Recent content by Vladimir

Well, these are your words, the words of a human being. You may be right, but you may also be wrong. Have you heard of a Pascal’s wager? Pascal too considered that he could be wrong, except he wrongly concluded that he’d lose nothing if this is the case. Frank Turek in his book “I don’t have...

No he isn’t. Some people claim that he is, but all I have is a book that has a bunch of teachings that are contradictory. And even obvious additions to it, like the last few verses of Mark 16. Anything *could* be true. Allah could be real too. The onus is not on me to figure these things...

Let’s tone this down a bit. First, we find Jesus teaching about hell. Matt Slick has a whole article with Bible references. https://carm.org/christianity/what-is-hell/ This teaching has been brought to us by Jesus. Second, the rich young ruler, we are told, walked away sad because Jesus told...

You have been caught in a lie, lucky for you, Jesus saves liars. Look up Matt Slick on the teachings on Hell. He quotes NEW Testament

You seem bent on making false statements. Matthew 19:21 Jesus answered, “If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.Then come, follow me.” 22 When the young man heard this, he went away sad, because he had great wealth. 23...

It’s not reasonable to believe Matthew 16 is true, a passage you cannot verify until after you die. And then, if there’s nothing, you have lost your life and did not find it. And yet, there are verses that are clearly false. Mark 11:24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer...

If this is my reality then I would have to deal with the choice your God has made. There really is no reason for this God to play hide and seek with us and give us no choice after we die. But if God decides to honor gullibility and fear above reason, I guess I’ll have to deal with this reality...

Christ did not forgive rich young ruler who refused to sell all his possessions. He brought the doctrine of hell with him too. Jews don’t have the hell theology that Matt Slick does. That’s a teaching brought to us by loving Jesus.

So, tell me what did ancient Israelites reap for killing Amalekite children? They reaped blessings from their Lord, no? Also, Christianity teaches that Jesus forgives all sins. So, someone like Hitler can murder away and as long as they “truly repent” before they die there will be no...

Mainstream Christian theology teaches that their God will torture nonbelievers in hell for all eternity. This may be a dumb idea, but I assure you, it's very popular among your brethren. Christ himself came up with this punishment plan. Stalin, Mao, etc.. killed people by the millions, but...

Double Standards. None of the atheist dictators tortured their victims indefinitely. Plus, remember that the West has the best propaganda machine. You think Stalin is bad because millions were killed under his rule (for various reasons, some justified others not so much), but you don't...

1. Catholic Church (or any other church) presents itself as an organization through which God acts in this world. So, if a priest molests a child and then warns the child not to tell this to anyone or God will punish them, God is responsible for not doing anything about it. Assuming this God...

that's clearly not true. Leviticus 11:7 And the pig, though it has a divided hoof, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. 8 You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you. Mark 7:17 After he had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked...

Mainly I was suggesting assertive people will not follow some Bible teachings such as prohibition on relying on own understanding and a call to value others higher than one self Philipians 2:3 Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves...

The firmament comes to is from the flat earth model. Nothing surprising about that, since this was what the ancient people thought at the time about the Earth. What’s more surprising is that many people in the 21st Century believe that a book with a talking snake is real history and not a...