Oh, see, that’s interesting, because to me it felt that laying it all on the line right then was the larger test of belief than the long road, where mistakes can be corrected, actions amended, beliefs adjusted, etc. Interesting you see it the other way.
Ooh, interesting. I don’t know what I’d do (athiest).
Don’t Christians believe everyone sort of already knows, but that three-quaters of us aren’t listening?
A little late but…David Simmons “History goes back a lot further than that with most of it not written”. History is the writen part, Prehistory is unwritten.
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Hey imagine if Jesus had just come out and said it at the time …
“hey guys this’ll blow your mind, the old man says the earth really is a sphere NOT a circle, AND the earth does go round the sun!!!”.
Maybe he would have been laffed out of town though.
Much better to stick with the “wine and loaves” campaign…
( if he did say any of that - it shows my poor bible knowledge. Sorry )
Sin
Picky, picky, picky. 
Well, that difference might be strongly influenced by the fact that I expect leaving this life to be a wonderful, and exciting thing. I want to live my life as a servant of my Lord, not because it gets me a reward, but because it’s a really good idea. I screw up a fair bit. I used to screw up even more, but I work on it.
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