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Post by nicole1433 on Mar 28, 2005 17:58:55 GMT -5
when someone asks you why are you a Christian and why you believe in God what do you say? Sadly my only answer is cuz thats the way I was brought up...and cuz I believe in the Bible but a lot of people can say better.
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Post by Soulfire79 on Mar 28, 2005 21:10:23 GMT -5
when someone asks you why are you a Christian and why you believe in God what do you say? Sadly my only answer is cuz thats the way I was brought up...and cuz I believe in the Bible but a lot of people can say better. You could give them your testimony. You can also say how you've seen God work in your life and the lives of others. And you can say why you believe the Bible. |
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Post by Lady on Apr 2, 2005 21:21:02 GMT -5
tell people to think of it this way......
when i die, if i believe in God when i was alive, and there really is a God, then i will spend eternity in HEAVEN
If there is no God, and no Heaven(which there is a God and a heaven) then nothing bad will happen. atleast this way if there is a God then i won't go to hell
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Post by Shodan on Apr 3, 2005 8:34:58 GMT -5
tell people to think of it this way...... when i die, if i believe in God when i was alive, and there really is a God, then i will spend eternity in HEAVEN If there is no God, and no Heaven(which there is a God and a heaven) then nothing bad will happen. atleast this way if there is a God then i won't go to hell With all due respect, this is not a very good line of thinking. it is not just a matter of God exists vs God doesn't exist, because some other god may exist and decide to send you to his version of hell for worshipping another god. think of it this way: if God doesn't exist but you cover your bases and believe in him anway, then nothing bad will happen. But what if Zeus or Vishnu or Allah exists instead of God? |
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Post by Skylarking on Apr 3, 2005 14:00:44 GMT -5
tell people to think of it this way...... when i die, if i believe in God when i was alive, and there really is a God, then i will spend eternity in HEAVEN If there is no God, and no Heaven(which there is a God and a heaven) then nothing bad will happen. atleast this way if there is a God then i won't go to hell See, now you're thinking of Pascal's Wager. What kind of faith is that? |
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Post by Lady on Apr 3, 2005 15:26:47 GMT -5
With all due respect, this is not a very good line of thinking. it is not just a matter of God exists vs God doesn't exist, because some other god may exist and decide to send you to his version of hell for worshipping another god. think of it this way: if God doesn't exist but you cover your bases and believe in him anway, then nothing bad will happen. But what if Zeus or Vishnu or Allah exists instead of God? good point. i really didn't type it down the rigth way (the way i meant it) but i do not believe that Zues or Allah or whoever Vishnu exists |
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Post by Shodan on Apr 3, 2005 18:35:43 GMT -5
that does not negate the fact that pascall's wager is a crappy way of reasoning. you do not have to believe that Allah, Zeus or Vishnu exist for them to.
given that the entire point of the wager is that it boils everything down to two possible outcomes, one of which outwieghs the other, in showing that other outcomes are possible in which one choice does not outweigh the other, i have shown that the wager fails.
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