Originally posted by Tranquility Base:
nos482
My testimony is that deeply knowing our father (heavenly) is the only way to gain our true individual identity.
In what way?
Everything else is only a shadow of what is possible. Hell is perhaps nothing more than realizing you missed out on knowing your creator and heavenly father and living out your true identity purely becsuse of stubborness. I can't prove this to you but I am convinced of it.
Billions of people live full rich lives without ever knowing your god or caring to know your god.
I don't think that living one's life as a slave is all that fullfilling. Your god sounds like the biggest ego maniac there is. Does your god want believers or sycophants? The purpose to my life is more than in the giving of praise to some invisible sky father. That is fine if you want to limit your life in that manner, but I have better things to do.
I believe that, in any culture, growing up and learning obedience and relational living in families and communities is a trainer to knowing our heavenly father. Christ is the only way to the Father but for some the only face of Christ is their parents, community and life experiences.
That is like saying that they're already Christian, but they just don't know it yet and it is your "task" to show them the light. This is pure arrogance.
[This message has been edited by nos482, 09-17-2002]