Re: The Chrisitian Challenge : I believe in a thing called love

[conversearecool95]

you already pointed out that the middle east hard to reach and God's design is to reach the Lost also you questioned about those who are mentioned in the Bible Before Christ and actually it does adress that in His Holy Word There was a place especially designed for them called "Abraham's Bosom" you can study it yourself if you wish nevertheless it does state in revelation that previous to God coming Back every tribe in the world will have been reached with his word so nothing will be left out

[Scrapheap71]

@conversearecool95 The question was rhetorical. The bible can be discounted as the word of god by other lines of evidence. The Ugarit texts, for exampe, show much of the old testament to be plagiarized from Caananite religion. The book of Psalms was plagiarized word for word from the Ugarit texts which pre-date it by 1,000 years.

[stert1o1]

In this century wars was not fought over religion, but by greed, hatred, power and to defend the innocent. Like the russian and chinese revolution,the constant fighting in the middle east and Africa World wars 1/2 korea and vietnam. That was two hundred million people dead that had nothing to do with relgion or faith.

[Xunethqualn]

well atheism i think shouldnt be the answer to these wars of religion. i think this is just people taking the teachings of organised religions too seriously... we simply need to show that no one god is right or wrong.. they are all based off of one overall view.

[falotnek]

atheism is not the answer, perhaps. rational thinking does however change the world. Religion does not conform with rational, thinking because you are asked, or told to believe something that is unlikely to exist, and does not need to exist. rational thinking is about understanding the difference between what you want to be true, and what can be proven. The very existence of religion and faith, allows humans(not all, but many) to take actions, not by rational thought, but with faith and dogma

[good2160]

You got one life to make the decision to accept what Christ did for you when he walked this earth, we all do. When you pass on from this earth to the other side will you have the faith that you made the right choice? You better be right

[Scrapheap71]

Accepting New Testament redemption is a bit like being billed for a house that I already own. I never asked for Jesus' "redemption" in the first place.

The whole concept of vicarious redemption just smacks of "good cop, bad cop" psychology.

[Emikay]

How do I explain what happened to the people before Jesus?

It's commonly called Paradise. It was where Abraham, Noah, Moses etc.. went. Then they proceded to Heaven after Jesus died.

Why the middle east?

Because it's where humans originated. Archaeologists agree that the fertile crescent was home to the earliest of man kind.

[Scrapheap71]

So ALL people born before Jesus go to heaven?? What was the point of redemption then??

Humans originated in Africa, NOT the middle east, and that was 250,000 years ago, not 2,000.

[peegai2]

My ancestor was an inferior nigger, oh noes!

[Scrapheap71]

You're an inferior nigger too peegai. Just another piece of proof that you're not a genetic relation to your good looking "sister".

:-P

[peegai2]

How come you're not at Intensity any more? :(

Oh well, nothing lasts forever.

[Scrapheap71]

I've gotten bored of the place.... I might come back someday soon though.

[falotnek]

you talk alot of bullshit, emikay. no freakin study has shown that humans originated from the middle east. stop telling lies. Homo Sapiens originated from Africa. This is fact. Religion and the word god is man made, and will dissapear eventually. may not seem like it now, but evolution by natural selection dictates that the best humans will survive, and the best humans are the people who submit to science. such people create technology, and technology is also power. the thinkers will always win

[mwest1234]

I agree that atheists are just plain underrepresented in world leadership. When she asks what atheists get out of more atheists, she doesn't get what Christians REALLY get out of more Christians. It's not simple satisfaction, it's power.

[mwest1234]

And what's up with all the unanswered prayers by believers for curing cancer and getting through wars alive?

[peegai2]

Nice goatee, you nazi skinhead. ;)