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Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.
Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
Blue_Jay33
Sorry that's what it is.
When you read the book of Genesis,
Your beliefs run contrary to the evidence I've encountered. I'll trust the evidence over a persons religious beliefs.
Blue_Jay33
Of coarse your experiences with the supernatural in itself taints your ability to see the truth.
FlyersFan
Blue_Jay33
Of coarse your experiences with the supernatural in itself taints your ability to see the truth.
I appreciate your polite responses .... but honestly your thought that the real life experiences somehow taint ability to see truth is backwards to common sense. A book (the bible) known to be full of myth, folklore, and cultural opinion masquerading as 'The Word of God' says something different than what my own personal experience states ... So I'm going with personal experience telling the truth rather than a book that can be easily proven wrong.
Sorry.
Max Planck, the Nobel Prize winner in Physics said: “As a man who has devoted his whole life to the most clear headed science, to the study of matter, I can tell you as a result of my research about atoms this much: There is no matter as such. All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force which brings the particle of an atom to vibration and holds this most minute solar system of the atom together. We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent mind. This mind is the matrix of all matter”
Blue_Jay33
reply to post by FlyersFan
Your beliefs run contrary to the evidence I've encountered. I'll trust the evidence over a persons religious beliefs.
One person I know came to believe in God because he saw the dark side of the spirit realm in action for a few years, their conclusion, if evil spirits exist, then the good ones must as well.
Of coarse your experiences with the supernatural in itself taints your ability to see the truth.
It seems only hardcore atheists believe we go off into non-existence with no hope at all.
Bassago
I don't believe in any spirits or ghosts but I would be more inclined to believe in them with some proof or first hand experience .....
I"m not going to invite you over to my house
gadfire
When in doubt blame it on demons...that seems to be the default mode of a lot of people that cant reconcile it being anything else as to align with their belief system.
Someone apparently was doubting flyersfan experience..they blamed it on demons.
WarminIndy
gadfire
When in doubt blame it on demons...that seems to be the default mode of a lot of people that cant reconcile it being anything else as to align with their belief system.
Who is doubting?
Let's see, the Bible does talk about it. The seven sons of Sceva thought they were exorcists and all got thrown out of the house.