excreationist
Married mouth-breather
In my post I was assuming that the Bible God existed and that his plan is for the saved to be happy forever in Heaven....We don't know better than God. We are sure that God, especially the Bible god simply doesn't exist, other than in the minds of believers.If you think you know better than God and want to be your normal sinful self then I guess it's off to hell for you.... (if hell does exist I don't think many people would be going there)If you have be lobotomized so that you're like a dream character instead of your "regular self", that's awful.
Well strong Christians usually see him as being perfectly loving and moral though.And, if there was a god, she certainly wouldn't be as mean, spiteful and egotistical as the Bible god.
I see the Bible as being a test of the reader's character - like how strong Christians who read it would usually believe that God is perfectly loving and moral though I think most of the Bible isn't historical...Doesn't it bother you to believe that your concept of god includes revenge for not being worshipped and adored.
God and the Bible - Life's Player
Is the Bible 100% true and moral? Does the supernatural exist?
www.lifesplayer.com
Sorry I was confusing.... in my post I was basing my response on the assumption that the regular Bible God talked about in this thread existed..... maybe I should have put a winking smilie...That sounds more like a Trump character than a god! I'm not judging you for your beliefs. I just don't understand how you can hold such beliefs without suffering from severe cognitive dissonance.
This is a basic concept in Christianity. People are apparently born sinful and can't helping sinning. When they're saved they can be born again as a new person.What is a "normal sinful self" btw.
The Bible says no one is righteous and we deserve to go to hell. We are only saved because of a free gift from God - not because we deserve it....I know there are some nasty people in the world, but most people seem to be pretty decent to me. Why so much emphasis on the negative aspects of humans, when so many have lived good lives, helping others and doing their best not to do harm.
If you want to learn the basics of Christianity (the sinful self, new self, deserving to go to hell, etc) see this cartoon:
Note I don't consider myself to be a Christian (partly because I don't believe in the resurrection of Jesus)
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