7 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said:

this infinitely long stay at the cosmic equivalent of The Villages?

2 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said:

pics?

get your tissues...

8 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

so, then all of this upheaval and outrage over a guy wanting to suck a deek is completely manmade and a bastardization of god's word ? 

Yes, that's why hot lesbians still go to heaven.  

11 minutes ago, Christian Eagle said:

My focus in this thread is to share the good news from Jesus that ALL people will be with God in paradise, including people who were homosexual on Earth.

That's great news for you then.

4 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said:

You're telling me there's nothing I can do to avoid this infinitely long stay at the cosmic equivalent of The Villages?

The Bible says that ALL people will eventually choose to follow Jesus.  I believe that you will eventually have a change of heart and that you will cheerfully follow Jesus.  Jesus will not force anyone to follow him but all will eventually choose to do so.  His gift of immortal life in paradise sounds like a good deal to me and it costs nothing.  Jesus said so himself.  

 

 

John 6:27-29

Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For on him God the Father has set his seal.” ²⁸ Then they said to him, "What must we do, to be doing the works of God?” ²⁹ Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent.”

14 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

so, then all of this upheaval and outrage over a guy wanting to suck a deek is completely manmade and a bastardization of god's word ? 

 

Romans 8:7-9

⁷ For the mind that is set on the flesh is hostile to God, for it does not submit to God's law; indeed, it cannot. ⁸ Those who are in the flesh cannot please God.

⁹ You, however, are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you. Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ does not belong to him.

Just now, Christian Eagle said:

The Bible says that ALL people will eventually choose to follow Jesus.  I believe that you will eventually have a change of heart and that you will cheerfully follow Jesus.  Jesus will not force anyone to follow him but all will eventually choose to do so.  His gift of immortal life in paradise sounds like a good deal to me and it costs nothing.  Jesus said so himself.

Once again... you're not really giving me a choice.

Unless you're saying I'll burn until I change my mind.

In which case what you're saying makes perfect sense.

 

5 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said:

Once again... you're not really giving me a choice.

Unless you're saying I'll burn until I change my mind.

In which case what you're saying makes perfect sense.

 

 

The choice is yours.  Jesus is patient and he will wait for you and others to go to him because Jesus won't throw anyone away as if they are trash.  He will wait for them.

 

Matthew 18:12

What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?

 

11 minutes ago, Next_Up said:

get your tissues...

Nice.

Finally... half price for a four-hands massage.

See @Christian Eagle?

Someone already offered me a religion (older than your bronze age desert cult, I might add) with a much better "happy ending" than your cloud prison.

Care to up the ante?

2 minutes ago, Christian Eagle said:

 

The choice is yours.  Jesus is patient and he will wait for you and others to go to him because Jesus won't throw anyone away as if they are trash.  He will wait for them.

 

 

Just FYI... those of us who have been around a while aren't buying this saccharin show of serene confidence that you're putting on. We've seen it all before.

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.  

 

3 minutes ago, Christian Eagle said:

1 Corinthians 1:18

For the word of the cross is folly to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.  

ehhhhh! see? 

I knew it.

It only took a little prodding to get it out of you.

Like I said... out of your league.

 

11 minutes ago, Christian Eagle said:

Jesus preached to forgive and to love one another.  Jesus preached to help the sick and the poor.  Are you opposed to such concepts?  

Jesus "said” a lot of very good things but most Christians totally miss the message. I guess I am just as guilty. It wasn’t until well after my de-conversion from Christianity, dismissing all the WOO, and some help from the Buddha, that I was able to see his message of peace and good will. 

If a person time traveled, either forwards or backwards, they would almost definitely materialize in deep space as the Earth is always moving. Discuss.

1 hour ago, Arthur Jackson said:

"Many religions now come before us with ingratiating smirks and outspread hands, like an unctuous merchant in a bazaar. They offer consolation and solidarity and uplift, competing as they do in a marketplace. But we have a right to remember how barbarically they behaved when they were strong and were making an offer that people could not refuse.”

― Christopher Hitchens

I miss Christopher. 

2 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said:

ehhhhh! see? 

I knew it.

It only took a little prodding to get it out of you.

Like I said... out of your league.

 

 

Your problem isn't with me; your problem is with God.  

Most people are "of the world".  As evidenced by this thread, those who are of the world not only reject God and his word, they hate the people that share it just as they hated Jesus, who preached a message of love.

 

John 15:19

If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you.

2 minutes ago, Christian Eagle said:

 

Your problem isn't with me; your problem is with God.  

You're really not very good at this news spreading business.

Have you tried monetizing videos about how super young the Earth really is?

Those guys are raking it in

Satan has blinded most of the world to the existence of God and of his word and that is why I have said that nobody can choose to believe in God unless God permits them to do so.  

2 Corinthians 4:4

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

2 minutes ago, Arthur Jackson said:

You're really not very good at this news spreading business.

God will be the judge of that.  

Revelation 22:12

And, behold, I come quickly

 

 

Just now, Christian Eagle said:

Satan has blinded most of the world to the existence of God and of his word and that is why I have said that nobody can choose to believe in God unless God permits them to do so.  

2 Corinthians 4:4

In their case the god of this world has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, to keep them from seeing the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.

49 minutes ago, Alpha_TATEr said:

so, then all of this upheaval and outrage over a guy wanting to suck a deek is completely manmade and a bastardization of god's word ? 

This dude really wants to suck a deek.

There's a reason that some atheists relentlessly attack Jesus's message and messengers.  I believe it is because they are under significant demonic oppression to do so.  The reader should also consider that such atheists don't go after faith systems that are not based on Jesus.  Why is that?  The simple answer is that they are "of the world" and not of Jesus.  They don't believe in Satan or his demons but they exist and they whisper into the ears of the hard-core atheists who then do their bidding, such as attacking the message of Jesus's good news!