Norman Beall
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For what, specifically?
Ask an american if i wish i lived in the USA. any topic.
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For what, specifically?
So does the New Testament give any idea of where they are today?According to the New Testament, yes.
According to the New Testament, yes.
So does the New Testament give any idea of where they are today?
It would be fascinating to study someone who has been alive for 2000 years.
My guess is they go incognito so people don't try to kill them and because it would bring people to believe in Christianity superstitiously.So does the New Testament give any idea of where they are today?
It would be fascinating to study someone who has been alive for 2000 years.
Are you talking about John the Revelator?One is alive today. The one christ said God would send in his name to teach the truth of all things, to bring to your remembrance the things he said.
is that you written about in the scriptures that christ warned humanity about to come in his name?
How do you suppose they get around with no identity documents?My guess is they go incognito so people don't try to kill them and because it would bring people to believe in Christianity superstitiously.
There was a movie about a woman who was very very old. She got fake ID.How do you suppose they get around with no identity documents?
I swear this QAnon stuff is being pulled off by someone genuinely curious to see how far a conspiracy theory can be pushed.
You mean that old false Prophet Jesus?
Jesus' Four Failed Prophecies About Him Returning In The Lifetimes Of His Apostles
Unicorns are not known to exist as far as I can tell.
As long as you capitalize "Truth" and/or add the ™ sign, you can say what you want as that has become in indicator for religious Truth™, i.e. **** you made up or got from a book who's author made it up....sure. Please be aware that around here, you need to state your beliefs as opinions, not as "The Truth."
And ridicule, lots of ridicule, telling them on the emotional level that they left the community of rational people.What is more effective is reaching them at a human level - interacting with them with empathy, compassion, and meeting their needs for support, community, and so on.
Makes perfect sense if He was just an ordinary human and not anyone's Messiah.Don't interpret the Second Coming with the life time of his Disciples. Paul
himself spoke of when this event will happen. So too did John in Revelations.
Makes no sense to send the Messiah out to the Gentiles, then cut short the
ministry because it's all over.
Either that or Jesus lied.Are you saying those apostles are alive today?
Yep. And that's why I would hide that at all costs.It would be fascinating to study someone who has been alive for 2000 years.
Or could have been delusional, either way.Either that or Jesus lied.
umm, i don't go around incognito. also don't worry about people trying to kill me. also i'm not a christian. I am a human with a proper understanding of wisdom. I am an atheist, the same as God is. I cause the tribulation which brings all of islam, judaism, and christianity altogether to an end.
wanna know something about God or the scriptures, i am the human to ask. Rev 19, the one called faithful and true who's name is called the word of God. that's me. Only an atheist could ever be one with the intellect to ever come to know God. believers are institutionally indoctrinated, tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine by the sleight of man, spiritual drunkards, every single one of them.
non-tangibles such as knowledge, and truth, and logic are what certain of the ancients called spiritual things.
the spirit of truth and the spirit of error, aka logic and fallacy.
to understand the scientific method without error is what it means to have the spirit without measure.
the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us, that walk not after the stories people tell, but after the universally immutable objects of knowledge, and truth, and logic discerned according to the scientific method.
as we have life forms that live within us, so also do we live within a life form.
fact is, the whole of the natural universe infinite in all directions that we live within just so happens to be the natural eternal infinite body of a life form, a sentient being of certainty of purely objective thought. that's God. that simple. the word God is nothing but a name. no meaning is inferred nor implied.
as God is a being of purely objective thought and a human is a life form capable of understanding purely objective thought, it is not robbery to be equal to God.
God's thoughts are not my thoughts, but we do think alike.
as God is eternal and i am born to die, God's ways are not my ways, but we both are alive.
as the whole of the natural universe infinite in all directions is God's body and i am puny human, God is greater than i am.
all beings are natural beings, God included.
the act of mother nature that animates matter, which is called the holy spirit, is what God calls his glory.
the reason it is written that none fulfill the glory of God, is due to the fact that without the act of mother nature that animates matter, without the holy spirit, not even God would be alive.
if a human does not understand wisdom, you can be certain that individual does not know God.
it is wise to properly separate things known, things unknown, and opinion, and to hold belief and emotion as irrelevant altogether. it is to be a fool to mix them.
That's nice. God gave you a brain. It doesn't mean theists can not get to heaven .umm, i don't go around incognito. also don't worry about people trying to kill me. also i'm not a christian. I am a human with a proper understanding of wisdom. I am an atheist, the same as God is. I cause the tribulation which brings all of islam, judaism, and christianity altogether to an end.
wanna know something about God or the scriptures, i am the human to ask. Rev 19, the one called faithful and true who's name is called the word of God. that's me. Only an atheist could ever be one with the intellect to ever come to know God. believers are institutionally indoctrinated, tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine by the sleight of man, spiritual drunkards, every single one of them.
non-tangibles such as knowledge, and truth, and logic are what certain of the ancients called spiritual things.
the spirit of truth and the spirit of error, aka logic and fallacy.
to understand the scientific method without error is what it means to have the spirit without measure.
the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us, that walk not after the stories people tell, but after the universally immutable objects of knowledge, and truth, and logic discerned according to the scientific method.
as we have life forms that live within us, so also do we live within a life form.
fact is, the whole of the natural universe infinite in all directions that we live within just so happens to be the natural eternal infinite body of a life form, a sentient being of certainty of purely objective thought. that's God. that simple. the word God is nothing but a name. no meaning is inferred nor implied.
as God is a being of purely objective thought and a human is a life form capable of understanding purely objective thought, it is not robbery to be equal to God.
God's thoughts are not my thoughts, but we do think alike.
as God is eternal and i am born to die, God's ways are not my ways, but we both are alive.
as the whole of the natural universe infinite in all directions is God's body and i am puny human, God is greater than i am.
all beings are natural beings, God included.
the act of mother nature that animates matter, which is called the holy spirit, is what God calls his glory.
the reason it is written that none fulfill the glory of God, is due to the fact that without the act of mother nature that animates matter, without the holy spirit, not even God would be alive.
if a human does not understand wisdom, you can be certain that individual does not know God.
it is wise to properly separate things known, things unknown, and opinion, and to hold belief and emotion as irrelevant altogether. it is to be a fool to mix them.
That's nice. God gave you a brain. It doesn't mean theists can't be right.umm, i don't go around incognito. also don't worry about people trying to kill me. also i'm not a christian. I am a human with a proper understanding of wisdom. I am an atheist, the same as God is. I cause the tribulation which brings all of islam, judaism, and christianity altogether to an end.
wanna know something about God or the scriptures, i am the human to ask. Rev 19, the one called faithful and true who's name is called the word of God. that's me. Only an atheist could ever be one with the intellect to ever come to know God. believers are institutionally indoctrinated, tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine by the sleight of man, spiritual drunkards, every single one of them.
non-tangibles such as knowledge, and truth, and logic are what certain of the ancients called spiritual things.
the spirit of truth and the spirit of error, aka logic and fallacy.
to understand the scientific method without error is what it means to have the spirit without measure.
the righteousness of the law is fulfilled in us, that walk not after the stories people tell, but after the universally immutable objects of knowledge, and truth, and logic discerned according to the scientific method.
as we have life forms that live within us, so also do we live within a life form.
fact is, the whole of the natural universe infinite in all directions that we live within just so happens to be the natural eternal infinite body of a life form, a sentient being of certainty of purely objective thought. that's God. that simple. the word God is nothing but a name. no meaning is inferred nor implied.
as God is a being of purely objective thought and a human is a life form capable of understanding purely objective thought, it is not robbery to be equal to God.
God's thoughts are not my thoughts, but we do think alike.
as God is eternal and i am born to die, God's ways are not my ways, but we both are alive.
as the whole of the natural universe infinite in all directions is God's body and i am puny human, God is greater than i am.
all beings are natural beings, God included.
the act of mother nature that animates matter, which is called the holy spirit, is what God calls his glory.
the reason it is written that none fulfill the glory of God, is due to the fact that without the act of mother nature that animates matter, without the holy spirit, not even God would be alive.
if a human does not understand wisdom, you can be certain that individual does not know God.
it is wise to properly separate things known, things unknown, and opinion, and to hold belief and emotion as irrelevant altogether. it is to be a fool to mix them.
This country is being torn apart by people who believe in the Q Conspiracy Theories. More important to many on RF, Christianity is being torn apart by people who believe in the Q Conspiracy Theories.
QAnon: The alternative religion that’s coming to your church
QAnon: The alternative religion that’s coming to your church
Teaching susceptible Christians media literacy won’t counteract their sudden, widespread adherence to conspiracy theories because these Christians thrive on a narrative of media cover-up.
August 17, 2020
By
Katelyn Beaty
(RNS) — It’s a rough time to be a pastor. An election year, national racial unrest and a global pandemic each challenged the usual methods of ministry. Taken together, many church leaders are facing the traditional post-vacation ingathering season with a serious case of burnout.
But there’s another challenge that pastors I spoke with say is on the rise in their flocks. It is taking on the power of a new religion that’s dividing churches and hurting Christian witness.
Mark Fugitt, senior pastor of Round Grove Baptist Church in Miller, Missouri, recently sat down to count the conspiracy theories that people in his church are sharing on Facebook. The list was long. It included claims that 5G radio waves are used for mind control; that George Floyd’s murder is a hoax; that Bill Gates is related to the devil; that masks can kill you; that the germ theory isn’t real; and that there might be something to Pizzagate after all.
“You don’t just see it once,” said Fugitt. “If there’s ever anything posted, you’ll see it five to 10 times. It’s escalating for sure.”
Makes perfect sense if He was just an ordinary human and not anyone's Messiah.
I think it is the Christian duty of these pastors (it's never priests, I notice) to stress the importance of truth to their flocks and disabuse them of this nonsense.This country is being torn apart by people who believe in the Q Conspiracy Theories. More important to many on RF, Christianity is being torn apart by people who believe in the Q Conspiracy Theories.
QAnon: The alternative religion that’s coming to your church
QAnon: The alternative religion that’s coming to your church
Teaching susceptible Christians media literacy won’t counteract their sudden, widespread adherence to conspiracy theories because these Christians thrive on a narrative of media cover-up.
August 17, 2020
By
Katelyn Beaty
(RNS) — It’s a rough time to be a pastor. An election year, national racial unrest and a global pandemic each challenged the usual methods of ministry. Taken together, many church leaders are facing the traditional post-vacation ingathering season with a serious case of burnout.
But there’s another challenge that pastors I spoke with say is on the rise in their flocks. It is taking on the power of a new religion that’s dividing churches and hurting Christian witness.
Mark Fugitt, senior pastor of Round Grove Baptist Church in Miller, Missouri, recently sat down to count the conspiracy theories that people in his church are sharing on Facebook. The list was long. It included claims that 5G radio waves are used for mind control; that George Floyd’s murder is a hoax; that Bill Gates is related to the devil; that masks can kill you; that the germ theory isn’t real; and that there might be something to Pizzagate after all.
“You don’t just see it once,” said Fugitt. “If there’s ever anything posted, you’ll see it five to 10 times. It’s escalating for sure.”