Re: Aren't we brave now?
Is it entirely impossible that God couldn't make another woman?
[Quoet]2: If God created man from his own image and man is not perfect, wouldn't this make god inperfect?[/Quote]
The "image" really means that man is a personal, rational, and moral being. Even though God is infinite and we are finite, we possess some of his elements of personality. Also, this means that we are able to understand certain aspects of him.
If something created God, then he wouldn't be God. It basically comes down to this(as far as Creation is concerned): There must be something eternal, whether it be Hydrogen or God. My question to you is this? Which sounds more believable: Hydrogen and chemical reactions blindly making the World, or God, an intelligent being, making the universe with some kind of design?
God simply knows what we will do. As Geisler said," Knowing what men will do with their freedom is not the same as ordaining what they must do against their free choice."
Wouldn't Noah and his folks show the ancestral link from him to Adam?
These all must be taken in context.(One good rule is to look at the verses around the supposed contradiction and see the context) Your first example in Exodus 32:27 is a demonstration that there is a consequence to going against God. Same thing goes for 1 Samuel 6:19 and 15:2(read the entire 2nd verse)
I don't know if this could be qualified as "w/o my lying guidebook" but anyways.
First of all not all of the religions out there are 100% fallacious. I really believe that if people followed the teachings of buddha and such that the world would be a better place. However their road of salvation is flawed.(I'll cover that in a second)
As sinners, which we all are, we are in need of redemption. The only thing that could cover our sins, so as to give us a way out of Hell, was a perfect sacrifice. A sacrificial lamb was necessary. Hence Jesus.
Now most other religions believe that one can somehow work one's way to Heaven through good morals and deeds and rituals. It is believed that somehow we can work our way up to God. But if God is infinite, and we are finite, then how can we build up to infinity? Therefore, the only way we can enter the presence of God is by him reaching down to us, not the other way around. This is where Jesus plays in: Jesus is the link that bridged the unbridgeable gap between God and man.
My lie book (sorry, but I gotta whip it out) sums it up quite nicely. Heb. 2:2-3; "For if the word spoken through the angels is proved to be steadfast, and each transgression and disobedience given a just reward, how then shall we escape if we reject so great a salvation, which was first spoken by our Lord and then confirmed to us by those who heard him."
Originally posted by Godless
So here are my rebutals against Christianity;
1: If there was Addam and Eve, and then had two sons Cain & Able, Cain kills Able, Cain gets in trouble, (BTW, Why would an all knowing omnipotent god ask Cain were his brother was?. wouldn't he know that Cain has killed him?) gets thrown out of Eden yet finds a wife?. By my understanding there's only 3 people left in the world after Cain killed Abble right?.
Is it entirely impossible that God couldn't make another woman?
[Quoet]2: If God created man from his own image and man is not perfect, wouldn't this make god inperfect?[/Quote]
The "image" really means that man is a personal, rational, and moral being. Even though God is infinite and we are finite, we possess some of his elements of personality. Also, this means that we are able to understand certain aspects of him.
3: If God is the Alpha & Omega, what created it?
If something created God, then he wouldn't be God. It basically comes down to this(as far as Creation is concerned): There must be something eternal, whether it be Hydrogen or God. My question to you is this? Which sounds more believable: Hydrogen and chemical reactions blindly making the World, or God, an intelligent being, making the universe with some kind of design?
4: If man has "free will" and man does. This is contradiction of God's omnipotence.
God simply knows what we will do. As Geisler said," Knowing what men will do with their freedom is not the same as ordaining what they must do against their free choice."
If Noah and friends were the only ones left after the flood, then people all over the world would not share genetic markers showing an african origin. Then the story of Noah is either false or an allegory, in which case Christianity is false. Discuss.
Wouldn't Noah and his folks show the ancestral link from him to Adam?
Should we kill?
Exodus 20:13 "Thou shalt not kill."
Leviticus 24:17 "And he that killeth any man shall surely be put to death."
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Exodus 32:27 "Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, . . . and slay every man his brother, . . . companion, . . . neighbor."
I Samuel 6:19 " . . . and the people lamented because the Lord had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter."
I Samuel 15:2,3,7,8 "Thus saith the Lord . . . Now go and smite Amalek, and utterly destroy all that they have, and spare them not; but slay both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass. . . . And Saul smote the Amalekites . . . and utterly destroyed all the people with the edge of the sword."
Numbers 15:36 "And all the congregation brought him without the camp, and stoned him with stones, and he died; as the Lord commanded Moses."
Hosea 13:16 "they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with children shall be ripped up
These all must be taken in context.(One good rule is to look at the verses around the supposed contradiction and see the context) Your first example in Exodus 32:27 is a demonstration that there is a consequence to going against God. Same thing goes for 1 Samuel 6:19 and 15:2(read the entire 2nd verse)
Without using your (guide) book of lies, tell us why is Christianity right, and all the other thounsand religious believes wrong?.
I don't know if this could be qualified as "w/o my lying guidebook" but anyways.
First of all not all of the religions out there are 100% fallacious. I really believe that if people followed the teachings of buddha and such that the world would be a better place. However their road of salvation is flawed.(I'll cover that in a second)
As sinners, which we all are, we are in need of redemption. The only thing that could cover our sins, so as to give us a way out of Hell, was a perfect sacrifice. A sacrificial lamb was necessary. Hence Jesus.
Now most other religions believe that one can somehow work one's way to Heaven through good morals and deeds and rituals. It is believed that somehow we can work our way up to God. But if God is infinite, and we are finite, then how can we build up to infinity? Therefore, the only way we can enter the presence of God is by him reaching down to us, not the other way around. This is where Jesus plays in: Jesus is the link that bridged the unbridgeable gap between God and man.
My lie book (sorry, but I gotta whip it out) sums it up quite nicely. Heb. 2:2-3; "For if the word spoken through the angels is proved to be steadfast, and each transgression and disobedience given a just reward, how then shall we escape if we reject so great a salvation, which was first spoken by our Lord and then confirmed to us by those who heard him."
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