Because it is pretty lame and actually hypocritical to try to prove a point by scripture w/ out backing it up by Scripture..If someone is trying to prove a point to you, dont you want them to show you WHERE they got that from? Or you just take their word for it...

I was using biblical scripture to DISPROVE "endtime bible prophecy",and the folks in the christian forum got PISSED!!!Some people can't handle the truth.

I haven't been reading the GR forums much lately, but it wasn't very long ago that proselytizing threads were quite common and there was no doubt that this was precisely their goal.

Most people who believe in the Bible aren't the least bit interested in discussing it intelligently. Specifically with regard to whether or not it's God's word.

Their idea of intelligent discussion is to sit around in Bible study with a bunch of believers who are all offering supporting views and testimonies. They simply aren't interested in what non-believers half to say. From their point of view non-believers have yet to 'find' themselves.

They view non-believers as those who have either 'turned away' from God, or have yet to 'discover' the truth of God's word. They simply can't imagine any other scenario.

That's precisely what the authos of the Bible have intended to brainwashes people to think.

I could quote you direct verses from the book that states supposedly in God's own words that anyone who refuses to believe in God's word is a heathen and a sinner and cannot possibly be up to any good. In fact there are even versus where God commands that nonbelievers be stoned to death. In fact, this peeves the Biblical God so much, that not only does he command that the heathens be stoned to death but he demands that their wive, children, livestock, and the entire village from whence they came be destroyed. Everything there should be burned to the ground and nothing shall be built upon that site again.

Damn. I almost quoted the verses verbatim by accident.

Anyway, as you can see, if you disbelieve that the Bible is the word of God then God will really be peeved and throw a temper tantrum on a major scale.

Or if you're a non-believer, then the authors who wrote that godforsaken book would like you to believe that God is that insane and hateful.

This has always been one of the reasons that has contributed to my rejection of the Bible. As far as I'm concerned God must be at least as nice as me. After all, I could hardly be the compassionate superior to God. Yet, the Bible describes a God who is not anywhere near as nice as even myself. Not that I'm all that nice, but you don't need to be very nice to be nicer than the Biblical God.

I know that I can't be nicer than God, yet the Bible demands that this must be the case, so clearly there's got to be a major problem. Like the book is just a big manmade fat lie.

Well, that's my opinion anyway. Everyone is entitled to reach their own conclusions on that one I guess.

But if you see a thread that looks like proselytizing, it probably is.

There are times WITHIN a thread when a person is trying to share their particular interpretation of a Bible verse, in order to get a message across about the discussion.

OK - I do read those short verses.

BUT HERE'S MY QUESTION:

Does ANYONE, belivers included, EVER read those posts that seem to stream off into all kinds of Bible verses?????

ESPECIALLY, those that actually BEGIN like that. Do any of you REALLY read that stuff? I guess you can tell, I sure don't.

So I guess the next question is - why do people actually go to all that trouble? Especially in the 'general religion' forum.

There are times WITHIN a thread when a person is trying to share their particular interpretation of a Bible verse, in order to get a message across about the discussion.

OK - I do read those short verses.

BUT HERE'S MY QUESTION:

Does ANYONE, belivers included, EVER read those posts that seem to stream off into all kinds of Bible verses?????

ESPECIALLY, those that actually BEGIN like that. Do any of you REALLY read that stuff? I guess you can tell, I sure don't.

So I guess the next question is - why do people actually go to all that trouble? Especially in the 'general religion' forum.

Scripture (The Bible) is writen by God, through man. The Holy Spirit inspired and spoke to the apostles who wrote down the words. So, Scripture IS REAL and IS Truth! Its all on whether you have the faith and desire to believe truth. We we all a choice to accept or reject.

Scripture (The Bible) is writen by God, through man. The Holy Spirit inspired and spoke to the apostles who wrote down the words. So, Scripture IS REAL and IS Truth! Its all on whether you have the faith and desire to believe truth. We we all a choice to accept or reject.

Scripture (The Bible) is writen by God, through man. The Holy Spirit inspired and spoke to the apostles who wrote down the words. So, Scripture IS REAL and IS Truth! Its all on whether you have the faith and desire to believe truth. We we all a choice to accept or reject.

No, no, no, its the Koran that was written by God!
I mean, the Bhagavad-Gita, thats the One!
Wait, no the Book of Mormon, maybe?
Upanishads? I Ching?

Oh Gawd.

There are times WITHIN a thread when a person is trying to share their particular interpretation of a Bible verse, in order to get a message across about the discussion.

OK - I do read those short verses.

BUT HERE'S MY QUESTION:

Does ANYONE, belivers included, EVER read those posts that seem to stream off into all kinds of Bible verses?????

ESPECIALLY, those that actually BEGIN like that. Do any of you REALLY read that stuff? I guess you can tell, I sure don't.

So I guess the next question is - why do people actually go to all that trouble? Especially in the 'general religion' forum.

Scripture (The Bible) is writen by God, through man. The Holy Spirit inspired and spoke to the apostles who wrote down the words. So, Scripture IS REAL and IS Truth! Its all on whether you have the faith and desire to believe truth. We we all a choice to accept or reject.