"Without question" means yes, I have "missed the mark."
Your reply of:
"really? Never sinned? Wow. So you should feel comfortable in the knowleldge that if you died right now you are guranteed to go to heaven to be with God right?" tells me that your answers are so pre-conceived that you are incapable of comprehending words.
"I believe that if God lays out a requirement for specific actions, these being regular prayer, fasting, returning a specific portion of personal gain back to His work, and belief in One and only One true God, it is irreverent to Him to pick and choose which of these will be followed. These are my beliefs only and not a shoe to be tried on to see if it fits anyone else."
I specifically stated this as my own personal belief.
Your reply:
Again, who was picking and choosing? That is again the second time you are implying something that is untrue. You are making a veiled accusation. We don't pick and choose. We do them!
So, since I only stated a personal belief, and referred to nobody, you may answer your own question.
The beliefs that I wanted to state are stated. You are now free to continue to focus on spending your time spreading hate, bigotry, and criticism of other cultures and religions while your country and community crumbles around you. Best of luck. Believe it or not, I'm sad for you.
WII
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Originally Posted by Praxeas
Rather than being an arbitrary decision, it becomes rather a part of who we are. Not because we are afraid we will go to hell if not, but because He loves us and we love Him. That is HIS work in us to change us. If a person chooses NOT to do such things then they ae not truely loving Him. Do you feed your kids because you love them or because you are afraid God will punish you?
Again, who was picking and choosing? That is again the second time you are implying something that is untrue. You are making a veiled accusation. We don't pick and choose. We do them!
I will bring them up because I believe it is a false religion. What is irrelevant is you "sharing" you views on Islam. What you do as a Muslim has no affect on me personally. Be my guest and practice. So what is irrelevant is you telling me what you do when I did not ask. Nothing personal. So are you trying to say that if you tithe because you feel you have to under coersion, threat of damnation, is a better option than me doing it because I WANT to do it? Paul said God loves a cheerful giver. I would rather do it cheerfully because that is what my heart is about, than doing it because I am afraid to not do it is go ........ me to hell for being disobedient. No matter what, I am being obedient.
Really? but you just said earlier that you KNEW who and what. Your post was an assertion that we (I) think believing in prayer and even one God was bad....that shows me you don't know who and what you are dealing with.
Who was I quoting? You seem to not be able to make a distinction between me making a sweeping generalization of all Muslims and me quoting muslims...So again did I say "Muslims are wife beaters"? Yes please give me the post number
No you made several assertions about us (and me) about prayer and One God being bad and some others. I pointed them out already
really? Never sinned? Wow. So you should feel comfortable in the knowleldge that if you died right now you are guranteed to go to heaven to be with God right?
Right, see prayer for us is less mechanical. We approach God as though He were our loving Father and sometimes a friend. We worship him and praise Him but we also talk heart to heart with Him.
Again, no. You made blanket statements or assertions about us and myself, Christians or members of this board. I ask you please to revisit your original post that I responded to from yesterday
The bible says that ALL have sinned and come short of the glory of God.
Self Righteousness is a sin too. Sin cuts man off from the life of God. That is why on your own, your own works, you can not redeem yourself to God. You need a savior, Jesus Christ. When you truely accept Him and give you life to God you will experience a spiritual transformation and religion will become more than a set of rules to obey out of fearfulness. You will become a child of God
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