10 Questions that every Intelleigent Christian must answer

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brad, this like saying: Seeing other's weaknesses makes you feel good about yourself that you're better off compared to them?

selfish pride..

atleast naai lain nakasabot sa point. hehe tnx blue :P

[munzter666]

*giggles at the back

[cypher86]

Schadenfreude

I think I may have been misunderstood. When it comes down to it We are all Amputees. Maybe not of the physical aspect but of something else. And we see each others disabilities thus making us appreciate what we have and yearn for what we dont have.


Ie. Person A has X abilities but doesnt have Y abilities. Person B has Y abilities but doesnt have X abilities. Person A looks at Person B and says to himself "Thank God I have X, but I sure wish I had Y as well" Person B looks at Person A and thinks "Thank God I have...."

Take note this situation is OVER-Simplified, but you catch my drift?

[rcruman]

The questions are as follows:

1. Why won’t god heal amputees? There are cases where people claim to have been healed by miracles. One can’t help but to notice that these are in almost every case things that might just have got better anyway.

Amputees by accident or disease makes a good chance for us people who aren't.
God gives us something for us to exercise His words.
How could you give if no one wants to accept what you have because they have it also.
How could you practice part or your virtue if not of these amputated people.
A question like this like like asking to GOD "we're not equal physically, why not make me like him/her (pointing to a perfect human by your standards and lust)?"
then worst, "You're unfair because I don't have what they have"
In one company, its not good that all are PRESIDENT and CEO, there are lower ranks.

1. Why are there so many starving people in our world? If you propound that God listens to you and answers your prayers, how can you believe that he answered your prayers for a raise and yet allows millions to die from starvation and disease?

That starving people is our chance to GIVE for those who has excess.
GOD answers them to people He called.
A people of GOD and a CHRISTIAN must give to those who needs, that is why many professing CHRISTIANS can be manifested through their works.
Don't worry about the death, its in the hands of GOD.
So why not start right now to give what excess you have to starving kids/family in the street, its a good start REGNAULD.

1. Why does God demand the death of so many innocent people in the bible? There are probably more than you realize - the demands listed in the post (to kill anyone who works on the sabbath day, homosexuals, girls that are not virgins when they marry etc.) just scratch the surface. And ‘the bible corrects itself elsewhere’ isn’t a defence; how can you full heartedly trust something that contradicts itself?

don't look or focus on the death bro, why not focus on their transgression and iniquity?
have you checked the reasons about the transgression of those people being killed?
try to review backwards bro so that you will know more.

1. Why does the bible contain so much anti-scientific nonsense? Such as the idea that the universe is only a couple of thousand years old, that Jonah lived inside a whale for 3 days etc.

anti-scientific?
where in the bible that the universe is just only a couple of thousand? or just an idea of people like that want to destroy the bible in order to be free from liabilities of His words?
Bro research more, a man can live inside a belly of a big fist (its not just a whale, try to read again).

1. Why is God such a huge proponent of slavery in the bible? The post includes examples of how ’slaves should obey their masters as they would obey Christ’, amongst others. Personally I would substitute this one for something else. Perhaps ‘why is God so jealous and unforgiving in the old testament?’

slavery? yes a GOD's follower is a slave in His words
Unforgiving? have you read the book of Jonah? its in the OT but yet GOD forgive those people because they repent. Don't expect forgiveness when you can't repent.
Yes HE IS JEALOUS because despite of all the things that GOD has done to Israelites from EGYPT to CANAAN and yet some of HIS people serve to idols. Sa tagalog pa "pinakain mo na ng buong kalabaw hindi pa rin malasahan".

did you know that there is a GODLY JEALOUS? not the jealous that you have felt?
what you've felt is the same feeling lucifer towards GOD.

1. Why do bad things happen to good people? Such as their deaths in painful ways. If they are going to meet God anyway, why deprive them of their lives?

What is BAD? Is it the BAD that result of your eagerness to disprove GOD?
Painful? is there a death which is not painful? have you tried it?
In pain you can see a true FRIEND, LOVERS, FAMILY and FOLLOWERS.
in the bible, the CHRISTIAN:
21For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.
Philippians 1:21


5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
6For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth.
Hebrews 12:5-6

1. Why didn’t any of Jesus’ miracles in the bible leave behind any evidence? It’s quite strange. All we really have is a book compiled 200 years after his death, written mostly by people who never met him.

like what? fish and bread? do you want evidence of that? have you studied SCIENCE, have you attended in your class the lesson about decomposition?
can a fist and bread leave long?
you like the to see people being healed from sickness? can they live 1000 of years?
you like the to see people being healed from a blind and leprosy?
you like to see water turned into wine?

or you want to see HIS miracle words that is being preserved and can cleanse a soul and has a chance for eternal life?

1. How do we explain the fact that Jesus has never appeared to you? If he’s all-powerful and timeless, why wait for a second-coming?

never appeared to my physically but with us physically.

20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Matthew 28:20

20For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.
Matthew 18:20

and most of all we have a chance do things to Jesus Christ physically.
and please read this if you want: Matthew 25:31-40

1. Why would Jesus want you to eat his body and drink his blood? If you actually consider this for a second, it sounds more Satanic than Christian. And no, if you are Catholic as opposed to a derivative such as an Anglican, you believe that you are really consuming Jesus’ flesh and blood.

That seems to be literal to you regnauld.
The body of CHRIST is the :
50This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof, and not die.
51I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.
John 6:50-51.
and blood is:

24And when he had given thanks, he brake it, and said, Take, eat: this is my body, which is broken for you: this do in remembrance of me.
25After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me.
1 Corinthians 11:24-25

its not a literal flesh and blood, also not a literal drink and eat.

1. Why do Christians get divorced at the same rate as non-Christians? “What God has put together, let no man put asunder”. But it happens regardless.

then it shows that their CHURCH is not under the power of GOD.
its fable or self doctrine of their leaders.
the bible is just a front.

16They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
Titus 1:16.

with this observation or question of yours will serve as your guide to CHURCHES who didn't follow GOD but rather to their own.


Peace to you bro.

[rcruman]

Question:

why is the bible created 300 years after the death of Jesus?
why Jesus didnt preach through bible?

enlightened us

created or compiled?
the books of the bible was written during the time of apostles and prophets but it was compiled after the time of apostles.

Why would He do that? Jesus Christ knows what to say because He is :
24But unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
1 Corinthians 1:24


and most of all its JESUS CHRIST who told the prophets and apostles what to write:

10Of which salvation the prophets have enquired and searched diligently, who prophesied of the grace that should come unto you:

11Searching what, or what manner of time the Spirit of Christ which was in them did signify, when it testified beforehand the sufferings of Christ, and the glory that should follow.

12Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent down from heaven; which things the angels desire to look into.
1 peter 1:10-12

If you really asking then you will read the bible.
Peace!

[bluedes]

Schadenfreude

I think I may have been misunderstood. When it comes down to it We are all Amputees. Maybe not of the physical aspect but of something else. And we see each others disabilities thus making us appreciate what we have and yearn for what we dont have.


Ie. Person A has X abilities but doesnt have Y abilities. Person B has Y abilities but doesnt have X abilities. Person A looks at Person B and says to himself "Thank God I have X, but I sure wish I had Y as well" Person B looks at Person A and thinks "Thank God I have...."

Take note this situation is OVER-Simplified, but you catch my drift?

huh? confusing...
you see other's disabilities, and yet you yearn for what they have? isn't that contradictory?
so you yearn for their disabilities then?

just admit it and get straight to the point, you don't care about other people's disabilities.. but you do care about their strengths and skills, and so you yearn for those advantages..

its quite hypocrital going about it in a pretentiously "kind" way.. but then again, that's still machiavelli at work.. you're just using God to augment your strategy..

[kebotDiNaMute]

brad, this like saying: Seeing other's weaknesses makes you feel good about yourself that you're better off compared to them?

selfish pride..

brad its not weakness its disability... is it pride?

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[kebotDiNaMute]

huh? confusing...
you see other's disabilities, and yet you yearn for what they have? isn't that contradictory?
so you yearn for their disabilities then?

just admit it and get straight to the point, you don't care about other people's disabilities.. but you do care about their strengths and skills, and so you yearn for those advantages..

its quite hypocrital going about it in a pretentiously "kind" way.. but then again, that's still machiavelli at work.. you're just using God to augment your strategy..

Blue you are trying to mock... hmmm. You are making it bad... the focus is "TO BE HAPPY ON WHAT YOU HAVE" or contentment... but you are changing the focus... hmmm.. u guys really are not looking for answers but making fun of these people trying to answer the question you ask... just as i suspected long before...

[bluedes]

brad its not weakness its disability... is it pride?

brad, disability is a weakness.

Blue you are trying to mock... hmmm. You are making it bad... the focus is "TO BE HAPPY ON WHAT YOU HAVE" or contentment... but you are changing the focus... hmmm.. u guys really are not looking for answers but making fun of these people trying to answer the question you ask... just as i suspected long before...

i'm not mocking brad.. im just stating a fact.. whether you like it or not, that's a fact.. people deceive their own selves a lot.. you derive happiness by looking at what other people don't have and what you have.. i never heard of that kind of teaching from any prophet or wise man before.. that's a teaching for kids para dili masuya sa unsay naa sa uban.. i'm just stating facts here about cold reality.

here's an excerpt from Desiderata:

If you compare yourself with others,
you may become vain or bitter,
for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.
Keep interested in your own career, however humble;
it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time.



vain - if you're better
bitter - if you're not