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They refuse to because they don't understand what they cannot see, in other words they have no faith - a pre requisite to receiving salvation of course.
You can only do so much, the rest is well - unfortunate for them.
originally posted by: TheConstruKctionofLight
a reply to: CthruU
They refuse to because they don't understand what they cannot see, in other words they have no faith - a pre requisite to receiving salvation of course.
Faith is also a pre-requisite to accepting that the bible is the innerant word of god. But which god? Many to choose from, in fact, even the bible hints to the pre new testament Israelites adapting the local gods and changing attributes of Jehovah after the Babylonian captivity.
So if the root is blemished what of the fruit and branch now called Christianity?
James in the new testament also had a few things to say about the Paulian fraudulent idea of salvation by faith, as opposed to faith by works.
You can only do so much, the rest is well - unfortunate for them.
And yet the beauty of the internet is that we are no longer captive to a middle-man interpreting for us.
Its is very fortunate for us that we don't subscribe to the Matrix trap of the soul.