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The serpent was the shrewdest of all the wild animals the LORD God had made. One day he asked the woman, “Did God really say you must not eat the fruit from any of the trees in the garden?”
2 “Of course we may eat fruit from the trees in the garden,” the woman replied.
3 “It’s only the fruit from the tree in the middle of the garden that we are not allowed to eat. God said, ‘You must not eat it or even touch it; if you do, you will die.’”
4 “You won’t die!” the serpent replied to the woman.
5 “God knows that your eyes will be opened as soon as you eat it, and you will be like God, knowing both good and evil.”
Originally posted by Iason321
The thing is, either the Bible is 100% true, or its 100% false. There is no "75% of its true" or "cherry picking". It's really an all or nothing deal.
Originally posted by Iason321
reply to post by windword
The Christ Consciousness you speak of believing in is The Holy Spirit of the Living God inside of you,
the God Energy you speak of is the Father, the driving energy of the universe,
The way you described yourself, makes you an atheist. If you're claiming you believe in some type of god, but reject all the things you say you reject, that makes you an idolater and you are believing in false gods that do not exist, except in your own mind. (i'm not calling you an idolater as an insult either, idolatry can have a negative connotation to it, but in the context I'm using it, is just calling you someone who believes in false gods, or non existent beings)
The way you described yourself, makes you an atheist. If you're claiming you believe in some type of god, but reject all the things you say you reject, that makes you an idolater and you are believing in false gods that do not exist, except in your own mind. (i'm not calling you an idolater as an insult either, idolatry can have a negative connotation to it, but in the context I'm using it, is just calling you someone who believes in false gods, or non existent beings)
The thing is, either the Bible is 100% true, or its 100% false.
Agreed, but there is no right or wrong religion and lack thereof. They are all just different view points, and different parts of the tapestry that is mankind's spiritual and religious history. When a religion starts walking into political dogma though is when I stop reading, because it was the agenda of the time and has little relevance today. People cling to extremes far too much in life, and it's part of the reason the world is the way it is - "right or wrong" is one such extreme, and extremes mean borders and societal schisms, ie picking sides... when we are all human and come from the same source.
Originally posted by subject1145
Originally posted by Iason321
The thing is, either the Bible is 100% true, or its 100% false. There is no "75% of its true" or "cherry picking". It's really an all or nothing deal.
Have you ever heard the saying "Even a broken clock can be right twice a day"? There is actual verifiable history in the Bible. That does not mean everything in the book is 100% true or factual.
Just try to keep an open mind and believe what you feel is right to you. We will all find out who is right in the end anyways so there is no reason to fight about it.
Deism (i/ˈdiː.ɪzəm/[1][2] or /ˈdeɪ.ɪzəm/) is a religious philosophy which holds that reason and observation of the natural world, without the need for organized religion, can determine that the universe is the product of an all-powerful creator. According to deists, the creator rarely, if ever, either intervenes in human affairs or suspends the natural laws of the universe. Deists typically reject supernatural events such as prophecy and miracles, tending instead to assert that a god (or "the Supreme Architect") does not alter the universe by intervening in it. This idea is also known as the clockwork universe theory, in which a god designs and builds the universe, but steps aside to let it run on its own. Two main forms of deism currently exist: classical deism and modern deism.