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Any Believers in the Biblical Rapture? End times
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<blockquote data-quote="wckdvnm" data-source="post: 16527794" data-attributes="member: 174183"><p>I’ll preface this by saying I am not a traditionalist in my belief so I’ll leave some of these up to people who follow the beliefs of Christianity to the T to answer it in the terms of Christianity. My life experiences and STE’s have shaped my view point not formal religious training as I have ZERO except being taken to a Catholic Church once of which I didn’t even listen. Sorry if this gets a bit “wooh wooh” or “woo woo” forget that joke term of over spiritual stuff lol</p><p></p><p>1.) this is a question that is answerable with the fathers choice to give us, all beings free will; you can choose to let’s say follow the teachings of Jesus or those of Muhammad because that’s your choice. Your connection to the Divine is between you and the Divine no one can force it and you have to truly and whole heartedly want that connection. IF you are “wrong” you will be forgiven as we do not have every answer.</p><p></p><p>2.) I go back and forth on this with my openly Christian brother in law. I believe that this planet did evolve over time and humans are a newer species. </p><p>However if you go off timelines of the Bible it puts earth at around 12,000 years old around the time of the last ice age/flood present on the planet (which science supports). Humans were older but my have angered the father and reset humans (which is why we have little history from that time)... again this is hotly debated by some Christian people as some look at timelines differently. </p><p></p><p>3.) well logical constancy would dictate that he created all so the simple answer is yes.</p><p></p><p>4.) Well not so much a man or wizard per say but rather the entire source of what we know of today. Some might not like this analogy but think of him as the writer of the setting, time, and place. We would merely be the actors give sets of choices (right vs wrong, good vs bad) not knowing the outcome present with them. One must understand that we cannot know the good vs bad or right vs wrong till after we make a choice and see it play out. (Guess one could say it’s similar to karma but not in the eastern religious sense.) </p><p>A example could be you choose to do something you know is wrong i.e. steal; that decision to commit that action will set in place a chain of “reactions” not necessarily bad but can be Misguided such as not getting something you worked hard for (car, dream house, promotion, etc.) These are not punishments in the traditional sense rather consequences set in place by your prior actions you may have completely forgot about. Take it as cruel but that is a much better outcome than what was; “for the wages of sin is death”.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Just as an aside I was like you; but rather I was waiting to know what I had seen/known since my birth was real... those answers have been answered and it’s why I say my beliefs are un-shakeable. </p><p>I do hope you find what you seek as nothing is greater than the true answer you seek.</p><p></p><p>“The two greatest days in your life are the day you were born, and the day you find out why” -mark twain.</p><p></p><p>Edit: I’d just like to say I am highly opposed to putting my beliefs out there as the hate that get received for just thinking differently is rather distasteful. I know I do that to people so I cannot expect anything I say or do to not go without commentary. I also feel those that push religion from a hateful point of view lack the understanding of the fundamentals of their religion... except Islam and their 152 verses telling believers to kill non-believers.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wckdvnm, post: 16527794, member: 174183"] I’ll preface this by saying I am not a traditionalist in my belief so I’ll leave some of these up to people who follow the beliefs of Christianity to the T to answer it in the terms of Christianity. My life experiences and STE’s have shaped my view point not formal religious training as I have ZERO except being taken to a Catholic Church once of which I didn’t even listen. Sorry if this gets a bit “wooh wooh” or “woo woo” forget that joke term of over spiritual stuff lol 1.) this is a question that is answerable with the fathers choice to give us, all beings free will; you can choose to let’s say follow the teachings of Jesus or those of Muhammad because that’s your choice. Your connection to the Divine is between you and the Divine no one can force it and you have to truly and whole heartedly want that connection. IF you are “wrong” you will be forgiven as we do not have every answer. 2.) I go back and forth on this with my openly Christian brother in law. I believe that this planet did evolve over time and humans are a newer species. However if you go off timelines of the Bible it puts earth at around 12,000 years old around the time of the last ice age/flood present on the planet (which science supports). Humans were older but my have angered the father and reset humans (which is why we have little history from that time)... again this is hotly debated by some Christian people as some look at timelines differently. 3.) well logical constancy would dictate that he created all so the simple answer is yes. 4.) Well not so much a man or wizard per say but rather the entire source of what we know of today. Some might not like this analogy but think of him as the writer of the setting, time, and place. We would merely be the actors give sets of choices (right vs wrong, good vs bad) not knowing the outcome present with them. One must understand that we cannot know the good vs bad or right vs wrong till after we make a choice and see it play out. (Guess one could say it’s similar to karma but not in the eastern religious sense.) A example could be you choose to do something you know is wrong i.e. steal; that decision to commit that action will set in place a chain of “reactions” not necessarily bad but can be Misguided such as not getting something you worked hard for (car, dream house, promotion, etc.) These are not punishments in the traditional sense rather consequences set in place by your prior actions you may have completely forgot about. Take it as cruel but that is a much better outcome than what was; “for the wages of sin is death”. Just as an aside I was like you; but rather I was waiting to know what I had seen/known since my birth was real... those answers have been answered and it’s why I say my beliefs are un-shakeable. I do hope you find what you seek as nothing is greater than the true answer you seek. “The two greatest days in your life are the day you were born, and the day you find out why” -mark twain. Edit: I’d just like to say I am highly opposed to putting my beliefs out there as the hate that get received for just thinking differently is rather distasteful. I know I do that to people so I cannot expect anything I say or do to not go without commentary. I also feel those that push religion from a hateful point of view lack the understanding of the fundamentals of their religion... except Islam and their 152 verses telling believers to kill non-believers. [/QUOTE]
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