Badstrat wrote:"I believe discussing any Christian doctrine with unbelievers is counter productive as is using it to make points in a debate. To them the thing I have to offer is Christ crucified and salvation by grace, not works. Beating them up pushes them in the opposite direction."I bet Jesus hated discussing the truth to the non-believers also Slacker.. but it has to be done, and if they do not accept the word, you are to shake the dust off your feet and move on..
Was not my post in the beginning to a Christian? And who knows how many Christians reading posts on this forum are not aware of what God says about a particular topic. Now as to chasing people away by quoting scripture? Do you believe that if God decides to call a man someone posting a scripture would chase him away? God calls whom he wants and he chooses whom he wants.
I believe it is good to express the creators view on a matter, and as pointed out previously we were founded on a belief in God, and God was everywhere in this young nation. Why are we in the mess we are in as a nation? It is because when creation was replaced by "science" and no longer taught in the schools we birthed a godless creation, so to speak. Gods name was in the squares, his name was in the courts, he was in the schools, God was everywhere. No longer so. It is God who raises up nations and it is God who brings them down. It is good to point out why a nation is being punished. It is good to warn the ungodly of what is on the way.
When the bottom falls out from under us, and men have no where to turn, let them remember that the living God of creation is the one doing this, and let them call out to him. Both judgment and blessings come from God.
So we disagree, but not with animosity as some would have. Even the apostles disagreed with each other, and sometimes those disagreements were not settled.
Srila Prabhupada once said:
Therefore, in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that this is the incarnation of God in this age. And who worships Him? The process is very simple. Just keep a picture of Lord Chaitanya with His associates.
Therefore, in the Srimad-Bhagavatam it is said that this is the incarnation of God in this age. And who worships Him? The process is very simple. Just keep a picture of Lord Chaitanya with His associates.