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Christianity EtcRe: "Why Doesn't God Heal Amputees?" by Joshthefirst(m): 12:17pm On Jan 01, 2014
MeandSum: Please define God then. Again "God has appeared in his mercy, and has revealed himself to people in his mercy". That's the issue... he always seem to appear to other people. not to you.
God is the creator. He has appeared to people. There are ttimonies everywhere. Unique ones. Arguing here with you is a waste of time.
If you truly seek God, adress the eternal creator and ask him sincerely and diligently to reveal himself to you. Stop wasting your time here speaking arrogantly on what you know nothing about

Hebrews 11:6 No one can please God without faith, for whoever comes to God must have faith that God exists and rewards those who seek him.
Christianity EtcRe: "Why Doesn't God Heal Amputees?" by Joshthefirst(m): 12:12pm On Jan 01, 2014
mazaje: There is evidence of man visiting the moon,provide one single evidence of clear cut divinne healing like god healing an amputee or healing a very popular blind person. . .All the nonsense of god healed my cancer is nonsense because some cancers go into remission on their own. . .The nonsense we see like "A crippled was able to walk after many years" "or a deaf man was able to see" in crusades are all planned and scripted. . .Real miracles like god healing real blind people or amputees never happen. . .
tell that to the blind people I've seen healed. And the testimonies of the men who had their limbs restored.

The reason your words cannot faze me is because I've seen and tested and experienced these things myself.

Yet you stay here and claim boldly that they never happen. Lol.

I wonder if you feel threatened by these things.

mazaje: Here is the problem with you, you always come here beating your chest but when shown how silly your assertions are you beging to cry like a puppy. . .In the bible Jesus healed even unbelievers. . .And the bible promised those that believe in him to do more wonders than he was written to have done. . .I know bible believing christians that have faith that god will heal them and it never worked, it will never work, i have a few bible believing friends that are amputees can you pray for them and ask god to restore their amputated limbs?. . .These guys truly believe. . .I am puting it to you that no matter how you believe and pray their amputated limbs will never be restored through prayers, you KNOW that VERY VERY well. . .
Why do you always hide under the pretext of man being a sinner to justify all your ignorance, prejudice, and rationalize all your wrongly held beliefs?. . .We clearly see through this nonsense game of yours. . .Sin as a concept is a one size fits all idea that can be conveniently corrupted as necessary, and also be defined as something personally humbling, if that is all you need. It excuses frightening kids and works really good as a hammer to hold over anyone else who dares cross your path. Everything you through the sin card at people expecting them to accept that they are naturally corupt and evil. . .The sin concept is a good concept to put people in line, that is why you guys love it so much and use it all the time to justify your delusions. . .Christianity wouldn't be able to exist as invented without sin. It had to be introduced early in the story, after implying that perfection would have been possible if only even hadn't acted so impulsively. . .Saddling everyone from birth with the notion that they are the lowest form of life available because they do bad things with every breath is no way to raise a child or populate a society.
no you see. We have seen people healed. I am putting it to you that God heals when we believe. And he even heals passive unbelievers as we believe.

You cannot deny wrong-doing. We tell people they they are guilty of wrong and that Jesus saves. We don't insult them or demean them, we tell them the truth, their conscience and the holy spirit does the rest of the work. Speak your pretty words to the men who have cried and embraced Christ and life change, and you'll see that we need Christ is forgiveness in our world like never before.
Christianity EtcRe: Atheists: Losing Faith And Change In Lifestyle by Joshthefirst(m): 11:59am On Jan 01, 2014
This thread is about losing faith, then a change in lifestyle.


So I will speak of when I was almost losing faith. I was the typical religious kid. The "typical christian", even in scripture union since I was an infant. I feared hell, church was boring, the bible was boring. Didn't know Christ. Was beginning to lose faith. Maybe if I had come on nairaland in those days, I would have become a "staunch secret" atheist. I have enough vocal skill, I have enough strength of words to evoke decision-making change, I have an uncanny ability to steer people to my side with "natural words".(All these have changed now)

But Just before that, I had the encounter, and became born-again. Yes, went for a camp-meeting, and was plunged into the depths of God-reality, never to break out again. All those years, I thought I knew God, I was wasting my time, I didn't really believe, any oppourtunity I got, I would act like a typical unsaved man. Then I got saved, and I saw the spiritual life in the bible. Then I looked some more, and I saw the intellectual life in those words. The hope. I've been walking with God ever since. I've proved this words:

Hebrews 11:6 No one can please God without faith, for whoever comes to God must have faith that God exists and rewards those who seek him.

Faith in God is reasonable faith born of knowledge, faith in God's non-existence is blind unreasonable faith.

Knowledge of Christ, Is characterized by radical life-change ya know. There are many religious people who have nothing to do with Christ on our streets. We're meeting them. Changing them one by one with Christs light. We're showing the real-deal of Christ to nigeria. Preaching his love and his judgement, narrating salvation, living the life. People see this life, and cannot deny this change. Its yielding fruit. We're being stirred up in nigeria, we stand together for righteousness and integrity. We're everywhere. Look around. We might seem to be working behind the scenes now, but we'll soon burst forth.


So in the midst of my confusion and darkness, as I began to lose faith, I had the God-encounter that changed my life forever. Today as I preach I trust God to flow through the words that I speak, and it bears fruit. The spark changed my friends too. I carry the flame everywhere I go. And by God, my life will continue to bear witness with this message that encompasses man's all.
Christianity EtcRe: "Why Doesn't God Heal Amputees?" by Joshthefirst(m): 11:20am On Jan 01, 2014
MeandSum: Very very convenient. Why can't you superimpose your faith on the amputee's faith and heel him? I thought with faith, you can move mountains. So, if you can move inanimate things, moving "faithlessness" out of that amputee should be a cake walk for god.

After all, god "commanded" the sun to stand still until all his battles were won (Joshua 10)...LOL

BTW, have you ever wonder why churches and prayer houses still use thunder catcher? talk about total faithlessness in god smiley
what foolish idea do you have of God then? That would come to people on their terms? No. We come to God on his terms. We must believe that the creator exists, and he rewards those that diligently seek him.

Even then, God has appeared in his mercy, and has revealed himself to people in his mercy. Some accept, some don't. God is not your houseboy.

If you want to conveniently deny his existence and his judgement so you can continue in wrongdoing, carry on. We're patient enough to wait till death to see the result of your actions, and the reward of our faith, born of knowledge.
Christianity EtcRe: "Why Doesn't God Heal Amputees?" by Joshthefirst(m): 11:14am On Jan 01, 2014
mazaje: How do you know that he will not believe after he sees?. . .Seeing is believing no?. . .Even the bible talks about signs that will follow the believers, it talks about believers performing wonders so that the unbelievers will see and believe. . . .Since your god's messengers have completely failed why not just heal an amputee so that he will see and believe. . .After all you guys always claim that your god is still in the divine healing business, curing cancers, AIDS, malaria, TB, healing the blind, raising people from the dead etc. ..But when asked for clear cut miracles like healing of amputees you always come up short. . .This only shows that all miracle claims are BOGUS. . .Any god that can heal the blind and restore their sight should be able to restore the amputated limbs of humans. . .Well we know that the people were never blind in the first place, pastors just pick people to act etc. . . .But they can't pick on amputees because they know they can use them to decieve people. . .All cases of divine healing are false. . .
lol. See how you boldly make this claim.

Sorry, but you can also claim man has never and can never visit the moon simply because nigeria has not.

Amusing.
Christianity EtcRe: Is Abortion Wrong In Cases Of Rape, Incest Or When The Mother's Life Is At Risk? by Joshthefirst(m): 11:07am On Jan 01, 2014
Kay 17: @joshthefirst

"How shalt not kill" is an absolute rule which bars even self defence ( a legitimate self preservation), the draftsman lacked the foresight to exempt the necessary/lawful killings.

I can tell you for sure, no such commandment is written in my heart.
it is actually. Its written in everyone's heart.

You made a wrong assumption it seems, and an ignorant one at that, in an effort to disqualify the lawmaker.
Christianity EtcRe: The Uncaused; Origins Of The Universe... The Attributes Of The Starter. by Joshthefirst(op): 11:02am On Jan 01, 2014
Kay 17: ^^
So before time, right?!
I understand the conundrum well.

But my position is that time itself was birthed.

What is yours?
Christianity EtcRe: The Christian Chatbox ( sticky) by Joshthefirst(m): 1:22am On Jan 01, 2014
texanomaly: awwww...thanks Joshie
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Christianity EtcRe: The Christian Chatbox ( sticky) by Joshthefirst(m): 1:19am On Jan 01, 2014
texanomaly: I see you Josh...
happy new year.
kiss
thank you ma'am. Happy new year in advance. God keep you and your family. kiss
Christianity EtcRe: The Christian Chatbox ( sticky) by Joshthefirst(m): 1:11am On Jan 01, 2014
Happy new year family.

Blessed be the name of the lord
Christianity EtcRe: A Thread To Pray For Roman Catholics And To Help Them To Reform by Joshthefirst(m): 1:07am On Jan 01, 2014
Following and praying too.


Love post number 2
Christianity EtcRe: The Uncaused; Origins Of The Universe... The Attributes Of The Starter. by Joshthefirst(op): 1:01am On Jan 01, 2014
Kay 17: ^^^
I have explained that numerous times, and even in my last post.
no actually, the onus is on you who even denies the spiritual,( which I generalize in this case to be the timeless and spaceless realm) to prove that it is anti-physical.


Kay 17: I cringe whenever I "hear" first cause.

The problems thereof, which you don't seem to see: first cause reveals a linear time, without with the idea of first cause falls apart. Which now begs the question when was time caused?
no. First cause reveals that the concept of time was started and put into relay by the cause. By first cause, we mean the cause of our universe itself, with its time and space and every other.
Christianity EtcRe: Is Abortion Wrong In Cases Of Rape, Incest Or When The Mother's Life Is At Risk? by Joshthefirst(m): 12:55am On Jan 01, 2014
Fulaman198: And yet there are several killings every day, there were killings in our holy books... the Qur'an and Bible, and if you are Jewish the Torah as well.
so? The law is given to discourage killing and to provide justice for the guilty. Does the fact that say people steal everyday give you license to steal?

Fulaman198: You do realise the implications of a woman being violated right? If a woman was a virgin, she would no longer be a virgin. Women should not be penalised for the crime a man commits.
my brother, neither should the child be killed for the crime the man commits. Not so?

Kay 17: Whoever drafted the 10 commandments, did not go to law school.
too bad its written in our consciences, and the natural order of the universe correlates with it. When we begin to move the boundaries of absolute law, we only end up hurting ourselves, damaging our brains with pornography and lust, breaking hearts with adultery and immorality, murdering children in the womb, rebelling against natural order, chaos. We need a reconciliation.

smiley
Happy new year.

And are you male or female?
Christianity EtcRe: "Why Doesn't God Heal Amputees?" by Joshthefirst(m): 12:46am On Jan 01, 2014
ifeness: how? He can speak to me buy healing amputees
he has before, but you still won't believe. Sorry, but he's too big to be interested in your kind of man.

He said blessed are those who don't see me yet believe.

And will you not think it hypocritical that after years and years of reaching out to you and you calling his messengers deluded smokers, he'll suddenly embrace you after you see an amputee healed? No. You will still remain adamant in your rebellion, like a little child. People encounter the eternal creator everyday.


Happy new year.
Christianity EtcRe: Is Abortion Wrong In Cases Of Rape, Incest Or When The Mother's Life Is At Risk? by Joshthefirst(m): 7:19pm On Dec 31, 2013
Fulaman198: I hate how my smartphone outputs so many typos. As a man, what makes you think you have the right to say what women do with their body? Do women tell you what to do with your body?

Yes, it is a selfish world, but your statement is equally selfish. You are implying that only your way is the correct way that women should be doing things. Didn't God give people the free will to choose?
there are many ways, but none should involve killing. Our freewill should not be used to commit evil. THOU SHALT NOT KILL
Christianity EtcRe: Did God Create The Galaxies, Blackholes...? by Joshthefirst(m): 7:01pm On Dec 31, 2013
mazaje: It tells me that they people living at that time were capable of acheiving great feats assuming the story was true. . .The pyramid of giza has always been among the 7 wonders of the world, It is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, and the only one to remain largely intact, it is thousands of years old. . .Mordern scientist still marvel on how it was constructed. . .
yeah. Men have always been thinkers. Innovators. Happy new year in advance sir. Keep being an innovator, keep thinking.
Christianity EtcRe: "Why Doesn't God Heal Amputees?" by Joshthefirst(m): 6:59pm On Dec 31, 2013
mazaje: Really?. . .Is there a shortage of bones and flesh?. . .
he speaks of faith. There must be belief in God for him to heal and restore. Anyone who believes will have what he says.

Mark 11:24 For this reason I tell you: When you pray and ask for something, believe that you have received it, and you will be given whatever you ask for.
Christianity EtcRe: Happy New Year, Religion Section! by Joshthefirst(m): 6:49pm On Dec 31, 2013
Logicboy03: huh
Well, you can praise god all you want.......even when your sibling dies in a car crash and you survive. Praise god that your sibling died and not you.
if my sibling dies and survive, I will mourn, and I will begin to analyze the situation. If I cannot get answers, I will wait on God for comfort. There's always a reason. And God is always good.

But everyone will pass through suffering in this world. Will pass through death.

rationalmind: Lol, some will take butthurt into the new year.
To my atheist brothers n sisters, happy new year in advance. May the spirit of the flying spaghetti monster see us through the new year
To christians (most esp Josh), sorry for all the bashing and the insults this year. Wishing you a happy and prosperous new year in advance.
And to the pagans, what more can I say, may the Gods grant you a fruitful new year.
I don't butthurt. Happy new year. Sorry also, I probably get on your nerves too much. I tend to be always blunt and vehement sometimes.

I am sorry too.


Happy new year. smiley
Christianity EtcRe: Did God Create The Galaxies, Blackholes...? by Joshthefirst(m): 6:44pm On Dec 31, 2013
mazaje: Brother learn to read before shooting blanks. . .I never used the word stone age man in this thread, you can re-read all of my posts here on the thread. . .
okay, but what does the scientifically proven very specific dimensions of an ark capable of withstanding waves of 100ft telll you?
Christianity EtcRe: Happy New Year, Religion Section! by Joshthefirst(m): 6:41pm On Dec 31, 2013
Logicboy03: Dont mind josh.....na butthurt dey worry am
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Happy new year abeg. Begin to talk to God small small. Little by little. Stop denying him. It will do you no good in the long run. Adress the real God, the true one, the eternal one, the just one.
Christianity EtcRe: Happy New Year, Religion Section! by Joshthefirst(m): 6:38pm On Dec 31, 2013
Logicboy03: To luck? To evolution for granting me heakthy genes from healthy parents? To my parents for caring for me? To charles darwin, richard dawkins and my alma matter for educating me?

See how life makes sense without God?
you personify luck? I see no sense in giving thanks to non-directed randomness. You personify evolution too? What has the new year and the preserving of your life got to do with darwin and dawkins?

I see pointlessness.

Happy new year. wink

Reyginus: Happy new year guys. Guys quarelling already. undecided
This section eh!
no be quarrel we dey quarrel na. Na discussion we dey discuss. wink
Christianity EtcRe: Is Abortion Wrong In Cases Of Rape, Incest Or When The Mother's Life Is At Risk? by Joshthefirst(m): 6:32pm On Dec 31, 2013
[quote author=PAGAN 9JA]Its not that you'll be dead exactly. Your soul will be born in another body.

You see, we are not advocating the killing of developed/grown-up individuals who are handicapped/r.ape-born,etc. We are talking about the infant/pre-infant stage.

@your second point, what do you mean by selfish interests of the motherhuh

It is not the mothers fault that she was r.aped.

Neither is it her fault that she doesn't want to die.

It all depends on the circumstance! angry angry angry angry[/quote]does the infant/ pre-birth stage make anyone less human?

It is not the childs fault that he came into being. Yet he will pay the price of things that happened without his hand with his willing death? Because he cannot yet cry out in pain?

What circumstance justifies the unlawful killing of a baby in the womb?

Fulaman198: It truly sadly is a male dominated world. So because a woman is wronged, she should pay for a mans sins? Does that make sense? A man should be the one paying for his own sins. I reiterate my statement, if a woman is improperly violated, she has every right to do what she wants with her body. It is not the deception l decision of selfish lustful men to carry out.
and a child should pay for the sins of its father because of the simple inconvenience of its mother? It is truly a selfish world. Where we take a childs life for happenings it knows nothing about. Where it is the decision of a selfish mother to take the life of the unborn.
Christianity EtcRe: Did God Create The Galaxies, Blackholes...? by Joshthefirst(m): 6:23pm On Dec 31, 2013
mazaje: Brother pls stop allowing Joshthefirst to be peddling lies. . .The Noah's flood story remains a myth. . .It never happened, there is no scientific evidence for it and there is also no historical evidence for it. . .There is no evidence to show that the planet was destroyed completely by a flood about 6000 years ago. . .The pyramids of Giza which you alluded to where actually built around that time. . .People were living and writing their histories in places like China, Egypt, India and the Americas about 6000 years ago with out any interuption so the Noah's flood is just a plaigiarized myth from the epic of gilgamesh, that is where the Jews plaigiaried the story from. . .Christians now adays are claiming that it was a local flood because it is embarassing to claim that the entire planet was wiped out 6000 years ago leaving a drunkard and his family behind. . .
forget about the flood then, and look at the very articulate dimensions of an ark written by a "stone-age man"
Christianity EtcRe: Happy New Year, Religion Section! by Joshthefirst(m): 6:20pm On Dec 31, 2013
Logicboy03: I just stated why I am thankful? Did you read the op? Or some butthurt is driving you? Let go of pain this new year ooo!!

And silly enough, you assume that one must give thanks to something. If I say that I am lucky, must I praise gawD?
to be thankful is to be aware of a benefit and expressive of gratitude. So whom or what are you expressing gratitude to?
Christianity EtcRe: Happy New Year, Religion Section! by Joshthefirst(m): 6:15pm On Dec 31, 2013
Why are you thankful? What are you thanking?

Happy new year!

I thank God I'm alive
Christianity EtcRe: "Why Doesn't God Heal Amputees?" by Joshthefirst(m): 6:08pm On Dec 31, 2013
ifeness: Why cant yahweh explain himself?
he has, you choose not to believe in him, others choose to fashion him for their convenience
Christianity EtcRe: Did God Create The Galaxies, Blackholes...? by Joshthefirst(m): 2:20pm On Dec 31, 2013
rationalmind: You have been confirmed a liar grin grin. Let me see you talk about honesty on this forum.

How does the bold in whatever context say that the others were stewpid?

Open a thread and apologise to me for lying, grin grin and also remember to ask God for forgiveness.

Joshtheliar grin grin
don't worry, I presume other people can read and understand.
Christianity EtcRe: The Evolution Of The Sexes And Sexxual Reproduction by Joshthefirst(m): 2:18pm On Dec 31, 2013
Kay 17: "Who is behind it" one of the most biased questions possible.

Organisms are said to be primed with the instinct to survive, that instinct coupled with the environment (includes predators and landscape) form a mechanism through which the fittest survive.

The fittest organisms beat poorer ones in this grand competition, to battle for scarce resources and reproduce. Every biological advantage possible is used, and mutation provides this ammunition.

Who said anything about chance :/
doesn't change anything. My next question would be the same why and what. But let us not derail this thread.
Christianity EtcRe: Did God Create The Galaxies, Blackholes...? by Joshthefirst(m): 1:57pm On Dec 31, 2013
rationalmind: ^ ^ ^ noted.
Still doesn't however show it couldn't had been written by stone age men. It only demonstrates that, [size=18pt]stone age men can atimes show rare intelligence and profound wisdom far beyond their contemporaries.[/size] Such was the case of Job.
This is the post I quoted and replied in context and yet you still find dishonest means to deny what has been spoken. Shame on you.

Enough said.
Christianity EtcRe: The Evolution Of The Sexes And Sexxual Reproduction by Joshthefirst(m): 1:26pm On Dec 31, 2013
libero00: Bro in christ,(you are a slave for christ aren't you?) saw it somewhere in proverbs that says it is pointless to argue with a fool less you turn like him. At the rate at which you keep arguing with us, you might just turn out to be like us.
And oh I am quite flattered that you replied, you know what they say: silence is the best answer.....
sorry, but my post was not directed at you. And yes, arguing can never change a man for christ. Only God's conviction can. I argue for other reasons.

And until you show us where we lied, you are simply showing your bias and prejudice and brainwash, rushing into an issue that you do not know of and accusing falsely without proof. Very low.
Christianity EtcRe: The Uncaused; Origins Of The Universe... The Attributes Of The Starter. by Joshthefirst(op): 1:09pm On Dec 31, 2013
Kay 17: ^^
Since the physical is an inherent manifestation of the transcedental, then the physical is as eternal as the transcedental.

Josh, I don't agree with you. The resulting implication is absurd and ridiculous and an attempt to reconcile stark conflicting substances (physical vs. Transcedence)

Besides what is timeless, spaceless, unbound is negatively defined and we know nothing about such a subject but what its not. Similar to describing a car by what not it is. We actually get nowhere.

The use of "transcendental" is not merely saying "not physical" but a substance antithetical to physical, totally different. So when you said the physical was a manifestation of the transcedental, I was hopelessly shocked.
I understand. Now please show me how the transcendence of the first cause would become antithetical to the physical aspect of our universe.
Christianity EtcRe: Did God Create The Galaxies, Blackholes...? by Joshthefirst(m): 1:03pm On Dec 31, 2013
rationalmind: ^ ^ ^ ^But wait, are you really genuinely foolish?

This has gotten to be the worst post I have ever read on nairaland. I think there should be an opposite thread to the one on greatest posts where stewpid posts are put.

This idiot has been shown countless times stone age men can atimes naturallygenerate some kind of astute reasoning that are beyond their peers.

He foolishly quoted another boring, stupid and thoughtless epistle about noahs ark.

The pyramid of egypt remains a wonder amongst scholars on how such near perfect and mighty structure was built in the 3rd century or thereabout.

Yet, no one attributes the structure to any divine influence. What the hell makes noahs ark different? What makes it different from all the other wonders of the ancient world who no one attributes divinity to?

How stewpid does one have to get to realise this simple and obvious fact that even though there might be remarkable events in the bible, it still doesn't go outside of what stone age men could do or say?

If not that I know better, I would start doubting if at all you have a brain. grin
actually, you are the foolish one. Claiming that generally "stone-age men" were stupid. I have showed you proof that they were as smart as we were and it is our exchange of knowledge that makes us better, from the writings of same men and others and you come and start speaking of divine influence. Please where in my post did I show divine influence?


Sorry, but the wind has blown away your feathers and exposed your ass once again. grin

I should have just ignored you instead of making you embarass yourself like this. I apologize.

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