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DrLeftover said:Please delete this thread as it violates Off Topix's own religious neutrality rules.
Perfectly said!! You basically just posted everything I was going to post.Smooth said:God does exist. He exists for me, anyway. Not everyone believes in God so it's real easy for them to say He does not exist.
He exists for me because I have faith. I talk to God every day and sometimes He even answers. I've prayed for things and I don't always get an answer, but I have had things I've asked for happen. God has answered some of my prayers. Just because He doesn't answer them all does not mean that He doesn't exist. I have faith that He knows best which prayers He should answer, and in what way He should answer them.
Believing in God does not mean that I believe in religion, though. The two are completely separate things and since religion is man-made it is inherently flawed. I've had enough experience with religion to be confident that subscribing to one particular religion over another has no bearing on my relationship with God. To me, religion is a crock, but God is real.
beowulf said:
LegendHidden said:Perfectly said!! You basically just posted everything I was going to post.Smooth said:God does exist. He exists for me, anyway. Not everyone believes in God so it's real easy for them to say He does not exist.
He exists for me because I have faith. I talk to God every day and sometimes He even answers. I've prayed for things and I don't always get an answer, but I have had things I've asked for happen. God has answered some of my prayers. Just because He doesn't answer them all does not mean that He doesn't exist. I have faith that He knows best which prayers He should answer, and in what way He should answer them.
Believing in God does not mean that I believe in religion, though. The two are completely separate things and since religion is man-made it is inherently flawed. I've had enough experience with religion to be confident that subscribing to one particular religion over another has no bearing on my relationship with God. To me, religion is a crock, but God is real.( In that case; Yes I believe in God ) I WOULD post more but I am on my phone right now.
Yes I agree with you as well; but the reason I didn't say anything about Jesus is because the thread said do you believe in God; not the son of God, but either way I still believe that God sent his only son (Jesus) here to pay for our sins, and to make sure that we believed in him and his father, and to teach us the ways how to live a righteous life the way God wants us to live. So Yes I agree with you 100%Bluezone777 said:What I find missing is almost no mention of Jesus in all of this. My beliefs are that Jesus died on the cross for my sins and through my repentance or turning from sin and by putting my full faith in Him is what gives me salvation from my wickedness. It's not so apparent to people who know me here because I was saved not long before I got into forums.
The Bible is the word of God and with it tells us the story of God's involvement in the life of man and how wicked we are and how glorious He is. It shows how a Christian is to live as well as show the promises God made to those who believe and to those who don't. Having faith means trusting in those promises because they were fulfilled in the past and will be fulfilled in the present.
I will say I find it rather curious that the atheist in this discussion decided to use already made images of quotes he likely never written himself while atheists in general make the charge to think for yourself while he lets others do the thinking for him.
This world is as it is because of sin and has slowly fallen apart because we refused and continue to refuse to obey God and his laws. The more we disobey and rebel against him the worst our lives will become till we either turn to him and repent or end up dead where we face judgement by God for the lives we lived.
It's not enough for me to just say He exists because even the devil and his angels believe that and they tremble in His presence. I experienced far too much to ever doubt His existence. The reason God doesn't answer all prayers in the way you want them is because he sees our world far differently for he sees all both in this present moment and for all time.
Crusader said:Religion is the cause of 90% of conflict and war. Where is your peaceful God now?
God is not a religious God #1.Crusader said:Religion is the cause of 90% of conflict and war. Where is your peaceful God now?