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Originally posted by Maxmars
Irregardless of whether I may, or may not, agree with your religious beliefs; I think it's safe to state the most appropriate answer to such a question ("Why, why, why?) is:
The flaw lies in the messengers, not the message.
MM
Originally posted by cancerian42
Actually not all of mankind is striving to achieve a higher state. Some people feel that they are missing something, so they look outward for some solution to their "problems". Other people are just living in the moment, happy to be alive.
Originally posted by 5thElement
Those who sacrifice their freedom of thought for a safety of "eternal" life are the ones who are actually fallen
Originally posted by 5thElement
reply to post by John Matrix
There is no WE here, lol, speak for yourself.
Those who sacrifice their freedom of thought for a safety of "eternal" life are the ones who are actually fallen
Originally posted by huckfinn
Yes, the world certainly is in a fallen state. The weirdest part of that is people spend just as much effort on maintaining this condition as they do to free themselves from it.
Something is benefitting from the world as it has been and an improvement is not at all beneficial to it.
Don't despair, however, the creation has a mind of its own and appears to be self correcting; putting things back where they belong whether they like it or not.
And as a more direct response to your question. The Redeemer doesn't require acceptance or acknowledgement to correct what belongs to him and if your life is aligned with his it will improve with no additional effort required on your part.
Originally posted by John Matrix
Cows eat grass, but don't try to grow better more tasty grass.
All animal life seems to be pre programmed to do nothing more than what they can do by their nature, and never more.
Man is always striving and seeking more. More knowledge, more wisdom, enlightenment, etc.
Doesn't this indicate that mankind is searching for something that by His very nature he knows he once had?
Originally posted by speaknoevil07
WE all have eternal life. How we spend it is the question...
How we spend it is a reflection of how we live here now......
Freedom of choice is totally ours......even if you don't believe
in a God we have freedom of choice. If you do believe in God, and if this is so, even the demons believe but are disobedient, you must realize that choosing thru freedom of choice to disobey God makes one no more salvagible than demons; who had the knowledge and decided to disobey. As humans we have some latitude because we are mortal and not fully knowledgeable. I look at it this way...1. If there is a god and I don't believe I am screwed...for eternity. The risk is not worth it. God says those who believe and have faith are blessed. I read the book and in the end........God wins. We each must choose which team to be on....forget the other stuff.....Gods team or Satans team. Pick. If this was gambling it would be a no brainer......God wins. My money is there and even so God will tell us everything after it is over. Right now the test if faith.....Faith Faith.......I can gamble my meager few mortal years on eternity and on Faith that God owns me. That is fine........he created all this including the internet that we use. He allows things......how we use it is up to us......that is the interesting part. Remember easy bet: God wins...... place your bets
Those who sacrifice their freedom of thought for a safety of "eternal" life are the ones who are actually fallen