alphamale
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alphamale said:Some people believe God has answered their prayers. Yet many people have prayed and not gotten relief of some bad situation. Does God pick and choose whose prayers to answer? Why?
jallman said:Here again it is not for us to know the mind of God...but christ said "consider the lily in the field...does it not have its every need met." I believe God provides for each person, but that often times it is in a more profound way than we realize. What you may think of as being unable to live without, God may know is really a problem in your life. Faith takes away the burden of worry and leaves you open to actually seeing the possibilities.
This is so true jallman. Also true is that I have found an answer to prayer is often co-related to our obedience.jallman said:Here again it is not for us to know the mind of God...but christ said "consider the lily in the field...does it not have its every need met." I believe God provides for each person, but that often times it is in a more profound way than we realize. What you may think of as being unable to live without, God may know is really a problem in your life. Faith takes away the burden of worry and leaves you open to actually seeing the possibilities.
alphamale said:Get real. Tell the "lily" quote to parents of a child dying of leukemia. Why DOESN'T He meet every need? Can you come with a better answer to all these questions than we don't know the mind of God?
jallman said:Its not necessary to be so aggressive...you asked the question and I gave you the answer from a Christian perspective. Are you suffering something right now that is inspiring your need for answers? If so, it might be better to talk about it more directly.
And we dont know the mind of God and never will. We cant even comprehend the mind of the opposite gender. Why do you find it necessary to torment yourself with attempts at knowing what is truly unknowable?
alphamale said:I want some answers to the many contradictions, puzzles, and baffling ideas from Christianity. You may be giving answers from a christian perspective, but you are not making a lot of sense, even sense internal to your doctrines, from the perspective of an agnostic.
The answer is Christ... He is but one heartfelt prayer away... From then follow the signs, though often subtle, they are certain. Know this: What the devil meant for evil, God will turn to the good.alphamale said:I want some answers to the many contradictions, puzzles, and baffling ideas from Christianity. You may be giving answers from a christian perspective, but you are not making a lot of sense, even sense internal to your doctrines, from the perspective of an agnostic.
jallman said:Here again it is not for us to know the mind of God...but christ said "consider the lily in the field...does it not have its every need met."
star2589 said:if we were not meant to know the mind of god, what purpose does the bible serve?
jallman said:Is the complexity of your mind apparent in even your most heartfelt writings? Do you always explain your reasoning to a child?
star2589 said:no, but he could have been much more clear without going over our heads.
jallman said:But then where would our devotion come from if we had all the answers. Like I said, it is not necessary to know the mind of God to faith in his goodness.
star2589 said:if we're capible of understanding the answers why not just give them? why demand devotion without answers? why trust something that does so?
jallman said:I cant answer that for God or for you. I can only give you my reasoning. I just dont think its necessary nor is it my desire to have all the answers. I look at the complexity of this world and the complexities within my own being and know that SOMETHING has to be behind it. I know my own heart and the faith I have in the world and it is pure logic to me at that point that the something behind it has to be inherently good. Thats enough for me to want to get closer to it.
star2589 said:while I can understand that, I dont understand how a vague concept such as that, leads to something as specific as christianity.
alphamale said:Some people believe God has answered their prayers. Yet many people have prayed and not gotten relief of some bad situation. Does God pick and choose whose prayers to answer? Why?
star2589 said:if we were not meant to know the mind of god, what purpose does the bible serve?
alphamale said:Good question. Answers?
It is imposable to give a specific answer about some unspecific person's prayer.alphamale said:Some people believe God has answered their prayers. Yet many people have prayed and not gotten relief of some bad situation. Does God pick and choose whose prayers to answer? Why?
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