JoChris
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Trigger warning for Non-Christians:
If you get irritated by too many bible verses used in entries, then you are guaranteed to get extremely annoyed by this thread.
My personal style is when someone resorts to using whataboutism, distraction tactics, ad hominem attacks etc to take me off topic I reply with bible verses/ links that IMO answer them.
You have been warned.... don't bother complaining to me later on, I will just direct you to this first entry.
I skim past over-long entries/ insufficient spacing between paragraphs because of weakened eyesight.
I don't want to miss any good interactions if someone doesn't know I have that issue.
Why I strongly believe this is an important topic:
1. If we are not living in last days, then we are one day closer to Jesus' coming.
The more people who remain deceived by false religions mean the more people who reject the true Jesus and spend an eternity in Hell.
2. Saved Christians can still be led off the narrow path and fall into great sin that severely damages their faith/ good witness. False teachers [and therefore their teachings] are one tool of Satan can use to send bible-believing Christians seriously off course.
3. People might dismiss me as merely a bible-bashing fundamentalist and want to discredit me as a result. Large amounts of text written skillfully enough are potentially spiritually dangerous for those not familiar enough with the bible. The bible is Holy Spirit inspired - a specific bible verse specific to the topic has spiritual power that human reasoning does not have.
4. On a personal note I was one of those Christians who was gradually deceived by what sounded logical, reasonable to the modern mind. I fell away into serious sin until God was merciful and had me hear an evangelist remind me of the Gospel. Out of gratitude I have been informally involved in online apologetics over the years.
If you get irritated by too many bible verses used in entries, then you are guaranteed to get extremely annoyed by this thread.
My personal style is when someone resorts to using whataboutism, distraction tactics, ad hominem attacks etc to take me off topic I reply with bible verses/ links that IMO answer them.
You have been warned.... don't bother complaining to me later on, I will just direct you to this first entry.
I skim past over-long entries/ insufficient spacing between paragraphs because of weakened eyesight.
I don't want to miss any good interactions if someone doesn't know I have that issue.
Why I strongly believe this is an important topic:
1. If we are not living in last days, then we are one day closer to Jesus' coming.
The more people who remain deceived by false religions mean the more people who reject the true Jesus and spend an eternity in Hell.
2. Saved Christians can still be led off the narrow path and fall into great sin that severely damages their faith/ good witness. False teachers [and therefore their teachings] are one tool of Satan can use to send bible-believing Christians seriously off course.
3. People might dismiss me as merely a bible-bashing fundamentalist and want to discredit me as a result. Large amounts of text written skillfully enough are potentially spiritually dangerous for those not familiar enough with the bible. The bible is Holy Spirit inspired - a specific bible verse specific to the topic has spiritual power that human reasoning does not have.
4. On a personal note I was one of those Christians who was gradually deceived by what sounded logical, reasonable to the modern mind. I fell away into serious sin until God was merciful and had me hear an evangelist remind me of the Gospel. Out of gratitude I have been informally involved in online apologetics over the years.