Are you not?
Are you not?
Am I not "good"? What does "good" mean to you?
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Are you not?
Are you not?
Am I not "good"? What does "good" mean to you?
You still haven't offered any evidence of that claim. The most you offered was something frequently found in pretty much any group, that is other group members ostracizing someone who isn't a part of that group anymore.I never said that rich people do not have good friends. I said that rich people do not understand a poor man with many good friends.
What would it mean to you, that's the question. For that matter what does "rich" and "poor" mean to you?
You still haven't offered any evidence of that claim. The most you offered was something frequently found in pretty much any group, that is other group members ostracizing someone who isn't a part of that group anymore.
I do listen, and listen to many things often. But "invisible knowledge" that only certain chosen ones can have, that isn't evidence, it's trying to give yourself a barrier that will pad your position against evidence to the contrary. If it's "invisible," it doesn't count as evidence because other's can't verify it independently (especially if only those of your group can know of this knowledge). Otherwise, I the invisible poop to prove the existence of the invisible pink unicorn, but you have to believe in her to smell it.The evidence you are seeking from me is invisible knowledge that only a servant of God has in his possession. If you're chosen to listen to the voice of God, then you would stop arguing and listen.
I wasn't talking about being good. Reread my original comment. The "rich" and "poor" that I used in my comment is about worldly wealth, not knowledge about how we're created which is the wealth I have witnessed to the past 9 years. Even though I am worldly poor, I have many good friends who have witnessed this wealth of knowledge from God this past several years.
I do listen, and listen to many things often. But "invisible knowledge" that only certain chosen ones can have, that isn't evidence, it's trying to give yourself a barrier that will pad your position against evidence to the contrary. If it's "invisible," it doesn't count as evidence because other's can't verify it independently (especially if only those of your group can know of this knowledge). Otherwise, I the invisible poop to prove the existence of the invisible pink unicorn, but you have to believe in her to smell it.
I admit belief very sparingly. I have no faith, in anything, as the word is typically understood. Rather, I seek knowledge, facts, and concrete evidence to know about things. If I don't know, in nearly almost all situations I will admit ignorance before stating a belief, and when I do state a belief I am very clear it is nothing more than a belief.Belief is all anyone has unless you were chosen to experience faith which is not the same as belief.
I admit belief very sparingly. I have no faith, in anything, as the word is typically understood. Rather, I seek knowledge, facts, and concrete evidence to know about things. If I don't know, in nearly almost all situations I will admit ignorance before stating a belief, and when I do state a belief I am very clear it is nothing more than a belief.
Considering the condition of the world today, by any metric I’m a lucky girl. I don’ have everything I want but I have everything I need and few extras, which is a lot more than many people in this world can say.
However there are some things missing. I adapt the best I can but there is one that really frustrates me: lack of time. I leave home at 8:30 in the morning and come back around 6:30 pm every day, five days a week. My 2 days off are never enough to do everything I want and if I happen to go somewhere for the weekend it’s hard to catch up. Money I can save, material things I can organize but it really annoys me not to have more time to do the things I love. Simple stuff like spending more time with my friends, play more sports, being able to spend the entire day at the beach without feeling guilty…
What about you, what’s missing from your life? (please don’t say money, that one is a given for most of us)
Considering the condition of the world today, by any metric I’m a lucky girl. I don’ have everything I want but I have everything I need and few extras, which is a lot more than many people in this world can say.
However there are some things missing. I adapt the best I can but there is one that really frustrates me: lack of time. I leave home at 8:30 in the morning and come back around 6:30 pm every day, five days a week. My 2 days off are never enough to do everything I want and if I happen to go somewhere for the weekend it’s hard to catch up. Money I can save, material things I can organize but it really annoys me not to have more time to do the things I love. Simple stuff like spending more time with my friends, play more sports, being able to spend the entire day at the beach without feeling guilty…
What about you, what’s missing from your life? (please don’t say money, that one is a given for most of us)
Another issue I have with god, and something that demonstrates just how made up by humans he is, is that his book uses the gendered noun of about half the population to refer to the entirety of our species. We, without relying on god or the Bible, realized that's just a silly thing to do because women aren't men and men aren't women, but we are all human beings, but according to god's book it's ok to refer to us all as men. Really, it's nothing more than the "lesser position" that women have long been subjected to, a position that the Bible reaffirms with passages like "a wife is to be submissive to his husband," "a woman shall not usurp authority from a man," and how "unclean" a woman is while she's on her period. So because it views women as "less than," it defaults to calling us all men. It's a long standing cultural norm, sure, but shouldn't god be above such things?Good for you. I have faith and it isn't anything like belief. The faith that I obtained the very first time I heard the voice of God led me to understanding what Man and God are.
Another issue I have with god, and something that demonstrates just how made up by humans he is, is that his book uses the gendered noun of about half the population to refer to the entirety of our species. We, without relying on god or the Bible, realized that's just a silly thing to do because women aren't men and men aren't women, but we are all human beings, but according to god's book it's ok to refer to us all as men. Really, it's nothing more than the "lesser position" that women have long been subjected to, a position that the Bible reaffirms with passages like "a wife is to be submissive to his husband," "a woman shall not usurp authority from a man," and how "unclean" a woman is while she's on her period. So because it views women as "less than," it defaults to calling us all men. It's a long standing cultural norm, sure, but shouldn't god be above such things?
Except humans do not equal man, and man does not equal the entirety of humanity.Man was created male and female.
Adultery and sex are not equal or interchangeable either. Biblically, sex within marriage is not adultery. Fornication outside of marriage, however, is considered adultery and is a sin.Every single body on earth that had sexual intercourse with another body has committed adultery
Considering the condition of the world today, by any metric I’m a lucky girl. I don’ have everything I want but I have everything I need and few extras, which is a lot more than many people in this world can say.
However there are some things missing. I adapt the best I can but there is one that really frustrates me: lack of time. I leave home at 8:30 in the morning and come back around 6:30 pm every day, five days a week. My 2 days off are never enough to do everything I want and if I happen to go somewhere for the weekend it’s hard to catch up. Money I can save, material things I can organize but it really annoys me not to have more time to do the things I love. Simple stuff like spending more time with my friends, play more sports, being able to spend the entire day at the beach without feeling guilty…
What about you, what’s missing from your life? (please don’t say money, that one is a given for most of us)
Except humans do not equal man, and man does not equal the entirety of humanity.
Adultery and sex are not equal or interchangeable either. Biblically, sex within marriage is not adultery. Fornication outside of marriage, however, is considered adultery and is a sin.
No one does. And, as I said, I don't go for this "man = all of us." But, really, we can expect nothing more from a book that demands women not usurp authority from a man and that she is unclean while she is on her period, and pretty much anything she touches while on her period becomes as unclean as she is, same for her husband if he has sex for her then, and also there is the bit that a woman is doubly unclean for a period of time if she gives birth to a girl rather than a boy.You don't have any knowledge to understand how MAN and GOD are created.
No one does. And, as I said, I don't go for this "man = all of us." But, really, we can expect nothing more from a book that demands women not usurp authority from a man and that she is unclean while she is on her period, and pretty much anything she touches while on her period becomes as unclean as she is, same for her husband if he has sex for her then, and also there is the bit that a woman is doubly unclean for a period of time if she gives birth to a girl rather than a boy.
Honest people do not understand and do not pretend to know. Liars masquerade as having knowledge where truthfully they or no one has any. Having what an ancient books states is exactly just that. What an ancient book says about it.I do understand how we're created. Liars do not understand.