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macof: Lol I would like to see a Christian say everything has the God essence

No Christian would admit that has it goes against the teachings of all churches

But truth is yes! Everything has the God essence
That is one way God is omnipresent, present in all things

InesQor: You're welcome, Tex! Are you mostly Theist or Agnostic?

InesQor: Yes I believe this essence is present in all creation in various trace quantities. I also believe while the rest of us can grow in God, Jesus had it 100%. The Bible says in Col 2:9 that in him dwells the FULLNESS of the Godhead bodily

Ubenedictus: i think the divine essence is what makes God, God, and the human essence is what makes man man. If all things inherently posses the divine essence then all things will be God, gods and godesses.

Weah96: Its an ungodly hour. By their stripes...

Ubenedictus: guess this is a quetion for inesQor

InesQor: Lol I don't even half believe I can convince you with any number of words,but I'm glad you like it!

I am fine thanks bro. Hope body dey gbam as well?

My views on trinity are not exactly the Christian views, i think. I will try to explain my view. Christians believe Son, Father and Holy Ghost are God in "role / duty", but I think of it as "essence" or "make-up". I.e. Jesus spirit is entirely made of that God stuff, although his body was 100% human. That same God essence is what he left behind as the Holy Spirit for his believers to be infused in.

Thus, for roles they had entirely different roles: drawing up an enterprise parallel i'll say the father had a kind of project management role, Jesus was a field agent supervisor / direct reporting line, and the Holy Spirit was Human resources (helping you interface with management). Jesus did say there were plans he had no knowledge of that only the Father did, but there were also plans they had together.

My 2 cents.

aManFromMars: There seems to be a general confusion about what defines a man among Christians.

In Genesis, we are told that God created man in his own likeness and image. Sin separated us from him and man died spiritually.

Is man the physical form or his 'spirit'?

What I find interesting about this particular doctrine is man was able to survive disconnected from God.


What/who exactly was Jesus? A God masked as a man? Or a man with divine abilities and claims to being God? How could he be God and man at the same time?

Can the 'creator' be contained by a mere physical form?

aManFromMars: I'll post a question I posed to TomboGodson/joshTheFirst sometime back.

If Boko Haram asked you to sacrifice your life for the release of the Chibok girls, and you did so fully aware you'd come back to life after a day, would that still count as a sacrifice?

Would it be a greater sacrifice compared to one who who does so with no hope of resurrection?

Weah96: You mean true believers like al Qaeda, cuz they're the only ones who not only embrace death, but go willingly. Ask TB Joshua if he's ready to meet the Lord in 30 minutes and see how many excuses he produces.

alexleo: You are an atheist, right? If you are, then I'm impressed at the way you laid out your points. You captured my interest so I'm following your contributions though we may not agree but I admire your manner of presentations so far.

aManFromMars: It all depends on if Jesus was man or God. If he was GOD, then he was only just an 'actor' in his story. He never really experienced suffering in the sense that we experience them.

ihedinobi2: Did you see that written anywhere here, Tex?

netotse: Hey guys,

There is a common theme running through this thread that I think we need to do away with. The idea that for me to be right, the other party must be wrong, things simply dont work that way.

There are people that dress provocatively and they know this(in a fair number of cases). This is wrong, simple and short!
There are men that are unable to control themselves, equally simple and even shorter sef!

Now in the context of this thread:
As christians we are to be guided by the bible and the bible condemns both the men that lack self control and women that dress to tempt. C'est fini. Where is the problem here?

If you dress and your conscience is clear (clear conscience is worlds apart from "I dont care" or "it's not my business if he cant control himself" ) then as a christian you're good to go. If your conscience isnt clear...the matter is between you and God.

Wait sef, why are we focusing on girls sef? Guys tempt girls too na, I mean only Uj has admitted to being tempted by hairy legs(uj chop knuckle jare, nothing do you ).

This is the christians chatbox not the lawyers/philosophers hangout spot...let's not long the thing.

macof: Lol after running away from your father land. You have now secured USA citizenship and you come here arguing rubbish.

USA sucks at football! Otan!

ujoinme: the stadium is at an advanced stage of construction. current images on Nairaland has been wiped including the construction dairy thread on the stadium. really sad occurrence.

FOLYKAZE: I think say na only me o

Pastor AIO: "I've been a deep believer my whole life. 18 years as a Southern Baptist. More than 40 years as a mainline Protestant. I'm an ordained pastor. But it's just stopped making sense to me. You see people doing terrible things in the name of religion, and you think: 'Those people believe just as strongly as I do. They're just as convinced as I am.' And it just doesn't make sense anymore. It doesn't make sense to believe in a God that dabbles in people's lives. If a plane crashes, and one person survives, everyone thanks God. They say: 'God had a purpose for that person. God saved her for a reason!' Do we not realize how cruel that is? Do we not realize how cruel it is to say that if God had a purpose for that person, he also had a purpose in killing everyone else on that plane? And a purpose in starving millions of children? A purpose in slavery and genocide? For every time you say that there's a purpose behind one person's success, you invalidate billions of people. You say there is a purpose to their suffering. And that's just cruel."

http://www.humansofnewyork.com/post/90268158526/ive-been-a-deep-believer-my-whole-life-18-years

Please let's discuss this.