The Born Again Experience: What It Gives, What It Takes, What It Costs
"Well, the Bible says so, but even still, you can see his work in the world. Violence, hatred, atheism. How could that all be without a devil?"
"How about ol' human pride, greed, and fear? Perhaps we could ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY for our own garbage?"
"Not possible. Original sin* means we have no power to save ourselves. We are basically useless. It is only by the grace of God that we even continue to exist. We don't even deserve His love. It is only through the blood sacrifice of Jesus that we have been brought back into His good pleasure. And even so, He still has to keep a stern eye on us. He writes down every sin we commit and will throw them back in our faces on Judgement Day. He should have done away with us back in Eden. We're such worms! We should fall an our faces before Him and plead constantly for mercy. And to even suggest that the devil and hell are myths is heresy. You can burn for that thought!"
"I see! So God basically created human waste?"
"No, we made ourselves that way by listening to the serpent in the Garden of Eden."
"Oh, a talking snake. What was he doing in Eden in the first place?"
"That's not for us to know. If it isn't explained, or mentioned, in the Bible, we should just leave it alone. God has His reasons."
"And, of course, God is male, right?"
"Certainly. To suggest otherwise is grave blasphemy; it's just plain heresy. Anyone who thinks God could possibly be female doesn't understand how repugnant and impossible that is. A female God? How sickening!"
"So I guess you would hate the thought of a female president?"
"Women brought sin into the world!"
"How?"
"By Eve's accepting the word of the serpent in the Garden and then causing the fall of the man, as well. They disobeyed God's direct commandment not to eat from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. They permanently separated themselves from their Creator. It took Jesus, who was God Incarnate, to sacrifice His own life so that humanity, or at least those who chose THE WAY, could be saved from a deserved eternal damnation."
"But if Jesus is God incarnate, then He knew He couldn't really die. After all, a god can do anything, right?"
"JESUS IS THE ONE AND ONLY GOD, THE
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