@BlueSkyKing I enjoyed reading your thoughts. Thank you for sharing with me. I've read all the content in your replies, but I don't feel you've read mine, or you would have seen my answers.

Are you aware there's a spiritual side to you? You wouldn't be here today, if there wasn't. Since you admittedly don't know WHERE your spirit is going to end up when you die, that does not mean you CAN'T know where you'll end up when you die. Unless stubbornness or pride get in your way.

That's just it. You DON'T KNOW, what you don't know, yet you're more than willing to gamble with your own precious soul, that you're right. But what if you're wrong?? Call it "Pascal's Wager" all you like, but what HE didn't know, is that our eternal destination is no game, nor anything to chance! This is for real. Wonder what he'd tell us about his wager now? I'll wager we're sure to find out, only I'm not guessing.

ONE OF THE THINGS YOU DO KNOW. Death is very real. You're certainly convinced of THAT....Yet you don't understand everything about death either, except you know you're going to die, and you're not sure when or where you'll go. You're playing Russian Roulette with your soul. Just like that game, it only takes one shot to get it wrong and you'll lose your life, and that's what Satan is counting on. He has lied to you and deceived you, and you've bought it hook, line, and sinker. Before you die, you've got exactly one shot to get this right. I think you're smarter than to gamble with your soul. I hope so. The tragedy of all this, is that if you get this part of your life wrong, you're stuck forever. Is skepticism worth it?

Answer this: What shall a man profit, if he loses his own soul? Miracles are real, my friend. I've seen them and experienced them. Please tell me, what better way to know? There's no guessing to it. You mock the Bible. I didn't even need a Bible, to find that miracles are real. You only THINK I'm dishonest. You don't know that for sure.

Skepticism has been described by some as nothing but honesty. There's a flip-side to that. Not everyone is honest with themselves.

This is what I learned from your reply:

1. Man doesn't have proof there is no God. The proof is in the experience of a personal relationship with Jesus.

2. Man doesn't know as much as he thinks he does, due to his finite thinking.

3. Some so-called "geniuses" lack common sense, certain knowledge, and definitely make mistakes. So what they say is not necessarily "gospel", reliable, or even the truth. It only shows they lack knowledge and study in certain subjects, they may think they know about, but don't have a clue. That doesn't necessarily mean they're literate in religion. What if they're wrong? Does their ego allow for considering that?

4. Those who have not studied nor considered certain subjects, cannot claim intelligent deduction, then turn around and call another delusional, unreasonable, imaginative, nutty, or just plain stupid.

5. Man can write a thousand books and still be clueless.

6. What better teacher, than personal experience?

7. What one experiences, but the other don't, doesn't give the latter, the right to judge, or call them dishonest.

8. Not all have the exact experience. Not even HOW Christ interacts with them. That's why it is a personal relationship.

9. Mankind does himself a grave, sad injustice, if he ignores the free gift of salvation, for the simple reason he doesn't "understand" it all.

10. There's a way that "seems" right to man, but the end thereof, brings physical and spiritual death and seperation from God, as his own SINS keep him condemned, without forgiveness.

11. If man is such a genius, why hasn't he created real humans yet? In spite of all the efforts of all the scientific laboratories around the world working over many decades, they have not been able to produce so much as a single human hair. How much more difficult is it to produce an entire body consisting of some 100 trillion cells!

Up to now, Darwinian evolutionists could try to counter their detractors with some possible explanations for the complexity of life. But now they have to face the information dilemma: How can meaningful, precise information becreatedby accident — by mutation and natural selection? None of these contain the mechanism ofintelligence,a requirement for creating complex information such as that found in the genetic code.

12. Looking around the world, it's not hard to see that evil is very real. It wasnt that way, until man sinned by CHOICE.

13. Here's some illogical thinking for you. Jesus did all that agonizing suffering on the cross to save us from hell, yet is dead-set on sending us there. Mmhmm. That type thinking is an oxymoron. Makes no sense at all.

14. Just because WE weren't there when Jesus died, was buried, then rose from the grave, does not mean He's a lie. I guess the 500 people who saw him resurrect before their very eyes into heaven, with some writing the event down, were "all delusional". 🙄🤦‍♀️

15. No matter how many times it's said, God's Word is still perfect. And though man tries his best to mess it up, its TRUTHS and messsge still stands ... even today. Many have tried to destroy it, but they never could. It still reaches around the world and this world may pass away, but God's words shall never pass away.

And last, but not least....

IF GOD IS NOT REAL, THEN WHY DO SOME ATHEISTS AND AGNOSTICS AROUND THE WORLD, FIND HIM AND ARE TRANSFORMED BY HIS LOVE, SAVING GRACE, AND POWER?

Yet, if man does not WANT to find God, no explanation of Him in this world, shall suffice, and no excuse that mankind "didn't know" shall suffice...for the simple reason, He did. Jesus promised, that before He comes back, not one person on earth, shall miss the opportunity to hear the gospel of Jesus Christ.

There are none so [spiritually] blind, than those who cannot see their sin. Jesus is the remedy. Believe that or not, but think carefully. Your eternal destination depends on you. Jesus came to love and save you, if you'll let him. He turns no one away.

@BlueSkyKing Your theories and criticisms about me and especially God, are so untruthful and full of holes, I could indeed, write a book about WHY. Especially about me and my God, which you insult, without [admittedly], knowing anything about God. If that's not limited thinking, I don't know what is.

You'll read and believe a hundred books from agnostic authors, who don't even know or have even explored God...let alone be in a position to critique Him. Especially Pascal. It makes perfect sense to take someone's word about God, though they know absolutely nothing about him. You said you don't know God. That's why you cannot understand Him. Your judgment of Him is critically flawed.

You call God "foolishness" but what you don't understand, is that the "foolishnes" of God is wiser than any man's wisdom, and the weakness of God is stronger than any man's strength. 1 Corinthians 2:14

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are FOOLISHNESS to him, and he cannot understand them, BECAUSE they are spiritually discerned. One cannot understand the things of God if they don't know him, as you have admitted. You want nothing to do with him. That is obvious from all your criticism of him. Criticize me all you want, but I'm not going to participate when you stop so low as to make fun of a God you dont know. This conversation is permanently closed to you. You don't know how to have a discussion without childish criticism, falsifying information, or attacking one's character and words.

You don't believe in God or heaven, yet you speak of a hell you imagine God can't wait to throw people in. You clearly do not know God nor His character. You're looking at life and the things of God, through critical, spiritually dark, distorted lens, because you don't know the real truth of Him or why He came. Making God out to be some kind of maniacal, manipulative monster, only out to kill people and throw them in hell. This is what happens when one has no true understanding about God and try to put Him in a box of imagination with nothing to base it on.

You say you can't believe in God because he's unknowable and there's no proof he's alive. Yet you believe in death, without knowing what's on the other side. You're going somewhere after you die, but don't know where. Jesus said you can be sure about where you're going. Don't you think it would be wise to check that out? Eternity is a long time to get it wrong. And that's not a threat. That's Jesus trying to save you. Jesus wants us to know, not guess how to have eternal life in heaven...so you DON'T MISS IT. And I've explained and explained to you why you would miss it, but you refuse to listen. I told you what Jesus said, not me... I don't make the standards or rules and neither do you. No one's that smart. But you've got it stuck in your head that God throws people into hell if they don't believe in him. Nothing could be further than the truth.

Religion is nothing but man-made philosophy. Religion is confusing and messed up, because confusion comes from Satan. He wants us to believe we can't have a relationship with God. But religion didn't die on the cross to save us from our sins. Jesus did, and that's why it's called a personal relationship.

Jesus shows us the way, because He KNOWS the way, and He knows your way doesn't work, if you're going to try and drag your sins into heaven. Jesus wants to cleanse you of them, so you can lose the condemnation SIN has placed on you. Not GOD. He's doing nothing but trying to save you from the consequences SIN has placed on you, but you want nothing to do with that. So that means, you'll walk out of this world with your sins still attached, and STILL separating you from God. That won't get you to heaven.

When one is unfamiliar with the spiritual realm and unwilling to take a real look at it, then call themselves a realist, that's concerning. In reality, you are practicing limited thinking, just because you don't understand something, so you just ignore, neglect, then turn to criticize, for lack of understanding. That's not discussion. Since when, can you read my mind and know my experiences? There's a flip-side to skepticism. Not everyone, skeptic or not, is honest with themselves. With honesty, comes healthy thinking and the willingness to look at all sides, if we're going to be fair and honest with ourselves. Otherwise, it's a one-way street that leads to a dead-end. Moreover, if we are fair and honest with ourselves, and find our thoughts to be questionable after discussing with people, we must be willing to explore that person's ideas to see if we're really being open and honest with ourselves. Really examine and study them carefully, to see if we are, indeed, thinking logically and truthfully with ourselves. Otherwise, we'll just stay in the dark.

Do you know something I don't? Then SHOW me where I'm wrong. Prove it, and I'm all ears!! If I'm wrong, I'll be mature enough and smart enough to be the first to listen and learn. It is foolish to think we are always right and know it all. If I'm wrong, I'll be the first to not only admit it, but change my thinking for the betterment of myself and my life. The Truth sets one truly FREE. You mock my salvation experience as fallible thinking and fantasy. Prove your verbal accusations. That's on you. You can't, because it was not you, who experienced it. And just because you don't believe it or can't understand my experience, does not mean it's untrue or that I imagined it. You can't know that. That's only critical thinking without basis or truth.

Check anyone and everything out for yourself though, before making fun and downplaying their words or experince. Get to the truth before coming to premature conclusions. That's what the Jimmy Jones cult was all about. People blindly following, without checking things out! And it cost them their lives.

Whether I think I know something or not, I'm aware that there's a possibility I could be deceiving myself, so I definitely look at all sides before I make an informed decision about anything. That's constructive, healthy, and logical thinking. One-sided thinking is not healthy. It is true that my truths are not your truths, nothing wrong with that, but at least I read and listen before concluding something or someone is wrong, based on an open mind, without prejudice.

Your adage, "If it’s not science, it’s superstition". It simply works well for me.",... is limited thinking. It very well may work for you here, but Jesus said that doesn't work in the spiritual realm.

A little science, estranges us from God. A lot of science, brings us back.

A lovely post I enjoyed reading.

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