The distance between Christianity and the 4 Gospels

[MG 2.0]

I wouldn’t do it unless I had a fairly high degree of trust in the source of the guidance and dependability of the roadmap.

I’d guess we would probably agree on that point. It would be silly to follow a map that leads nowhere.

Indeed.

What’s in your wallet?

Regards,
MG

[dastardly stem]

I think I made a matter of fact statement. Isn’t it easier to ‘choose your own adventure’ and avoid that which you see as an impediment to where you want to go?

Easier than what? If you want to follow God then you are choosing your own adventure. It just happens to be a lame one.

Common sense. Right?

Alternatively, to bend your will to that of of another is not easy. It is the harder road. I wouldn’t do it unless I had a fairly high degree of trust in the source of the guidance and dependability of the roadmap.

Everyone bends their will to that of another to varying degrees. Bending your will to whatever you want God to be is just your will.

I’d guess we would probably agree on that point. It would be silly to follow a map that leads nowhere.

There are cartographers and then there are Cartographers.

I agree with you, however, that if you as a person don’t trust a particular map to get you where you want to go, you should make your own way.

I wish you luck.

Regards,
MG

How is believing a God comparable to a map? There is yet to be shown from what I've seen that there is good reason to believe there's God in the first place. There is no map if you have no good basis for your belief. You are wandering around with no map at all but, for some reason, pretending your blank sheet is a map, imagining your own path.

[MG 2.0]

There is yet to be shown from what I've seen that there is good reason to believe there's God in the first place. There is no map if you have no good basis for your belief. You are wandering around with no map at all but, for some reason, pretending your blank sheet is a map, imagining your own path.

I have a reading suggestion for you.

https://ericmetaxas.com/books/is-atheism-dead/

I find your disbelief in God unreasonable.

If there is a God I think we might safely assume He has given us a roadmap back to His presence.

I’m not going to argue ‘God’ with you. You have your reasons for disbelief and I have my reasons for belief. Let’s leave it at that.

If you are a seeker, however, you may want to read Metaxas’s book. I’m enjoying it.

Regards,
MG

[Morley]

I have a reading suggestion for you.

https://ericmetaxas.com/books/is-atheism-dead/

Eric Metaxas. You mean this guy:

Metaxas, the former VeggieTales writer, made headlines over the summer after he punched a protester and then ran away after attending Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention.

https://religionnews.com/2020/11/30/eri ... n-triumph/

[Philo Sofee]

I have a reading suggestion for you.

https://ericmetaxas.com/books/is-atheism-dead/

Eric Metaxas. You mean this guy:

Metaxas, the former VeggieTales writer, made headlines over the summer after he punched a protester and then ran away after attending Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention.

https://religionnews.com/2020/11/30/eri ... n-triumph/

If it's the same gent, there is absolutely no doubt now why MG 2.0 is so inept at his defense of Mormonism. Perhaps he ought to join Eric and gain some credibility, he certainly has none as Mormon defender. He will at least be a credit to Eric who appears to me to be literally a lying, Gossiping, entirely dishonest Christian. MG 2.0's "morality" can perhaps help out his brother Eric here.

[honorentheos]

Indeed.

What’s in your wallet?

Regards,
MG

10% more of my income, for starters.

[huckelberry]

Eric metaxasss and the associated zombie hoard is the most brutally compelling argument against the existence of god that I have encountered. I have read more than a couple of atheist books . They are not all bad. but to demonstrate a love of vain delusion over reality as Eric demonstrates in his fanatical and delusional love of a dangerous and antichristian leader is demonstration better than fussing about lack of proof and other such matters.

[MG 2.0]

I have a reading suggestion for you.

https://ericmetaxas.com/books/is-atheism-dead/

Eric Metaxas. You mean this guy:

Metaxas, the former VeggieTales writer, made headlines over the summer after he punched a protester and then ran away after attending Trump’s speech at the Republican National Convention.

https://religionnews.com/2020/11/30/eri ... n-triumph/

He is definitely a Christian conservative who at one time had flirted with leftest ideology and saw it for what it was. He’s a bit more complex than you’re making him out to be. The fact that he is a Christian conservative, however, will most likely discourage you from reading the book I’ve linked to. He definitely doesn’t run around with your crowd.

I don’t expect you’ll read Is Atheism Dead.

He’s not the simple minded hick you would like to make him out to be.

At one point, he was best known for founding Socrates in the City, a series of conversations with writers and thinkers like New Testament Wright, Francis Collins, Lauren Winner and Sir John Polkinghorne, where he developed a reputation for thoughtful commentary on faith and public life.

Regards,
MG

[toon]

What’s in your wallet?

Regards,
MG

10% more of my income, for starters.

Actually, 11.11% more

[Morley]

He is definitely a Christian conservative who at one time had flirted with leftest ideology and saw it for what it was. He’s a bit more complex than you’re making him out to be. The fact that he is a Christian conservative, however, will most likely discourage you from reading the book I’ve linked to.

I know and love a few Christian conservatives. They're not like this guy. Sampling his wiki entry:

After the 2020 presidential election, Metaxas endorsed Donald Trump's claim that the election was tainted by voter fraud, predicting on Twitter: "Trump will be inaugurated. For the high crimes of trying to throw a U.S. presidential election, many will go to jail." Metaxas also told Trump on Metaxas's radio show that "Jesus is with us in this fight" to overturn the 2020 election. "I'd be happy to die in this fight," Metaxas added.[40][41]

In 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Metaxas told his followers, "Don't get the vaccine."[42]

He definitely doesn’t run around with your crowd. I don’t expect you’ll read Is Atheism Dead.

Not if my luck holds out.

He’s not the simple minded hick you would like to make him out to be.

Nah, I have words other than 'simple minded hick' for the type of guy who will punch an unarmed man in the back of the head and run.