In real life lately, I have had a lot of good questions from non-Christians (Muslim, Jew, Hindu, etc) about being Christian and our beliefs. If anyone has questions, feel free to ask them here. I am open to respectful discussions on this matter here or in PM. I am a Christian, but I have soul searched on this topic a lot over the years..
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reasons to be a christian according to this thread:
Jesus might have harry potter powers, definitely wears make up and plays with a fairy princess wand.
reasons not to be christian based on this thread: -u will have no free will yet if u do something bad is totally not god's fault -hitler is in heaven -using both this logics, god did the holocaust, he also did 9/11 will update
So this is the kind of person that believes god intervenes and shapes your everyday life huh
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John 3:16 For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
God expects humans to be perfect, but we can't be perfect because we are by definition human. In the old Jewish way, one had to make animal sacrifices (or sometimes even human) regularly to appease your sin. God loved us too much for this system that he came to earth in human form and died on a cross to be that permanent sacrifice for our sins. By this way we can be closer to God than we could in the old Jewish way. We can spend eternity with him, if we believe that he paid our sin sacrifice. With this we can grow closer to God on earth, but by no means can we be perfect.
I believe that no matter what you do, you can go to heaven if you believe in his sacrifice. Even Hitler could be in heaven, if he believed this. All sin is sin to God, no matter what it is, and we need the sacrifice to pay for it....
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Will I get rebanned again if I turn this thread into my own person circus?
If God controls everything why do kids get bone cancer? What purpose does that have? Your God seems like a bit of a ...
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GL.
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I would not believe them, but God can do miracles like this when he did this to Mary. Its not my place to really judge them. My best bet is to pray for them..
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Jesus went to be with the common people when he was alive. Common people are on EM, and many are children (Jesus really loved kids). He would be here to try to help people
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all of us stand a chance at paradise! if you would just open your heart up to the endless joys of the Lord and put your trust into the path he has laid out for you.
i'll be sure to pray for you, brother
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I struggled a lot with faith over the years, and my thoughts on this have changed a lot through this. My end realization was that God has controlled every single thing that has happened in my life both good and bad and he has done this for his purpose, whatever that may be. Its amazing when you see what he did and finally realize why something happened.
To answer your question, being Christian is my identity. God has done so much for me and shaped me into what I am, or my whole identity. Yeah I have other interests and passions too. Who knows why I do things like play EM, but God probably has a reason for this too.
If you saw a 14 year old girl on the Jerry Springer show who is pregnant but claims she never had sex would you believe her or call her a skank and switch to Dr Phil for some quality tv?
Do you see your faith as sort of your identity or just one small piece of it? How do you feel about people seeing you as being just a Christian as opposed to, for example being mt01, who likes epicmafia sports pizza and also happens to be a Christian?
