Psalm27 said:
Mage said:
If Jesus comes I will accept him. I find the idea of a God who's single requirement for salvation is blind belief, ridiculous.
It will be too late by then. God exists, evidence for it is that we are here and you can even conceptualize God's existence.
God and Jesus is not the same. Christians believe they are, but when a Christian hears a non-Christian saying or writing "God" and hears "Jesus" it is to much an you know he has been brainwashed.
Please understand that equation between God and Jesus is only in Christian faith. It's tedious to see Christians who do not understand the difference between faith in God and faith in Jesus. There is like a grand Canyon times a light year of difference.
There is no reason to for it to be too late to recognize Jesus as savior when one has made sure of his existence. There is no reason for Jesus to request blind belief in him.
Psalm27 said:
Mage said:
Just on the chance he doesn't come or comes later, I suggest you do as much as you can to survive this crazy world on your own.
I will follow his commandments as best as I can.
Which version of commandments?
Psalm27 said:
Mage said:
People have been hoping for immanent 2nd coming of Jesus, many times in human history. When any war came they hoped for that, when the black death came they hoped for that, when the Muslims and Mongols came they hoped for that. Always those who took some action had greater chance surviving then those who sat and prayed until slaughtered like sheep.
Maybe those who prayed and died were meant to die, and are now in heaven, a place infinitely better than this world. I would rather no one die, but if a believer dies and goes to heaven and a sinner gets more chances to repent, believe and be saved, then that may not be the worst result.
But we are talking about end times specifically here. Everybody will die, be it end times or not.
You assume the horror of near future end times will not apply to you if you believe and savior comes before that. But what i am saying is that you don't know that and you may get quite a bit of horror even before savior comes, if he comes. Therefore waiting on savior is not the right thing to do. Basically even the scripture that says that no one but Father knows the date of end times implies that you should not be waiting for them!
Psalm27 said:
Mage said:
You think end times is now because you are similar to peasant in medieval times who cannot imagine greater horror then black death.
No, I said things can and will get much worse than they are today.
You mean the same, peasant also thought that black death will become worse and will be fallowed by vampires rising from graves or whatnot. it is natural to always exaggerate and project the current trends to the future.
Psalm27 said:
Mage said:
Maybe a few millennia will pass and humanity will be facing horrors and craziness much worse compared to the current one. Maybe Jesus will come only then. And maybe he will not. You do not know.
There have been also many false prophets claiming to be Jesus 2nd coming.
As I said I don't know the day, nobody except God knows. All the signs Jesus mentioned in the scriptures will occur in one generation: false Christs and false prophets who will deceive many, wars and rumors of wars, nation against nation (racial/ethnic conflicts), kingdom against kingdom (wars between countries), famines, pestilence (disease epidemics), earthquakes, Christian persecution and genocide (happening right now in many parts of the world), iniquity abounds (lots of sin), and finally the gospel of the Kingdom of Heaven shall be preached unto all nations, and then shall the end come.
We're at the last stage right now, the gospel is beginning to be preached around the world. The end draws near. It will be like the days of Noah and he will come like a thief in the night.
You say no one know the hour but you are confident we are at last stage now.
Just before that you said you believe it can get even worse. Which is it then?
Btw, there are no great wars or earthquakes or famines right now, all there is is a lot of sexual sin and abortion. I say it can become a lot worse and not likely to become like that in our lifetime.
Psalm27 said:
Mage said:
Maybe your blue beam will be used to convince you that it's operator is Jesus and you must serve him.
Yes that may be part of the Great Deception, to get Christians to believe in a false Christ, the anti-Christ.
Why are you ok with going to hell for being good meaning but being deceived?
This is why faith doesn't matter/ it's better to be good meaning but doubtful to everything.
Psalm27 said:
Mage said:
Trust nothing. If you trust nothing and check everything with other senses and opinions then blue beam will not be effective against you.
Believe nothing except the bible. The bible should be your anchor.
Why? It's just a book. Full of contradictions, mistranslations and omissions. There are some good ideas in there that are good to live by as long as they do not become blind faith and tyranny of absolutism. There are also some bad ideas there that should be ignored.
Psalm27 said:
Mage said:
God doesn't need your belief. He needs your good soul. He sees in everyone's heart and will save those who are on path to becoming more holy and will discard who are on path to become more animal. He does't care for declarations of belief or unbelief.
Salvation is God's free gift, and in order to accept it you must believe in Jesus Christ. You must also repent from your evil ways and be baptized.
You contradict yourself. First you say it is free then you say it requires 3 things:
1)Belief (costing the benefit of the doubt, I cannot agree with this)
2)Repenting from evil ways (I am ok with this)
3)Baptism (seems redundant but it's a small thing so let's not argue about it)
Psalm27 said:
Mage said:
Faith and hope are both weapons used to manipulate you. Believe nothing, hope nothing. Question everything, prepare for worst.
Christianity is propaganda teaching you that faith and hope are good things, They are preparing you to accept the coming mass delusion, be it blue beam or something else. In truth faith and hope are bad for you.
Faith in the one true God is a good thing. Faith in a false God is a bad thing. The God of the bible is the one true God.
No faith is always bad because faith does not allow you to distinguish whether you believe in the true God or a false God.
it is always better to doubt, research and double check. In the same time you polish your understanding of God like a diamond.