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I have been going to seminary for a while, and Heyward is very knowledgeable as well. We want to answer any and all of your questions concerning the tenets and beliefs of Christianity: Who Christ is, why suffering exists, who God is, what is the nature of God, why Jesus had to die, is the Bible accurate, what does the Bible say, etc.

We want you to be comfortable with talking about Christianity, we will not try to argue our assert our beliefs upon you, we will just state them. Anything you want to ask, we will answer without judgement. If we don't hold up to our promises here, I am sorry.
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So what's your take on science?
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I'm a gay, white, furry, american male.

Which circle of hell can I be expected to go to?
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what do you think of global warming?
srs question.
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1: What denomination of Christianity do you two belong to? Do you belong to none of them and just practice the bible and try to interpret its words to the best that you can?

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3: Did Jesus actually turn water into wine or was it a metaphor?

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If God came to you in a vision, and told you that you could be gay without it bringing sin upon you or your partner(s) would you do so?
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Thing I disagree with are in red, explanation why I disagree in green. Things I don't disagree with are in blue.

"God" is not a physical entity.
He is very physical--Jesus being the proof.
God is a human social construct to explain what we do not yet understand.
The Bible is God's revelation to us, not our revelation of him.
To satisfy our intense curiosity as sentient beings, we wrote books to explain the secrets of the universe, we were horribly wrong, but to us it was what we wanted - Answers.
After all, we created our own language, our own communication, and the meanings of every little sound our vocal chords make is decided by us. Including the word "God", what is a "God?"
I'll answer for you what God is, we were given his name--YHWH. I use God so you understand. It might be more preferable to call him YHWH.
It's almost become a word to get out of what you cannot explain, it's exact purpose from the beginning. It's not an old man in the clouds, it's a way of saying "I don't know", humans naturally fear the end of their lives.
That's not to say that the original definition means this. I use God instead of god, to separate YHWH from this connotation of what a god is.
That's why we also created the construct of an afterlife to give us comfort, and were told if we performed good deeds during our lives, our "God" would give us a nice afterlife.
I don't know where you keep getting the idea that my good deeds save me from hell. I've said time and time again, that nothing I did or ever could do could save me from heaven. It is not of my own work, I am not powerful enough, only Christ's work has set me free. I also do not believe we constructed the concept of an afterlife. The first instance the afterlife is mentioned in the Bible is in the prophets of the Old Testament, a prophet was someone who spoke directly from God. God dictated what the prophet said, therefore, the Bible says God revealed to us this truth.
At that point, the books were written and religion as we know it began infecting the minds of people. It quickly spread like a hivemind, the books as the queen, and the followers as nothing more than it's workers.
Christianity is nothing like other religions. It is a personal relationship that decreases the wealth of humanity and bestows all the glory of humanity upon God. It belittles humanity and calls us weak, but gives us hope in the savior. It is a love story, of how God created his people, they didn't love him, but he continued to pursue them unto his death. In the end he wins the love of his people.

Our desire to answer what we cannot has lead us to attempt to explain.
God is a social construct to tell us how people think we should be living our lives.
The God of society is not the God of the Bible, which is why we made this thread to weed out misconceptions.
Whether we choose to live it that way is up to us, as sentient beings, and nothing else.
You have a choice, but if it weren't for YHWH and the sacrifice of Christ, you would not be able to make a choice about anything, including the way you live your life.
Ultimately, we are a bunch of apes on a rock floating in space.
Humans.
If you put us into the grand scheme of things, we are tiny, insignificant to the universe,
This is the glory of God!
and our mother, the Earth.
My mom's name is Paula.
We are still young and cannot leave her, therefore we grasp at straws like uneducated flies for answers.
We do not want to be known as insignificant, so we wrote ways to glorify ourselves, to tell us we mean something. That we were created for a purpose.
Christianity is the farthest thing from self-glorifying.
John 3:30-31
"...He must increase, but I must decrease.”
He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is above all.
Here we see that Jesus is greater than any one of humanity. So please, explain to me how I am glorified out of this?
Edited by KingJason001, May 8 2015, 04:56 PM.
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May 8 2015, 04:06 PM
So what's your take on science?
I accept the bible as a postulate. I don't try to use the bible as an excuse to explain mysteries of the universe. I admit plainly that I don't understand them and possibly never will. I acknowledge the fact that our knowledge of the universe and how it works is extremely limited. Though we may think we know so much, we must realize that humans have a capacity. Our cognition, senses, and energy potential are weak and flawed. I believe the bible was given to us as a way to explain what we're here for in a way we can comprehend. I believe it is my job to study the bible so I can learn more about what my purpose is as a servant to the only being in the universe capable of real knowledge.
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May 8 2015, 04:32 PM
what do you think of global warming?
srs question.
The globe is warming up. I don't see any reason to deny this. Climate change is nothing new. I have not read much about it but I think it has been shown that human interference is contributing significantly to compromising the Earth's atmosphere. I don't know what the implications of this are or whether or not this is reversible.

My opinion.
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So what's your take on science?

Science is good. Real science is real good.

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Which circle of hell can I be expected to go to?

There is no Biblical proof for circles of hell. The Catholic papacy made this up, and I'm sure Dante had a big part in this too.

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what do you think of global warming?

Global warming is a real problem, and needs to be addressed. It is not a Christian claim that Global Warming doesn't exist, that's a conservative claim. And now a'days Christians and conservatives have very little in common. I'm very close to being a liberal--aside from the social aspects of liberalism, such as gay marriage and abortion. Things like economic policy, immigration, and world issues, I'm very liberal.

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1: What denomination of Christianity do you two belong to? Do you belong to none of them and just practice the bible and try to interpret its words to the best that you can?
3: Did Jesus actually turn water into wine or was it a metaphor?

1. I am a Southern Baptist. I am a Southern Baptist only because what I've read of the Bible is confirmed in the Southern Baptist convention. Everything I've expunged out of the Bible, the SBC believes as well. It is not my denomination that holds authority over the Bible, it is the Bible that holds authority over the denomination. "but test everything; hold fast what is good." 1 Thessalonians 5:21. If the SBC denomination ever said anything that the Bible strictly taught against, I would not call myself a Southern Baptist. I am also a Calvinist, but that is only because that is what the Bible teaches.
3. There is nothing in that passage that would suggest it is a metaphor, so it is to be taken literally.


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If God came to you in a vision, and told you that you could be gay without it bringing sin upon you or your partner(s) would you do so?

Nope. I am a fallible being. The Bible is the only infallible and truth. If I saw a vision that went against the Bible, it would be my own sinful desire.
Edited by KingJason001, May 8 2015, 04:53 PM.
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May 8 2015, 04:36 PM
If God came to you in a vision, and told you that you could be gay without it bringing sin upon you or your partner(s) would you do so?
I would assume that it was either:

1. Not a vision from God, but rather a delusion or malicious spirit.

2. A metaphor with a different underlying meaning and I would dedicate myself to understanding why God would change his word.
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