Well... After reading this over since where it was last night, I don't really have much else to say. I guess just a few clarifications.
@Ramon.
There is no double standard in my being anti-violence and anti-hate, and finding what Hitler and Saddam did to be disgusting. Is that not a natural reaction? I believe disgust should be everyone's feelings as they study the horrors brought on by these regimes. Also, please don't assume I will believe as you do in the future, it really isn't going to happen.
@InitialConditions
I'm not actually a Christian, as you referenced me to be, I understand though, it is a Christian site. Thank you for arguing that we atheists are not lacking of any intelligence or intellectual honesty. However, even though technically I am materialistic, the most important "materials" to me feel as much more than that thanks to the natural makeup of a human. Those who i can still call my family, and then everyone beyond them too, sure I only believe they are physical existences and nothing more, but they aren't considered mere objects nor treated that way. I'm sure you realize this, but I'd like to throw out the whole "atheists see people as objects and they have no morals to treat them well!" mindset against atheists for anyone else who may be reading.
Ummm whats Obama done thats so wicked ?
I see many people who do good things for people, but when things go wrong for them they are offended. Even the nicest people will corrupt themselves in the time that is coming. I see a BIG difference, even though it may look like two nice people, one with Jesus in their life and the other not. But the latter will not withstand the judgement of God.
I see a lot of nice people try to do away with terrorism and accomplish nothing. But God will do away with it all. He is SOOOO patient, and wise.
For this very reason Christians are and will be killed, because we stand for justice and fairness DESPITE what governments and what authorities say. But simply nice people might cower because of a lack of hope that ONLY comes with Jesus. So we are less fearful than the worse sinner, though we are like sheep, harmless as doves. And the greatest man to over live, who did NOTHING but good things and healed the sick and raised the dead, was killed brutally by his very own people. But he did this for a far greater reason than I have yet figured out.
Most of your posts are psuedo spiritual self righteous babblings, and after your rude response that i have quoted i didn't waste my time with anything else you wrote. nor will i in the future.It is obvious you are no bible scholar.
You're basically making a proud and offensive assumption here. You're saying that : Nice people do good, but when things go wrong for them they become nasty, however nice people with Jesus are better than that. And how exactly are we going to corrupt ourselves? We plan on doing as little wrong to others as possible for our whole lives, what makes you so sure we're going to back out on that?
Are you saying we shouldn't try to stop terrorism? That we shouldn't try to save innocents from violence and murder? Just because you think god will do away with this whole world soon? I'm unsure if that's what you mean or not, but it is a dangerous standpoint, we need to do everything we can to improve the condition of this world we all live in.
Couple things here... In no way would Jesus be executed in a modern first world country. We're better than that now, we have freedom of speech, our society today is far superior to that of the ancient world and I'm glad we've managed to progress this far, though there is still much work to be done. Also, if Christians were being killed for their beliefs, it would be by another religion, but I assure you, you would have very much support from the non-religious community. That and Christians are killed for being Christians far less than a huge number of other demographics. Other people are hated much more.
Ramon you clearly have no idea how the government or the constitution works. And how would the ten commandments govern a nation? It doesnt provide basic freedoms or governance guides.
Most of your posts are psuedo spiritual self righteous babblings, and after your rude response that i have quoted i didn't waste my time with anything else you wrote. nor will i in the future.
The 10 commandments are a general code of conduct.. the constitution is till needed
No ramon. The 10 Commandments where for the Israelites. There wouldnt be LAW if there wasnt SIN. God wouldnt have ahd to tell the Isrraelites to STOP idolatry, and STOP, murder, adn lies...etc...if they werent allready doing it. And as PAul correctly said, LAW just breeds more SIN, becasue if you havent noticed the minute you tell someone they CANT do somethign..they go and do it.
That Said, JESUS, INSIDE THE HOLY SPIRIT you automaitcaly follow the comandments...all of them. If you love(obey) God(in his words through Jesus) then you WILL love your brothers and sisters. If you love your brothers adn sisters, you WILL obey GOd. its ALL summed up in those. and its aLL summed up walking IN the spirit.
So I say to Christians. Deny self, repent of Self, and ask for Jesus to come into your heart and change you 100% and then CONTINUE in obedience.
And I say to Unchristians, Follow Jesus truly, he is the only way out of this world. this world is hell(prison, death), and becomming the lake of Fire more and more everyday. JESUS is LIFE and he is Joy and he is LOVE and peace. but ONLY in the spirit of the MOST high God, not in the works of the WORLD.
and I say to You Brother, Ramon, The 10 Comandments as the law of this country would be bad. it waould make thigns worse. this world will never be law abiding...it cant the fahter of Lawlessness and Lies, and sin is its king at the moment. Besides the fact that America was NEVER a christian Country...not christian in as far as how the New testement puts it. (and actually almost all the founding fathers, and all the presedents we ahve had, are Diests...they deny Christ.) America was never a Christian Country and CAN never be one. and if ALL of this country became Born again, TRULY filled with the Spirit, the next day the world would bomb us int peices...haha AMEN! Anyway....Cant happen. And The 10 comandments are NOT goign to help anything, nor would seven comandments(noahide laws) nor would the buddist comandments, or hindu ones, or new age "LOVE" everybody, hippy comandments...becasue really its not love anyway. Love means you stop at nothing to make sure that person lives for ever. And you can ONLY live forever if you are Bornagain of the Spirit of GOD, adn that is ONLY possible if you Beleive that JESUS CHRIST IS LORD, adn LORD means he owns you, adn you do what he says.
And Ramon, as you know when you obey the Lord he reveals himself to you, shows yo who he is, and then MORE of your cup(that is your fleshly vessle) gets fileld with JESUS, and you feel his presence MORE adn THAT is the most amazing fealing in all the world.
Anyway... im ranting....I love all you guys. Jesus is ALL that truly matters. LOVE IS CHRIST. and Sometimes LOVE has to pull your hair, and beat you in the head and yell at you(not phyiscaly, Spiritualy...please...hahah dont beat nobody)
LOVE is making sure EVERYONE you know hears the gosepl of Jesus Christ. IF you deny self follow, and OBEY Jesus, and then teach others to do the same...Then THAT is LOVE. Jesus bless you Ramon. and Jesus bless you all the rest.
I think the Constitution should be replaced with the Ten Commandments. Then maybe we would need no amendments. What do you say?