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Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by sacgamer25
Maybe it is time for Eve to stop following Adam. Adam has asked Eve to do detestable things to satisfy his evil desires. Adam has forced Eve into giving away her sexuality prematurely, pornography, strip clubs, and prostitution. All of these things happen and you think women are better off today?
Maybe that's because in its early days, Christianity impressed upon its followers the importance of men ruling over women. So if you've got complaints about men corrupting women, you know where to start.
Religious people have taught men to impose their will on women. The bible does not and I do not believe in religion.
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by sacgamer25
Religious people have taught men to impose their will on women. The bible does not and I do not believe in religion.
Genesis 3:16 -- ...Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you...
1 Corinthians 11:3 -- ...the head of the woman is man...
1 Corinth. 14:34 -- ...women... must be in submission...
Ephesians 5:22 -- Wives, submit to your husbands..
Do you even know what you're talking about?
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by Witness123
It is because people rejected faith that there was a lack of progress.
Faith doesn't make the world go round. If everyone stopped having faith, I assure you, the world would spin on and nothing would be different except the planet would be covered in depressed idiots who refuse to believe in their own power.
When you mention the helplessness of man, or man who tries to act helpless. God living through us takes us away from the things which once bound us,
I don't think so. When I watch Stephen King's Carrie, I see more repression and isolation than in the average atheist. Why do atheists live such glowing lives? How can that be possible? They should be suffering plagues and maladies, right? They should be suffering his wrath.
He reinvigorates us to face life challenges that otherwise we would have faltered in. And at times we will falter anyway, but we continue aspiring to that perfect state, where we will not.
Actually, I do that myself. I don't need a god. I put on my big boy pants and get s*** done. Should I buy you a pair for your birthday? Sounds like you need a new one.
edit on 23-2-2013 by AfterInfinity because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
reply to post by Witness123
So in other words HELL. Yes your subtle language was not so subtle.
Aww, look, another smartass trying to pigeonhole someone they hardly know. Let me tell you something sissy, I don't even believe in Hell and I'll be the first to say that there is no biblical support for it.
Aww, look, another smartass trying to pigeonhole someone they hardly know. Let me tell you something sissy, I don't even believe in Hell and I'll be the first to say that there is no biblical support for it. Of course this man won't burn in Hell. No, he gets another form of insufferable joy here on earth, just like you and me and everyone else.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
(Psalm 9:17)
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
(Luke 12:5)
Originally posted by AfterInfinity
reply to post by Witness123
Aww, look, another smartass trying to pigeonhole someone they hardly know. Let me tell you something sissy, I don't even believe in Hell and I'll be the first to say that there is no biblical support for it. Of course this man won't burn in Hell. No, he gets another form of insufferable joy here on earth, just like you and me and everyone else.
Wow. That was an entirely inappropriate post. I don't know who you think you are, but not only is your behavior unacceptable by ATS standards, but you are also very much mistaken.
The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.
(Psalm 9:17)
But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
(Luke 12:5)
Your crude and crass manner is completely unnecessary, given your accuracy in the subject (or lack thereof).edit on 24-2-2013 by AfterInfinity because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by RP2SticksOfDynamite
Let me guess?..........you like fairy tales?..........or a good long drawn out story?...........or you are a blind faith stupid fool?...........or just maybe your legs are failing you?
Whats the difference between toilet paper and the pages of a bible?...................this might be testing so take your time...................................thats right.....its....you got it.........INK!
Thats why most people dont believe in it!
It's sad to see that people are actually reaching this low just to take stab at God.
The reason most people do not believe in it is because they have pushed the Holy Spirit far away from themselves. They are so full of hate for the Lord that they can do nothing but come up with rants that read like something a small child would come up with.
That's an intellectually comfortable notion to go with the physical comforts of the Western nation you likely are posting from. Too bad you will have to learn the hard way and have all that philosophy shattered. I'm here to tell you right now that things won't always be like this and then when it comes down to it, you will have to decide if your philosophy was sufficient after all.
Originally posted by Lucid Lunacy
reply to post by sacgamer25
I am making the claim that the bible is a history book that has been protected by God from corruption.
God has protected it from corruption? Yet people use modern translations. Modern translations are rife with mistranslations. Or do you deny this?
2 Corinthians 6:1-2
As God’s co-workers we urge you not to receive God’s grace in vain. 2 For he says,
“In the time of my favor I heard you,
and in the day of salvation I helped you.”
I tell you, now is the time of God’s favor, now is the day of salvation.
but hopefully it will open your eyes to the possibility of a biblical past completely different than your history books and science books suggest.
What I never understood from the religious, is the propensity to use science to support the Bible in one breath and then completely bash and dismiss science in the other.
I have a sorta off the wall question: how old do you think the Moon is?
Anyone who accepts Evolution at this current time in our understanding as a process that leads from a single cell to man is believing in the atheistic view of religion.
There are plenty of Christians that believe in evolution. Believe the Universe and its 'natural laws' were part of the 'intelligent design'. Plenty.... or are they just not 'real Christians' then?
But still a religion none the less.
Atheism is not a religion. It means no belief in any gods, that's it.
It is the absence of God from our naturalistic atheist views that lead to a society where anything and everything is tolerable.
So you believe atheists and non-religious are immoral?
Quite honestly it says. Your father loves you, you know he wanted you because he created you. Accept his love and choose to live with him. Your father is love and can only exist in love. When you choose sin over love your father has to leave you, because he is love. Because he is love you know that he will always return to you, when you turn to him. Love keeps no record of wrongdoing and God is love. If you can believe in him and through the power of God overcome sin you will know him. In this life, today.