Part 39 of Post Your Tough Questions Regarding Christianity

You said "All religious belief is Silly" I claim this claim is false Further .. I told you I can prove otherwise ...

 

Okay, do so.

 

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I can't until you define what it is you wish me to prove .. as requested in previous post - need what it is that would satisfy your definition of God .. not rocket science here mate .

 

I never said anything about God. You may be confusing me with someone else.

 

Dude .. when you say the word Religion - you are talking about God .. If God is not silly .. then religious belief in this god is not silly.

Why is this basic logic eluding you ?

 

You are wrong. Religion refers to specific practices or institutions.

 

Jesus taught pacifism but is this really a practical life philosophy that has the support of research?

 

Research !? -- interesting .. trying to think of something that would fit the bill . but sure some of the research out there would support pacifism.

As for Jesus .. pacifism was not the only thing he taught .. and pacifism is probably not the best word .. or rather .. pacifism was not generalized to all situations .. Jesus could be quite violent at times .. when necessary .. distinguishing the two - the purpose of his ministry. for those who are "enlightened" as opposed to fundamentalist - literalist - speaking for God snake charmers.

 

I Sea ..Sea shells by the see shore So you think "Religion is Silly" .. but you dont think belief in God is silly. ... OK .. got it very similar to my belief .. so you are all good .. in the hood.

 

Forums put religion and philosophy together. I have no interest in religion. May as well put philosophy in same forum as law or physics.

 

What about God ? is that belief silly ... l

 

Really don't care. And don't bother trying to convert me.

 

Thats a deflection from the question. Are you so scared the the words of some internet poster are going to "convert" you - that you can't even answer a simple question directly ? That is the kind of reaction I usually get from the brainwashed religious extremists ... don't expect it so much from folks who think Religion is silly.

Do you think belief in God is silly -- or not ? and what kind of moronic jedi mind trick have you conducted on yourself ..such that you would claim to not belief something .. when you don't know what that something is..... another response I would expect from those under the influence of sophisticated mind control. .. suggesting no conversion is needed .. as you have already been converted.

 

I don't believe in Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy.. think I'll go find a thread so I can argue with people who do )or should I look for "flatearthers" instead?

 

What's actually laughable is your consistency of being in error of what's written in Scripture...lol How can anyone take you seriously when you continually misinterpret, continue being in error on what is written in Scripture. The issue here wasn't about who King Solomon was worshipping, it's a known fact that besides the only one true God that he was worshipping, he worshipped detestable pagan gods as well because we read about it in Scripture. So I'm not avoiding that.

The issue was about you claiming that King Solomon built a Temple for God along with other Temples for those pagan gods. I pointed out your error to let you know that King Solomon only built one Temple and it was for God and that he built shrines (high places) for those detestable pagan gods. Below is your post where you claimed the King built many Temples.

Sorry giff but we are not told in Scripture that King Solomon builds many temples to other gods. But we do read in Scripture that King Solomon began to build the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah and that on the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, he even built a pagan shrine for Chemosh and another for Molech, who were two detestable pagan gods.

We Read in Scripture:

Solomon Builds the Temple

3 So Solomon began to build the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Moriah, where the Lord had appeared to David, his father. The Temple was built on the threshing floor of Araunah[a] the Jebusite, the site that David had selected. 2 Chronicles 3:1 NLT

7 On the Mount of Olives, east of Jerusalem, he even built a pagan shrine for Chemosh, the detestable god of Moab, and another for Molech, the detestable god of the Ammonites. 1Kings 11:7 NLT

My whole point is to call you out every time you misinterpret, make mistakes regarding anything in Scripture. I know you have a hard time interpreting Scripture correctly and so I will correct you when I see you make an error or two....or three...lol

Well yeah King Solomon was a worshipper of false detestable pagan gods. The Lord was very angry with him. The Lord appeared to King Solomon twice but Scripture tells us King Solomon's heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel and so he did not listen to the Lord's command.

We Read in Scripture:

9 The Lord was very angry with Solomon, for his heart had turned away from the Lord, the God of Israel, who had appeared to him twice. 10 He had warned Solomon specifically about worshiping other gods, but Solomon did not listen to the Lord’s command. 1 Kings 11:9-10 NLT

 

Another laughable joke of a post ... splitting hairs in desperate attempt to avoid the fact that Solomon Worshiped Pagan Gods . and built "high places" for the worship of child sacrifice Gods. You don't want to call that a Temple .. it is of no moment .. splitting hairs.

Then finally you admit .. as in Scripture we read how Solomon worshiped pagan Gods .. engaged in Child sacrifice .. as that was what the worship of those other Gods demanded .. just like YHWH - As we Read in Scripture - confirmed by the history of the Israelites and Biblical Archaeology.

YHWH had Jephthah sacrifice his only daughter -- in exchange for victory in battle .. and indeed Jephthah sent her to the fire to appease God YHWH.

Hearken from this dark path -- one of denial and deflection - for these were not the actions of Jesus .. now were they !?

 

In those times, the Jews often kept animals stabled in a ground-floor enclosure, while the family lived on the second floor.

So God did not demand Jephthah sacrifice his daughter.. But Jephthah did honor his vow to God..

 

I think you need to go read the passage... Tell me who the one that orchestrated the whole event was .. tell me about the "Divine Inspiration"

and answer the question from Scripture What is our good friend Jephthah - Divinely inspired to do ?

 

Didn't say YHWH demanded it .. it was more a subliminal suggestion . implanted by the Holy spirit .. So Jephthah's vow was ordained by YHWH. .. yes .. Todd .. no escaping this one .. Ordained by YHWH was this sacrifice .. . or do you not believe in "Divine Intervention" ?

 

A psychology study would suffice. Identify people with a pacifist lifestyle and see how their lives turn out and publish a paper. I can assure you that experts in the field of psychology are recommending people adopt a pacifist lifestyle.

Jesus is God according to the bible and its ridiculous to assume that because God did something in the bible, its okay for us to do it too. Like if God starts a plague then its okay for us to do the same. I can show you a multitude of verses that tell people to turn the other cheek.

 

Jesus is not God .. according to the Bible -- you are talking man made Trinity Doctrine....

 

Who is Jesus?

 

Even if he isn't God, he has a similar amount of authority as God so my argument is still valid. If Jesus struck someone down with plague, that doesn't mean its okay for people to do the same. Jesus has a higher level of authority than people and has more authority to use violence for enforcing justice. In the same way regular citizens don't have the same authority to act like police officers and soldiers. The ability to act violently isn't given to everyone.

 

Jesus is king of the universe?

 

I'm not a Christian and Christians all interpret the bible differently. I'm the wrong person to ask.