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17 yrs ago - Friday 5/6/05 - 9:46:50 AM EST (GMT-5)
I think if you believe then yes you do know.... If not...well i won't comment |
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eirelister
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17 yrs ago - Friday 5/6/05 - 10:04:35 AM EST (GMT-5)
No one knows God's will...If we did, then people would never complain, never be angry, never get worried about anything, and never be sad. Why? Because we would know exactly why we're here, and that is the basis for most skepticism: our purpose or origin in life.
Only God knows His will. We just try to listen to Him to get directions. |
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17 yrs ago - Friday 5/6/05 - 10:05:41 AM EST (GMT-5)
No, but I know *my* will for my life  |
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17 yrs ago - Friday 5/6/05 - 5:07:36 PM EST (GMT-5)
"He doesn't exist." Bahahaha!
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17 yrs ago - Friday 5/6/05 - 5:15:23 PM EST (GMT-5)
I think God's goals are fairly general. I wouldn't subscribe to predestinational views, and only to very basic ideas of providence.
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xmastree
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17 yrs ago - Friday 5/6/05 - 5:21:52 PM EST (GMT-5)
I really have no idea. I think it might be to spread kind words through journalism, but that's just a guess.
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hsclove68
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17 yrs ago - Friday 5/6/05 - 5:23:15 PM EST (GMT-5)
God wants us to try to bring others to him... and we know that because he told us in the Bible... but we dont know exactly how... he might want us to be a missionary in africa, or maybe just in a certain college/high school. We wont know for sure until he sends us there.
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godsin
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16 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Friday 6/3/05 - 1:00:35 PM EST (GMT-5)
If there is a God, We do know his or her will because we'd be doing it right now. Nothing can oppose God's will. So whatever you do is not what you wanted, but what God wanted. I don't really believe in a God, especially not a Christian one. The Bible is a good read, but it's not to be taken literally. The Anarchist |
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16 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Friday 6/3/05 - 1:02:10 PM EST (GMT-5)
not really but sorta.
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16 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Friday 6/3/05 - 1:17:17 PM EST (GMT-5)
I don't think he has any set plans for anyone in particular.
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Si_905
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16 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Friday 6/3/05 - 1:20:15 PM EST (GMT-5)
I dont think he cares
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16 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Friday 6/3/05 - 1:36:24 PM EST (GMT-5)
Yes I do. To know Him and to make Him known by loving others as He loves me...with patient, mercy and a buttload of grace!
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Lt. Dan
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16 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Friday 6/3/05 - 3:38:03 PM EST (GMT-5)
Yep, I surely do. There is only one definition of God's will in the bible and here it is... John 6:40 (Jesus speaking here) For my Father's will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day. Thats it, that is God's will for people |
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16 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Friday 6/3/05 - 3:40:15 PM EST (GMT-5)
There is nothing in the world more satisfying then doing the Father's will and being about His business.
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16 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Friday 6/10/05 - 10:19:32 AM EST (GMT-5)
God's will is so hard to define. Since the concept of "god" is a conglamerate of human moral ideals, the will of god will be the idealized collective will of the humans that created/adopt the concept. Most religions paste peace and prosperity as the will of "god". But since different religions have a different name for the same concept, the will of "god" is reverted to the exact opposite.
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rachem16
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16 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Sunday 6/12/05 - 1:48:56 AM EST (GMT-5)
what ever happened to the argument that we have free will?
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16 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Wednesday 6/22/05 - 3:01:04 PM EST (GMT-5)
yes to obey him and to fellowship with him and other believers
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16 yrs ago, 11 mos ago - Wednesday 6/22/05 - 3:15:30 PM EST (GMT-5)
Sometimes He gives you dreams or signs that later come true but, nobody can really know what He has planned for their whole life.
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babydevil4
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16 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Wednesday 7/20/05 - 10:50:51 PM EST (GMT-5)
does anyone really know for sure?
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16 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Thursday 7/21/05 - 9:58:27 AM EST (GMT-5)
I don't think so, I doubt anyone can say they do in all honesty.
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jesus_freek
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16 yrs ago, 10 mos ago - Friday 7/22/05 - 11:17:00 AM EST (GMT-5)
He's called me into the ministry when i get older..but otherwise..no
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11thcup
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Eastern US
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16 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Monday 8/1/05 - 9:10:49 PM EST (GMT-5)
no, and anyone who thinks they do is not to be trusted.
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16 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Monday 8/1/05 - 9:12:10 PM EST (GMT-5)
No, because I'm in control of my own destiny.
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VanDiemen
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16 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Monday 8/1/05 - 9:13:44 PM EST (GMT-5)
Mmm...no, not even remotely. He works in mysterious ways...
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hondagurl617
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16 yrs ago, 9 mos ago - Monday 8/8/05 - 6:13:03 PM EST (GMT-5)
On 5/6/2005 10:04:35 AM eirelister wrote:
No one knows God's will...If we did, then people would never complain, never be angry, never get worried about anything, and never be sad. Why? Because we would know exactly why we're here, and that is the basis for most skepticism: our purpose or origin in life. Only God knows His will. We just try to listen to Him to get directions. |
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