Another great website concerning the existance of God

http://www.reasons.org/
This is a great place to search out scientific answers to God's existance.

Believing He exists is certainly one of the first steps to knowing Him.
Another is admitting that you have done at least one bad thing in your life.
No one can say they have never lied, never done anything wrong.
No one can say they have never hated.
Most cannot say they have never committed adultery.
Most cannot say they have never used the Lord's name in vain.
And most cannot say they have never stolen. Yes, playing solitaire on company time or taking a pen that does not belong to you is stealing.
Yes, a white lie is still a lie.
Yes, homosexuality is equal to adultery.
If you have done either or are doing either you are equally guilty.
We all have the same rights.
The right to marry a person of the opposite sex.
There is no discrimination there, it is equal. And sex outside of marraige is just as big of a sin as homosexuality.
We are all guilty of breaking at least one of God's laws.
That is the purpose of the Old Covenant. To show us that we are not able to keep them all perfectly.
Now, the New Covenant, shows us the way back to the Lord's presence. Where we were designed to be in the first place.
That way is Jesus.

P.S.
If you want an interesting, fascinating read, check out the Book of Jubilees, the Book of Enoch, or the Book of Adam and Eve. All easily found online, these books really show some amazing insights!

excellent site about Messianic Prophecy!

http://www.allabouttruth.org/Messianic-Prophecy.htm
Just ran across this! Has many prophecies from the Old Testament concerning Jesus and where these things are fulfilled in the New Testament.
also here is a sister site that is also full of excellent information!
http://www.septuagint.net/Does-God-Exist-Philosophically.htm

This is for all to read.

The covenant of circumcision isn't gone. But it is superceded by a greater covenant.

Colossians 2
Ephesians 2
Galatians 5
Romans 15:7-9
Romans 3
Romans 2
Acts 15
Acts 10:44-48
Acts 7

I will not visit the inflamatory sounding site from the comments, although maybe she is a so called "Christian", I don't know.

God is Holy, God is just. God is to be feared. But He is also love. He DOES love EVERYONE. But He cannot be near sin. And homosexuality is sin, just like fornication and adultery.
I think God's definition of whether a person is a "true Christian" is the only one that counts. you might think she is a Christian because maybe someone who has such a site is an easy target to blame all Christians for being hateful. I don't know and don't care.
you might think I am arrogant. that is fine. But I am right, and that is what matters.
We have a lot of responsibility to live a right life. Most American churches are teaching the very opposite of this though. But our ability to live a right life, and to walk without the guilt from screwing up only comes from Jesus' blood.
Grace isn't an excuse to sin. It gives me the ability not to sin and to enter the presence of God boldly.

it is NOT ok to do the bad stuff. ever. but as a human with a fallen nature, we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

There is nothing we can do personally to fix our sins. it is impossible except for the blood of Jesus. His sacrifice fixes us and changes us to a new creation that is no longer a sinner. I am righteous. only by the blood of Jesus. but now, I am in right standing with God. If you aren't, that is your choice, and it may sound arrogant, but it is just confident.
God didn't give us a propensity to sin, we did. by choosing to eat the apple. and sooner or later someone would have eaten it.
we handed the reign over to satan at that point.
then we all automatically acquired a fallen nature.
lots of people think they can get away with sinning and then later get forgiven. that is not quite how it works.
yeah, we may get forgiven if we are truly repentant and realize our folly before it is too late.
but tonight in your sleep may be too late. tomorrow on the way to work or school or church or walking in the park someone or something may kill you. a car wreck, a heart attack, a random bullet, or a gang shoot out.

Jesus already has forgiven the sinners. while we were still sinners Christ died for us. all of us are forgiven. it is our choice to receive it or not. i chose to receive it.
every day i repent of something and ask for forgiveness. but all of my sins are forgiven. past present and future. every one. I am forgiven. the reason i ask for forgiveness is for the sole purpose of wiping my own slate clean on my heart, reaffirming the power of the Blood in my life, offering to the Lord the things I cannot bear, and admiting to Him that He alone is able.
but if I die, right after saying something mean, or lying or swearing I am still forgiven, and I am still going to Heaven.
i am not here to proclaim my humility. i desire it, but i really don't think i am very humble. i try, that is all i can say.

There is scripture to back up everything here.

Why Christians evangelize and why the answer means you should take a good look at what they are saying!!

I evangelize for the sole purpose of saving others from the coming wrath.

1 Thessalonians 1:8-11 (New International Version)
New International Version (NIV)

Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society
NIV at IBS International Bible Society NIV at Zondervan Zondervan

8The Lord's message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia—your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, 9for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead—Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.

I do not wish to see one person go to hell!!!

Think about all the other religions and examine whether they are concerned if people "convert" for their own sake or for the sake of making people submit to their rule?

Christians (true Christians, those who love God and men) are trying to warn people that the things they do wrong (EVERY thing) including lying, adultery, fornication, worshipping idols, EVERYTHING will be judged as sin and will automatically condemn them to HELL if they do not ask God to forgive them, repent (turn from their old ways, do a 180) and receive Jesus as their Lord and Savior !

Let's put it this way. I am on a hillside, and I see from a particular point of view.

You are coming along, but I can see from my position that the way you are going is dangerous and you are going to fall off of a cliff but I just stand there and watch or better yet walk away....your blood is on my hands.

But if I yell out and try to stop you, it is now your responsibility to go the other way. You have in effect "heard the good news" that "if you change your course you will not die."


There IS a hell, and the ruler of it absolutely DOES NOT want you to believe in it.

With no hell, there is no punishment. No justice. No responsibility. It is so convenient to believe it doesn't exist. It seems logical, and it allows a person to live as they wish.
But how convenient it will be on the day of Judgement! Will you keep walking off the cliff? Or at least take a moment to realize someone else might see something you don't and is trying to save you?!

Take a good look around and MAKE SURE you KNOW they are not lying, crazy, or vengeful before you continue!! Or go ahead and walk off the cliff, ignoring the warnings if you want to...it is your choice!

After all, who am I to yell out to you to go another way? I am just another person on the hill, and you don't have any PROOF that I know what I am talking about. Of course you won't think this when you fall off!

Take a good look at Jesus and decide for yourself if He is who He says He is.

response to comments

Addressing comments from previous post...


This link I believe shows that there is much we don't understand about the earth and the way it was thousands of years ago. Due to this the carbon dating could easily be skewed
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2000/03/000308081611.htm

sorry my links got cut off...didn't realize that. whatever your analysis is there is entirely too much evidence supporting God's existence to say He isn't real.

Also, I think once you mentioned getting first hand accounts from people outside of Christianity proving things that happened then....do you want first hand accounts of people from the 1st century who were NOT converted? Is that part of the requirment? There are plenty of first hand accounts from people who were and subsequently converted. But I suppose if a person saw these things happen and reported them to the world yet did not convert, THEY would be more believable?

Also, what about first hand accounts from people alive today of things that have happened recently? Peoples first hand accounts of being raised from the dead, being healed. (of course since they don't want to get rich off of it it must not be true, since they refuse to be circus freaks on the media, or the media ignores their story) there are first hand accounts of people's food being multiplied, of God stopping and starting rain from prayer, I can go on and on...

i am no scientist...i know what I believe, and understand what I believe. i have to say I do not think you understand it at all, not trying to be mean, but if you read the Bible honestly trying to understand it and honestly trying to find out the truth, you would find it. from what I see that is not your intent.
http://www.creationscience.com/onlinebook/FAQ12.html#wp1619382

i am not sure the place I was intending to show here is the right link from the last comment.

Just because you have something in a scientific study that you desire to see correlation between does not make the science faulty. Are you saying that the evolution scientists must be more honest because they supposedly do not have any preconceived notions?! They don't have any moral basis for being honest so we could just as easily say they aren't honest. This is preposterous! They can and often do have just as many preconceived notions as anyone else! They use their personal disbelief as a starting point instead of their belief. Also, there are many scientists who have been converted based on the science they have studied alone.

Also, the link concerning Plimer addresses this topic of 4 legged animals that fly...under the topic on this page of "Biblical Blunders" the 4th blunder down...