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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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All have sinned and fall short of being perfect, do you agree?

Yes, one should aim for perfection, even if inaccessible.

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6( Does God have free will?


Yes: Psalm 115:3 "Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases."

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Free will is the ability to make decisions, which requires thought,
which requires change over time; there would be no free will if time
didn't exist, or was frozen. If God is the perfect creator of time and
space - he exists outside of time. Free will is only
present inside the timeline.

There is no free will where time is nonexistent; there is no
change in thoughts, nor thinking. Every choice of God is
made to what appears/is perfect - no change, or sign of willpower.

God cannot think / change his mind, there needs to be a reason
to do so; its new thought or state of mind must have improved,
unreasonable, since God is indeed perfect.

Static is the sole viable mental state of God. No free will.
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Would you be disappointed if there was no heaven when you died and you would just be gone??
Of course you wouldn't know this because y'know, you'd be dead and gone.
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May 17 2015, 10:24 AM
Would you be disappointed if there was no heaven when you died and you would just be gone??
Of course you wouldn't know this because y'know, you'd be dead and gone.
I'd say all of the Christians who follow God only because of the promise of afterlife are pretty disgusting people. It's incredibly vain and selfish, especially when they have the audacity to tell others "You're going to hell." Acting this way is equivalent to blasphemy in my mind; they have no authority. They are pretending to be God.

Of course I do look forward to his promises and expect him to keep his part of the covenant with me if I keep mine, but I'm not just waiting for heaven.
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May 17 2015, 07:27 AM
would you die for yeezus
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It be an honor for me to be killed by ISIS for preaching the good news about Jesus--I mean that in the utmost truth and respect. To die is gain. To be martyred is for others to gain. When evil happens to God's people and they hold-fast to God and trust him, the world cannot help to marvel at them--or call them idiots and insane. Look at this story of Perpetua and a few other Christians who willingly were led to be slaughtered in the Roman Colosseum by bears, boars, bulls, and centurions.
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May 17 2015, 08:57 AM
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All have sinned and fall short of being perfect, do you agree?

Yes, one should aim for perfection, even if inaccessible.

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6( Does God have free will?


Yes: Psalm 115:3 "Our God is in the heavens; he does all that he pleases."

Spoiler: click to toggle


Free will is the ability to make decisions, which requires thought,
which requires change over time; there would be no free will if time
didn't exist, or was frozen. If God is the perfect creator of time and
space - he exists outside of time. Free will is only
present inside the timeline.

There is no free will where time is nonexistent; there is no
change in thoughts, nor thinking. Every choice of God is
made to what appears/is perfect - no change, or sign of willpower.

God cannot think / change his mind, there needs to be a reason
to do so; its new thought or state of mind must have improved,
unreasonable, since God is indeed perfect.

Static is the sole viable mental state of God. No free will.
Perfect doesn't mean unity. You are incorrect in thinking that free will requires thought. Free will is the ability to do whatever you please. I do not believe humans have free will.
That being said, why would free will no exist out of time? You have no proof and will never have any proof of this. Because God is perfect, he desires to do perfect things and be perfect. Just because he can't do wrong doesn't mean he doesn't have free will, it means he chooses not to do wrong. And because he is perfect, he will always choose not to do wrong. God is the only being with free will. He wills who he will save, and he wills who he will condemn. He choose Abraham for no reason other than the fact that he wanted to. God is not static--perfection is not static. There is freedom in perfection, there is slavery in imperfection. Because imperfect beings cannot become perfect.

There is a school of thought, that I believe the Bible speaks to, called Free Moral Agents.
It states that humans will never pick salvation. They will never choose to follow God--unless God wills them too. In their free-moral-agency, they are free to make evil and imperfect choices, but they will never choose perfection. It states that a being makes choices according to his nature--for a fallen human, he will choose sin when he is given the option between sin and God. For a perfect being (God) he will choose perfection over imperfection.
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You are incorrect in thinking that free will requires thought

Free will is the ability to make choices, it requires thought.
It's needless to continue the discussion if you're
the opinion that we're not able to choose by our own.
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May 17 2015, 09:06 PM
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You are incorrect in thinking that free will requires thought

Free will is the ability to make choices, it requires thought.
It's needless to continue the discussion if you're
the opinion that we're not able to choose by our own.
the ability to make choices does not involve thinking. Instincts are solely used to make choices, and do not require thinking. That being said, who knows if God thinks. He might, but he is not tempted by wrong decisions. I'm glad you ignored the rest of my comment.
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May 17 2015, 09:23 PM
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May 17 2015, 09:06 PM
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You are incorrect in thinking that free will requires thought

Free will is the ability to make choices, it requires thought.
It's needless to continue the discussion if you're
the opinion that we're not able to choose by our own.
the ability to make choices does not involve thinking.
If anybody actually took you seriously before this, they don't now.
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May 18 2015, 03:02 AM
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May 17 2015, 09:23 PM
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May 17 2015, 09:06 PM
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You are incorrect in thinking that free will requires thought

Free will is the ability to make choices, it requires thought.
It's needless to continue the discussion if you're
the opinion that we're not able to choose by our own.
the ability to make choices does not involve thinking.
If anybody actually took you seriously before this, they don't now.
Please tell me how instincts are not free will. If instincts are free will, free will does not require thinking.
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Instinct isn't free will. When I suddenly come out of nowhere and say "BOOOOOOOOOO."

You get scared. That's a instinctual response. You didn't choose to do that. It's a subconscious mechanism.



So I'm going to ask again because I didn't understand the previous answer..

Does God support slavery?

If so what verses in the bible say that God is against it?


Why is the bible true? Why must anyone follow the word of the bible?

And if a person who rejects god does good deeds and is a good person will he be able to enter heaven?
Edited by Comrade Mario, Jul 5 2015, 04:45 AM.
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