tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708736.post115579746995728362..comments2023-06-20T02:57:21.437-05:00Comments on Convert Man: Doogiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12012332023931166256noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708736.post-1156077463477810202006-08-20T07:37:00.000-05:002006-08-20T07:37:00.000-05:00You'd be surprised at how many women know the unbo...You'd be surprised at how many women know the unborn is a human, and believe abortion is murder, but still have the abortion anyway.<BR/><BR/>They do it because they can.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15038275826830875246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708736.post-1155969548966991792006-08-19T01:39:00.000-05:002006-08-19T01:39:00.000-05:00But we can say they are wrong - and indeed, it is ...But we can say they are wrong - and indeed, it is a very loving thing to inform someone of his error - if they do not agree with God.<BR/><BR/>Belief in something doesn't make it real, and disbelief in something doesn't make it irrelevant.<BR/><BR/>I know it sounds like circular logic to say that I'm right because God says so, and I know God says so because I'm right. <BR/><BR/>But if God is real and all-powerful, then he either wants us to know about him, or he doesn't. If he didn't want us to know about him, we wouldn't.<BR/><BR/>So let's assume that he desires our awareness of him. To what end? To hold a cold intellectual fact in our heads that God exists?<BR/><BR/>No, God desires intimacy with us. He desires to be close to us; to know us deeply, and to be deeply known.<BR/><BR/>If there is something to know about God, we can only know it if he tells us what it is; that act of him revealing himself to us is what we call "revelation."<BR/><BR/>So the question arises: how are we to be confident in the accuracy of God's revelation? Put another way, how can we know that we hear the word of God authentically?<BR/><BR/>If God held every person to a different standard, would you believe in him? If he permitted theft for one person but forbid for in another, would you consider him to be a God worth loving? If he encouraged one person to a life of violence while demanding that another live a life of pacifism, wouldn't it seem like he was just playing with us like a boy frizzing ants with a magnifying glass?<BR/><BR/>Indeed, the only way we can have confidence in what God has revealed of himself is if he consistenly presents the same message to us. The message of a constant God must be equally constant.<BR/><BR/>That message is simple, yet profound: "Give me your life, and I will give you mine." It's almost matrimonial in a way. It's a promise of utter joy on earth, and of eternal bliss in paradise. It's a hard calling, but one well worth it. And compared to the promises the deceiver makes (and the fruit of them), the demands of a loving God are an easy burden.<BR/><BR/>God calls out to you. He wants you to live a fuller life; he pleads for you and longs to share his very essence with you!<BR/><BR/>What will your response be?<BR/><BR/>Let me know when you're ready to respond.Doogiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012332023931166256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708736.post-1155965660192467712006-08-19T00:34:00.000-05:002006-08-19T00:34:00.000-05:00The problem is that anyone person can make the cho...The problem is that anyone person can make the choice of who lives and who dies. <BR/>These people who believe that abortion is their only option do not believe in the same things as you or I may, however how can we say this is wrong. <BR/>As you said, God forgives. That is what he is about, is it not? <BR/>I can definately understand where you are coming from, you having the beliefs you do, however I again say, how are you to judge what is wrong and right. Everybody has their own beliefs James. Everyone has their own god, and their own religion. We cannot say that they are wrong, because they do not agree with us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708736.post-1155919951197481132006-08-18T11:52:00.000-05:002006-08-18T11:52:00.000-05:00In many ways our actions define us.Or at the very ...In many ways our actions define us.<BR/><BR/>Or at the very least, they determine what happens to us. If you're a great person but are consistenly late for work, you'll be fired despite being a great person [I'm not making any presumptions on your work habits :) ].<BR/><BR/>It's ok to believe something. Right now, for instance, if I believe that I have a 1975 Corvette Stingray waiting for me outside, nobody would refuse me the right to believe that. However, I would be wrong. Reality is not determined by my beliefs; instead, when I conform my beliefs to reality, I find true happiness.<BR/><BR/>The reality is that abortion is a far greater evil than any potential for a troubled life. We cannot play God with who lives and who dies based on our own opinion of what makes life worth living.Doogiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12012332023931166256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708736.post-1155919669478109562006-08-18T11:47:00.000-05:002006-08-18T11:47:00.000-05:00Let me clarify one more thing, I have never had an...Let me clarify one more thing, I have never had an abortion! I just made the comment "I also believe I will be judged on who I am and not what my actions are." because thats what I believe.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15708736.post-1155919385927229062006-08-18T11:43:00.000-05:002006-08-18T11:43:00.000-05:00If one takes all the necessary percautions and is ...If one takes all the necessary percautions and is very safe and still gets pregnant, it is a "mistake" to say the least. Also I know of many women who fear not being able to give their child at birth. Once they see that baby, they love it, and feel they cannot part from it. Which is their choice. But at what cost? i still believe that in some circumstances a child being aborted is a better choice. I also believe I will be judged on who I am and not what my actions are.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com