by hibiscusfire 260 Replies latest members adult
Hi purza,
You may say you don't need God in your life now but one day you may have to cry for help from Him when no one esle could help you. Jesus gives the miracles in our lives.
There are things men just can't do. Man always let you down but not Jesus.
God works in mysterious ways.
God works in mysterious ways.
Don't you love this saying? That's always the explanation given when there's no other reason for something happened. It couldn't just be by chance, it's "God works in mysterious ways."
When I get to know God, if there is one and if I am so inclined, it'll be because I want to and not because someone is cramming him/her down my throat.
Dear Chia,
We always think that one is"cramming" things down our throats when we don't have the experiences. It's easy to do that.
Yet when the difficult times come we attempt to find solutions, any solution - sometimes ending up in the wrong direction and getting into more trouble.
Jesus provide us with peace and our burdens are easier to bear.
John 1:1 is very important because it not only identifies Christ as God, but the verses that follow attribute the creation to Him:
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made" (John 1:1-3).
Flinch and cringe, as was mentioned in another thread.
That's always the explanation given when there's no other reason for something happened.
chia, ya, it's called God of the Gaps.
Thank you tetra, for that link. It'll help me in my research. I'm still trying to figure it all out, and links like what you sent me are very helpful.
If you have any others, please, pass them on.
I have taken time to heal from the jw ravages ... I actually started down that path six years before I left the borg via disfellowshipping.
And believe in my Self!
Love and light
ESTEE
Many people have the wrong idea of who Christ is and why He came to earth. This keeps them from really knowing, not only Jesus Christ, but the Father as well. While He was on earth, Jesus answered some of them:"Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also" (John 8:19).
You are not listening to what I am saying. I don't believe in the Father. I don't believe Jesus was the son of God. I don't believe he came down to earth. I don't believe in the virgin birth. Jesus lived and died 2000 years ago and because of some wise things he said, a movement started after his death and brought us Christianity.
I am all for Christians practicing their beliefs, but I choose not to participate. I think it is a whole lot of mumbo jumbo superstition and until Jesus or God or whoever is supposed to be up there actually talks to me from the heavens, or shows me some compelling evidence that there is a deity, I won't waste my precious time with it any longer.
If there is a Jesus in heavens, well he knows where to find me. If he really died for my sins, he probably understands all that I've been through in my life and why I don't believe in him. I'm sure he will forgive me. His ministry was all about forgiveness.
Tammy
Nicely put Tammy - I agree with you!
The only thing I find mysterious about God is why so many people worship him when he's he is a vicious murdering self centred egotist! nuff said
Good points both, Tammy and Crumpet.
I also have always been bothered by the Bible's rendering of how women were treated, with God's permission. Now God doesn't change, right? So I'm supposed to believe he cares for me now? He didn't think of women too much back then. It bothers me too much.
