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Originally posted by idle_rocker
Off topic, off topic, off topic. Are there any more off topics here?
And you aren't trying to sway anyone away from religion? hmmm, not what I'm getting from this thread.
i tried the whole asking jesus into my life thing several times and i was dead serious about it. there was even one time when it was on top of a hill in a thunderstorm, which i found to be quite dramatic. but there was nothing, i asked with all my heart, mind, and what i thought was my soul for god to enter my life...
Originally posted by idle_rocker
Some people hold such bitterness in their hearts, it's even harder to see the truth. Some people wait until their death beds to realize their own mortality. And some people just never do.
look at some of the threads i've started, i tackle this stuff in one of them
and stop preaching in my thread... seriously, this thread isn't about converting anyone, it's about the exchange of opinions pertaining to arguments in a certain book.
Originally posted by junglejake
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
or if there was substantial historical evidence to support his existence.
Hmm... Does that mean you're interested in taking me up on reading Evidence That Demands a Verdict?
Those children truly have so much to offer the world if we will only listen to them...
Originally posted by madnessinmysoul
here's how it goes, buy "The God Delusion" and read it with an open mind. see what happens and share your experience. it's out in paperback and is only 460ish pages.
if you don't want to take up this challenge, i'd like to see why.
conversely, brave atheists could just read "The Bible" with an open mind and share their experiences to make the experiment equitable.
[edit on 3/31/08 by madnessinmysoul]
Originally posted by drevill
someone asked me the same thing a couple of years ago. To be honest its blatantly new age right from the cover. I don't mind reading stuff that is against God as it makes me learn more of the Bible and get to know God more. But when it/the Author has an agenda, without being honest it gets annoying.
david
[edit on 8/4/2008 by drevill]
Originally posted by pause4thought
reply to post by idle_rocker
With regard to that music: ain't it good to just bask in the reality and power of God's love!
Working with these kids I simply hope they see a pale reflection of the love God has shown me. And we can do that in any job...
Those children truly have so much to offer the world if we will only listen to them...
What is particularly pure in many of them is the ability to accept love without reservation, then reciprocate. If only we all responded to God's love in such a way!
Why have you all hi-jacked Mad's thread?
Yes, and those so called "gospels", they have/had no agenda
...and were 100% honest and accurate.
Seriously, show me a book like this that doesn't have some sort of agenda.
Even the Bible could go either way with some preposterous agenda.