Polls: Religion & Spirituality

When you think about it, the primary motivation behind a theist's good deeds is that of attaining reward in the hereafter and avoiding punishment & damnation. It is an incentive-based preferential morality based off of self-benefit and is thus selfish in nature.

In contrast, an atheist who performs acts of good is doing so without the belief, expectation, nor want of being rewarded in return, and so their acts of good are not as a result of a selfish predisposition.

Of course, there are exceptions on both sides of the story, but I am simply describing the general attitudes of these groups.

Do you agree?

There is no sense to say existed part because unless I put never existed, it is assumed He existed. So no sense to say Jesus existed but was not Son of God when it can be said Jesus was not the Son of God. Him never existing would cover that. Unless you vote B, you are granting His existence. Keep that in mind.

I think we have overwhelming evidence that Jesus is the Son of God and was crucified. Jesus freely gave up his life and allowed the crucifixion to be what brought about His death. He didn't have to allow it but Jesus' free will was to do as God wanted. Jesus had free will to sin or not sin but He chose not to sin.

Please tell me what you think.

I don’t want arguments here. I am a Christian, whatever you believe feel free to share it. I don’t want shaming from anyone-that includes atheists. (Some of the most rude comments about others beliefs I have seen are from atheists)

I have more reasons to believe than I can list here. However I do believe there’s so much more to a being than flesh and hormones. I’m not denying aspects of evolution within species or that the world is older than a couple thousand years (the Bible never actually gives a time stamp by the way that’s a myth) but I do believe there are things beyond any scientific comprehension. I believe while science is the how, God is the why.

Anyway, everyone is entitled to their beliefs but be respectful and don’t act like anyone is an idiot for their beliefs. Because no one-Pastor or Scientist-has anywhere near all the answers.

Inspired by the quote by Arthur Schopenhauer:

"A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants",

meaning that we can control the things we do, but we can't control the things we like or dislike, nor can we control how we feel at any one time (rather, it's more of an involuntary response to the situation which we then choose how to react or cope with it) - but these are precisely the factors which determine our line of action and lifestyle. So in that sense, we don't truly have free will.

Your thoughts?

Is the real reason Jesus didn't take a wife because his eyes were on Judas?

Were any words seemingly condemning homosexuality simply overcompensation in an attempt to repress feelings that were unacceptable during that time period?

For the slang illiterate, open arms means welcome it in a pleasing manner or very open to it in a positive setting and vehemently means very forcefully passionate about something and can be positively or negatively.

https://biblescienceforum.com/2015/03/13/is-dark-matter-the-unknown-god/

According to Big Bang models, it is projected that 85% of all matter is of dark matter variety, while 15% of matter is visible variety.

Some people say that dark matter doesn't exist but is said to because it helps the Big Bang model and weakens the God model. Well, it seems odd to me that people can trust and have faith in dark matter, which is unseen, is unknown whether it exists or doesn't exist, can't be heard, has no known way to detect its existence, yet science seekers love this model because it helps their dying theory of a non-agent universal cause and origin. Of course, science has all but proven that the universe can't be past eternal so now cosmic evolutionists or 'atheistic' scientists are coming up with models that are cosmic originated without agent processing. You see there's a problem with that because all known processes to all systems have never been shown it can come about without a Creator or creative hand to stir the process. It is amazing how they can deny God so vehemently, yet run tail with this dark matter model.

My top conclusion is they accept dark matter because there is no eternal stakes in the matter (no pun intended) but reject or deny the God model because they are without excuse having knowledge that mankind had a Creator and they hate their Creator because they want to live in sin and are ignorant of the creation, the Creator and the impeding judgment after death.

Can you think of any way why there is such hypocrisy between acceptance of the dark matter model and God model, since both are invisible? One is accepted while the other rejected or denied.

Please give your thoughts.

As far as I know, Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost is when a person sees a work of God and they attribute it to Satan. I am thinking, wouldn't the opposite to that be seeing a work of Satan and attributing it to God? If so, what would it be called? Is it also Blasphemy against the Holy Ghost or is it something else? I'm curious and I'm texting a theologian expect on this and he tells me I'm on the right track but that a Christian can't commit this eternal unforgivable sin. It seems only in theology and mathematics do big time thinkers get dealt with the extremely tough questions.

So for the Christian inclined curious on this, answer these 3 questions:

1. Is calling a work of God as though it is Satan's work equal to calling a work of Satan as though it is God's work and if not, which is worse and why?

2. Can a Christian blaspheme against the Holy Ghost? (it is split between church sects and denomination whether a Christian can do this or not)

3. If a Christian can't commit this act, how could a non-Christian distinguish between a work of God and a work of Satan? (for simplicity, lets assume the person we are talking about doesn't ascribe to atheistic mindset)

Please help me on this. I've been battling this question for 2 full weeks daily and it's bothering me because I am certain that some people can really tell the difference.

Give me your spiritual thoughts and guidance through tackling this spiritual question.