tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934570774178952604.post8478098318648834845..comments2023-05-05T04:17:01.895-05:00Comments on Mere Skepticism: Guest Contributor: StefSPacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11331478714942024421noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934570774178952604.post-1212605334180853622007-10-22T18:22:00.000-05:002007-10-22T18:22:00.000-05:00Stef:Thanks for sharing your beliefs so openly in ...Stef:<BR/>Thanks for sharing your beliefs so openly in a potentially hostile forum. I'll state up front that I was a professing Christian until a few months ago. Now I consider myself a deconverted non-theist, or atheist if you prefer.<BR/><BR/>I grew up in the Wesleyan-Arminian free will tradition. The plus side of that tradition is that people can hear the gospel and be saved. They can take Eviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00212038923735410573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934570774178952604.post-61815721847149744242007-10-22T15:58:00.000-05:002007-10-22T15:58:00.000-05:00One more thing: Humans are so easily influenced b...One more thing: Humans are so easily influenced by anything. Look at the effect (affect? I don't know the difference) that the media has on our culture. To think that God has placed the decision of salvation into minds as influencable as ours is just a scary thought.<BR/><BR/>PS, I know you're not trying to "save" yourself.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934570774178952604.post-26355529110898590572007-10-22T15:53:00.000-05:002007-10-22T15:53:00.000-05:00I do think that you were made the way that you are...I do think that you were made the way that you are. I do think that it's up to God to "save" you... it's not up to you to "come to your senses." (not that I think that you're out of your senses, I'm just saying that you're not in control of it.) It is my personal belief (can you say that anymore without hearing Miss South Carolina in your head?) that the only way that you can get to heaven is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934570774178952604.post-79222228510817341712007-10-22T09:19:00.000-05:002007-10-22T09:19:00.000-05:00Very well written, Stef.I guess my question about ...Very well written, Stef.<BR/><BR/>I guess my question about this view (complete soverignty) is what do you think of people like me, those with little or no faith or belief? Are we just unfortunate to have been made this way? (Not a cynical tone here, just a question)...SPacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11331478714942024421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6934570774178952604.post-43300161612582189502007-10-19T08:18:00.000-05:002007-10-19T08:18:00.000-05:00This is exactly what we envisioned when we started...This is exactly what we envisioned when we started this "thing". Very well written.<BR/><BR/>We'll be able to discuss Sunday or monday. Until then...<BR/><BR/>Talk amongst yourselves.Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12389796827462586130noreply@blogger.com