Yes, I can buy that as an acceptable interpretation of Genesis. However, Oddball_92 sounds like the kind of Christian who does take it literally. I was just pointing out the implications of his claims.
Oh, you deserve it…and so do I. In God’s eyes we are all evil as we do not obey His commands. That’s why He sent His son, Jesus (who was the only one who did NOT deserve it), to die on the cross in order to redeem US in God’s eyes.
As far as the other items you mentioned there is ample number of articles explaining the Christian point of view on these topics. Just research it.
No offense intended, but fuck that noise.
So you want to live your life the way YOU want to and still enter the Kingdom of Heaven? Do you think God should just be a nice guy and let anyone in even though they deny Him? Make no mistake God is loving, but there IS a wrath.
Indeed, there are those who have never heard the Gospel of Christ. I am not a Biblical scholar so I cannot offhand quote a scripture which addresses this, but there is an “age of accountability” as it were, regarding who God holds accountable. This is not an age in years, more so a mental age where an individual is able to understand the Gospel. My personal belief is this extends to those who have never heard the Gospel and also extends to the mentally disabled.
So you want a sign? God does not do parlor tricks. We are told to accept by faith. I mentioned this earlier. Accepting by faith is just that. Accepting despite some sort of “proof”.
I believe the story of Adam and Eve is indeed a literal truth as I do the Genesis account of creation. The Bible does contain allegories and hyperboles but I do not believe the Adan and Eve story is one of them.
“Stop telling god what to do!” -Niels Bohr
Every single time I encounter this sentiment it is coming from ideologies and faiths that only do want to hurt others that are not like them.
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Thomas still remained an Apostle even after he requested one. Really, this is really one of the weakest arguments when one considers all the amazing feats that Jesus allegedly realized in person to convince all that he was the real deal.
We’ve kind of gotten away from comment on prayer, and I’d like to get back to it just a bit. There have been studies that support the idea that feeling gratitude on a regular basis is good for your health. (Underlines and bolding above are mine.) So having a daily habit that encouraged a feeling of gratitude would be a good thing and would be missed if you gave it up.
Nope. Heaven is your belief, not mine. Why should I have to live my life according to what YOU believe?
Then that’s not love. Love, to me at least, means accepting the people you love for all their faults and forgiving them when they screw up. Love does not mean condemning someone to an eternity of torment just because they didn’t believe something that someone else told them that you said.
Funny that, in the Old Testament he was always pulling all kinds of miracles at the drop of a hat. What caused that change in policy?
Whenever I hear this trotted out, I always think of that scene in The Terminator where Sarah is being interviewed by the police & psychiatrist:
Anyway, we’re getting away from the OP somewhat here, so that’s my final comment in this thread.
Really? Which of the two tales is the true one? The one where they were created at the same time or the one where Eve comes from the rib?
Even if religions are wrong, that does not exclude that they may have some beneficial practices. Come to peace with what you are praying to and define it but make it flexible. If you are tending towards atheism look towards things that agree with that. Perhaps getting in touch with your subconscious, perhaps trying to achieve a certain amount of objectivity or clarification on a issue.
They were not created at the same time. Adam came first, then Eve. And Yes, Eve was created by God from Adam’s rib.
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Nope. Heaven is your belief, not mine. Why should I have to live my life according to what YOU believe?
You’re correct.
Or equally translated as ‘side’ which could mean half. So one combined being divided equally into a male being and a female being. YMMV
Genesis 1:27-28: "So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth."
Read chapter two. The creation of Adam and Eve takes place on the 8th day. What you quoted took place on the 6th day. Those first two humans were never named or put into the garden. I suspect their children provided the wives for Cain and Seth, et al.
That actually raises more questions, for starters it would mean that indeed the majority of humans never had the original sin then.
That or your point here is a whoosh. 
If Jesus was here to save all men, why did he tell the gentile woman who asked him to heal her child that he came ONLY for The Lost Sheep Of Israel ?
According to the Psalmist 81 or 82(depending on which version you read) , the psalmist says"I said you are gods and sons of the most high"
According to the Psalmist 81 or 82(depending on which version you read) , the psalmist says"I said you are gods and sons of the most high"
Jesus backs this up in John 10 when accused of blasphemy.