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The gospel of Jesus Christ is based on Love and Grace, not Fear!!

 
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He died so that we may have everlasting life. He gave his life as a perfect sacrifice in payment for OUR sins. We are no longer automatically doomed to the Lake of Fire that was prepared for the fallen angels. We have a choice to accept the FREE GIFT of salvation through grace and enter eternity with Jesus and God the Father.

Many people will reject this message but please do not. This is the MOST IMPORTANT choice of your existence. Jobs, cars, spouses and homes are inconsequential compared to your eternal destination once your time on this Earth is finished. It is appointed to Man once to die and then to be judged as righteous or fallen.

Righteousness is achieved via one path only. That is acceptance of Jesus Christ as Lord and Saviour. He paid for our lives with his own.

Time is short - Do not delay!!

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The greatest conspiracy of all time is the one that Satan has perpetrated against the Human Race.

He has managed to convince the vast majority that he does not exist, that God does not exist and that spiritual belief is the ludicrous raving of a lunatic.

God exists. His handiwork is evident throughout his entire creation. Evidence of God exists anywhere you choose to look.

Satan exists. He was chief of the angels in Heaven until his pride brought him into direct conflict with God (hint: don't fight God, you won't win)

We are involved in a war between God and Satan of which the prize is your soul. Satan seeks to destroy that which God holds precious in retaliation for removing him from his place in Heaven.

The choice is ultimately up to us. We can choose to accept Jesus and therefore God. Or we can choose to reject Jesus and take our part in the punishment that accompanies that choice.

Jesus dies for us because he loves us. His love for us and his obedience to the Father led to our chance at redemption. It costs nothing.

Choose carefully, it is an important decision!

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I know that you are very sincere OP, but not everyone believes as you do. hf
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I know that you are very sincere OP, but not everyone believes as you do. hf
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My friend, I do not require their belief :)

I simply implore people to search these matters for truth and not simply accept what the majority believe.

I do not wish to see a single person thrown into the lake of fire. It was not made or intended for us but for the angels who rejected God's position over them. I fear that so many people will be led astray however and will not realise what is at stake until it is too late.

My voice is small and there is little I can do but I do what I can. One single person makes any amount of effort worthwhile. This is what Jesus taught and it is what I believe.

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The world is rushing at full speed towards Global Conflict. Time is so short and many millions of people will be killed. Please do not reject the gift of salvation.

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I know that you are very sincere OP, but not everyone believes as you do. hf
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The fear is a legit emotion and it´s there as well.
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5 stars, OP. bump
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You had better fear GOD...He has the power to turn your ass into a pile of salt.
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If you would seek to instruct others, St. Paul Witnesses, "Ought First Be A Partaker Of The Fruits"... 2nd Timothy 2:6

Christ Jesus Gave HIS Life to Enable you to Come Unto The Father and Abide With and live your life Within HIM. Takes your effort. "Faith w/o works is dead"... Have you "Lifted Up The SON Of Man" (John 3:14) OP?

Can you read Ezekiel 36:26-27 and testify that this is your Born-Again Life?
26. A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you: and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh.
27. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments, and do them.


Unless you are a Partaker Of The Fruits, you aren't Born-Again. Believe what you want, but if you Know WHO Christ Jesus IS and Love HIM with a True heart, God is not going to condemn or lose you.

What matters though is taking action; manifesting YOUR heart for God. Ever done so? No you haven't, otherwise you would KNOW what Relationship With The Father is and be able to witness to encourage others to seek HIM.

Maybe you never read The Gospel with Guidance? Jesus Witnesses in Matthew 7 that many will knock at HIS Father's Door, seeking admission; but since HE Doesn't Know them, they are turned away... Another account in Luke 13, but Matt 7 is most concise... Consider HIS Witness HERE and whether you Do HIS Father's Will (see Ezekiel 36 verses above):
21. Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
22. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.


Until you make your surrender, your Leap Of Faith; turning over every aspect of your life Unto The Father's Care & Guidance, your heart remains carnal and you a "worker of iniquity". One who is a Worker of Iniquity is a seeker of self-will; not Born-Again with a New Heart Of HIS Flesh...


Christ's Sacrifice is spurned by those who claim they Love HIM but are unable to Take Action to manifest their heart For God.

Until you can witness that you have Been In The Father's Presence and Come Into HIS Accord, Christ Jesus Knows you not.

Up to you and your sincere/contrite heart to remedy this.

These are The Final Moments.
Not much longer now.

I pray that your Love For Christ is such that you are able to act on it and Trust God Fully. NOW is the time to tell HIM so...


Maranatha!!!
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Salvation is a very simple process:

1. Confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord

2. Believe in your heart that he died as payment for your sins and that through him, we are able to enter into Heaven.


Nothing else is required to secure your place in Heaven. Call on the name of Jesus and you will be saved. When all else fails, this is the one thing you can hold onto. If you only remember one thing, remember the name of Jesus.

Asparien
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Christ Asked The Father twice, while in garden of gaethsemane, for "another way".

Maybe HE Sought "another way" because HE Knew how few Christians would ever ACT to manifest their hearts Unto The Father.

Jesus Gave HIS Life To Enable those whose hearts The Father Called Unto HIM to be presentable Unto The Father.

God cannot look upon sin. Christ IS The Propitiation for all sin. The purpose for Redeeming Man from original sin is to Enable God to look upon those who Come Unto HIM in surrender.


This is The Laodicean church.
Most of what your religionists and denominational preachers, teachers, priests, and ministers have told you has been "adapted" from Scripture; a soft-sell lie. Most of these men/women do not Trust God Fully and so were never Born-Again... They just attended "divinity school" or seminary.


Until you manifest your heart For God, you spurn Christ Jesus' Gift to you.

Accepting HIM as Redeemer & Saviour is not the purpose of The Gospel. HE Came to Do The Father's Will and Knows only those Christians who also surrendered Unto The Father's Will.

Not willing to act and surrender your self Unto The Father? Then you will be on your own. The Age Of Faith will soon end. God's Angel of Revelation 14:7 will sound its closing. When all mankind KNOWS God IS Real and Christ Jesus Comes In Judgment, The Age Of Faith will have ended...

Jesus' Millennial Reign will bring a new way. Those who could not manifest their hearts By Faith will learn HIS New Way; whatever that will be. 1000 years to get it right...

If you can Trust HIM Fully with your life, NOW is the time to Tell HIM so...

"Marvel not that I say unto you, ye Must Be Born-Again!" John 3:7

Maranatha!!!
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Salvation is a very simple process:

1. Confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord

2. Believe in your heart that he died as payment for your sins and that through him, we are able to enter into Heaven.


Nothing else is required to secure your place in Heaven. Call on the name of Jesus and you will be saved. When all else fails, this is the one thing you can hold onto. If you only remember one thing, remember the name of Jesus.

Asparien
 Quoting: asparien


This is your interpretation of salvation based on your religious beliefs.

There are many who walk this Earth who would choose to honor a different interpretation of 'salvation'. Neither has to be right or wrong as there are many paths to the same destination.
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deluded idiot ....
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It is also based on letters and words printed by humans. If Jesus is real, why does he not show himself? If he was even alive and existed, it's been about 2000 years ago. Where are the miracles? Where is the proof? Until he shows his face, it's no more real than Zeus, Vishnu, Thor, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
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Salvation is a very simple process:

1. Confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord

2. Believe in your heart that he died as payment for your sins and that through him, we are able to enter into Heaven.


Nothing else is required to secure your place in Heaven. Call on the name of Jesus and you will be saved. When all else fails, this is the one thing you can hold onto. If you only remember one thing, remember the name of Jesus.

Asparien
 Quoting: asparien


This is your interpretation of salvation based on your religious beliefs.

There are many who walk this Earth who would choose to honor a different interpretation of 'salvation'. Neither has to be right or wrong as there are many paths to the same destination.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


I disagree, it is not my interpretation at all. It is the statement of Jesus Christ that he is the ONLY way to the Father and that none come to the Father except through him. Broad is the path to eternal damnation and many are those who walk along it.

Tell me friend, what have you done to deserve an eternity of love and happiness upon the occasion of your death? What have you done to warrant your place in heaven?

There is nothing we can do to earn a place in heaven. Nothing we can do to deserve a seat in God's presence. Not one single person makes the grade.

Every single religion in the world teaches that you can earn a place in paradise. God himself came to Earth as Jesus and told us what is required. Yet still we think we know better?

The gospel is good news, too-good-to-be-true news. It is this and this only:

Jesus died in our place so we don't have to. He went to Hell so we don't have to. He took our sin and gave us his righteousness so we can stand faultless in the presence of God the Father.

This is the one core belief that is different to every single other religion in the world throughout history. We can do NOTHING to please God other than to accept his Son.
Yes I believe that God is real, that Jesus died for us and that we can choose to accept it or not...
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Salvation is a very simple process:

1. Confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord

2. Believe in your heart that he died as payment for your sins and that through him, we are able to enter into Heaven.


Nothing else is required to secure your place in Heaven. Call on the name of Jesus and you will be saved. When all else fails, this is the one thing you can hold onto. If you only remember one thing, remember the name of Jesus.

Asparien
 Quoting: asparien


God's Grace & Mercy are infinite; that is for sure.

Yet your fear and trepidation for "the unsaved" shows your own alienation from God.

Were you Born-Again, you would Know God's Will IS ALWAYS Perfect!

Jesus' Own Witness shows HE is not concerned with those who cannot Hear and See The Gospel from within their heart: Matt ch 13 Witnesses HIS Word in Testimony to HIS Disciples who asked why HE Taught using parables:
10. And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

11. He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

13. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15. For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

16. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
17. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.


See verse 15? Jesus Says HE does NOT want those seeking mental understanding to "hear" Lest they be converted and HE would have to Heal them...


God's Will IS Always Perfect!
Those whose hearts are "waxed gross" are blocked by their own predisposition from Hearing The Gospel.

Unless YOU have given your heart Unto The Father, you cannot Know.


In Matthew 24:22-24, Jesus Witnesses that in The Final Days, before HIS 2nd Coming, All but "the very elect" will be deceived... Unless you are Born-Again per Ezekiel 36:26-27 you are suffering this deception as are all others who have yet to manifest their hearts Unto God.

Surrender is The Way Unto God's Victory.
Only The Father Can Deliver you from carnal-self.

If you would seek to counsel others Of-HIM, you had better First Be A Partaker Of The Fruits...

Until you Come Unto The Father in surrender and are Brought BY HIM Into HIS Accord, you are unknown to HIM...

Maranatha!!!
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It is also based on letters and words printed by humans. If Jesus is real, why does he not show himself? If he was even alive and existed, it's been about 2000 years ago. Where are the miracles? Where is the proof? Until he shows his face, it's no more real than Zeus, Vishnu, Thor, or the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
 Quoting: Quagmire


Jesus is preparing a place for us in Heaven. He told us this before he left. In his place, we were given the Holy Spirit to act as helper and intermediary between us and God.

Very very soon, Jesus will return but at that point, it will be too late to choose. We live in the age of faith and must decide based on that which we cannot see.
Yes I believe that God is real, that Jesus died for us and that we can choose to accept it or not...
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"""I AM THE LIGHT...THE TRUTH...THE WAY"""...EVERLASTING LIFE...TIME IS SHORT???...ONLY THE ETERNAL NOW MOMENT EXIST, IN THE ABUNDANCE...
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Salvation is a very simple process:

1. Confess with your mouth that Jesus Christ is Lord

2. Believe in your heart that he died as payment for your sins and that through him, we are able to enter into Heaven.


Nothing else is required to secure your place in Heaven. Call on the name of Jesus and you will be saved. When all else fails, this is the one thing you can hold onto. If you only remember one thing, remember the name of Jesus.

Asparien
 Quoting: asparien


This is your interpretation of salvation based on your religious beliefs.

There are many who walk this Earth who would choose to honor a different interpretation of 'salvation'. Neither has to be right or wrong as there are many paths to the same destination.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


I disagree, it is not my interpretation at all. It is the statement of Jesus Christ that he is the ONLY way to the Father and that none come to the Father except through him. Broad is the path to eternal damnation and many are those who walk along it.

Tell me friend, what have you done to deserve an eternity of love and happiness upon the occasion of your death? What have you done to warrant your place in heaven?

There is nothing we can do to earn a place in heaven. Nothing we can do to deserve a seat in God's presence. Not one single person makes the grade.

Every single religion in the world teaches that you can earn a place in paradise. God himself came to Earth as Jesus and told us what is required. Yet still we think we know better?

The gospel is good news, too-good-to-be-true news. It is this and this only:

Jesus died in our place so we don't have to. He went to Hell so we don't have to. He took our sin and gave us his righteousness so we can stand faultless in the presence of God the Father.

This is the one core belief that is different to every single other religion in the world throughout history. We can do NOTHING to please God other than to accept his Son.
 Quoting: asparien


You just proved my point with your response. Those are your religious beliefs. You are entitled to believe whatever you'd like, but that does not make those beliefs any universal truth for the rest of humanity. Part of being humble is recognizing that.
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God's Grace & Mercy are infinite; that is for sure.

Yet your fear and trepidation for "the unsaved" shows your own alienation from God.

Were you Born-Again, you would Know God's Will IS ALWAYS Perfect!

Jesus' Own Witness shows HE is not concerned with those who cannot Hear and See The Gospel from within their heart: Matt ch 13 Witnesses HIS Word in Testimony to HIS Disciples who asked why HE Taught using parables:
10. And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

11. He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
12. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

13. Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
14. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive:
15. For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

16. But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.
17. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.


See verse 15? Jesus Says HE does NOT want those seeking mental understanding to "hear" Lest they be converted and HE would have to Heal them...


God's Will IS Always Perfect!
Those whose hearts are "waxed gross" are blocked by their own predisposition from Hearing The Gospel.

Unless YOU have given your heart Unto The Father, you cannot Know.


In Matthew 24:22-24, Jesus Witnesses that in The Final Days, before HIS 2nd Coming, All but "the very elect" will be deceived... Unless you are Born-Again per Ezekiel 36:26-27 you are suffering this deception as are all others who have yet to manifest their hearts Unto God.

Surrender is The Way Unto God's Victory.
Only The Father Can Deliver you from carnal-self.

If you would seek to counsel others Of-HIM, you had better First Be A Partaker Of The Fruits...

Until you Come Unto The Father in surrender and are Brought BY HIM Into HIS Accord, you are unknown to HIM...

Maranatha!!!
 Quoting: Lester 8928864


Hi Lester

It is God's will that not a single one of us should perish yet he honours our free will and will allow us to reject his Son if we so choose.

We are instructed to share the good news with all men that they may come to know the love of the Father through Jesus Christ.

I'm not sure what you're getting at with what you're saying. You seem to be making a simple matter very complicated. Once we accept Christ, we are born again spritually and are a 'new creation' in the sight of God the Father. Acceptance of and submission to Jesus are two mutually inclusive concepts. By accepting him we surrender to his will, because it is his will that we not perish.

If it is up to God to BRING US to him then every single person would be saved. We must be the ones to make the choice however and when we do, our future is assured.

I will always seek to share the truth of the gospel to those who have been deceived and I will weep on the day that those who reject Jesus are send to their deaths.
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Willing to manifest your heart Unto God?

In John 14:6, Jesus Says "I AM The Way, The Truth, and The Light; No Man Cometh Unto The Father But BY ME"


It ain't what you expect of God, what you need from HIM. It's your heart and being submitted and accepting of HIS Will for you and willing to live your life In HIS Accord.

If you Love Christ Jesus, Know WHO HE IS; can you Trust God Fully with the rest of your life???

That is the question.
It is for this purpose, your decision, that you were born and Called By The Father.

"Many are called, but few are chosen", Jesus Witnesses in Matthew ch 22 when HE Finishes the parable of The King's Wedding Feast For HIS SON...


If your heart was Called By God, can you elect/choose to Trust HIM Fully and give HIM your life to Guide and Direct?

Such is The Purpose Of Christ's Life and Sacrifice.
Can you manifest your heart Unto The Father and Abide With HIM forever?

The great question of life for every Christian who claims to Love Jesus...


Maranatha!!!
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You just proved my point with your response. Those are your religious beliefs. You are entitled to believe whatever you'd like, but that does not make those beliefs any universal truth for the rest of humanity. Part of being humble is recognizing that.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


Of course, nothing I say will change a single universal truth. I am not qualified to determine what is universal truth and what is not. I am simply repeating the words of the one who IS qualified. I speak of the one who IS truth, the one by whose words, all that is made was made. I know my place, I am simply a single small voice but that does not change the truth I share with you, no matter how much anyone may choose to reject that truth.

Like you said, nothing I say or do will change what is or is not. likewise, no objections on your behalf will change that fact that Jesus is the son of God and that he died for us in our place.

God came to earth and shared his truth with us. He now waits for each of us to examine that truth and make our minds whether to accept it or not. That is the only part we play in the grand scheme of things.
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You just proved my point with your response. Those are your religious beliefs. You are entitled to believe whatever you'd like, but that does not make those beliefs any universal truth for the rest of humanity. Part of being humble is recognizing that.
 Quoting: ANHEDONIC


Humility is acknowledging that we could be wrong, but does not require us to refuse to believe we are right. Neither does humility forbid us to express our convictions.

In contrast, conceit would be refusing to admit we might be wrong, or even refusing others the right to disagree with conviction.

You can believe something with all your heart yet still be wrong, but there is no reason you can't share your belief or stand on it without being accused of conceit.

I honestly don't see how humility requires that we never hold or express a conviction.
Have I now become your enemy by telling you the truth? (Gal. 4:16)
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Willing to manifest your heart Unto God?

In John 14:6, Jesus Says "I AM The Way, The Truth, and The Light; No Man Cometh Unto The Father But BY ME"


It ain't what you expect of God, what you need from HIM. It's your heart and being submitted and accepting of HIS Will for you and willing to live your life In HIS Accord.

If you Love Christ Jesus, Know WHO HE IS; can you Trust God Fully with the rest of your life???

That is the question.
It is for this purpose, your decision, that you were born and Called By The Father.

"Many are called, but few are chosen", Jesus Witnesses in Matthew ch 22 when HE Finishes the parable of The King's Wedding Feast For HIS SON...


If your heart was Called By God, can you elect/choose to Trust HIM Fully and give HIM your life to Guide and Direct?

Such is The Purpose Of Christ's Life and Sacrifice.
Can you manifest your heart Unto The Father and Abide With HIM forever?

The great question of life for every Christian who claims to Love Jesus...


Maranatha!!!
 Quoting: Lester 8928864


I would put forward that NO MAN can fully trust God will his will for our lives, which is why we are sinners to begin with. Just as NO MAN can love the Lord your God with all your heart, mind, body and soul. Not one person can even fulfill the first commandment, let alone the other nine.

That is why it is made simple for us. We make a choice. Jesus or not Jesus. This is easy for us to do and within the abilities of every person on earth.

Once we accept Jesus we have shown that we have surrendered to him and his will for us and he begins the process of changing us from the inside out. We do not ever reach the stage in this mortal life where we are free of sin. We are free of the consequences of sin however since they have already been paid with the death of a truly innocent man.
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10/08/2012 03:44 PM
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You just proved my point with your response. Those are your religious beliefs. You are entitled to believe whatever you'd like, but that does not make those beliefs any universal truth for the rest of humanity. Part of being humble is recognizing that.
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Humility is acknowledging that we could be wrong, but does not require us to refuse to believe we are right. Neither does humility forbid us to express our convictions.

In contrast, conceit would be refusing to admit we might be wrong, or even refusing others the right to disagree with conviction.

You can believe something with all your heart yet still be wrong, but there is no reason you can't share your belief or stand on it without being accused of conceit.

I honestly don't see how humility requires that we never hold or express a conviction.
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Indeed... Nothing we say or do can change the truth. We can simply choose to accept or reject it. Unfortunately, the truth is no longer recognised when it is seen by most people.
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Tell that shit to all the doomy priests who condemn people to this and that just because they dont get on their knees and take it up the blackhole.
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It doesn't really matter what we believe. What is,is, and no amount of arguing will alter that. hf
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Tell that shit to all the doomy priests who condemn people to this and that just because they dont get on their knees and take it up the blackhole.
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A priest cannot condemn anyone, they do not have the power or the authority. They are very good at manipulation however and show a remarkable propensity for using other for their own benefit.
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It doesn't really matter what we believe. What is,is, and no amount of arguing will alter that. hf
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No argument will change what is and is not. What we believe however is of extreme importance and will determine the outcome of our eternal existence.
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