Sharing spiritual knowledge, and philosophical inquiry among Christian believers are topics, today. Also, there is more on GOD having a conflict of interest due to the divine roles in judgment. A “Yahoo! Answers” writer using the ID “The Green Machine” (Level 5 with 5,152 points, a member since November 9, 2013) posted the following:
Why do Christians not like it when you challenge or question the Bible?
The Bible study group doesn't like it when I ask questions like "Why did God an extra dimensional entity choose a small tribe on a small planet?" " If God is all knowing then he knew what Satan would do when he created him thus allowed the fall to happen?" " Why did the Garden have such terrible security from Satan?" " Isnt it selfish for God to punish those who don't believe for all eternity?" or even " Why does God who you say is spirit experience so many Human emotions?" They get tense and then say we will scrape that for now and come back to it later. Why would they do this/ I thought Christians encourage free thinking and questions. I mean they ask me biblical questions but cant answer my very simple ones.
Update : They just say my questions are philosophical.
Update 2: My questions are genuine, they are to criticize anyone. But they got deeply offended that I wanted to dig deeper into the truth.
THE BATTLE AXE: A Conflict of Interest (04/16/2014)—(6.) The holy writings record numerous instances where created beings and living creatures requiring GOD to judge divinity, or to submit to ones personal judgment. Those who commit the errors appearing in the account of Job usually lack spiritual discernment (ability to use the spiritual things given by GOD to correctly recognize other spiritual events, objects, persons, and aspects of sacred process). As a result, when they accuse GOD, most are unaware their presumption (assuming authority without lawful delegation or permission; taking to oneself authority that belongs to another; stealing) violates divine law. While a person may commit offenses against GOD unintentionally and through ignorance of divine law, they are no less accountable for their own attitude, behavior, and conduct as well as for consequences and outcomes for what they do. The divine operations of atonement and repentance must be fulfilled, and can only be completed once sins committed in ignorance are perceived and realized.
(7.) Divine justice is not always accomplished through punishment. Many are now guilty and tainted by sin; however, where Jesus Christ is acknowledged as ones Advocate, these may become certified as having their charges dismissed, or “time served.” The ministry of Christ is held to be complete and thorough as a “settlement out of court” because through the Son of GOD full salvation is provided. Included are such benefits as atonement, baptism (death of ones inborn spirit, rebirth from divine content), correction, forgiveness, repentance, sacraments that continue ones new spirit, and sanctification. More than this, divine judgment is held to be righteous because the Son of Man has been appointed to preside in all divine tribunals. In addition to balance that comes by both his experience within, and distance from the earth, there are benefits that further ensure justice such as compassion, empathy, impartiality, incorruptibility, insight, love, mercy, patience, wisdom, and wrath against sin.
(8.) Within the totality of divine process, GOD is “indivisible”, yet, may not exist as an outside focus, an independent object distanced from divinity, or a unrelated divine entity. Even so, for Christian believers, the appearance of GOD in flesh (we say, incarnate) as Jesus Christ to fulfill various eternal purposes does not violate the integrity of the full manifestation for divinity as GODhead, the sovereign majesty of Almighty GOD who is spirit, or the essential unity of divinity. In the form of a man, divinity becomes an object to aspects of the full GODhead without conflict, damage or loss among the functions, persons, and roles of GODhead. Divine consciousness and presence may be continued while using finite form, and such frameworks for created beings and living creatures as desire, feeling, sacrifice, self-awareness, self-will, space, and time. The full expanse of possibilities for purposeful action by GOD in divine fullness are in no way contradicted, diminished, hindered, or narrowed. See Job 40: 6-14, Deuteronomy 25: 1, Jeremiah 25: 31, Hosea 4: 1-3, Micah 6: 1-3, 1st Timothy 2: 5-6 and 3: 16, 1st John 5: 3 and 7-12, KJV.
THE GOLDEN ARROW: This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. For of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts, Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. (2nd Timothy 3: 1-7, KJV)
THE DOUBLE DAGGER: The Philosophy of Free Will? (04/08/2014); The Name(?) of GOD (04/09/2014); Arguing Against the Bible in Church? (02/18/2014); Snake Handling? (02/19/2014); Was Jesus Literate? (10/04/2013); Everything a Lie? (10/05/2013); The Bible and Genealogy (09/10/2013); Need for A New Holy Spirit (06/03/2013); Faith for Facing Tragedy? (06/04/2013); Illusion? (04/25/2013); Not of Legal Age? (04/26/2013)
“The Green Machine”, here are a few points important to Christian belief that may help you serve your congregation more effectively:
(1.) The process of spiritual inquiry within the church body is not the same as that for academic research, secular data gathering, and philosophical discourse. Every baptized believer accepts a duty to share spirit matter through utterance (we say, breath, life essence, speech, spirit, or word). Many things that we find challenging and interesting (March Madness, marriage equality, the Superbowl) are absolutely useless in our mission to spread the new life in Christ that comes by the Gospel; and we are taught to say, all things are lawful, yet all things do not edify.
(2.) Knowledge of the holy comes by interactions and operations of ones own sacred content in response to divinity as opposed to the activity of ones emotional, intellectual, and psychological content. Inseparable (where one appears, all may be found in some measure) spirit content may be exchanged and shared by “hearing” holy utterance. Also, divinity may bestow and impart spirit matter.
(3.) Through baptism (death of ones inborn nature, rebirth from divine DNA, so to speak), believers acquire the same substance that is understood as the permanent “makeup” of GOD. Included are such spirit matter as faith, forgiveness, gratitude, holiness, joy, longsuffering, love, righteousness, wisdom, and wrath against sin. Born again, a believer must gradually grow up again and mature while facing the same life challenges as all others upon the earth.
There is a lot more to be said, correctly applied, and spiritually apprehended. (For example, (4.) It is natural for developing believers to be on guard against betrayal, deception, and false doctrine as well as those elements that draw them away from Christ, back to what they have escaped. Where someone within the congregation repeatedly displays arrogance, divisiveness, indifference, lack of preparation, pride, and selfishness, that person’s purpose must be determined by careful examination. Agents of the devil are willing to operate within church groups to generate dissatisfaction, misinformation, and spiritual confusion.) Even so, I trust this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to the measure of divine faith that resides in you.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. (Hosea 4: 6, KJV)
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