I haven't been reading the GR forums much lately, but it wasn't very long ago that proselytizing threads were quite common and there was no doubt that this was precisely their goal.

Most people who believe in the Bible aren't the least bit interested in discussing it intelligently. Specifically with regard to whether or not it's God's word.

Their idea of intelligent discussion is to sit around in Bible study with a bunch of believers who are all offering supporting views and testimonies. They simply aren't interested in what non-believers half to say. From their point of view non-believers have yet to 'find' themselves.

They view non-believers as those who have either 'turned away' from God, or have yet to 'discover' the truth of God's word. They simply can't imagine any other scenario.

That's precisely what the authos of the Bible have intended to brainwashes people to think.

I could quote you direct verses from the book that states supposedly in God's own words that anyone who refuses to believe in God's word is a heathen and a sinner and cannot possibly be up to any good. In fact there are even versus where God commands that nonbelievers be stoned to death. In fact, this peeves the Biblical God so much, that not only does he command that the heathens be stoned to death but he demands that their wive, children, livestock, and the entire village from whence they came be destroyed. Everything there should be burned to the ground and nothing shall be built upon that site again.

Damn. I almost quoted the verses verbatim by accident.

Anyway, as you can see, if you disbelieve that the Bible is the word of God then God will really be peeved and throw a temper tantrum on a major scale.

Or if you're a non-believer, then the authors who wrote that godforsaken book would like you to believe that God is that insane and hateful.

This has always been one of the reasons that has contributed to my rejection of the Bible. As far as I'm concerned God must be at least as nice as me. After all, I could hardly be the compassionate superior to God. Yet, the Bible describes a God who is not anywhere near as nice as even myself. Not that I'm all that nice, but you don't need to be very nice to be nicer than the Biblical God.

I know that I can't be nicer than God, yet the Bible demands that this must be the case, so clearly there's got to be a major problem. Like the book is just a big manmade fat lie.

Well, that's my opinion anyway. Everyone is entitled to reach their own conclusions on that one I guess.

But if you see a thread that looks like proselytizing, it probably is.

I pray and date.
When I become serious with someone I tell the Lord..."If this is not the man you want for me take him out of my life."

What did Christ do while He was here on this earth? He came to save those which were lost. What would you do if Christ came to you and offered you life? That is exactly what all Christians are doing when they present Jesus Christ to you "Salvation".

What does that mean? It means they are offering the same thing Christ offered and that is if you truly ask Christ and believe in your heart that He died Conquering Hell and the Grave for you. You will be saved.

JOHN 4:10 Jesus answered and said unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 11 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: from whence then hast thou that
living water? 12 Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle? 13 Jesus answered and said unto her, Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: 14 But whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

I'm pro-life and pro-choice.

IF YOU ARE EVER IN THE GA. AREA, VISIT TURNER CHAPEL,IN MARIETTA GA. WE DANCE LIKE DAVID DID, WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU KNOW GOD HAS BROUGHT YOU OUT, YOU HAVE TO PRAISE HIM WITH EVERYTHING YOU GOT,,,CAUSE HE GAVE IT TO YOU AND YOU STILL HAVE IT SO USE IT FOR HIS PURPOSE,,,, THE REASON SOME CHURCHES ARE DULL, THEY BELIEVE THEY DONE IT THEMSELVES ,,, BUT GOD KNOWS BETTER!!!!

i find it funny that those that pro claim to be pro life support the death penalty, unfeathered and unregulated rights to have guns, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Truebeliever, don't take this the wrong way, I totally respect your beliefs and everything, but I just find the logic somewhat flawed. Just because I believe in the possibility of a Big Bang, doesn't mean that I assume that the Earth just popped into existence, I believe that the Earth took millions upon millions of years to form into what we recognize today.

When I hear the name Jesus anymore all I can do is ask, "Which Jesus?"

The one that supposedly said:
"If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

Or the one that supposedly said:
"If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple."



Whoever made this stuff up wasn't even paying attention to their own ramblings. I could write a book as large as the Bible itself that contains references to all the conflicting statements that Jesus and God supposedly made in the Bible. Not to mention the fact that Jesus totally disagreed with the philosophy and commandments that the God of Abraham supposedly demanded in the Old Testament.

I mean, hey, I'm not trying to tell anyone what to believe. But when I hear the name Jesus all I can do is ask, "Which Jesus?" At worst he was schizophrenic, at best he was an just a fictional character that was poorly invented.

Now you sound delusional! LOL!