kingmexy1997:
Bible said don't argue,but we should make them understand through the help of the holy spirit

anwe:

Because a canal man will never understand the things of the spirit.

neocortex:
Well, I understand your fear, it is easy to get "infected"
with objectivity while arguing with an atheist, hence you
feel it is in your best interest to stay away from such.

neocortex:
Well, I understand your fear, it is easy to get "infected"
with objectivity while arguing with an atheist, hence you
feel it is in your best interest to stay away from such.

cloudgoddess:
It amazes me the lengths that Christians go to defend themselves from rationality. "Keep away from those sneaky atheists, they use reasoning. They want evidence before they believe in things. Demons."

harsysky:
I respect christians a whole lot. Christ had told us to go into the world and preach the gospel. The big question that often arises in my heart has always been these:

"Are we in all round doing what christ has told us especially when it comes to preaching the words of God?

" Are there sets of people who need these words eventhough it's for everyone?"

By the grace of God I have found answers to both and I'm very much thankful to God for revealing it to me.

To answer the first, I believe everyone knows or understands that John the baptist did not like the association of the pharisees. This is the instance "[Matthew 3] vs 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? 8 Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance: 9 And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham." Why would John call them vipers or whatever? I believe it is because they claim they know much(typical life of an atheist). Jesus knew them well, too, to associate with them. He didn't preach to them. They came always just to argue but Jesus didn't argue with them-- He defeated them.

The answer to the second one is an emphatically Yes! There are sets of people who need this gospel;It is not for everyone. (NLT puts it well Mark 2 vs 17) When Jesus heard this, he told them,"Healthy people don't need a doctor--sick people do. I have come to call not those who think they are righteous, but those who know they are sinners." Mark the words- "who think and Who know."

I want to finally leave you all with this question, " Who is the SCORNFUL?"
What the scripture says concerning it. "Psalm 1 vs 1-- Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful."

Atheists are new version of the pharisees but this time, without pledging to any gods.

cloudgoddess:
It amazes me the lengths that Christians go to defend themselves from rationality. "Keep away from those sneaky atheists, they use reasoning. They want evidence before they believe in things. Demons."

mrZENographer:


Evidence is coming if you are alive long enough to see the return of Jesus when all the tribes of the earth will mourn, just seeing him.

But if you aren't alive long enough, don't worry there is more than enough evidence after death. Downside is you can't return to tell your friends.

cocoduck:
a warning to all atheists never you argue with a Jehovah's Witness, because they surly will defeat your "logical" thinking, honestly, because they are the ones who understand and study the bible deeply, a lot of so called Christians don't really know what the Bible is all about, that is why your "logic" defeats them.

Lilbrown007:
ARE YOU ONE OF THEM?? EVEN THE BIBLE IS NOT "LOGICAL"

harsysky:


To them who know their stance or who? I've always thought to myself, " Could Apostle Paul had be won through preaching or only through that intervention of Christ?" I think Apostle Paul could still have been won over but these atheists are worse than Paul. Atheists , to me , have reached a stage called the "apostasy" just like King ASA who served God for 42 years and fell off.

cocoduck:
go and try naaa
Rubbish, no Muslim ever Leaves their faith and makes any noise about it, but you will see church goers, who at no time took up the bible to study, always be making a fool of themselves, any ways I blame the churches themselves who have deviated and are after money and power, well the bible said it clearly, in the last days critical times hard to deal with will be here for men will be lovers of themselves, fierce, not open to any agreement, lovers of money, professing a form of godly devotion but proving false to its power, so I am not surprised.

cocoduck:

Rubbish, no Muslim ever Leaves their faith and makes any noise about it

cocoduck:
a warning to all atheists never you argue with a Jehovah's Witness, because they surly will defeat your "logical" thinking, honestly, because they are the ones who understand and study the bible deeply, a lot of so called Christians don't really know what the Bible is all about, that is why your "logic" defeats them.

cocoduck:
a warning to all atheists never you argue with a Jehovah's Witness, because they surly will defeat your "logical" thinking, honestly, because they are the ones who understand and study the bible deeply, a lot of so called Christians don't really know what the Bible is all about, that is why your "logic" defeats them.

onetrack:


Jehovah's Witnesses? You mean the group that keeps predicting the end of the world and gets it wrong every time when the date passes and nothing happens? What date is the 'new' end of the world?

lepasharon:


This is why ppl don't take ur religion seriously. Different Christian sects disagreeing with each other

Weah96:
Caucasians are rapidly removing the concepts of Bible god and Quran god from the minds of their young people. "White" countries are experiencing a new wave of reason, young people are embracing the freedom to question blind belief.

On the other hand, there has NEVER been this much religion in Africa. And the GULF in INFRASTRUCTURE and TECHNOLOGY has never been wider.

It's the plague of the collective time wasting disease
that is organized religion.

cocoduck:
Jehovah's Witnesses have NEVER at any time predicted that the end if the world will be at so and so time, that has NEVER happened, those things were said by enemies and detractors to deceive people, Jesus himself, the only begotten son of Jehovah said to his disciples, concerning that day or hour, no man knows, only the Father, Jehovah knows when it will be, so who are Jehovah's Witnesses to say that the end will be at so an so time. Jesus only told everyone who cars to listen, the signs he or she will see, just as before a storm, you will clearly see signs that a storm is about to happen.
This predicting the world by JW is a Huge lie, I know you will start quoting watchtower of 1520s to prove it, that is what your likes normally do, so I expect it, but no such nonsense was ever printed on any watchtower, ever you people are the ones who keep faking these things.

harsysky:


That's just it! And some Christians think they can make them understand. You only pray for them and don't ever wish them bad.

Lilbrown007:
HAHA DID YOU JUST SAY IN THE LAST DAY?? WHICH LAST DAY?? DO U KNOW HOW OLD THIS UNIVERSE IS?? LOL FUNNY HOW JOHN THAT BAPTIST HAVE BEEN SCREAMING "REPENT FOR THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS AT HAND" 2000 YEARS AGO O DID U THINK WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW WASN'T HAPPENING THEN?? FUNNY THING IS THAT THE EARTH IS STILL GONNA LAST MILLIONS OF YEARS!!

cocoduck:
If you don't understand something then ask, it will be laid bare to you, Ecclesiastics said generations come and go, but the earth stands till FOREVER, so at no time will this physical ground be destroyed, when the Bible says world, it really means PEOPLE, you and I and everyone around us Okay?
The way we count time and the way God counts time is not the same at all, we hardly make 100 years vs SomeOne who lives forever, (believe it or not), at a time in the bible, it is written that one thousand years in our eyes are His one day, so 2000 years is like two days ago. Now do you give a tenant two days quit notice? hahahahaha, you will give him enough time to leave the house, don't take His patience as a weakness.