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Author Topic:   Can the Christian God exist without the Bible?
Legend
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Message 7 of 106 (245416)
09-21-2005 7:42 AM
Reply to: Message 1 by Phat
09-20-2005 3:27 PM


my take on this is that the Christian God - i.e. a God who created and loves us and gives us a chance to escape his 'justice' by accepting his son as our saviour - is defined only in the Bible. If the Bible didn't exist (or was proven to be false), then we wouldn't have a chance of salvation. So, even if a loving, caring God did exist in an absolute sense, it wouldn't be the God of the Bible. The Christian God cannot exist without the Bible.

"In life, you have to face that some days you'll be the pigeon and some days you'll be the statue."

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Legend
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Message 43 of 106 (248019)
10-01-2005 7:10 PM
Reply to: Message 40 by jar
09-28-2005 11:59 AM


Re: God, if GOD exists...
if a God exists who wants us to be saved by accepting his son as our saviour
and...
he's given us no way (or a corrupted way) of finding out about his son
then..
A God who wants us to be saved by accepting his son as our saviour cannot exist (by definition).
GOD may still be out there all right but it's not the NT God.

"In life, you have to face that some days you'll be the pigeon and some days you'll be the statue."

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Legend
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Message 45 of 106 (248308)
10-02-2005 6:41 PM
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10-01-2005 7:17 PM


Re: God, if GOD exists...
but can't an omnipotent GOD communicate with us in a clear and unambiguous manner ?
If I can write a document that communicates something in a clear and concise manner why can't She ?

"In life, you have to face that some days you'll be the pigeon and some days you'll be the statue."

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