deathwish
Ebensburg, PA
age: 43
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No Queen, You are not alone. God is always with you, as are your many friends here in virtual land.
I've pondered questions such as this for years but have no solid answer....but here's a thought...
Humans (or the sensors we create) cannot detect absolutes, rather we detect differences. We cannot understand light without knowing darkness, don't understand hot without having experienced warm or cold, we cannot appreciate love without having experienced hate or pain.
I know children who are given everything they want appreciate NOTHING, they have nothing to compare their life to, they just learn to expect and assume they deserve everything they get. A Marine friend of mine who served embassy duty in Africa told me, "those people have absolutely nothing but they praise God for every drink of water and every root they dig from the ground with their bare hands." I think the bad things clearly documented in the Bible and experienced by all of us, in part, serve to help us understand the depths of God's love. Gives us a basis for comparison.
my advice...stop looking to fallen humans to interpret God's word (or to blame when they get it wrong) and read it yourself and ask the Holy Spirit to help you understand it's true meaning.
If you were broke and someone gave you a $10M lottery ticket and you refused to cash it in...who's to blame that you remain destitute? Who's the mean dum- bass
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knightnyte2
Spring, TX
age: 55
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actually, the Bible translations today are more accurate than previous ones. They are not misinterpreted to fit the lifestyles of today, rather what was written in the scrolls. In the past, those responsible for translating the original scrolls did so with the heat of the current religious powers. Yes, the Christian religion has gone through turmoil and strife throughout out history. For instance, in the Lord's prayer, the last part was added by the Catholic church translations and continued until recently. Our father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our debts as we forgive those who debt against us. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. (For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever was added).
With so many working together now, the translations are more accurate than ever before. Not written to fit some sect or faith, but all believers.
As for satan... Luke 4:5-7. The devil led him up to a high place and showed him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world. And he said to him, "I will give you all their authority and splendor, for it has been given to me, and I can give it to anyone I want to. So if you worship me, it will all be yours.
The earth is the devil's domain now. Until the coming of Christ as written in Revelations, he rules. Don't blame God for all the wrongs done on earth, because it is not him. Certainly he answers prayer, but not everyone prays with sincerity and yet, they expect the answer they want.
A father wanted to read a magazine, but was being bothered by his little girl, Shelby. She wanted to know what the United States looked like. Finally, he tore a sheet out of his new magazine on which was printed the map of the United States. Tearing it into small pieces, he gave it to Shelby and said, "Go into the other room and see if you can put this together. This will show your our whole country." After a few minutes, she returned and handed him the map, correctly fitted and taped together. The father, surprised at her speed asked her how she did it so quickly. "Oh," she replied, "Jesus helped me." Her astonished father asked how that could be? She replied, "On the other side of the paper is a picture of Jesus. When I got all of Jesus back where He belonged, then our country just came together."
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