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Originally posted by Alpha:
If Christianity were completely correct, though i don't believe that but for this post I'm going to pretend, there are an ample number of excuses why the bible contradicts itself. It's been around for 2000 years, been translated many times, and not always by the same people (two different people might translate it into latin two different ways). Of course it's going to have some rough edges Dr. Suess.
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I'm not sure if you read my post respondign to the "contradiction" post or understood it, but i basically stated that. I didn't really bother to research much into it, and at first it looked plausible to me. I understand that, and that is why i said that things were taken out of context.
I really shouldn't have even bothered with that post, but i did anyways and i can't take it back.
AcTivE: In response to your answers...
1) I had a response written up to this, but it was neither relevant to anything nor worth the effort to explain. But in my opinion, you can't have good without evil thus making God evil as well as good. I don't know why i asked you that question, really...
2.) I don't agree with you at all here. In revelations, there are clearly prophesies that state an exact account of what the earth will be like. I think that somewhere in the book, it states an exact number of Jews that will convert to Christianity during the 7 years before Christ comes back again. I don't remember the exact number, but if that verse is necessary, i will try to find it. The point i am trying to make is that their lives have already been predecided by God. Everything that happens is supposed to happen because of God's plan. What i'm saying is basically all of our thoughts and actions are pre-decided and we're just fulfulling his plans by being here today. I'm know you disagree with me on that, but that's the way I'm seeing it. I'm just curious as to how you came up with your beliefs on predestination and God's knowledge of the future? Did you pull them out of your ass (i'm not trying to be disrespectful here) or is there an actual verse in the Bible that explains this?
The point I'm trying to make is that God can see people go to hell even before they are born. He created each and every person exactly teh way they were and put them into an environment that he found suitable. I believe that a person's choices and thoughts are decided by two key factors: genetics and environment. If God decided both of these, then he basically chose for these people to be sent to hell. This alone makes me question Christianity in general.
I'm sure you're going to prove me wrong, and i'm sorry for the long-ass post. If that didn't make make sense, then i'm sorry.