[Faith-talk] Questioning Our Beliefs

[Brandon Olivares via Faith-talk]

Linda,

You wrote some interesting thoughts. However, you display a lack of understanding of eastern traditions. Most eastern religions are in fact older than Christianity, which itself is only 2,000 years old, not from the beginning of creation as you said. Hinduism is at least 5 or 6 thousand years old, Buddhism about 2,500 years old.

I find offensive not your beliefs, but your generalization that all eastern religions were simply made up by those who didn’t want to follow God, but wanted to follow in their own way. This is what I find most offensive about Christianity. Fortunately not all Christians believe in this way, and I doubt even Jesus himself would condone this.

Hinduism, Buddhism, and Taoism were begun before Jesus even walked upon this earth. So I ask you for a moment to use logic and tell me how they were rejecting God? Buddhism, as an example, was started by a man who was tired of the suffering he witnessed around him, and sought to end that suffering within himself. Then he taught others how to end their own suffering, too. Does this sound to you like the actions of a man who deserves to be burned forever and ever without relief, simply because he could not travel in time and know an individual who lived 500 years after he lived?

Here I empathize with the atheists and agnostics, because there exists a book that tells you these things, which to an outside observer seems horribly cruel and sadistic, but yet people believe them because they are told to.

Brandon
On May 15, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Linda Mentink via Faith-talk <faith-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I do not question my beliefs, not since Christ came to live in me. The Bible is my Guide for life. I receive many things from it, including comfort, wisdom, assurance that I will spend eternity in heaven, and knowledge of the Triune God.
> 
> Those who say they have accepted Christ as their personal Saviour, and still continue to lie, cheat and steal, put too much emphasis on what they did. They have not repented of these sins, and, consequently, their conversion is not real.
> True Christians abhor sin, and, with God's help, do their best to live a different life than they did before Christ came to live in them. When they do sin, which all do, they are sorry, and ask God's forgiveness; and, if necessary, and they have sinned against someone, they ask forgiveness of that person. Many who think they are Christians will be surprised when they meet God, and are turned away from Him to spend eternity in hell with Satan and his demons.
> 
> Christianity has been around since the beginning of creation. Those who take God at His Word, and accept the free grace and forgiveness He offers, will spend their life after earthly death in eternity in Heaven with Him. Eastern religions and cults are man-made, and were made up not that long ago by people who rejected God, didn't know about Him, or wanted to do things their own way--which, I guess, is the same as rejecting God.
> 
> I am sad for those who believe such nonsense, because their end, no matter what they say, will be condemnation to the lake of fire, where no relief will be had.
> 
> I don't mean to be harsh or offensive, but that's what the Bible says concerning them, and I believe the Bible to be true. It is the inspired Word of God. All it says will come to pass, if it hasn't already.
> 
> I will not question my beliefs, but will continue to stand on what I know to be true in the Bible.
> 
> Blessings,
> 
> Linda
> 
> 
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