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Originally posted by @js357Upon a second reading of your post, I figured out that I jumped the gun and misunderstood you.
I am not making myself clear. By over-sharing on the Internet I mean that telling this or any internet forum about one’s private life is unwise, beyond certain limits.
I apologize for the misunderstanding.
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Originally posted by @sonshipDopamine. It explains everything, if you have enough faith.🙂
Could you identify what neurochemical reaction caused Jesus to be born in Bethlehem so much in apparent fulfillment to [b]Micah's prophecy in Micah 5:2?
How did Jesus manipulate neurochemical processes to pull that off, written sometime approximately between 700 - 710 BC ?
[quote] "But you, O Bethehem Ephrathah, So little to be among ...[text shortened]... hological and neurochemical process to be such a strong candidate for that prophecy pointing to?
02 May 18
Originally posted by @sonshipYou like to delve in everyone's personal life.
Upon a second reading of your post, I figured out that I jumped the gun and misunderstood you.
I apologize for the misunderstanding.
You are a drama queen looking for excitement in your boring existence
This is why you dont read what people write and try to understand
Instead you ask questions that are not appropriate for an online chat forum.
Go get a life.
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Originally posted by @js357Not a realistic answer at all.
Dopamine. It explains everything, if you have enough faith.🙂
And it is self contradictory as I could say dopamine explains your opinion as well and dopamine explains whoever came up with your Stochholm Syndrome.
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02 May 18
Originally posted by @sonshipIndeed, you can say that. What explains everything, explains nothing.
Not a realistic answer at all.
And it is self contradictory as I could say dopamine explains your opinion as well and dopamine explains whoever came up with your Stochholm Syndrome.
Do you have any more thoughts on what makes for healthy and unhealthy theologies, or relationships with God?
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Originally posted by @rajk999I can tell by the hatred you have for other people - how you consistently insult them and condemn them to hell - that you neither know God nor understand Him.
I have been doing this for over 40 years. Been through all those scenarios and maybe one day you will realize that the only truth is directly from the mouth of Jesus Christ as recorded in the NT, and this truth is the only route into the Kingdom of God. Right now you are an immature Christian wallowing deep in the mire of false doctrines and the crooked and ...[text shortened]... u continue in Gods goodness you have a good relationship with God, otherwise you are cut off[/b]
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Originally posted by @js357I think a healthy relationship with God (even if said God doesn't actually exist) is a relationship that improves a person's behavior in their everyday life and gives them a sense of purpose. An unhealthy relationship is one that makes them feel justified in persecuting others for not sharing their beliefs.
Indeed, you can say that. What explains everything, explains nothing.
Do you have any more thoughts on what makes for healthy and unhealthy theologies, or relationships with God?
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Originally posted by @rajk999More hate. Do you ever give the hate a rest? It seems to just constantly spew out of you and that you have a limitless supply.
You like to delve in everyone's personal life.
You are a drama queen looking for excitement in your boring existence
This is why you dont read what people write and try to understand
Instead you ask questions that are not appropriate for an online chat forum.
Go get a life.
Let go of your false chest-puffing doctrines and believe in Jesus Christ and in His Resurrection. Accept Him into your heart and all that hate will disappear. It may take a while to disappear because you have so much of it, but eventually it’ll all go away.
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Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeA healthy relationship is one in which they feel eager to help other people, to, as the Bible says, share one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ.
I think a healthy relationship with God (even if said God doesn't actually exist) is a relationship that improves a person's behavior in their everyday life and gives them a sense of purpose. An unhealthy relationship is one that makes them feel justified in persecuting others for not sharing their beliefs.
A healthy relationship is one in which they are eager to read God’s Word and pray.
02 May 18
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeIt's always intrigued me that only a tiny proportion of what gets talked about here on this forum is about behaviour and purpose and action and outcomes and the impacts on fellow human beings resulting from religion and philosophy and ideology (i.e. spirituality, whether it be theistic or atheistic), whereas I would have thought it ought to be 80%+ of what would be entailed by talking about the effect of god figures and "relationships" with them.
I think a healthy relationship with God (even if said God doesn't actually exist) is a relationship that improves a person's behavior in their everyday life and gives them a sense of purpose.
02 May 18
Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-dukeTalking about Rajk again I see. 😉
An unhealthy relationship is one that makes them feel justified in persecuting others for not sharing their beliefs.
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Communication is essential in any relationship and that’s why praying (talking to God) and reading the Bible (listening to God) are so important.
Keeping a journal is a good way to see God’s long-term influence in your life and keeping (writing) a collection of Bible verses that speak most strongly to you is also good. For God to be in your life, His Word should be in your head and heart.
The Bible is more than a book - literally (it’s actually 66 books written over thousands of years) and figuratively (unlike all other books, it has the ability to radically change lives for the better.)
03 May 18
Originally posted by @romans1009If thats the best you can muster then thats fine ... however some people just go do what Jesus said to do without making a big song and dance about it.
Communication is essential in any relationship and that’s why praying (talking to God) and reading the Bible (listening to God) are so important.
Keeping a journal is a good way to see God’s long-term influence in your life and keeping (writing) a collection of Bible verses that speak most strongly to you is also good. For God to be in your life, His ...[text shortened]... uratively (unlike all other books, it has the ability to radically change lives for the better.)
Originally posted by @rajk999It's fascinating how much text is hacked out here onto our screens about "faith" - thinking stuff, faith, believing stuff, faith, memorizing scripture, faith, textual analysis about doctrine, faith, praying, faith, singing songs, faith, talk the talk, faith, think the think, faith, and on and on and on - what's the big deal?
If thats the best you can muster then thats fine ... however some people just go do what Jesus said to do without making a big song and dance about it.
When I was a Christian, "faith" was the easy part, it was a given, it didn't need to be talked about ad nauseam. I believed - good - so now get on with it. Talking the talk about "faith" endlessly smacks of insecurity and ostentatious self-sanctification.
Walking the Christian walk for the people I was among ~ for whom the likes of sonship would have been anathema ~ was about Jesus' commandments, about action, about living a Christian life, about community, about solidarity, about compassion-in-action, about one's impact and influence on others in practical, tangible terms.
Jesus' sacrifice was in many ways a call to action, a call to be as good a person as one could be, and recognition and respect for that sacrifice ~ belief in it ~ manifested itself in what one DID as a result of it, not what one THOUGHT about it.
It was not about pontificating, not about holier-than-thou affectations, not fetishing over "faith" this and "faith" that, not poring over texts, nor was it about telling oneself it was all a done deal, or that personal effort was not needed ~ indeed, to be suspected; no, it was always about having a way to live, a guideline, for what to do, a call to action, a rationale for deeds, a comfort when struggling to do the right thing, and so on.
All this endless navel-gazing "holy" talk-the-talk: to me, it reeks of an unhealthy, selfish and impotent disposition towards a "God", any "God".
03 May 18
Originally posted by @fmfNicely said.
It's fascinating how much text is hacked out here onto our screens about "faith" - thinking stuff, faith, believing stuff, faith, memorizing scripture, faith, textual analysis about doctrine, faith, praying, faith, singing songs, faith, talk the talk, faith, think the think, faith, and on and on and on - what's the big deal?
When I was a Christian, "faith" ...[text shortened]... k: to me, it reeks of an unhealthy, selfish and impotent disposition towards a "God", any "God".