 5 years ago
in a world where of darkness, light does not look familiar.
What? this is the quite possibly the dumbest thing ive ever read.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
I love underage penis
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Religion is nothing more than a vehicle for intolerance and bigotry. Delusional "believers" might have you believe that Christianity is a tool for good works and a system of morals, but in reality, any secular organization can provide the same benefits with none of the lies.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Why wouldn't God manifest himself physically to all human beings? Because he wants us to come to him of our own "free will?" (an idea contradicted by predestination) That seems pretty egotistical.
Why believe in Christ over Mohammed or any other figure? Is there any logical or rational reason behind this choice?
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Why are you a Christian? Because your family raised you as such? Because you had an "awakening" one day when a ministry reached out to you? So according to your vengeful God, the rest of the world is going to hell while your religious leaders embezzle, lie, cheat, and keep others down? Here's a better idea: do something productive that doesn't involve irrational beliefs. If you aren't going to deal in rationality, aren't you nothing more than a mild schizophrenic?
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
I became a Christian when my life as a child went to heck, and no one else was there but Him. Those 'leaders' are not following God, they are hypocrites, which we all can be. It's the world's choice to go to hell, which is sad.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
Yahweh was there, but not mohammed? Seems funny, cause Mohammed is there to billions of OTHERS around the world. Is God picking sides? What a dick.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
No, we pick sides. You just have to know and feel him.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
Doing something based on "feelings" is a slippery slope. You could truly argue that it is a psychological disorder, or as richard dawkins claims, a delusion. Hard to argue that, but again, the schizo god crowd would never admit to hard facts.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Well, I went to Sunday school and I became a believer. I've been through things that you don't know about, and I've seen, heard, and felt God's presence. What ever you believe is your choice, I can't make it for you.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
Osama Bin Laden knows God, too. Who am I to doubt his "feelings?"
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
True, but he was not doing a good thing, was he?
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
*ahem* crusades, abortion clinic bombings, hatred of homosexuals...
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
...Were wrong, and Not okay according to the bible.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
Not when viewed in the context of "todays" christianity, which is no doubt doing things that will be viewed wrong by "tomorrow's" christianity.
All justified by something not rooted in even the most basic idea of logic. Think about it. Just THINK about it, don't FEEL.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Well said emcity
rubey2378 5 years ago
I DO think about it, I even have been studing it. Now I'm a stronger Christian. Murder(bombing clinics) and hatred have always been wrong and will stay wrong. It is wrong to do that. Yes, I think abortion is wrong. Yes, I think homosexuality is a sin. But I love the people, and so does God. We just hate the choices and the wrong that they do. Besides, as a side note, there is no rate of sin, I'm not judging sin. One sin is as bad as the next.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
Your next response will probably be something along the lines of "Well, there's no arguing with someone like you..."
And you're right, there isn't. There's no arguing with me from someone who refuses to confront the facts of the bible in a LOGICAL manner, such as you. "Believers," are simply defined as those who swallow things with no evidence.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
No, I have looked into things, and I will look into them more. Give me facts to confront, and I will do my best to give you logical answers. We are not really arguing that much, it's more of a discussion.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
God didn't create robots? For what purpose? To stroke his own ego? If he was omnipotent, then he'd KNOW everything that was to happen. There is no FREE WILL if there's also predestination. It just can't fucking happen. That's the biggest error in logic in the bible, and until you can even BEGIN to get past that one, I doubt its even worth it to argue the thousands of other smaller ones.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
How about a God who didn't play games with the souls of human beings?
Obviously if God was omnicient, he would have known that a) Satan would rebel against him, and b) placing the tree of knowledge in the garden was a bad idea. If these were the things that led to the creation of original sin, and God knew about them in advance and still did nothing, isn't God responsible for original sin?
These are but a few of the virtually infinite holes in the logic of the bible.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
He gave us free will. These are hard questions, I'm glad your asking. I don't have all the answers, but I'll answer what I can.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
Flying spaghetti monster.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
I love the "hard question" or "we can never know God's thoughts" type responses. What bullshit cop-outs. People who don't want to deal in logic will always resort to something like this.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Well,it is a hard question to answer.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
so lets just give up and believe whatever the hell we're told. God put the tree in the garden, but he also know they'd eat. God put us here to suffer so that we could have free will just to stroke his ego. Whatever, logic doesnt apply to the bible.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Yes it does. God doesn't have an ego,he created us. Satan makes us suffer, God uses what satan does for good.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
The story just makes no sense whatsoever. An omnipotent God would have to have known what was going to happen in advance. Everything that happened, including Satan's actions, were a direct product of God.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Emcity is right. Why did God create smallpox? And if God created us why did he give us a ticking time bomb in our bodies in the form of an appendix? An appendix which serves no ther purpose than to burst. Boom! Surprise! Its god!
rubey2378 5 years ago
I don't know why he gave us an appendix. All I know is that He could create robots, or he could give us a choice. We chose sin. I think he knew, but he wanted to give us a chance. He still gives us a chance. Thus a just, but loving God. He wants us to love, so if he took that free will away, we would be forced to love him.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
He knew we would choose sin. Why else would that tree just happen to be there? Why would satan even be allowed in? Even if God merely created the circumstances, he was negligent. But by the bible's own admission, God is omnipotent and can foresee the future well in advance. Did Adam and Eve somehow get past this rule? Ridiculous.
Predestination tells us that there is no free will.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Your right God knew we would need redemption, he knew we would need a reason to come to him.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
Ok...so when god created us, we were without sin, so he MADE us sin, just so we'd beg for his forgiveness? That's awfull nice of him.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
Well, he had a perfect plan, be he gave us choice. Now, even though we didn't do what the plan intended, does that mean the plan was wrong? No, it's still there. We can still be without sin again, and be in the garden of eden. It's heaven, and God loed us enough to give a second chance. Yeah, really nice of him.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
You're completely avoiding the question. God PLANNED everything, including adam and eve eating the fruit. How could he not have.
There is no CHOICE when God is able to tell the future.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
I am not, I just answered it. God made a plan, which still works, but we have a choice to do what God wants us to do or not.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
How can we have a choice if the future is already set in stone, according to the bible.
You completely neglected the fact that God planned to have us sin in the first place. It wasn't our will, it was God's plan.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
But, it also says in the Bible that God "lets us choose what path to take". yeah, he does know what's going to happen, but he lets us choose which way to go.
XxFaithxX2008 5 years ago
Then its not actually free will. That just means that some of us are damned to hell from the get go. Very loving God. Still doesn't address the question of the tree or satan.
emcitymisfit 5 years ago
The tree and Satan gave us a chance ro make the right choice, but we didn't.
PlainJanekiwi3212 5 years ago
This is a great form of evangelism. It shows the love of God by reavealing Jesus to them in a way that everyone who answers this question learns that there really is a God found in Christianity that does care for them and is just asking for a chance to be in their lives.
freespeachrulez 5 years ago
this video is awesome! He is the great 'I am' fo sho =D
LightsReflection 5 years ago