Atheist142: And I don't believe because I have no reason to believe
junkystrongthong: then you shouldn't have a reason not to believe
Atheist142: What do you mean?
junkystrongthong: u know what i mean. you said that you didn't have a reason to believe
then you shouldn't have a reason not to believe either
junkystrongthong: how old are you?
Atheist142: um, I don't get what you're saying.
junkystrongthong: well you should
Atheist142: You have no reason not to believe in Santa either, and do you?
junkystrongthong: he isn't real
Atheist142: neither is any god that I've heard of
junkystrongthong: well yur wrong.. God is real.
Atheist142: Why do you say that?
Atheist142: Why do you believe in a god?
junkystrongthong: Becase he has done so much. .look at all around yuo. he made
everything and everyone. we only hve one perpose in life and it is to serve him so we can
go to heaven
junkystrongthong: read the bible.it is good for your sould
junkystrongthong: soul*
Atheist142: I have, why do you think I rejected Christianity?
Atheist142: And how do you know God created everything?
junkystrongthong: he did
junkystrongthong: how old are you?
Atheist142: does it matter?
junkystrongthong: yes
Atheist142: I'm 15
junkystrongthong: then you don't understand how God is important
Atheist142: How can you say that when you don't even know me?
junkystrongthong: you will regrete saying that he isn't real or whatever you are saiying
when you are burning in HELL
Atheist142: And God isn't important becfause he isn't real. You never showed that
he was, why should I assume that he is?
Atheist142: Ah, threats now, that's convincing.
junkystrongthong: yeah it better be.. God loves you!
Atheist142: You never bothered to even try proving your point.
Atheist142: What exactly are you trying to achieve by telling me God loves me
when I lack a god-belief?
junkystrongthong: ishoudl have to.. God is real. how can he not be?
Atheist142: um...how can he be?
junkystrongthong: I love yu .. and God loves you!
junkystrongthong: no matter what.
junkystrongthong: even if you reject him
Atheist142: um.... there isn't a god to love me, and there isn't a god to reject, from
what I can see
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Atheist142: and you haven't even attempted to convince me otherwise, so why
should I believe you
junkystrongthong: well you are ovbiously blind. i once was blind but now i see
Atheist142: no, I can see quite well
Atheist142: Looky, a computer screen.
junkystrongthong: you don't get what i am saying
Atheist142: No, I don't. Please explain to me first what your god is, and second
why I should believe in this god, and maybe I'll understand you.
junkystrongthong: i used to reject God... but i was wrong.. everything is soo much
better.. you will get it sooner.. or later.. better sooner
Atheist142: Look, I have a very happy life, and if you can't at least tell me what
this god is, then please go away.
junkystrongthong: God is a man who preformed miracles and healed people and made
them understand. he sent his one and only son to die for our SINS and to have a better life.
Atheist142: That's nice, he sounds like a really nice guy, sending his son to die and
stuff.
Atheist142: And why does it matter if I believe in him or not?
junkystrongthong: yeah. he is. becuase you are missing out on all the wonderful things he
has for us.
Atheist142: Like what, free kitchen appliances?
junkystrongthong: no.. well maybe..It may be difficult for some of us to believe that we
can really know God, yet it is true that we can. What does God look like? When we think
of God, what kind of image comes to our mind's eye? Do we see God as some sort of
superpower that hits us over the head with a big stick when we have been bad? Or does
our image of God seem so ethereal that we cannot even imagine that, as humans, we could
possibly see Him?
Perhaps we see God in the flowers, the birds, the blue sky, the tall pine trees and the
mountains, and that is God to us. Some may even view Him as a kindly old man with a
white beard and robe, sitting on a golden throne someplace out there called heaven.
Maybe our position is that it is impossible to see God.
What is the real truth about God? What does He look like? Recently, numerous people,
who have died and gone to heaven, have come back to life and returned to give us
testimonies of how God appeared to them. Can we really see God? To answer this
question, I want to share with you from my own personal experience. Not only have I seen
God, but He is my dearest friend, and as His friend, I want to introduce others to Him. We
can see and know Him if we turn to Him with our whole heart. Jeremiah 24:7 says, And I
will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I
will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
How did I discover Him? Like a lot of other people, I was told about Him. You see He
wrote a book, the Bible, and I was given a copy to read. While reading it I discovered that
God had a son named Jesus. He sent Him to this world on the greatest mission of all time.
The Book He inspired was unlike any book I had ever read. Many things I did not
understand, but some of the lines actually seemed to be alive, and seemed as though
someone were speaking directly to me through that Book.
Now after many years of reading the Bible, I am very well acquainted with that Someone ;
He is the Holy Spirit. He has been a real comfort and a tremendous teacher in my life. I
found the Bible was written for the very purpose of answering the question posed at the
beginning of this section, What does God look like? We truly can know what God looks
like, and not only that, we can know Him very intimately. By reading His Book, the Bible,
we can also find the answers to all of our questions and problems.
The first thing we must realize about God is that He loves us. The book of John in the Bible
reveals His love in a very beautiful way. He loves us, He created us, and He has a plan for
our lives. It is a very exciting and fulfilling plan, and we can know what that plan is for each
of us individually. To understand God's plan, we must read His Word, or guide Book.
Most of our problems in understanding God stem from things we have heard other people
say about Him. Since there are so many people with so many different ideas, we then end
up with a multitude of misconceptions about God.
Some parts of the world are blessed to hear more truth about God than others. Yet, much
of what we hear is still contaminated with man's ideas and traditions. People in many lands
are seeking to know God, but because some have never read or heard His Word or
received Him in their hearts personally, they have devised gods of their own. We see this
prevalent in many different belief systems ranging from Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam and
others.
If we are going to know God, we must give His Book and His Word the final authority
over every issue in our lives. There has to be one way, and one standard for man to follow.
Confusion results when one voice is saying, This is the way, and another says, No, this is
the way. Each man has a different way -- his own way.
The Bible tells us about this in the book of Proverbs. Proverbs 21:2 says, Every way of a
man is right in his own eyes: but the Lord pondereth the hearts. In Proverbs 16:25 we find,
There is a way that seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.
What is the right way to find God? What does God look like? Perhaps the most simple
answer to this question is, God looks like Jesus. We see God by looking at Jesus. How do
we look at Him? We accomplish this by studying the record of His life as recorded in the
gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John. John 14:1-9 records this account of Jesus
words: " Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my
Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare
a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you
unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the
way ye know. Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how
can we know the way? Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father
also; and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him. Philip saith unto him, Lord,
shew us the Father, and it'sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with
you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father....".
The way to see God is by looking at Jesus. This does not mean to look at His physical
appearance because God is Spirit, and He says in John 4:24 these words: God is a Spirit:
and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth. Therefore, we must have
spiritual eyes to see God since He is Spirit.
junkystrongthong: HELL WAS MADE FOR SATAN
This place was prepared for the devil and his fallen angels. It was never meant for man to
go there. Man is going there by choosing to follow Satan and his evil ways by rejecting the
free grace Jesus is offering to mankind. "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand,
Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:"
(Matthew 25:41).
Atheist142: First you say this god is a man. Men can be seen, they have a
physical appearance, they live on earth, they die. Now you say he's something
else?
Atheist142: Quoting the Bible doesn't do much.
junkystrongthong: Yes... he was a man or Jesus was.. his son(jesus) God is a spirit, man,
soul.
Atheist142: Wait, what is this "spirit, man, soul"?
Atheist142: Explain what that is. What is its characteristics?
junkystrongthong: i cannot explain it toyou.. you would have to understand the Bible or
Belive..seeing is notbeliveing
Atheist142: Well, then, you're screwed if you want me to believe something
without proof.
Atheist142: I'm very very sorry, but logic doesn't bend in that direction.
junkystrongthong: One last messege... "God loves you and he is with you everywhere
you go. he is protecting you. And ALWAYS watching over you." Logic can't explain this .
Only God can. Love, Your sister in Christ,
Someone Concerned
junkystrongthong signed off at 5:31:40 PM.
