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Originally Posted by dannym
I never ceases to amaze me the extent some people will go to deny the existence of God. Like if they did they would be struck by a lightning bolt or something.
The point is Jesus didn't come from some high ranking family, He came from people who are just like our society today.
You don't have to be morally right to accept God in your life. In fact having high morals can be a stumbling block because people tend to thing that their good deeds alone can reconcile them to God.
God knows what you have done, he knows what's in your heart. He knows everything. God does not want to be your moral redeamer, he just wants you!
God tells us that he will take our sin(our past, things we have done, maybe ashamed of) and throw them into the depths of the sea, never to be seen again. Jesus lived the life we should have lived and died the death we deserve. If that's not a gift I don't know what is.
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Wasn't Saul blinded till he "reformed"?
Neither did Charles Manson. What's your point? that if you are low caste, what you say is right automatically?
You just have to swear allegiance to that deity is all. That is what govt is for today. For the unbelievers. That gives them something to swear allegiance to and have that govt now fix all their ills. See? Something for everyone.
Have him meet me at a public place at a time of my choosing and let him tell us instead of all kinds of insidious signs which could be interpreted any way you want. Good thing happen to you? Blessing. Bad thing happen? Part of a plan you cannot understand.
Define "gift", please. I think you are confusing it with "trade" or "barter". As I asked, can I have a helping of that gift if I don't swear allegiance or whatever it is you call it? If that is truly free, let me know. Otherwise, it is not a gift, as you put it.