SO YOU WANT ME TO BECOME A CHRISTIAN?
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... but i will respect the person if he practise wat he preach.
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I think that what ben1xy and happy harvest have said are pretty spot on... are you serious about your questions? Seeing as it is you have to copy this from someone else, do you personally have any questions in particular that you would like answered?
Like they have stated, if you are serious, we are more than happy to have a "chat" with you.
3. Did everyone who died before Jesus died go to Hell? Justify your answer.
No, not everyone went to hell... David is in heaven, so is Moses, so is Elijah... and the list goes on.
8. Explain why Jesus made apparently racist statements (see Mark 7:25-29).
These remarks were not racist but made to test the womans faith. The answer to your question is quoted at the end of the verse... have you even read this yet? -
Maybe this helps:
http://www.gotquestions.org/before-Jesus.html
http://www.gotquestions.org/Old-Testament-believers.html
There are some really good articles out there. I mean it. But I forget where they are. If you are really interested, I don't think nothing can stop you from searching the net for the right resources (orthodox), buy a good christians book or even "challenge" those professor at those christian theology sch.
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We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. (James 3:2)Originally posted by crazy monkey:... but i will respect the person if he practise wat he preach.
A Christian receives a new nature and the Spirit of God comes to dwell in him it at the point of the "new spiritual birth." He still has an old nature that wants to sin. When the Christian fails to say no to temptation and depend upon God's Spirit, he sins. The difference, however, is that a Christian cannot be happy anymore living in sin.
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send it to a pastor and he will answer all of them
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Originally posted by happyharvest:
The part in bold... well spoken!
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to keep his whole body in check. (James 3:2)
A Christian receives a new nature and the Spirit of God comes to dwell in him it at the point of the "new spiritual birth." He still has an old nature that wants to sin. When the Christian fails to say no to temptation and depend upon God's Spirit, he sins. [b]The difference, however, is that a Christian cannot be happy anymore living in sin.
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Read a few lines, then give up.
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so of these ppl ... really ... bring a bad name to their own religion. tamade.Originally posted by laurence82:Read a few lines, then give up.
Mayhap crazy monkey is tired of some christians consistently pestering him?
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fark you lah .. dun insult these pple. their religious practices guan ni pi she ..Originally posted by crazy monkey:so of these ppl ... really ... bring a bad name to their own religion. tamade. -
actually, if i answer all our your 157 questions, i still do not think you will be convinced right?Originally posted by crazy monkey:so of these ppl ... really ... bring a bad name to their own religion. tamade. -
those qns are meant to insult, I'm sure you can see that.Originally posted by fandango:actually, if i answer all our your 157 questions, i still do not think you will be convinced right? -
some questions are quite answerable. While some others are quite insulting to the Roman Catholics. (Insulting or truth? maybe honeybunz can answer)Originally posted by Icemoon:those qns are meant to insult, I'm sure you can see that. -
i've neber read the bible before so dun know whether some qns are insulting or not. if the qns are answerable feel free to ans them.Originally posted by fandango:some questions are quite answerable. While some others are quite insulting to the Roman Catholics. (Insulting or truth? maybe honeybunz can answer) -
I found the answers to the 157 questions from the web and it is very close to my stand and beliefs (Presbyterian). Do you want me to provide you with the link or do you want me to post the answers here?Originally posted by crazy monkey:i've neber read the bible before so dun know whether some qns are insulting or not. if the qns are answerable feel free to ans them. -
erm .. fandango you presbyterian meh? this is first time you use this label to describe yourself leh.Originally posted by fandango:I found the answers to the 157 questions from the web and it is very close to my stand and beliefs (Presbyterian). -
now this is going to be interesting.. i hope you guys will have a constructive and fair debate =)
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up to you lor.Originally posted by fandango:I found the answers to the 157 questions from the web and it is very close to my stand and beliefs (Presbyterian). Do you want me to provide you with the link or do you want me to post the answers here? -
Not to diss people on this forum, but this is actually quite an interesting read, and on the whole rather hilarious...! -
I thought you are IFB or something.Originally posted by Icemoon:erm .. fandango you presbyterian meh? this is first time you use this label to describe yourself leh. -
yes i am presbyterian. it's not the first time that i mentioned that. it should already been my 24657392th time.Originally posted by Icemoon:erm .. fandango you presbyterian meh? this is first time you use this label to describe yourself leh. -
what is IFB?Originally posted by Icemoon:I thought you are IFB or something. -
1. Explain why your god's only son had to die so we can go to magic happy land when we croak.
God didn't want us to sin, but we did. But He still wanted to walk with us, and for us to be in heaven with Him. In His infinite Wisdom, He knew that by sending His Son Jesus to die, that same Jesus' Blood would cleanse all who believed in Him from their sin, allowing them free access into heaven. -
2. Did everyone who died before Jesus died go to Hell? Justify your answer.
No. All those who died before Jesus and still believed in the one True God went to Paradise, a sort of holding area. It took the Blood of God's own Son to open the gates and cleanse all sinful people, so that all who believe would go to heaven and be with God. Luke 16 describes this in detail.
In a way, the Blood of Christ cleansed the Old Testament saints as well; they looked forward to the prophecies of the cross, while we today look back to what happened on the cross. -
Thought about answering some of those questions, but from the tone of your replies, the thread is just one for entrapment (a word used a few times in the 157 questions). Why not highlight ten of the questions that bothers you the most and see if some of us are willing to deal with them.Originally posted by crazy monkey:suddenly so modest ? i tot you guys here are VERY knowledgeable abt your religion ?
End of the day is if I can answer all of them, so what? or if I can answer 90% of them, so what? or if I cannot any of them, so what? It does not make any difference to you anyway right? So why waste my time.
It is easy to lift something out of the internet and throw it at this forum. It is more difficult however to have an original thought!
In the first place the original writer is extremely inconsistent. Some questions he asked using the original language of the Bible, others he ignored it totally. Some he enclose the area of interpretation by putting a rope around a verse, others he choose to use other parts of the Bible to contradict another. Some questions were asked using examples of bad behaviour/events and these behaviour/events are now pinned on us presently. Hey I am not even responsible for what my dad did yesterday.
You have genuine queries, write sincerely, otherwise don't seriously expect a reply.
Yup... neither am I..... Boh arn nay eng!Originally posted by ben1xy:to start it off... neither happy harvest nor myself claimed that.
once again .. if u r really interested.. we can have a nice conversation. if u r juz looking for someone to quarrel with? wads the point.. i am not really interested