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riVeRraT
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Message 30 of 149 (285761)
02-10-2006 9:15 PM
Reply to: Message 1 by Phat
02-16-2004 4:23 AM


Faith was
Faith was how I first approached Jesus. I accepted him by faith.
But after I felt what I belive to be the Holy Spirit, I feel I now believe in Jesus, and have faith that God will do what he promised.
quote:
Acts 1
8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth."
Says there after experiencing the Holy Spirit you will be a witness. Sounds like a step beyond faith to me, and that is what it feels like to me.
Good subject Phat!

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riVeRraT
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Message 31 of 149 (285762)
02-10-2006 9:17 PM
Reply to: Message 26 by Funkaloyd
10-16-2005 3:50 AM


Re: I like this definition...
I have faith the sun will rise tomorrow.
But I am not 100% sure.

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riVeRraT
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Message 36 of 149 (285923)
02-11-2006 11:04 PM
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02-11-2006 7:12 PM


Re: I like this definition...
You don't have to answer this question but is that how you experience it?
Ok, I'm a little tired. How do I experience what?

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riVeRraT
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Message 38 of 149 (286825)
02-15-2006 9:52 AM
Reply to: Message 37 by iano
02-13-2006 10:18 AM


Re: I like this definition...
That you are more sure of Gods existance than that the sun will rise tomorrow?
I wasn't getting at that when I said I have faith that the sun will rise tomorrow, but I am not 100% sure.
My point was that everything we see around us and can measure points us to the huge possibility that the sun will in fact rise tomorrow morning.
That is how I found God, in that same manor.
Everything I see around me, all the good and the bad points me to God.

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riVeRraT
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Message 43 of 149 (288406)
02-19-2006 7:15 PM
Reply to: Message 41 by PurpleYouko
02-17-2006 12:59 PM


Re: I like this definition...
It utterly escapes me how totally ignoring the evidence can make one even surer about anything,
What evidence?
Which group of evidence?

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riVeRraT
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Message 45 of 149 (289010)
02-21-2006 6:48 AM
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02-17-2006 7:00 PM


Re: I like this definition...
God explains to me why they and so many other things are all just facets of the same thing. A simple thing. The Fall. We fell into a cesspit s'all. It's rather simple in retrospect...rather impossible before your shown.
I have just reached a point in my life, thanks in part to this forum, that I can look back and see God's hand in everything. It's all about his will. I have found the only free will we have is to choose whether it's from him or not. I can't help but see God in everything, even the bad ugly stuff.

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riVeRraT
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Message 52 of 149 (289231)
02-21-2006 3:31 PM
Reply to: Message 47 by iano
02-21-2006 11:01 AM


Re: I like this definition...
I can look at the same evidence as you do PY and come to a completely different conclusion. It's a bit like this...
Scroll down under the box
Beyond The Veil
Hate to go off-topic, but that web-page is a good example of why I think the implicit bias test doesn't work.
But isn't that what is so amazing about God?

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