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Confession of a former christian

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anglagard
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Message 44 of 219 (465754)
05-10-2008 1:41 AM 		Reply to: Message 38 by Buzsaw
05-08-2008 10:13 PM

On Speaking for God
Buzsaw writes:
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I have no doubt whatsoever that I'm on the right road with them as I've studied the evidence all my life to make sure. I've had so many remarkable manifestations of the reality of God myself via answered prayer, etc that nothing will ever convince me otherwise. The closer one draws to God the more he reveals himself and draws near. Imo, this is the way of peace and blessing. Whether I live or die, I win with coming King Jesus and the resurrection.
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I have peace and confidence that
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Some people seek to understand God, knowing that given their human limitations, they will never be able to fully achieve such a lofty goal.
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Other people believe they do not need to study God any longer because they already have all the knowledge they will ever desire or need to achieve. These are the people who claim to speak for God in his/her supposed absence, including any judgment concerning salvation that according to the Bible itself is solely within the province of the Christian God.
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Which one are you Buz? Your posts indicate your position is the latter one.
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Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider - Francis Bacon
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The more we understand particular things, the more we understand God - Spinoza
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anglagard
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05-19-2008 3:01 PM 		Reply to: Message 160 by Brian
05-19-2008 1:59 PM

Re: Bullshitting?
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But what about Homer, Herodotus, Hecateus, Thucydides? These are way older than 300 bce.
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Or Aristotle, Plato, Sophocles, Aeschylus, Euripides, Sappho, Pindar, Xenophon, and so on. Hell, Alexander the Great died in 323 BCE which is earlier than 300.
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But then IaJ would probably just claim they were all Hebrews writing in Aramaic, they were just assumed to be Greek by the deluded people of today known as 'everyone else on earth.'
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If IaJ is considered a spokesman, it would be enough to drive St. Augustine to renounce Christianity IMO.
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Edited by anglagard, : add something remotely on topic
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Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider - Francis Bacon
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The more we understand particular things, the more we understand God - Spinoza
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