Post by Arthur MullardPost by Pastor FrankWHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!!!!
At least it is better 'crap' than the standard crap of the bible and
christianity, etc.
Look at the crap at what christianity (and the bible) preaches to us.
That is crap - rubbish, etc.
Harvey
That the Bible is "crap" is an atheist mantra and should be posted to
atheist groups. I will post you over to some.
If I had a manual for a car that I had been told reliably and repeatedly
was unreliable and full of inconsistencies and told me the car did things
it doesn't actually do, like brake when pedal pressed, I would expect the
car owners to be concerned. I would expect them, if actually sane, to be
interested in any information about its veracity. Any other stance points
to the fact that faith is truly blind and beyond reason or consideration.
Adherence to a code that speaks of a merciful god in this world is the
most patent violation of the reasoning mind I can, at this moment, think
of.
I think "the bible is crap" is a valid viewpoint. To just ignore such
viewpoints without consideration is in istelf, just as crap.
There is little doubt, that from your viewpoint using your own
copyrighted definition, just about all religion is "crap". It needs an
atheist making a conscious effort to define the word God so ludicrously,
that no sane person would, nor could consider such a god seriously, let
alone believe in him. So what is your point?
Our Christian "God is love" (1 John 4:8,16) become fully manifested in
Jesus Christ our saviour and God incarnate. Therefore to Christians the word
God is as logical as the word love is, and our God is proved by loving and
caring action.
The Christian NT of the Bible makes only sense when one sticks to
documented and therefore valid definitions. See below how Christ explains
the concept to a skeptical Philip. None can do better than that.
Pastor Frank
"GOD" The Christian meaning of the word according to scripture:
Jesus in Jn:4:24: "GOD IS A SPIRIT, and they that worship him must
worship him in spirit and in truth."
Jesus in John 14:6-10: Jesus saith unto him: "I am the way, the truth,
and the life; no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me,
ye should have known my Father also, and from henceforth YE KNOW HIM AND
HAVE SEEN HIM."
Philip saith unto him: "Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us."
Jesus saith unto him: "Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast
thou not known me, Philip? HE THAT HAS SEEN ME HATH SEEN THE FATHER;
and how sayest thou then: Show us the Father? Believest thou not that I am
in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak unto you I speak
not of myself, but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works."
Jesus in John 12:44-46`Then Jesus cried out and said, "He who believes
in me, believes not in me but in Him who sent me. And he who sees me sees
Him who sent Me. I have come as a light into the world, that whoever
believes in me should not abide in darkness."
Jesus in Lk 17:20-21: And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when
the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said: "The kingdom of
God cometh not with observation. Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo
there! For, behold, the kingdom of GOD IS WITHIN YOU."
1Jn:4:8: He that loveth not, knoweth not God; for GOD IS LOVE.
1Jn:4:16: And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us.
GOD IS LOVE; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him.
Acts:17:28: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain
also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.