Recent content by Elysian

Not at all. Just stating facts.:salute

You're absolutely right. Conservatives, whether Christian or Muslim or whatever, are essentially the same: self-righteous, hypocritical, and bigoted. No wonder Jesus attacked such people while showing compassion to sinners.

Any theology that involves predestination is dubious. Lutheranism, Calvinism are not biblical, they are barbaric, no different from Islam. This is probably why most of these reformed guys are so fanatical and violent, have zero compassion for the poor, are okay with wars etc. it is because they...

Isn't that the natural result of the fall? Pre-fall, we had fellowship with God, closeness and communion. The fall has 'severed' our connection to God, which is why we don't hear his voice clearly. If the fall didn't create a huge distance, then it'd be indistinguishable from the pre-fall state.

Good point. I wish Christians were as Christian as you are.

I see your point, so maybe the lives of great men or major events were ordained by God. But for regular ppl like us, maybe not so much. We shouldn't imagine that God is micromanaging our lives - we aren't that important, and we don't have any significant place in the larger scheme of things. We...

Re: CONSERATIVE CHRISTIANS ARE WARRIORS FOR GOD & LIBERAL CHRISTIANS ARE FOR THEMSELV Conservatives hate humanity even while claiming to love God. They are a bad example for Christianity.

Why do ppl say this when everything is so random and chaotic? Did God have a plan for the apostles to be beaten up, scourged, whipped, and executed? Must have been a wonderful plan! All I am saying is: this is a fallen world, and the very idea of God micromanaging our lives in a fallen world...

God appointed America to support Israel. That's the reason for God raising empires from the very beginning.

Thanks, everyone. Given me a lot to think about.:)

Shalom, Let's say a person accepts Christ, but because of his sexual weakness he goes to a prostitute every now and then. Is he not saved, then? Will the acceptance of Christ work like magic and rid a person of sins, or will sin remain even after you're saved? The person in my example, a...

I'd love to date you, but distance separates us. And age, most likely. So here's to friendship.:wave See, not all men are jerks.

Since we're here because of A and E's sin - and will get to heaven once we die - doesn't it seem to anyone that living in this world is not unlike doing time? We just wait, that's all.

Read #13.

All I am saying is that it is only God's grace that's stopped us from becoming like this man; and for that, we must be grateful to God. Without his grace, we'd be no different from this man. So instead of judging this man, we ought to thank Christ for his supreme sacrifice, a sacrifice which has...