the iron horse
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I've search all over this world
and that rebel from Nazareth shines truth!
That is what I believe.
*simple faith*
and that rebel from Nazareth shines truth!
That is what I believe.
*simple faith*
Question 1. What is thy only comfort in life and death?
Answer: That I with body and soul, both in life and death, (a) am not my own, (b) but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; (c) who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, (d) and delivered me from all the power of the devil; (e) and so preserves me (f) that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; (g) yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, (h) and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, (i) and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him. (j)
vervex said:I don't believe in Christianity, but in God. It's just a religion between a lot of others anyway, with its rituals and ceremonies, particular added beliefs to make it supposly different from the others. Why being limited in one view of the world ? Change glasses and you'll see the world is as beautiful, and you'll maybe discover new colors things you never thought existed
AchtungBono said:
That was beautiful and very well said.
Thank you.
btw - I'm Jewish......lol.
intedomine said:Blind Faith, as I have always believed, is when someone just claims they are of a certain belief or religion because their environment, either inadvertantly or deliberately forces (or brainwashes) certain ideas into them.
Like, for instance, if you are brought up in a fundamentalist Catholic or fundamentalist Man Utd FC supporting surroundings (eg. all your family is hardcore and one-eyed about a particular religion or organisation or belief), it would almost be impossible for some believers or followers to objectively consider any of the other faiths or clubs.
It can often lead to prejudice and bigotry....
This is just how I have viewed Blind Faith
LivLuvAndBootlegMusic said:
So you define blind faith as only when people take on the same faith they grew up in? How would you describe the faith of a nontheist that converts to Christianity? or any other type of convert, like a Buddhist or Muslim?
I don't see how one can be ANY type of Christian...or really belong to any religion believing in a god...without some element of blind faith.
I disagree w/ your interpretation b/c it sounds like you're defining someone blinding belonging to a certain religion or religious denomination, not the individual faith that person holds. Yes, you can definitely "blindly" belong to a certain group, like a lot of my peers will say they are Calvinist Christian Reformed without a true understanding of what that really means, but that's not faith, that's ignorance. Blind faith is believing in a god without any expectation of what humans generally accept as "proof".
LivLuvAndBootlegMusic said:If I had to sumarize my entire faith in just a few statements....
Question 1. What is thy only comfort in life and death?
Answer: That I with body and soul, both in life and death, (a) am not my own, (b) but belong unto my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ; (c) who, with his precious blood, has fully satisfied for all my sins, (d) and delivered me from all the power of the devil; (e) and so preserves me (f) that without the will of my heavenly Father, not a hair can fall from my head; (g) yea, that all things must be subservient to my salvation, (h) and therefore, by his Holy Spirit, He also assures me of eternal life, (i) and makes me sincerely willing and ready, henceforth, to live unto him. (j)
tommyvill said:Iìm a Roman Catholic from Italy (now THAT's coherence! [I'm joking okay?]).
I wish to share a thought: when I've been to Africa lately I found out how just in our cities and with our technologies we can say that God doesn't exist or anything...if you go out, if you reallly go out in the wildest Nature, you can feel a strenght in Nature, something bigger than you that you cannot explain...
I something think that cities are temple (or castle) made to protect ourselves from what we don't understand...but we at the end shouldn't be scared at all, we belong to the force of Creation,
whatever name you call It...
I call it God,
I call it Jesus,
and I thank Christ for renewing the Alliance between God and us.
Ciao,
Tom
AussieU2fanman said:I believe that because something (in this case the existence of God) is unfalsifiable (cannot be proven false) doesn't mean it's TRUE, I think some people really should understand this. It's like saying 'prove ur not massaging a monkeys balls in front of u now.' 'Umm..how?! There's nothing there!' 'But you can't PROVE your not doing it! Pervert!'
So trying to approve of something of which their is no evidence disproving or working in favour of the act is indeed futile. And it doesn't automatically render the subject in question true obviously, which some people's logic seems to default to in this case.
For Honor said:
If it's no too personal.....
could you tell me what that means to you? I suppose I am most curious about how you interpret those words.
LivLuvAndBootlegMusic said:
I think the problem with this logic, or "login" in general, is that it's an entirely human process. Regardless of whether or not God does exist, if He did, do you really think that humans would have the smarts to prove it based on merely human thought processes? I hope not!
AussieU2fanman said:
Is 'login' a typo? You wrote it perfectly 2 words before, and 'n' is nowhere near 'c' to be typo-worthy.
But yeh that's why I said in the next post it comes to blind faith, usually ignited by tempoary sources of inspiration (ur African experiences etc. etc.) which you interperate as some divine enlightening from 'GOD'. I can understand the types of feelings you're trying to convey with these situations, I've experienced these types of feelings before, but I isolate them to simple (well, extremely complex) neuromatics.
tommyvill said:I wish to share a thought: when I've been to Africa lately I found out how just in our cities and with our technologies we can say that God doesn't exist or anything...if you go out, if you reallly go out in the wildest Nature, you can feel a strenght in Nature, something bigger than you that you cannot explain...
nbcrusader said:"Blind Faith" can essentially mean two different things:
For a believer, the meaning is captured by Hebrews 11:1 "Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see." Faith, by definition, is "blind".
The word can also be used as a slur to dismiss the faith of the believer.
Irvine511 said:how is it rebellious to be a christian?
it's easily the world's most successful religion, and richest, and with the enticing promise of eternal life, it seems like an offer one can't refuse, and in the west, particularly in the US, Christians are the most protected, powerful, politically and culturally influential group of believers ever in the history of the world.
nbcrusader said:Jesus' teaching was radical at its time as it is today. The simple act of speaking to a Samaritan women blew away all the social norms of the day.
Today, the whole concept of of Grace goes against all of our worldly teachings (we want to earn it!!). A God centered life is not sold to us by the world.