Random Religious Thoughts

Ok well you can remove that part and the rest still applies
But also when you are all about something,
On some level it forces it upon anyone who interacts with you
 
Wyote said:
On some level it forces it upon anyone who interacts with you
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I make a case. People are free to refute it or propose alternative explanations. I am not forcing anyone into anything. If my case is strong and there are no alternative explanations, then it's not me forcing anyone into anything. It's just what logic, reason, and evidence dictate.

I have also not placed anyone in the "other" category. That was never my intention. What I was saying is that categories exist. It's not as if just because someone is in a different category to me that this means I dislike them or have an "otherness" towards them. It just means we are different in this way. I have people in my Bible study at my apartment complex who are radically different from me in their politics. However, we all still get along, despite our differences. Differences are fine. No two people are exactly the same. People will see things differently. This does not necessitate a kind of animosity towards them, even though the current culture may want to lead me to do so. I'm simply not going to stop being someone's friend because we differ on something, because I view that as immature.
 
QuickTwist said:
This does not necessitate a kind of animosity towards them, even though the current culture may want to lead me to do so. I'm simply not going to stop being someone's friend because we differ on something, because I view that as immature.
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Ok cool
For the record, I wasn't saying it was wrong of you to function that way or anything
Just something to be mindful/careful of, which sounds like you solidly are
Thanks for not trying to combat me or take it super personally, not my intent at all
 
Wyote said:
Ok cool
For the record, I wasn't saying it was wrong of you to function that way or anything
Just something to be mindful/careful of, which sounds like you solidly are
Thanks for not trying to combat me or take it super personally, not my intent at all
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I love discussing this stuff. I just think we can disagree and still be cool with each other. People see things differently; Let's talk about it, is my view.
 
QuickTwist said:
I love discussing this stuff. I just think we can disagree and still be cool with each other. People see things differently; Let's talk about it, is my view.
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I don't know you well enough yet to know what we really agree or disagree on, but I know there's a lot of common ground.
I'm the type of person that just leaves a lot of things open for growth and interpretation though.
Our brains want closed circuits and I fight against it a bit.
 
just me said:
Lovest thou me, Peter?
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You know what is so interesting about this passage? There are different words for love in Greek, unlike us English speakers, who only have one word for it. When Jesus asked Peter, "Do you love me?" He was asking about agape love. When Peter answered the following two times, he answered with phileo love. But the third time, Peter finally gets it and answers, "You know I agape you!" It was Christ restoring all that was lost when Peter betrayed Him.

Jesus Restored Peter.webp
 
QuickTwist said:
I was listening to one of my favorite worship songs. As great as it is--even transcendent in some way--it is still no comparison to heaven. When the Lord returns, it will be real--hyper real. The most real thing a person can experience. I just think of heaven. I think of the end of all things. I think of how Jesus loved us. I think of how the world is passing away. I think about how this temporal, physical life is but a shadow of what is true reality.

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Do you think your soul develops more in heaven, or remains as it is as you die?
 
digits said:
Do you think your soul develops more in heaven, or remains as it is as you die?
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Good question. I believe from the moment of conversion, we are ever being conformed to the image of Jesus. I do not believe this ends at death. Jesus was perfect, but the Bible says Jesus "Learned obedience through suffering." How is it that someone who is perfect can be perfected? As such, yes, our bodies will be resurrected and will be glorified, and we will have incorruptible bodies. But, I believe just as people in hell grow ever more sinful into eternity, so too do the upright continue to become more sanctified into eternity.

Revelation 22:11
"“Let the unrighteous go on in unrighteousness; let the filthy still be filthy; let the righteous go on in righteousness; let the holy still be holy.”"
 
So what you're saying is, I might also have a dead end job as a ghost 🤔
 
The point I'm making is obvious and hilarious
 
It's ok "Revelation 22:11"
 
QuickTwist said:
Good question. I believe from the moment of conversion, we are ever being conformed to the image of Jesus. I do not believe this ends at death. Jesus was perfect, but the Bible says Jesus "Learned obedience through suffering." How is it that someone who is perfect can be perfected? As such, yes, our bodies will be resurrected and will be glorified, and we will have incorruptible bodies. But, I believe just as people in hell grow ever more sinful into eternity, so too do the upright continue to become more sanctified into eternity.

Revelation 22:11
"“Let the unrighteous go on in unrighteousness; let the filthy still be filthy; let the righteous go on in righteousness; let the holy still be holy.”"
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If God created Earth and human souls, why would God then abandon grace foreer of some of those creations?
 
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