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Heart2Soul

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if you confess every time I guess...but at a certain point? I doubt anyone could keep doing that tho tbh, something would give
I believe that a person can overcome a sin that they are bound in eventually but it takes growth spiritually and in the Word.....but there are sins that once you are saved should cease immediately such as stealing, lying, hating, and fighting.....my point is a person who has spent their life drinking alcohol and such may not be able to quit cold turkey....but some do get "radically saved" and others it is a work in progress.
 

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I believe that a person can overcome a sin that they are bound in eventually but it takes growth spiritually and in the Word.....but there are sins that once you are saved should cease immediately such as stealing, lying, hating, and fighting.....my point is a person who has spent their life drinking alcohol and such may not be able to quit cold turkey....but some do get "radically saved" and others it is a work in progress.
Good point, I’d say our love for him has to eventually overcome love of self
 

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I don't have to. As a belief it never offered its followers salvation from sin etc.
As it is not practiced today it is as relevent in a debate/discussion about religeon as the baals mentioned in the bible.
IMO You are an arrogant man. God doesn’t operate in the confines of our laws of physics. He made these laws for us. He moves in and outside of his creation. The beginning of knowledge is to fear the Lord, and to fear the lord is to hate sin. You seem to prefer sin?
You have no idea, oh mercy.
 

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Because we are sinful, God is not. You are trying to equate yourself to God, which is not possible.

Let me ask you this; who decides what is moral? What is morality? Morality unless based in Scriptures is purely subjective.
You Christians throw that word "Sin" around an awful lot. I'm not buying into the whole Adam & Eve myth and therfore I am born fallen.
 

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Because Gods intentions and heart is always pure, mans is not. Because we dont create ourselves, and herefore have no claims on our or others lives. Because we do not continually sustain ourselves or anyone else, but God does. Again, you are pointing at us and demanding we explai our God, who does not need to explain Himself to man, and will not explain himself just because you demand Him to
He did to Job.
 
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You Christians throw that word "Sin" around an awful lot. I'm not buying into the whole Adam & Eve myth and therfore I am born fallen.

The fact that you choose to blind yourself to the truth is not my problem. How is anyone supposed to prove anything to you when you refuse to believe the truths they present. It's like the hungry baby who cries because he is hungry, then refuses to eat. There is nothing I nor anyone can do if every time we provide a fact you don't like you simply refuse to believe it.
 

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You Christians throw that word "Sin" around an awful lot. I'm not buying into the whole Adam & Eve myth and therfore I am born fallen.

He did to Job.

You pick and choose what parts of the Bible you believe and what you don't? I am just curious because you seem to have a double standard concerning events in the Bible. Why mention Job implying you believe it happened? Why this event and not the other?
 

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God reveals Himself to those that seek Him. Not just static words in book. God- the living divine almighty.
Hence my recommending to earnestly experimenting upon His words and/or asking Him about it directly.

Amen-
Hebrews 11:6 New King James Version (NKJV)
6 "But without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him." ♥
 
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It sounds like it is important for you to prove God’s existence Agnostic.....

I am a Christian and honestly, proving God’s existence is not important to me at all. He/She either exists or he/she doesn’t.....in either case, i am still devoted to perfecting my love for others, which requires a life time of practice - sanctification. God existence could be my private delusion, but i will die a lover regardless.

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Imo if one actually were to have to confess something seven times in one day, that seventh confession would be particularly difficult, almost comical? Which is I guess why most Christians strenuously avoid it? And go for "repentance" instead? A horrible, Catholic concept imo, "rebound" is likely a much better term.

It has come to the point of saying "thank you Lord for your forgiveness this day" rather than constantly, insainly, saying "forgive me" over and over again. He already forgave our sins...past, present, and future. God is not in a swivel chair angry at us one minute then, back in His good graces only if we become a tape recorder of "forgive me's", lol. We should rejoice that He said, "It is finished"! We will NEVER be "sinless" in this world but as we grow in our faith, we sin less and less as we surrender to Him. His grace is so sufficient...we cannot please Him without faith ♥
 

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You pick and choose what parts of the Bible you believe and what you don't? I am just curious because you seem to have a double standard concerning events in the Bible. Why mention Job implying you believe it happened? Why this event and not the other?
Everyone cherry picks what they want from the bible, and what's wrong with that. I tell you what's wrong with it, it's dishonest I tell ya.
 

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It has come to the point of saying "thank you Lord for your forgiveness this day" rather than constantly, insainly, saying "forgive me" over and over again. He already forgave our sins...past, present, and future. God is not in a swivel chair angry at us one minute then, back in His good graces only if we become a tape recorder of "forgive me's", lol. We should rejoice that He said, "It is finished"! We will NEVER be "sinless" in this world but as we grow in our faith, we sin less and less as we surrender to Him. His grace is so sufficient...we cannot please Him without faith ♥
It has come to the point of saying "thank you Lord for your forgiveness this day" rather than constantly, insainly, saying "forgive me" over and over again. He already forgave our sins...past, present, and future. God is not in a swivel chair angry at us one minute then, back in His good graces only if we become a tape recorder of "forgive me's", lol. We should rejoice that He said, "It is finished"! We will NEVER be "sinless" in this world but as we grow in our faith, we sin less and less as we surrender to Him. His grace is so sufficient...we cannot please Him without faith ♥
It was religion that made me believe that there was nothing good about people, it made me believe it so much that I've been on my guard for almost two decades. Don't tell me that faith doesn't effect the way you think about people, because it does.