What ever happened to the wonderful conservative author who used to write inspirational uplifting informative articles in the SMDJ? Time to bring him back to be a counterbalance for writings such as this.
Will also all the killing commands in the bible be read? That should include killing women not a virgin when they marry, children speaking up to their parents, and strangers seen too close to a church, among a list of other commands, including anyone who worships the wrong god. How about us who don’t worship ANY god, because we know they are all just made up, like fairy tales?
Ps.: If a Christian reads the entire bible with an open eye, and some intellect applied, I doubt very much that he/she would come out of it with the faith intact.
If you could put your hate, scoffing and mocking of God aside, you might see the truth. The beauty of creation is did not come from nothing as you somehow believe, it is creation which makes far more sense. Scripture links scoffing to deliberate and willful ignorance, sounds like scripture has hit the Jorg on the head. BTW, I thought you and Kristofferson had gone under ground?
And you believe an imaginary “god” is the creator? How convenient to explain it all as “god’s work”!
Out of an estimated 12-18000 gods invented by humankind, I assume you only believe in the last one? What if yet another god is “discovered”, will you switch?
And what else is “scripture”, other than medieval believers’ fantasies?
I cannot speak for Dr. Kristoffersen. He may have gotten tired of all the nonsense presented here as opinions/
Lou: I don't need to prove the non-existence of an imaginary god! You believers are the ones who need to prove that he, she or it is real! That's how it works.
Btw.: How convenient to explain everything as "god's work", like the "Big Bang". Let us leave it to science. which has been able to explain more and more, while religion explains less and less.
Jorg -- The Bible addresses your perspective......The verse is 1 Peter 5:8: “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
A closely related passage is Job 1:7, where Satan says he has been “roaming through the earth” and “walking back and forth in it.”
Lou: So what? Your bible is nothing but a collection of writings by medieval people without our insight and understanding. Just look at the far better educated Scandinavian countries, where the vast majority of people have left all this old nonsense behind, realizing that there are neither any gods, nor any heaven or hell. When will people here wake up and learn?
Without all this religious nonsense from the evangelicals in the South, we wouldn’t have ended up with someone as uneducated as Trump in the WH.
Jorg- man did not create God. And how do you explain creation, life, and existence ? The BIG bang? Nothing creating a perfect universe, now that’s brilliant ? If not the BIG bang then what? Lou said it right, Satan is roaming and has found and groomed many Jorg’s who are his willing and ignorant sheep. So Jorg, if our beliefs are wrong, prove it and prove your theory is correct
Hey Lou and CA Is Burning, many thanks for taking on the Sisyphean task of attempting to educate Jorg but IMO, you’re wasting your time. Remember, this is the Jorg who doesn’t understand the concepts of the Second Amendment or the Electoral College, or the definitions of “assault weapon” or “insurrection” or “incendiary” or “credit” to name a few. Do you really think Jorg could understand God? Perhaps Jorg doesn’t realize it but maybe God is using Jorg as a vessel to teach others in how to lose credibility and influence by being unconvincing and thinking they know better than everyone else.
I’m not sure what your point is, Mr. Welter, and you might not know either. Perhaps you can provide insight on why Democrats support a Nazi-tattoo wielding candidate. Or why Democrats complain about billionaires yet they’re supporting a billionaire in Tom Steyer and they support billionaires who pay for No Kings loitering parties. BTW, I wonder whether there are any Democrats reading passages and if not then who do they bow to and serve?
MissTY: You mean you still haven’t read how carefully I explained both the 2nd and the EC in my latest book, “INSIGHTS of a Nordic immigrant to America”, available from Amazon?
The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount should be enough for anyone. Christian means little Christ. Try to live it for a day. Harder than you think, as the Pope is finding out when dealing with those who pick what commandments to follow.
Jorg, rewards? You too will live eternally but in eternal misery, which seems like the life you are currently living. A life of hate and disdain will be your reward. Come on now prove God doesn’t exist or prove how life and this universe was created? Your childish mocking of God proves nothing more than you are desperate, incoherent, mindless and can’t prove one of your utterances.
Hilarious. Hey SMJorg, let us know when you start doing good (the generally accepted interpretation, not the made up ones like you have for the Second Amendment or the EC). Have a Trump-tastic day!
I thought I had explained both the EC and the 2nd so thoroughly in my INSIGHTS book, that you would get it, but apparently not. Once published, I got a surprise phone call from a law professor, who said that he had never seen it so well explained, and that he would use it for his own graduate students.
Btw.: Have YOU ever done anything for your neighbors?
No Jorg, you laugh and scoff at the existence of God, so it is absolutely up to you to prove one of two things. How life started without God or that God does not exist. You don't get a free ride when you open your mouth and say "God does not exist" and then you don't have to provide any facts to back your position. Facts please or stop with your mocking and scoffing. Anyone who writes negative and hateful opinions towards people you disagree with is not happy. I will pray for you and I ask all SMDJ Christ followers to pray for Jorg, God works in mysterious ways.
You really believe that there is someone, something, somewhere listening to your prayers? Someone with the ability to do something, just waiting to see if there are enough prayers that pray hard enough? Yeah, wishful thinking.
What about Holocaust? You don’t think enough people prayed hard enough?
I do! I was crossing guard for Highlands Elementary for 10 years, but last school day before Xmas, I handed the STOP-sign to Santa. He handled the job very well, and was far better than a deputy sheriff who tried to cover for me while I attended a graduate class reunion in Europe. It was way over his head, so it resulted in an enormous traffic jam, with a collision between two cars, and the sheriff not to be seen again after his one and only miserable attempt. Apparently, a job like that requires more than a gun on the hip and a plaque on the chest.
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What ever happened to the wonderful conservative author who used to write inspirational uplifting informative articles in the SMDJ? Time to bring him back to be a counterbalance for writings such as this.
Will also all the killing commands in the bible be read? That should include killing women not a virgin when they marry, children speaking up to their parents, and strangers seen too close to a church, among a list of other commands, including anyone who worships the wrong god. How about us who don’t worship ANY god, because we know they are all just made up, like fairy tales?
Ps.: If a Christian reads the entire bible with an open eye, and some intellect applied, I doubt very much that he/she would come out of it with the faith intact.
If you could put your hate, scoffing and mocking of God aside, you might see the truth. The beauty of creation is did not come from nothing as you somehow believe, it is creation which makes far more sense. Scripture links scoffing to deliberate and willful ignorance, sounds like scripture has hit the Jorg on the head. BTW, I thought you and Kristofferson had gone under ground?
And you believe an imaginary “god” is the creator? How convenient to explain it all as “god’s work”!
Out of an estimated 12-18000 gods invented by humankind, I assume you only believe in the last one? What if yet another god is “discovered”, will you switch?
And what else is “scripture”, other than medieval believers’ fantasies?
I cannot speak for Dr. Kristoffersen. He may have gotten tired of all the nonsense presented here as opinions/
Lou: I don't need to prove the non-existence of an imaginary god! You believers are the ones who need to prove that he, she or it is real! That's how it works.
Btw.: How convenient to explain everything as "god's work", like the "Big Bang". Let us leave it to science. which has been able to explain more and more, while religion explains less and less.
Jorg -- The Bible addresses your perspective......The verse is 1 Peter 5:8: “Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour.”
A closely related passage is Job 1:7, where Satan says he has been “roaming through the earth” and “walking back and forth in it.”
Lou: So what? Your bible is nothing but a collection of writings by medieval people without our insight and understanding. Just look at the far better educated Scandinavian countries, where the vast majority of people have left all this old nonsense behind, realizing that there are neither any gods, nor any heaven or hell. When will people here wake up and learn?
Without all this religious nonsense from the evangelicals in the South, we wouldn’t have ended up with someone as uneducated as Trump in the WH.
Jorg- man did not create God. And how do you explain creation, life, and existence ? The BIG bang? Nothing creating a perfect universe, now that’s brilliant ? If not the BIG bang then what? Lou said it right, Satan is roaming and has found and groomed many Jorg’s who are his willing and ignorant sheep. So Jorg, if our beliefs are wrong, prove it and prove your theory is correct
Hey Lou and CA Is Burning, many thanks for taking on the Sisyphean task of attempting to educate Jorg but IMO, you’re wasting your time. Remember, this is the Jorg who doesn’t understand the concepts of the Second Amendment or the Electoral College, or the definitions of “assault weapon” or “insurrection” or “incendiary” or “credit” to name a few. Do you really think Jorg could understand God? Perhaps Jorg doesn’t realize it but maybe God is using Jorg as a vessel to teach others in how to lose credibility and influence by being unconvincing and thinking they know better than everyone else.
I’m not sure what your point is, Mr. Welter, and you might not know either. Perhaps you can provide insight on why Democrats support a Nazi-tattoo wielding candidate. Or why Democrats complain about billionaires yet they’re supporting a billionaire in Tom Steyer and they support billionaires who pay for No Kings loitering parties. BTW, I wonder whether there are any Democrats reading passages and if not then who do they bow to and serve?
How in the world did we end up with someone as uneducated as Trump, - in the most important job in the world?
MissTY: You mean you still haven’t read how carefully I explained both the 2nd and the EC in my latest book, “INSIGHTS of a Nordic immigrant to America”, available from Amazon?
The Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount should be enough for anyone. Christian means little Christ. Try to live it for a day. Harder than you think, as the Pope is finding out when dealing with those who pick what commandments to follow.
I believe in doing good for goodness’ sake, not in anticipation of any kind of godly rewards.
Jorg, rewards? You too will live eternally but in eternal misery, which seems like the life you are currently living. A life of hate and disdain will be your reward. Come on now prove God doesn’t exist or prove how life and this universe was created? Your childish mocking of God proves nothing more than you are desperate, incoherent, mindless and can’t prove one of your utterances.
Yeah, don’t you wish! You would be envious if you knew what a wonderful life I have had, from beginning and so far!
Btw.: It isn’t up to me to prove the non-existence of your godly fantasy figure! It is up to YOU to prove it is real. Good luck with that!
Hilarious. Hey SMJorg, let us know when you start doing good (the generally accepted interpretation, not the made up ones like you have for the Second Amendment or the EC). Have a Trump-tastic day!
I thought I had explained both the EC and the 2nd so thoroughly in my INSIGHTS book, that you would get it, but apparently not. Once published, I got a surprise phone call from a law professor, who said that he had never seen it so well explained, and that he would use it for his own graduate students.
Btw.: Have YOU ever done anything for your neighbors?
No, MissTY! I never thought you would have done anything for your neighbors!
Are you even on speaking terms with any of them?
No Jorg, you laugh and scoff at the existence of God, so it is absolutely up to you to prove one of two things. How life started without God or that God does not exist. You don't get a free ride when you open your mouth and say "God does not exist" and then you don't have to provide any facts to back your position. Facts please or stop with your mocking and scoffing. Anyone who writes negative and hateful opinions towards people you disagree with is not happy. I will pray for you and I ask all SMDJ Christ followers to pray for Jorg, God works in mysterious ways.
You really believe that there is someone, something, somewhere listening to your prayers? Someone with the ability to do something, just waiting to see if there are enough prayers that pray hard enough? Yeah, wishful thinking.
What about Holocaust? You don’t think enough people prayed hard enough?
And, don't waste your time praying for me!
"Good for goodness sake..." So you believe in Santa? Better not cry.
Yes, indeed! Far better and more honest than "Good for god's sake". Get it, or not?
In other words, be good without expecting a godly reward for it!
I do! I was crossing guard for Highlands Elementary for 10 years, but last school day before Xmas, I handed the STOP-sign to Santa. He handled the job very well, and was far better than a deputy sheriff who tried to cover for me while I attended a graduate class reunion in Europe. It was way over his head, so it resulted in an enormous traffic jam, with a collision between two cars, and the sheriff not to be seen again after his one and only miserable attempt. Apparently, a job like that requires more than a gun on the hip and a plaque on the chest.
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