Jesus everywhere
Jesus everywhere
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That's not what Christians do, mono. I had to accept ONCE and for all the freely offered forgiveness. My faith provides a foundation for peace and contentment, and I would contend that having at least some limited knowledge of the eternal makes the temporal that much more fulfilling and meaningful.
The Christian life is not a life of contrition. The Heidelberg catechism says it best (emphasis mine):
"The chief end of man is to glorify God *by* ENJOYING him forever."
—This means, among other things, enjoying life to the fullest: because life was authored by God, and is thus good.
- Why do I need to be offered forgiveness from a figment of imagination? To what end?monospaced
- But there's the eternal circling point: what if it isn't imaginary?Scotch_Roman
- At the end of the day, simply liking or not liking an idea is not a firm foundation to stand on.Scotch_Roman
- Why bother with the imaginary when there is so much more real out there?monospaced
- You simply "like" the idea of being forgiven by a fictional dead man and his asshole father (God).monospaced
- Nope. I was dragged along kicking and screaming, but I am certainly grateful of it now.Scotch_Roman
- Oh and who made you the King of the truth market? What eternal wisdom are you basing this on?Scotch_Roman
- I for one know that my "wisdom" amounts to nothing, and know that I need to rely on something much more substantial than myself.Scotch_Roman
- myself.Scotch_Roman