Worse things than disbelief?

Originally posted by @ghost-of-a-duke
'Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in the heavenly realms with every spiritual blessing in Christ. For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight.' (Ephesians1:3-6).

Try again.

Um, yeah, this is pre-destination, possibly the absolute worst part of a horrible belief, AKA Calvinism.

This verse speaks of the elect, which many think they are, but in fact are not.

Originally posted by @fmf
This kind of message board stuff is water off a duck's back to me. If you'd been here longer, you'd know.

Given how often you repeat yourself and ask the same questions over and over when they’ve already been answered, I think it’s worth looking into.

I initially thought you were trolling but you said you weren’t so my educated guess is a memory issue. There’s nothing to be ashamed of if that’s what you’re dealing with. Lots of people have them.

Originally posted by @romans1009
Given how often you repeat yourself and ask the same questions over and over when they’ve already been answered, I think it’s worth looking into.

I initially thought you were trolling but you said you weren’t so my educated guess is a memory issue. There’s nothing to be ashamed of if that’s what you’re dealing with. Lots of people have them.

More dreary banter. Where's the answer to the question: How far into your four years as a Christian had you got when you decided to declare yourself to be irrevocably "saved"?

Originally posted by @fmf
More dreary banter. Where's the answer to the question: How far into your four years as a Christian had you got when you decided to declare yourself to be irrevocably "saved"?

You like asking questions but don’t like answering them.

I’d be happy to answer any questions about my beliefs but not personal questions when the answers are twisted and used for ammunition against me.

Originally posted by @fmf
This kind of message board stuff is water off a duck's back to me. If you'd been here longer, you'd know.

I thought I was Becker. You mean now I’m not? You guys really need to make up your minds - or maybe not so quickly accuse someone when you have no evidence.

Originally posted by @fmf
If Romans1009 wants to look up "agnostic atheism", he's free to. There was a whole thread or thread sub-topic about it only a few weeks back which I contributed to quite a lot. I already know what the term means.

Then why not simply say what it means? Why ask someone to go searching through past threads if you already know and obviously have the time to post the answer.

I honestly think you don’t remember what it means and this “go look it up” answer is a coping mechanism for you.

Originally posted by @fmf
Silly banter.

Not so silly when you consider how much time you’ve spent refusing to answer a simple question.

Originally posted by @suzianne
Um, yeah, this is pre-destination, possibly the absolute worst part of a horrible belief, AKA Calvinism.

This verse speaks of the elect, which many think they are, but in fact are not.

Yes, I believe in limited predestination but certainly not predestination that applies to everyone because the Great Commission would make no sense and the concept of man having free will would be a farce.

Originally posted by @romans1009
I’d be happy to answer any questions about my beliefs but not personal questions when the answers are twisted and used for ammunition against me.

Fair enough.

Originally posted by @romans1009
I thought I was Becker. You mean now I’m not? You guys really need to make up your minds - or maybe not so quickly accuse someone when you have no evidence.

Are you done with what were talking about then?

Originally posted by @romans1009
But I do believe some people were predestined to be saved because the numerous verses in the Bible that support the concept of predestination can’t be ignored.

The ones actually pre-destined are mainly the elect.

Originally posted by @fmf
The "heart" is a metaphor for the mind when one is talking about emotional thoughts.

This is not the meaning the Bible is stressing.

Originally posted by @romans1009
<So you have only been professing this dogma you are reciting for a relatively short time, then. A mere four years.>

I am neither reciting nor professing dogma. I’m responding to questions and posts with original writing that concern my sincere and heartfelt beliefs.

Too bad this strategy, though honest, is lost on most in this forum.

Originally posted by @suzianne
This is not the meaning the Bible is stressing.

The Bible is literature. Thoughts do not originate from the organ that pumps blood around our bodies. I think that thoughts about supernatural phenomena are, to some degree, emotional thoughts. In all religions.

Originally posted by @fmf
You're making a bit of a fool of yourself here. The post you are replying to here was addressed to JS357. It's completely satirical. How can you possibly think it requires a pompous answer from you? 😀

His answer was not pompous. Another misrepresentation from you.