I come in peace

[anna.bolena]

Hello, my name is Anna and I come only for the sake of experience.

I am a peaceful deist with an open mind.

I used to attend a Methodist church, however I found that as I got into high school I had less time due to my educational commitments as well as my commitment to the debate team (trust me on this one; you don't want to argue with me).

Hopefully, I will not be viewed as trash; we are all children of God, after all.

[Youth Pastor Marty]

Re: I come in peace

Hello, my name is Anna and I come only for the sake of experience.

I am a peaceful deist with an open mind.

I used to attend a Methodist church, however I found that as I got into high school I had less time due to my educational commitments as well as my commitment to the debate team (trust me on this one; you don't want to argue with me).

Hopefully, I will not be viewed as trash; we are all children of God, after all.

Welcome to Landover Baptist's online ministry!

It is truely saddening that you are a Methodist, since those Wesley boys perverted a whole bunch of Christian folks back in the day into thinking all good people go to Heaven. Well that's just flat out wrong, and most of them went to Hell becuase of it! Glory!

[Billy Bob Jenkins]

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Well that's just flat out wrong, and most of them went to Hell becuase of it! Glory!

Amen, Brother! It always makes my heart reach heavenward with joyous praises to hear that some gullible fools were weeded out of Christ's proverbial harvest, and sent to Hell like they deserve.

[Pastor Isaac Peters]

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Hopefully, I will not be viewed as trash; we are all children of God, after all.

No. And by the way, no.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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[anna.bolena]

Re: I come in peace

Thank you very much for your courteous welcome to your forum. I will do my best to follow your rules as they have been given. I hope that I will be welcomed.

And as I mentioned, I'm not a Methodist anymore; I'm a peaceful deist.

[Youth Pastor Marty]

Re: I come in peace

Thank you very much for your courteous welcome to your forum. I will do my best to follow your rules as they have been given. I hope that I will be welcomed.

And as I mentioned, I'm not a Methodist anymore; I'm a peaceful deist.

Can you define your beliefs as a "peaceful deist?" The only 'ist' we (and God) approve of is preceded with a 'Bapt!'

[Pastor Ezekiel]

Re: I come in peace

Thank you very much for your courteous welcome to your forum. I will do my best to follow your rules as they have been given. I hope that I will be welcomed.

And as I mentioned, I'm not a Methodist anymore; I'm a peaceful deist.

You're not even a Christian, are you.

Why are you here?

[anna.bolena]

Re: I come in peace

By peaceful, I do not intend to offend or troll or flame; I simply wish to experience another take on theology.

Deism was part of the rationalist/enlightenment movement that took place in Europe during the 1700s; such ideals spawned the American Revolution as well as the French Revolution.

Deism is the acceptance of the existence of a God. Please take note that it is not Atheism or Agnosticism; those are completely different kettles of fish. Deism sees God as a divine watchmaker or architect. God, to use the watchmaker analogy, winds the watch and lets it tick away. So, it's essentially benign neglect.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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Deism is the acceptance of the existence of a God. Please take note that it is not Atheism or Agnosticism; those are completely different kettles of fish. Deism sees God as a divine watchmaker or architect. God, to use the watchmaker analogy, winds the watch and lets it tick away. So, it's essentially benign neglect.

And exactly where does the Bible back up this cockamamie concept?

[anna.bolena]

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It doesn't. It shouldn't have to; it's not so much religion as it is philosophy. In fact, all religion is really philosophy.

And please do not call my ideas "cockamamie"; it's quite rude.

[Pastor Ezekiel]

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It doesn't. It shouldn't have to; it's not so much religion as it is philosophy. In fact, all religion is really philosophy.

And you know what the Holy Word of God says about "philosophies," don't you?

Colossians 2:8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.

And please do not call my ideas "cockamamie"; it's quite rude.

Watch your mouth, girl. The Holy Word of God commands that you listen to me!

Romans 13:1 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
13:2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation.

[Pastor William Nathaniel Sampson]

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we are all children of God, after all.

My sermon in my first link in my signature deals with this very subject.

Like, aren't we supposed to love one another, man?

John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."

Again, this scripture taken out of context would make it sound like we are supposed to go around drawing hearts and writing love poetry to everyone we see on the streets when nothing could be further from the truth.

To properly discern this saying of Jesus we have to take it into context. Who was Jesus speaking to when He gave us that commandment?

The setting is during the last supper. Jesus is sitting there with His disciples. It was a closed event.

You only need to look at the next verse to realize that Jesus didn't include everyone in this.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

We are to love our fellow Christians.

[Rev. M. Rodimer]

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And as I mentioned, I'm not a Methodist anymore; I'm a peaceful deist.

Why do you hate Jesus?