Tribute Thread For the Recently Raptured Faith

Chapter and verse? There's a difference. Speaking in tongues is supposedly the Holy Spirit speaking directly, using a person's voice, in a language that that person doesn't understand. A prophet, on the other hand, is relaying a message in his own words in a language that he and everybody else understands. Two thoroughly different methods of communication, albeit with the same source.

Bingo.

We trash religion like we trash junk mail. If it didn't keep coming to our door, we wouldn't need to trash it. Why do you think that some of *us* need heroin? Suppose you see a small child about to be run over by a car. All you have to do is pull her out of the way, with no risk to yourself.Now YOU play devil's advocate. Come up with a reason for YOU not to intervene.

In the scenario, you can. It's just a simple grab and pull, no magic required.Same for God. He CAN magically direct people, objects, cars, and babies as if humanity were His puppets.Why wouldn't YOU act? I definitely would. Yes, it definitely is. You are your brother's keeper. No, you need a human.

No I'm not. I'm saying that humans are all there is - because God, if He exists at all, isn't doing anything. You're over-thinking. I said that YOU, in a situation in which you can save a human life with no risk to yourself, ARE obligated to act. That's as close to an absolute as you're ever likely to hear from me. It's baffling that you would even question the necessity for you to act.And I'm asking, why would God have less responsibility?

So what's He good for?

You're still overthinking. I asked you to do ONE thing that would take a minimum of time and involve no risk to you.And remember that the whole scenario is an analogy for God. If YOU are obligated to do the right thing, why not God, who does supposedly have the power to do all things at all times for all men?

Not to suit oneself, to suit reality. If the "established" revelation doesn't match reality, then the revelation has been misinterpreted.

It's objective observation that defines reality. Each church can not have its own definition of reality.Edited by ringo, : Fixed quote.

They're wrong. On the contrary, any denomination can accept objective reality and reject superstition. Even your cult could do that. Christians and Muslims and Buddhists and atheists all accept objective reality.

As far as I'm concerned, the ONLY indication that you were not pranked is the fact (according to you) that your friends didn't gloat about pranking you. Gloating is most of the fun of pranking. I think you really do. A big part of "needing" a Sky Daddy is needing an "enemy" for Him to protect you from. Or that things we DO want aren't there.

There are other alternatives between lies and truth. For one thing, memory tends to embellish the story.

I have seen UFOs. No. The reality or fantasy of your story has nothing to do with the reality or fantasy of UFOs. However, the process of investigation is the same.

What bugs me is when somebody acknowledges that something is unexplained - and then they explain it. If you really thought your experience was unexplained, you wouldn't try to explain it with demons.

For everybody, it's a contradiction of the word "unexplained". There is only one reality.