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Comment by amanda choate on December 1, 2012 at 2:12pm

Joe, in your world you forget free will whenver it pleases you and say that we are all part of God's plan. That is against everything written in the Bible. Once Adam and Eve ate of the forbidden fruit from the tree of knowledge we assumed our own fates. God does not promise anything to anyone on earth. Never has, never did. Not justice, not riches, not democracy, not freedom, not life, nothing. God, the biblical God, promises nothing to any man on this earth. All God's promises are realized in the hereafter. God makes no contentions on how we should be governed. He makes no claims in regards to anything of this earth. He set forth commandments to Moses. That is it. There are other rules of kosher and such, but that is it.

But you constantly speak of God's will, you don't know God's will, no one does. And when things break against you, then God is just testing you. Well you don't know that, that could the devil testing you. Or it could just be luck. You don't know. You may believe, but that ain't the same thing.

So stop prophesizing, because you don't know.

If God is talking to you, let me know. Ask him for some foretelling, that would be nice.

Joe, the miracle of God is faith. Faith in the unknown and the unknowable. You denigrate what that means by claiming to know God's wishes, wishes that can't be known. Just enjoy having that faith, it is a blessing, you are not promised faith by birth or allegiance or nationality or any other thing. It is a blessing, show some humility and thanks.

 

Comment by Joe Story on December 1, 2012 at 12:38pm

not quite the same Amanda, with Christianity: You, all those tyrants, Dictators and others you speak of have free will to do as you choose.....that does not mean you are free of the consequences of your actions.

Comment by amanda choate on December 1, 2012 at 11:51am

First Patricia, you do know the earth is 4.5 billion years old and humanoids have been around for around 4 million years. Human were on the continent prior to the Europeans settling here they were known by various names describing their tribes. But even so, if you just start the clock when Europeans arrived, they did not arrive in America. There was no such thing as America. America is derived from a Nicauraguan tribal name. It was The New World. Imagine the excitement. But there was no nation known as America.

Now Joe, your argument is the same one forwarded by theocrats all the world over to push agendas that deny others rights. Muslims use Allah to diminish women and non believers. Jews to proclaim their righteousness over others. Christians to proclaim manifest destiny. And those are just those borne out of the Judeo-Christian world. But using your premise, then God places tyrants and dictators in power all the world over to do his will. So be it, and it was done.

 

Comment by Joe Story on November 28, 2012 at 5:24pm

1 God is the God of creation and He is the Creator of all things visible and invisible.2 God impressed his laws upon creation and he governs its operation accordingly.3 God gave his law so that people would seek after God and know what God requires of every person.4 Of course, the laws of God are right, perfect, and eternal.5 They apply over the entire globe and are written in God's creation because God is the Creator of all the earth.6 These rules also apply to all people and are written within each man, woman and child because God is the Creator of all people.7 God also reiterated the basic elements of his rules of right and wrong in the Bible.8

 

The implications of this situation are straightforward. Since God created all things, he also has the right to rule them according to his laws.9 He rules the nations according to his laws.10 His laws rule the nations irrespective of whether a given nation believes in God or recognizes his laws.11 This does not mean that the nations are perfect nor does it mean that people who do not worship God cannot rule.12 Nor does it mean that God will judge lawbreakers according to our timetables of justice.

 

It does mean, however, that God will not let a corrupt government rule forever.13 God judges justly on the earth and punishes lawless leaders and nations.14 Nations which forget God may completely perish.15 Nations which honor God and try to follow his laws, however, can expect to receive his care and protection.

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on November 28, 2012 at 2:55pm

From what I understand, God created everything in 6 days and rested on the 7th...............just because this country was not discovered by humans until it was, it does not necessarily follow that God didn't create the this country.................     He did    ................................

Comment by amanda choate on November 28, 2012 at 1:46pm

Joe, God did not create this country. I stopped reading at that point so I have no idea what the rest is about because I could not get past that inanity. America isn't in the Bible so what on earth makes you write such a thing.