Well then don't do it. Your not changing me, I will continue to pray, even if some are not answered. To start one: "If it is your will Father", than proceed.
I pray that I will get spaghetti to eat once a week. Most times the Flying Spaghetti Monster answers my prayers, so he must be real.
If I got spaghetti every time I prayed to the spaghetti monster, those prayers would continue. Big fan of spaghetti so long as it's done right, and it's kind of hard to do wrong if there is sausage involved.
Father? You do know that betrays the human origin of the entire deity concept, don't you? Try not praying, j. Try not actively "believing" while you're at it. You'll see that it makes no difference at all.
Thread title:- Jesus returns in 2017 ---------------------------------------------- And what could possibly go wrong?..
Either you know how long a generation is or you do not, if you do not, his commandments are unintelligible.
It makes all the difference in the world. You lack the intelligence to understand that, and to gain the wisdom of the spirit. I pray you gain them both.
You lack the intelligence to recognize and overcome your self-deception, which is reinforced by an imaginary threat of a "second death". You're trapped in a mental prison.
Do we have an update on whether it's 2017 or not? I mean, it's already March and nothing's happened yet (except Trump, who, while some people think he's the saviour, Jesus he certainly ain't). It would be nice to get an accurate date, you know.
Based on personal experience. I escaped the mental trap of Christianity. Threats of damnation will no longer work, because I am confident that this threat is baseless, as are its underlying claims, and I am well enough convinced of (scientific) facts that thoroughly contradict those claims.
It's deja vu all over again. This shows that given a set of random data, our minds see patterns. Pattern recognition is key to our survival. But it also leads us to false interpretations of facts and events, and we find "meaning" where there is none. I would bet that every year was going to be the last according to someone and some convoluted logic.
Ok, go get your truth from your leaders, I'm sure they are more than willing to give it to you. I hear they use the term "classified" or "top secret" for the truth though. Something about a security clearance or something. Yeah...... go get the truth from them, they are very honest.
You should know what a waste it is to cast pearls before the swine. haa ha ha. Although loading up some faux pearls in a pellet gun is fun, when you shoot 'em in the arse. Most times you will find the atheists will shout out "*******n it", asking god to damn the guy shooting him with faux pearls. Even atheists know god exists, they just cannot admit it because of peer pressure, and such. Atheism is really incoherence, created by the arrogance of the human ego. For they in reality do not KNOW that god does not exist. They are guessing, while refusing to admit their guesswork. ha ha ha. Jokers and tokers, marinated in ego arrogance.
If your favorite deity exists why hasn't anyone of the billions of self-professed believers in 2,000 years haven't been able to command a tree to uproot itself and to jump into the nearest pond?