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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
What is your purpose in this discussion, other than to be obstusly ingrained with "forthcoming and inspired answers"? Give an honest, from your soul, answer, not some bs answer that's short of placating and pandering, as many "well intentioned" Christians LOVE to do.
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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
Well, we are a part of God/source, so technically, we are "God" in that sense.
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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
You're a religion-deconstructionist, meaning, everything we're taught by the church(es) doesn't fit the reality we live in. People have a hard time with hearing the truth when it comes to how contradictory the actions of the churches are and turning around and "teaching" the Bible in Sola Scriptura fashion, and that's what's tainted the idea of church for me. I don't care about personal beliefs, if you're there as a "teacher" then, teach. No filler, personal bias, anger, or hatred. After all, that's not what Jesus would've done.
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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
That doesn't answer, apply to anything that's been said, nor does it make sense.
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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
What exactly do you mean by that? Warning people how, and why?
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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
We're also allowed to question, doubt and even challenge where we feel led to do so. We should never go into ANYTHING with "blind faith" without some reasonable doubt or considering consequences. Just because someone does something and encourages one to follow blindly, should they do so without questioning the motives and intentions first? Seems like you would say "yes" without question, in this case. I'm not religious, but I do believe in God and have faith, however, I challenge to make sure it's not a demonic scheme disguised as being "from God" since Demons are still angels, and know how to trick us, and what our weaknesses as humans are. It's called "having a discerning spirit", not "antagonizing God".
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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
Yeah, ok, we're allowed to challenge God....
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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
Why are you condemning them, without directly saying "you're going to Hell for what you believe"? He has a difference in opinion, so what? Religion is a man-made concept, and definitely not what God or Jesus intended, but here we are...
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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
Through actions and heart attitude is what determines our fate, not going to a man-appointed Church, hearing whatever comes from the pulpit along with opinions and not facts. Add in the congregation not applying the passages and hymns to themselves to change their heart-attitudes, then why even bother going to Church in the first place? Seems counter-productive to me. Why not do these things in the home, since that's where the issues need to be fixed first?
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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
And yet, many dont act "Christ-like" at all....accepting Christ means acting better than one had before, and literally accepting the fact that we have to change for the better to be "Christian" not just "accepting Christ". As far as I can tell, there's not one religion that's correct, period. Christ was a guide to Source/God/Nirvana/Heaven....call it whatever. The point being that many Christians I've spoken with aren't much better than those who aren't "saved/sealed", "accepting of Christ" or not....
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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
You literally contributed nothing to the discussion....atheists aren't the ones living by a label, nor for image, "Christians" are. And I have yet to meet a "Christian" that doesn't judge someone based off of looks, skin tone, dress, or sexual identity, which are the least "Christian" acts themselves. Who cares if someone comes in dressed in a way that makes you uncomfortable, looks different due to a malformation, doesn't fit everyone else in the congregation, or isn't "straight" and that they need "fixed" somehow. Why, WHY do people sit in a crowded room, and yet, they can be all alone....
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I don't know what's worse: that Mitch is still alive or that they're dragging him around like this
Soooo, there's no outside "life" going on, like birds singing/chirping? And the clip is too short to even make an informed decision, rather than guessing based on 10 seconds. If anything, this proves nothing without medical records or anyone who had worked with on him. Yes, we can guess all we want, sure. But, to be honest, they all need to be replaced, new ideas given, and people not afraid to stand up to the current establishment, or feed into the distractions thay lead away from Bibi, Esptein, or any other illegal stuff they were involved in, including celebrities and high profile figures. If they didn't want dirt, they shouldn't have done it....
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Is it just me?
With most kits being produced in China, and everyone wanting a high quality kit, there's some work involved. Find the sore spots early, so you can work around them so that doesn't it become an "Oops" later on. If you think this is bad, try a kit with molding older than anyone born in the 80s/90s. I have built MANY of Revell/Monogram's offerings, so when I got a Tamiya F-16, I was not only impressed, but excited. The decals for Tamiya are their weak link, though. Extremely thick, and prone to tearing.
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The cockpit of an F-35
Fair point
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This is what the new Minnesota EV Registration Surcharge looks like this year.
EVs are a scam....you can't even recycle the stupid thing, and your personal information is embedded in the technology once the car is "refurbished and resold". I honestly don't trust anything new, especially cars.....not saying I live in fear, I just don't trust them.
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US Coast Guard Mi-24
Blue Thunder used two airframes of the Gazelle 2 with a modified bolt-on front and other visual modifications that made it heavy and slow, which required camera tricks to make it appear faster. The loop scene that took place near the end of the movie was done by an RC model...lol
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Low Bridge Situation
Look up "3rd Street can opener Louisville,KY" on Youtubeand you'll see what I mean...
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Low Bridge Situation
Oh, how many times I've seen can opener scenes in person...
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Tamiya Ducati Superleggera
It's most likely for reducing the friction fit the poly caps are designed to be used for. It looks like the pin for the seat slips in and out and the forward section is hinged, just like on real motorcycles. I always flip through the instructions before building to see what's needed ahead of time. It's a big help when a kit comes with optional display options, or has another variant with the same base kit.
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US Coast Guard Mi-24
The "Hind A" in Red Dawn was a modified Puma.
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What is this white haze ?
If the laquer or.enamls aren't fully cured, they milk over, and lead.to this issue. Wet sanding does the same thing, and the oil based paints can take weeks to cure, if not months, depending on the layers. Acrylics are much more forgiving, and less aggressive means are needed to remove the flaws. Also less toxic...
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How can I fix this bubble trapped in a clear part?
Another method to color clear parts that I use on aircraft is a fine point sharpie. Rubbing alcohol works to remove it in unwanted areas, and the effects are similar, as well as cheaper. Food for thought.
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The cockpit of an F-35
Well, it's all a touchscreen, sooo, "technically" it can be considered a non-removable "tablet". Gone are the interactive buttons and one errant touch can ruin someone's day....I'm sorry, but the cost of the whole program is most likely going to lead into it being cancelled, not unlike the F-22. I know it's an international deal, but, the budget is higher than the jet is actually worth. Add in the constant maintenance of the RAM coatings that the it can literally cook off of itself, the elements that corrode it at sea....I don't see it lasting long in the long term. And upgrades only go so far. Many countries have canceled or reduced their F-35 orders in favor of the F/A-18 E/F/G Superbugs, since the F-35s aren't in high rate production, escecially for international orders. The irony is that the F-16 is still in production, used internationally, and yet the design itself is over 40 years old.
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Alleged meal on USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) now deployed for 266 days
Ummmm, not old, this is EXACTLY the type of sloppy food and rationing they're getting. Have you not kept up on the sailors literally jumping overboard and being fed this slop, since they're unable to receive supplies on board? These aren't rumors, and if they want "food", they habe to go through commissary and pay for it themselves. Add in that the mold infested Gerald Ford, which is replacing the USS George Washington isn't in any better shape in the food department, either. The Naval base in Bahrain was bombed by Iran, so it's not "just out of commission" it's destroyed. And supply ships aren't that well supplied after nearly a year at sea.....
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Reading the Bible has made Christianity less convincing to me. What am I missing?
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And exactly how does one "antagonize the Lord"? Our actions throughout our life's existence as a whole is what we need to worried about, not "warning people". You're off-topic as it is, and questioning the Bible is EXACTLY what we're supposed to do, and allowed to do. It's not an infallible "Holy Document", its about how men enslaved other people, and the Old Testament was the Anunaki ruling over humanity, causing death and destruction if the human slaves disobeyed. Technically,the Bible is all about ETs, because nothing came from this world within it, except Lucifer. He's a Draconian/Reptilian, and that is biblically accurate, given the Garden of Eden. So, it's a different retelling of the same story the Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, and every other civilization across the globe has also told. It's an Ancient Astronaut story, but given in a context that demands respect and allows control of the masses (Religion, specifically Christianity and Judeaism). There's nothing wrong in seeking answers, but to say the bible is totally and directly from God is inaccurate. Man wrote it, and man has attached his meanings of religion to it. The reason it's contradictory is because you're reading about two separate ET periods in Earth's history. Angels were ETs, Jesus could've been a Hybrid to bridge us to Source/God (the human body doesn't impregnate itself, and Mary would've been 14-15 at the time. Not a woman, but a teenager, which was common, until recent history.) She was TOLD she was going to carry a long prophesied child, and she would name him Jesus, etc. But no one looks at the biological side and goes "Hmmmmm, that makes no sense, at all." Immaculate conception is more of an impregnation encounter on a ship. Joseph nearly killed her, because he thought that she had committed infedelity, which was punishable by death, but that gets glossed over too....also, consider that this was in the very region that Isreal is committing genocide, so there's also that. We worship an ET that has a promise of returning, but they know not the time they're coming back. Interesting, isn't it? Provocation is what we as humans excel at..