When I look back, I believe God was there.
He was always with me.
I believe He still is.

#308 | Posted by BillJohnson

We'll differ on God and he, but they are words.

Is now and ever shall be, world without end, amen.

without end or beginning.

John 1:1-14 says it in different words.

307, 308.

Thanks. You'd be surprised how close we are to the same conclusion, although our language is different.

Everyone here throws sand in your face. Why single me out on a topic of religious behavior, which you brought up?

You should be able to tell us proudly how, as a Christian, you exhibit a better life than non-Christians, as a testament to your faith.

Garden-variety Muslims can explain this in a minute. Frankly, so can a lot of Christianized indigenous immigrants.

Evangelicals, not so much ... or at least not you.

There's internet boilerplate he could provide from a hundred thousand websites. . . .

Or look at the NT.

100 posts later, and this self-identifying Christian can't answer. Or won't.

Red flag.

Bill:
How does having Jesus as your personal savior affect your daily action and thoughts?
#203 | Posted by Dbt2

Sorry, Clown. I was typing.

So who exactly is the problem here??
#297 | Posted by BillJohnson

You are. And on virtually every thread you're on. For reasons that DR readers know, and you are consistent.

I didn't call you an idiot. I was quoting an observer of this thread.

People play with you for a reason, for the same reason Boaz was quite fun to engage. And we don't really know how real any of us are here. But I suspect some more so than most.

Thanks for asking.

Tag, you're it.

1. A poster who's literally a complete idiot.
2. I know, I'm not contributing to the thread?

#290 | Posted by eberly

1. Careful, he may not talk to you on the playground until the next recess.
2. You are.

Again...you have now decided I am angry.
If you read these threads, you'll see it the liberals who are the most angry.
I'm not usually angry.
Right now I'm not angry.
When I am angry it's more obvious.

#198 | Posted by BillJohnson

Passive-aggressive? Is that the usual tone?

Guess? You'd call it matter-of-fact or honest conversation.

This is America.
From my experience, you never want to make requests from other neighbors.
It usually starts a neighbor conflict.
You have to go through legal channels and let law enforcement deal with it.
#255 | Posted by BillJohnson

This is wherever Bill lives in America. What's the common theme?

Bill.

MAGA. Also not a made-up or overrated thing like white Christian nationalism, Bill.

And a good Sunday to you, sir.

Orthodox Christians -- like the real old ones, that split off from the Catholics 1000 years ago and have yet to reconcile -- have services full of repetitive chanting, lots of incense, few seats except for the infirm, and the services may last two to three hours. I could have lived without the kissing of icons during COVID, but no problems in the community.

Very interesting. And so as not to anger my new fan LeftTrds, I won't name the city. I was visiting my son, you freak.

Orthodox Christianity also a no-no in your book, Bill? Predates that evangelical stuff by, I don't know, 1800 years?

And just like you, they're not warm to Catholics. Maybe they'll reunite in the next few hundred years.

Stone-Campbell movement? Return to first-century Christianity, without the council doctrines and the hierarchy? I've been to one of those churches too. Heard of them?

Intellectual curiosity is a hell of a drug, Bill. There are plenty of people on this forum smarter than I am. I just get paid to read books for a living from what most norms would consider authoritative sources. And then I follow up on what interests me. For work, it's religion and theology, even though I don't believe in a God of any kind. For music, it's total improvisation.

Oops, 8am. Episcopal church next door just had the call to worship. They also do it after Mass and during funerals I think. I wish church bells sounded every hour here. They did at two churches where I could hear it where I used to live (sorry LeftTurds, you pervert).

"You know what's funny about this? I grew up in the Baker/Brownsfield area. They're about 2 miles apart. And Bethany? That was Pastor Stockstill's mega church on Plank Rd right between."

OMG!!! LeftTurds lived somewhere and wrote about it!

The horrors.

Get run out of town for a youthful indiscretion?

Fries with that?

"to better match President Trump's preferred aesthetic for the warships"

When's he going to say he'd have been just as happy as a hair designer?

Just in case LeftTurds is lurking, the Statue of Liberty was a gift from his people, the French.

"I'm trying to find the hope, joy, love, patience, and the other fruits he brings to other people's lives and his own because of his having accepted Jesus. That's what's supposed to happen to people filled with the Holy Spirit.
[Bill] doesn't show it here."

"God is greatest. I testify that Yahweh is the one true God. I testify that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior. Come to prayer. Come to salvation. God is greatest. There is one God."
That is considerably different from the brief ringing of church bells.

#237 | Posted by BillJohnson

The ringing of church bells is to call people in to receive that type of, in the words from your childhood, indoctrination.

Language and Islam are tied up in a way that Christianity and language aren't.

Which is why the Qur'an isn't translated authentically, and why the words are important. Do you know any of this?

Lots of people seem to think Jesus spoke like the KJV, or that the KJV is the inspired word of God. It's the process of a committee.

The Qur'an is a revelation.

I don't believe any of this stuff, but I respect the good parts of all of it.

Jesus came to unsettle the existing society. Sorry that big bad Islam is unsettling poor little Bill.

Americans? We are independent and most will not tolerate being put upon.
--BiilJ

By Christian theofascist wannabes who are sitting in DC.

"Bill, you didn't answer my question."

Get used to it. He doesn't answer mine because he doesn't like the answers he faces. And he'll keep responding to me, even though he says he won't.

"I see people pick it up these days but never used to years ago.
People thought nothing of leaving piles in someone's yard.
Why are they picking it up now?
A city ordinance was passed.
#258 | Posted by BillJohnson"

Do you think that's why everyone does it? Or maybe people eventually realized on their own that being kind to neighbors is a good thing and doesn't require laws or religion?

Bill:
How does having Jesus as your personal savior affect your daily action and thoughts?
#203 | Posted by Dbt2

The simplest question for any Christian, especially for someone who wants people to respect Christianity.

222. You are.

I can do as I please.

Unlike you.

Bill, you started off the thread saying your comments were going to frustrate a lot of atheists and people who are far left.

So you got one now defending Christianity and religion and accepting fully your own trust in the sinner's prayer

and you're ignoring me.

Or cleaning up. Also admirable.

I'll ask you the same question I asked onenut one time.

Just what's your problem anyway?

Bill. The Way may be simple, but it isn't easy.

I hope you're ignoring all this.

The question Bill won't answer.

Bill:
How does having Jesus as your personal savior affect your daily action and thoughts?

#203 | Posted by Dbt2

He's so concerned about daily actions. I'm trying to find the hope, joy, love, patience, and the other fruits he brings to other people's lives and his own because of his having accepted Jesus. That's what's supposed to happen to people filled with the Holy Spirit.

He doesn't show it here.

And I'm staying stuff that sounds very familiar to him.

215. Bill doesn't like Catholics. Bad example.