A strong Believer In ALMIGHTY GOD THE CREATOR, SON & THE HOLY SPIRIT. I find a good argument to share the Foundation of My Faith a Privilege & Confirmation that The World Needs The Truth & The Light To Be Heard & Shining(John 21:15-17).
Our current societies are immersed in multi-media and general information outlets available to anyone searching for anything. The Internet and television has broadened both negative and positive avenues of foolishness and pride(1. John 02:15-17, Proverbs 19:03, Psalm 73:6, Proverbs 08:13, 13:10, 16:18, Daniel 05:20, 1. Timothy 03;06, ).
Sharing common knowledge as inherited from the beginning of time passed down at mealtime or school time(Matthew 15:02-20). There are communities and religious forums amongst fantasy and reality outlets that perpetrate and penetrate our vulnerabilities and either free the mind or cloud the understanding. Networks market to influence and tempt our weaknesses and society promotes adversity by identifying trinkets and toys as success or failure.
Perhaps we should all begin to attain knowledge that promotes peace and unites rather than divides. There are no grounds for arguing diversity promotes division.
Difference is variety that adds flavor while separation cripples all by segregating rather than uniting.
The argument is also a misconcepted structure when sought to anger rather than share and incorporate fresh ideas into your daily habits and traditions.
Arguments or discussions where disputes, disagreement and debates it hoards end with war or casualties of destruction are for the ego not the benenfit of all.
Arguments should accentuate or credit a belief with information to store until a time as when remembered and experienced for clarity also known as revelation.
As Believers we have specific Instructions on How To Do Everything Decently and in Order
(1. Corinthians 14:40). To Love Our Neighbor as Ourselves(Matthew 22:39), and If at all possible get along with all mankind(Romans 12:18). And the icing on the cake to avoid foolish and perverse babbling(2. Timothy 02:23-26), actually James gives a mindblowing summary of the tongue and what should be done with it.
Watch what you say and be wise as found in James chapter 3,4 & 5.
" We should not all try to become Teachers. In fact, Teachers will Be JUDGED More STRICTLY than others. All of us do many wrong things. But if You Can Control Your tongue, You Are Mature and Able to Control Your Whole body. By putting a bit into the mouth of a horse, We can turn the horse in different directions. It take strong winds to remove a large sailing ship, but the Captain uses only a small rudder to Make it go in any direction. Our tongues are small too, and yet they brag about big things.
It takes only a spark to start a forest fire! The tongue is like a spark. It is an evil power that dirties the rest of The Body & sets a Person's entire Life on fire With flames that come from hell itself. All kinds of animals, birds, reptiles, and sea creatures can be tamed and have been tamed. But our tongues get out of control. They are restless and evil, and always spreading deadly poison. With our tongues we speak both Praises and curses. We Praise Our LORD AND FATHER, AND we curse people who were CREATED TO BE LIKE GOD, and this isn't RIGHT. Can clean water and dirty both flow from the same Spring? Can a fig tree produce olives or a Grapevine produce figs? Does fresh water come from a well full of Salt Water?
Are any of you Wise or Sensible? Then show it by Living RIGHT and by Being Humble and Wise In Everything you do. But if your heart is full of bitter jealousy and selfishness, don't brag or lie to cover up The Truth. That king of wisdom Doesn't Come FROM ABOVE. It is earthly and selfish and comes from the devil himself.
Whenever people are jealous or selfish, they cause trouble and do all sorts of cruel things. But THE WISDOM THAT COMES FROM ABOVE LEADS Us to Be PURE, FRIENDLY, GENTLE, SENSIBLE, KIND, HELPFUL, GENUINE, AND SINCERE. When PEACEMAKERS PLANT SEEDS OF PEACE, They Will HARVEST JUSTICE.
It Continues in the 4th Chapter of James 1-10:
Why do fight and argue with Each Other? Isn't it because you are full of selfish desires that fight to control Your Body? You want something you don't have, and you will do anything to get it. You will even kill! But you still cannot get what you want, and you won't get it by fighting and arguing. You Should Pray for It. Yet even when you pray, your prayers are Not answered, because you pray just for selfish reasons.
You people aren't Faithful TO GOD! Don't you know that if you love the world, you Are GOD'S enemies? And if you decide to be a friend of the world, you make yourslef an enemy OF GOD. Do you dobut The Scriptures that say, " GOD TRULY CARES ABOUT THE SPIRIT HE HAS PUT IN Us?" In Fact, GOD TREATS Us WITH EVEN GREATER KINDNESS, Just As The Scriptures Say, "GOD OPPOSES every1 who is proud, but HE IS KIND TO EVERY1 Who is Humble."
Surrender to GOD! Resist the devil, and he will run from You. Come Near TO GOD, AND HE WILL COME NEAR TO You. Clean Up Your Lives, you sinners. Purify Your Hearts, you people who Can't make up your mind. Be sad and sorry and weep. Stop laughing and start Crying. Be Gloomy instead of Glad. Be Humble in THE LORD'S PRESENCE, AND HE WILL HONOR You.
Don't say cruel things about Others! If you do, or If you condemn Others, you are condemning GOD'S LAW. And if you Obey either IT OR GOD WHO GAVE IT. GOD IS Our JUDGE, AND HE CAN SAVE OR DESTROY Us. What right do you have to condemn Anyone?
What do you know about tomorrow? How can you be sure about Your Life? It is Nothing more than mist that appears for only a little while before it disappears.
Yet you are stubborn enough to brag, and it is wrong to be so proud. If you don't do what is RIGHT, you have sinned.
Chapter 5 begins as a warning for the rich and active sinners(-1-11):
Terrible things are going to happen to you. Your treasures have already rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes. Your money has rusted, and the rust will be evidence against you, as it burns your body like fire. Yet you keep on storing up wealth in these Last Days. You refused to pay the people who worked in your fields, and now their unpaid wages are Shouting out Against You. THE LORD ALL POWERFUL HAS SURELY HEARD the cries of the workers who Harvested your crops(Leviticus 19:13, Deuteronomy 24:14-15 & Matthew 20:01-06).
While here on Earth you have thought only of filling your own stomachs and having a good time. But now you are like fat cattle on their way to be butchered. You have condemned and murdered Innocent People, who couldn't even fight back.
Be Patient Until THE LORD RETURNS. THE LORD WILL SOON BE HERE!
Don't grumble about Each other or you Will be Judged, and THE JUDGE IS RIGHT OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
Follow The Example of the Prophets Who Spoke FOR THE LORD. They Were Patient, even when They Had to Suffer. In fact, We Praise The Ones Who Endured The Most.
You Remember how Patient Job was and how THE LORD FINALLY HELPED Him. THE LORD DID THIS BECAUSE HIS IS SO MERCIFUL AND KIND."
I had thought to share some of the arguments surrounding religion but found just the basis in argument beyond the scopes of most involved. Howcver a video from a posting on youtube chronicling the adversities of abortion prompted these reactions from viewers and sparked the titled of this blog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQwL6YMrkP4
Sorry to say, but this video did nothing for me other than beg the question " why can't religious people keep this to themselves, don't they know how silly this is!?". As a kid who grew up in a very religious family and as a product of a society in general that strives to perpetuate lies, religion-i feel- is the reason for the downfall of man. Religion does nothing more than create conflict and free the "faithful" from personal responsibility. It's a lot easier to believe a magical being has control over us and everything around us. One question i ask religious people is "at any point have you ever questioned why you believe what you believe?" and most say"no".....didn't you at some point realize that santa didnt exist and come down a chimney? didnt you at some point realize there was no tooth fairy? do u really believe it is in "god's plan" for innocent people to die in wars, from birth defects etc.? If we don't question, and we don't think for ourselves, then we might as well be dead. If you believe in god and unicorns, keep it to yourself, because it tells me a lot about you,...February 19
I dont believe in religion and I dont push religion down someones throat. I do have a personal relationship with my savoir JESUS CHRIST. And like the drunk at the bar or ballgame who talks about his drinking problem or the adulterest who flirts with other woman or the gossipper who talks about everyone. I just do like them and tell everyone about what a great savoir that has rescued me from all of them and has set me free and I now live my life everyday for his greater purpose for my life. And like the drunk or the womanizer or the gossipper or someone like me who walks and talks about his savoir you have the freedom not to listen but if you do you just might find yourself at piece someday.February 19
why do Christians feel the need to shove religion in everybodys face. I certainly don't want to hear it and I get tired of hypocrits and haters who pretend to be religious. Keep your fairy tales to yourselves.February 19
February 19
I agree Patti, if these people really believed what they spew, they wouldn't do what they do. Hypocrits. I mean, if you really believe that u will be saved, arent you content enough with that? why do you need to get others to believe you too? ridiculous!
from ardbx
I don't believe in GOD... There is no Historical evidence for Jesus Christ... It's a personal choice for someone to believe in a deity. Just because a vast majority believe in a concept of a GOD doesn't imply that its true or anyone else have to subscribe to the ideology. All religions are false, I reject Jupiter, Amun, Allah, Yhwh, Buddha, and all other possible gods. February 19
lacill February 19
I believe that the God I worship and praise is a loving and forgiving God. I know he is there for me no matter what may come my way. It is your choice to feel as you do. It is my choice to believe as I do, and because of that. I'll pray for you.
religz
Because its a fact that we are ready to forward other emails and not ones that are important as this one that we should take a stand for our God as he did for us by sending his son Jesus to die for us and I hope that everyone will forward this to there friends God Bless my brothers, sisters, cousins, and my friends and there families Love u all ROBO!February 19"
Whatever happened to Love Thy Neighbor, & With Loving Kindness Have I DRAWN You?
GOD SHOWED Us HIS LOVE WHEN HE WRAPPED HIMSELF IN flesh then hung on the cross & died for Everyone Who has ever Lived? Sending someone away because they don't understand a concept is lazy workmanship. We are Instructed to Teach, Correct, Bear One Another's burdens and Be Examples of CHRIST not security guards or wardens.
GOD BECAME Man to REUNITE HIMSELF TO Us FOR Our Choice OF HIS DIRECTION & PURPOSE FOR LIFE verses our fleshly infirmaties.
We Cannot assume our forgiveness is any less sinful or vice versa. We All have sinned and Fall Short of THE GLORY OF GOD Except JESUS WHO IS WAS AND WILL BE GOD ALWAYS.
Like Otis Redding once sang Try A Little Tenderness yeah...
2 comments:
Hey Fatima...great blog! I never read the comments left for the youtube video. Their comments are disappointing to say the least. Makes me sad that so many people miss the point of the message and automatically turn it into a religious debate. God forgive them "for they know not what they do" in the words of Jesus. God willing, He will turn their hearts toward Him and open their spiritual ears to hear Him. Years ago I debated with such people and was boastful in my own ability to "win" many debates. It was only when God said to me "do not argue" (with them)that I stopped my online debates and moved on. I still fight the urge to "win" arguments more than I should the comments left for this wonderful video causes the old me to rise up and want to deliver much scathing debate, but I shall deny the flesh.
Good Girl April deny the flesh its rule to cause friction regarding THE WORD OF GOD. Permitting HIM TO REVEAL HIMSELF @ HIS APPOINTED TIME IS much less stressful & you don't have to worry about apologizing once HE CORRECTS you if you follow the flesh.
Debates can be very informative if done for the purpose of teaching. When done to glorify ones own perspective it can get kaotic and offensive. Thanks for your comments!
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