god, part 2 Options

[*CEP*]

So yeah...the debate continues.. have fun.

- Chinkieeyedpnoi

[CrimsonArchangel]

I haven't really read the other topic but from the responses here, it feels like the non-Christians are kind of annoyed because it seems like the Christians are trying to force their religions down their throats. But, it shouldn't be like that. Christians are just there in order to enlighten you of their beliefs. It's not some sort of cult where our (yes, I'm a Christian) power comes from brainwashing members and forcing them to do things. Christians were created to share God's story, and let you guys decide for yourselves whether it's true or not. That's the beauty of it. God have us free will. He lets us choose to do whatever we want. And it's natural of us to quote the Bible and use our resources, sort of like a lawyer would try to gather evidence to prove his case. We're like the lawyers, we put the facts out there and you as judges/jury are supposed to sift through fact or fiction and dtermine who makes the better case.

Of course, some non-Christians think we're know-it-alls because we say our religion is the only right one, but it's the same with doctors. If you were really sick, and a doctor told you to take Medicine A and it's the only way to survive, would you not take it because you think that the doctor is just lying for his own sake? No. You have to have fatih that the medicine will work, or that God exists. We're telling you that our "medicine" works. Now whether you take it or not is up to you.

Well said.
But, even as a christian myself, I will say that there are some people here that are trying to convince others by ramming their beliefs down their throats and by using the Bible and what not.
Yes, the Bible is a source of truth, and no, it is not fiction, Chinkie. And, no, I can't prove it to you. Its a thing of faith and watching the history channel (They have proved many of the stories from the bible)
But I can tell you something I found online that uses science to prove the bible. I will look for the link again (comp crashed, and I lost it) for those who want to read the whole thing.
NASA scientists were trying to figure out on what orbit to put new satellites to prevent planet crashes and all that. IN order to do that, they placed a lot of info (don't really remember what, sorry...) into computers to sort of predict where the planets would be in fifty to one hundred years. So they placed all the info into the computers and let them run. All was going well until the computers just stopped. Technically, all was in good order, but the computers kept on giving an error message. Then, after more research, the techs found out that the computers gave the error message because they said there was a day missing in the time frame. Of course, no one thought that was possible, but among the techs there was a christian man. He told them that in the Bible, there was the story of Joshua. He was in a battle that seemed to be going the wrong way for him, so he asked God to stop the sun so he could have more time to fight and perhaps win (To those who might be interested and have access to a Bible, the story starts in JOshua 10 verse 12). As I was saying, God granted Joshua's request and he stopped the sun for almost a hole day. The techs were skeptic at first, but gave it a try. They placed that new info into the computers and alas, 23 hours and 20 minutes came back into the time frame. But of course, there were still forty minutes missing. This is when the christian guy came back. There is another story in the bible where a king asked God to give him a sign that he (the king) was going to be well (he was very sick), and the sign God gave him was the retreat of the shadow on a sun dial. The shadow retreated 10 degrees, which were the forty minutes that were missing. (Where that story is found scapes my mind. I'll have to get back to you on that one...).
So the techs placed that new info into the computers and the error messages dissapeared. The missing day was found.
Now, after that long-ass entry, haha, I didn't write this to try to prove anything, or try to shove anything down people's throats. I wrote it to show that perhaps with a little research, you can find many things that do explain events in history using both science and God. Science is *not* a bad thing! God created it for us to become enlightened and learn more. Some scientists just take it to a whole new level. Thats all.
*Whew...* I'm done, haha.