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Rebuttal comment your honor.

Honest question - is this a sign of doubt?

Not at all. It is frustration in what I don't understand. Same in my personal life. There have been times I prayed/talked to God, and yelled and was mad. Have prayed "God, I'm mad at you and don't want to talk to you, help me to get over it, amen."

I know that has to kind of crazy, but it always works for me

ok, really done this time

I'll postpone the attacks for a night. Take it easy!

Sounds like your mother raised a quiter.

sorry, but I am not reading everyone's response but here is my opinion. God is all knowing and yes you do have free will. But god is is omniscience and knows what you are going to do. You have a chance for your soul to grow in knowledge and faith which is why you don't know what is up ahead. But God does.

Knowing which of the paths we will take does not equate to forcing us down a path. Unless we are not seeing eye to eye on what free will is?

Not at all. Like the person said above. Thanks

I think we've all been in the 'prove it' mode, and we've all come from a non- believers position at some point..
Like one of the other posters said..-
Some of us just became too convinced that the 'still, small voice' that we were constantly denying , wasn't the boogie man..
Hopefully, there will come a time in yr life when that calling is so pronounced, persuasive, and all fear and doubt are removed that it is NOT such a giant leap to change your lifestyle and belief system..
We have peace and are contented in trouble times bcuz we know that we alone do not carry the weight of the world on our shoulders..
It is an amazing place to rest in an otherwise 'scary' and troublesome world.
.. Don't doubt and don't hate..!
Just trust that there is shelter from the storm.-
It sounds absurd and too 'out there' for a non- believer, but i'm pretty sure that you won't convince one of God's people to say they don't feel the protection and love every single day.. That, i really doubt-

Have a question for bible thumpers that actually effected my life tonight. So I'm with a group of friends and one mentions the fake apocalypse that 'just happened' and a girl in which I'm very good friends with said and I quote "I actually wish it would've happened so then I could see my best friend's brother who just died in Afghanistan." Naturally I laughed in her face, she threw my hat in a trash can...I obviously understand her attachment but do people actually believe that American soldiers are somehow above other casualties of war and get special heaven priviledges? To me it just seems offensive to all the other brothers in arms who weren't born in this country or who share different beliefs.

@SCirish843
No special treatment for soldiers. Each individual has to have a relationship with Jesus Christ. Maybe she is a believer and possibly knows that her best friend's brother is a believer. If that's the case then she would be right. If she thinks you automatically get to go to Heaven because you died in combat then she is wrong.

John 14:6 NKJV

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

premise 1 - there is a god that has a plan for everything

premise 2 - Nothing can happen that is not according to god's plan

event - I do not believe in a god

conclusion - Either god is a dick and has set me on a course that can not alter from the fires of hell, or I can alter god's plan by my choice and am more powerful than god.

Sorry if I don't think you have all come from a non-believers position since you have clearly shown you do not understand that position. You might have been an Apathiest, meaning you still believed in a god. But you just didn't care about it. Also, from what I have seen, it is not the relgious that have peace and are contented. It is the right winger religious people that are worried about having guns to protect themselves and are always worried about the fall of the United States.

No. Knowing which of the paths we will take does not equate to making us take one.

Ex: If I were to give someone either 100$ or 1$,i have a very good idea which they would choose, but I didn't make them choose either. Simple example, but it still works for this purpose

I think you must first realize that from a Christians point of view people are inherently evil, we constantly want to do bad things. Every single person has that urge, some have it stronger than others. You can continue down the path of evil and some of those events will happen(the Holocaust since you used it) or. The only part I am not sure of how to answer is the dying child.