[KentuckyFriedHarlot]

Re: Atheists, please read this!

Yes.



Yes (I'm not saying what I shave, as this is a family-oriented forum).



Do you always accuse people you've just met on the internet of committing crimes? Some people may take offense.



If so, see ya there.

Oh, and I didn't accuse you of anything...I just asked a few questions. But since you jumped in your self-defense, I shall assume the answer is yes on the illegal downloads

[Thinks Design]

Re: Atheists, please read this!

All I see is hatred here. You don't know me, yet you deem it necessary to say I am hating? I have many versions of the Bible, since I have an inquiring mind. Between working on my oncology specialty, raising a lovely set of twins and creating a loving home for my husband, I also have time to read the Word, and try to live according to the example Jesus gave. But I suppose being an educated woman who does not judge others would put me in the category of a "cherry picker", whatever that might mean.

While I generally agree that Hod is love and not hate you seem to be contradicting yourself. Some of the more hateful people on this site are haters but you are calling them out for saying you are a hater when you saying they are haters.

You and them are both calling each other haters when you both could just love each other.

It break my heart when people hate, I hate the haters and wish we could just love each other.

Wouldn't it just be nice to be nice?

ThinksDesign.

[KentuckyFriedHarlot]

Re: Atheists, please read this!

While I generally agree that Hod is love and not hate you seem to be contradicting yourself. Some of the more hateful people on this site are haters but you are calling them out for saying you are a hater when you saying they are haters.

You and them are both calling each other haters when you both could just love each other.

It break my heart when people hate, I hate the haters and wish we could just love each other.

Wouldn't it just be nice to be nice?

ThinksDesign.

I was sharing opinions, as were the others. I find it very intriguing to see how different people will react. I maintain that God is a God of love.

[FreeFromBrains]

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Angel. As far as we, as True Christians, are concerned.......

I just can't wait for one of them to smack you down for claiming to be a True Christian.

Do you think I can't see Forum Member under your stupid name?

[Thinks Design]

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I was sharing opinions, as were the others. I find it very intriguing to see how different people will react. I maintain that God is a God of love.

I just think that maybe believing in the Bible is the problem. The bible says God does some awful things but is that the God you or I know?

I don't think so. I think of God as the Designer. Intelligent Design offers a credible alternative to evolution for how life came from just chemicals. Evolution is a theory in crisis and Inworry that when Christians follow the bible too closely other people are turned off.

I believe the Designer created us all to be kind and loving to every one.

ThinksDesign.

[KentuckyFriedHarlot]

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I just can't wait for one of them to smack you down for claiming to be a True Christian.

Do you think I can't see Forum Member under your stupid name?

Be careful, you might get another infringement. And if your avatar is anything to go by, dude, you have problems. You are black, gay and you question their almighty knowledge????

[KentuckyFriedHarlot]

Re: Atheists, please read this!

I just think that maybe believing in the Bible is the problem. The bible says God does some awful things but is that the God you or I know?

I don't think so. I think of God as the Designer. Intelligent Design offers a credible alternative to evolution for how life came from just chemicals. Evolution is a theory in crisis and Inworry that when Christians follow the bible too closely other people are turned off.

I believe the Designer created us all to be kind and loving to every one.

ThinksDesign.

I think we all need something to believe in, bit there comes a point where your beliefs become and obsession, and in turn dangerous. People use the name of God to justify their hatred, intolerance, bigotry and general nastiness. Live and let live.

[Oliver Brendan Hayve]

Re: Atheists, please read this!

I think we all need something to believe in

Why?

[KentuckyFriedHarlot]

Re: Atheists, please read this!

Why?

Because it keeps us grounded. I believe in God. You might believe in Prada (mind you, those Italians makes some seriously good fashion).

I believe in respecting those around me. I believe in accepting people from other races, religions, sexual orientations, and generally just living and letting others live. Hating on others only makes your own life miserable. Going through life with your tongue in your cheek, keeping your humor, makes life a pleasurable journey.

[Oliver Brendan Hayve]

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Because it keeps us grounded. I believe in God. You might believe in Prada (mind you, those Italians makes some seriously good fashion).

I see no reason to believe in God, and I certainly don't "believe in" Prada in the same sense in which one would believe in God.

[Didymus Much]

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Because it keeps us grounded...

How am I "ungrounded", then?

...I believe in God...

Why do you have little trust in Him? You've gone to great expense and effort in becoming a doctor, a laudable achievement imo, when the Bible says that God cures disease, not medicine.

...I believe in respecting those around me...

Enough to accuse them of crimes, and when they don't explicitly and immediately deny such activities, assume their silence is a confession of guilt? Save your "respect" for someone who has as feeble a grasp of the meaning of the word as you do.

...I believe in accepting people from other races, religions, sexual orientations, and generally just living and letting others live...

All Biblically unjustifiable. Scripture upon request.

...Hating on others only makes your own life miserable...

If any of the True Christians™ hated others the way you seem to think they do, why would they go to such effort (and expense: webservers and software licenses aren't free) to educate people as to the true contents of the Bible (which, of course, is the ONLY evidence we have of the existence of Jesus or God).

...Going through life with your tongue in your cheek, keeping your humor, makes life a pleasurable journey.

Who said life is supposed to be a pleasant journey? Certainly, it's not in the Bible.

[KentuckyFriedHarlot]

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How am I "ungrounded", then?



Why do you have little trust in Him? You've gone to great expense and effort in becoming a doctor, a laudable achievement imo, when the Bible says that God cures disease, not medicine.



Enough to accuse them of crimes, and when they don't explicitly and immediately deny such activities, assume their silence is a confession of guilt? Save your "respect" for someone who has as feeble a grasp of the meaning of the word as you do.



All Biblically unjustifiable. Scripture upon request.



If any of the True Christians™ hated others the way you seem to think they do, why would they go to such effort (and expense: webservers and software licenses aren't free) to educate people as to the true contents of the Bible (which, of course, is the ONLY evidence we have of the existence of Jesus or God).



Who said life is supposed to be a pleasant journey? Certainly, it's not in the Bible.

I never accused you of a crime, so get your head out of the dark place. I was using it as an example. You are the one that jumped.

I am a realist. I trust God, but I also believe in using the brains God gave us. If you are sick, go see a Doctor. Simple as that.

I can only see the hate they spread through ignorance. Have you noted what is said about other races? About gays? About pro-choice? Being a believer does not mean I get to discriminate against everyone that is not like me.

I think there might be a language barrier, since I can't seem to get across what I am trying to say.

[Cranky Old Man]

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I believe in God.

Let's investigate that claim...

I believe in respecting those around me.

God does not: Proverbs 6:16-19, Hosea 9:15, Matthew 13:41-42, Deuteronomy 12:31.

I believe in accepting people from other races, religions, sexual orientations

God does not: Leviticus 18:22, Leviticus 20:13, Romans 1:26-27.

Hating on others only makes your own life miserable.

Jesus disagrees: Matthew 10:34-37, Luke 14:26.

So you do the exact opposite of what the Bible teaches, yet you claim to believe in God. That's flat out wrong. You either need to start following the Holy Bible or you need to stop making false claims about believing in God. You cannot have it both ways.

[Zechariah Smyth]

Re: Atheists, please read this!

I never accused you of a crime, so get your head out of the dark place. I was using it as an example. You are the one that jumped.

I am a realist. I trust God, but I also believe in using the brains God gave us. If you are sick, go see a Doctor. Simple as that.

I can only see the hate they spread through ignorance. Have you noted what is said about other races? About gays? About pro-choice? Being a believer does not mean I get to discriminate against everyone that is not like me.

I think there might be a language barrier, since I can't seem to get across what I am trying to say.

You seem to be confusing what we say and what Jesus says.

For instance: Jesus says queers are an abomination and should be killed.

I never said that, but I trust in Him so I also now believe they are an abomination deserving of execution.

I pray that you are able to see the distinction.

YiC,

Zech

[Oliver Brendan Hayve]

Re: Atheists, please read this!

I am a realist. I trust God, but I also believe in using the brains God gave us. If you are sick, go see a Doctor. Simple as that.

Then in what sense is "trusting God" a meaningful concept? How is trusting God while going to a doctor different from just going to a doctor?

I can only see the hate they spread through ignorance. Have you noted what is said about other races? About gays? About pro-choice? Being a believer does not mean I get to discriminate against everyone that is not like me.

According to their holy book, they don't get to discriminate; they have to. That's what they've been telling you.