AmorProximi

When Jesus spoke of eating His flesh in John 6, He had already given the crowd an indication that He was has speaking figuratively. Earlier, in verses 32–33, Jesus had called Himself bread, comparing Himself with the manna in the wilderness. When the people asked to be given that bread, Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty” (John 6:35). As if to clear up any misunderstanding, Jesus then distinguishes the physical from the spiritual: “It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is no help at all. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life” (John 6:63, ESV).

@Ernest1588761 Congratulations on twisting scripture.

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@hookskat "a kingdom divided cannot stand" There's a reason why the whole world innately hates the God of the Bible. You essentially have two kingdoms- God's kingdom of light, and Satan's kingdom of darkness that has blinded the world. In which all other beliefs come from.

I am more certain of this than I am of the nonexistence of a creator.

I don't disagree with that, but I think the framing of "Christian nation" is less of a proclamation and more of a goal. Kind of like if you say it enough the ideology will become more normalized - versus secularism. But largely we are a "more" Christian nation than the rest of world who persecutes Christians more openly.

Nobody at all is good. Even Jesus denied being a "good" teacher. And... in the words of St. Jerome (if memory serves) - "love should be full of anger"... Well, mine is. As we proclaim ourselves a "Christian Nation" we sink deeper and deeper into the cesspool of monstrous sin. I drive around America - what's thriving? Casinos. Massage parlors. Vape shops. Etc. Meanwhile, in faraway lands, we murder people to make ourselves feel strong. America is deep in Satan's power.

Dear science, Did abiogenesis happen?

@_OKJ__ The question is how many coincidences do you believe in. Example: there are 8 primary blood types, and there were 8 people on Noah's Ark. Evidence is everywhere and in everything, but the atheist belief requires skeptism to a degree that makes them blind.

When you ask Christians to provide evidence for their beliefs

@PurpleUSA2025 @darwintojesus True, but that's also why we need to love people as Christ loves us through our shortcomings. Love doesn't give permission to sin, but says inspite of it - I will walk with your through it. Paul even says, "nothing good dwells in me, that is, my flesh".

@AmorProximi @darwintojesus exactly... that's exactly right and look at how we live our lives

@PurpleUSA2025 @darwintojesus Ironically the most misused idea of prayer is people treating God like a transaction: "if you do this, then I'll do this", but the way Jesus displayed it was more of an alignment of his will in our lives. The alignment of his heart with ours, his desires become our desires.

@AmorProximi @darwintojesus Exactly. And his ways are not our ways. His laws are not our laws. We were told this, explicitly. And yet - like every other doomed civilization - we invoke divine authority for human rule. God will answer this.

@PurpleUSA2025 @darwintojesus Jeremiah 17:9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?" The sinful nature of man is definitely undesirable, but that just points me more to the mercy, love and grace of God - that inspite of our shortcomings He loves us.

@AmorProximi @darwintojesus I can read the goddamned Bible. And I have seen the hearts of the human race.

@PurpleUSA2025 @darwintojesus You're assuming you know the mind of God? I won't deny many of the wars we have waged lacked justification from a carnal perspective. And you're not wrong, the punishment poured out on the unbelieving whole world will be worse than anyone can fathom.

You're invoking God in an effort to legitimize the government. And there are - potentially - just wars. Not any of the ones we fight, though. Basically, we commit mass murder in order to make ourselves feel powerful and righteous. And then we invoke the name of God. There will be a reckoning.

"One nation under God" literally means we are submitting to his authority. (Obviously as sinner is we don't always) But we are acknowledging his authority which honors God's name. Likewise, "God bless America" is a request not a statement. God also not not anti-war - Jesus literally comes back wielding a sword. He also commanded the Israelites all throughout the old testament to wipe entire groups out who were sacrificing babies (like we do today)...

"Thus, taking the Lord’s name in vain refers to any use that empties God’s name of its holiness, authenticity, or truth." Exactly. "One nation under GOD", "God Bless AMERICA", and, of course, the recent rebranding of our military into a Department of WAR, with a secretary who boasts about "CHRISTIAN WARRIORS" - all of that. “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter." - Gospel of Matthew, some or other chapter.

@drskeptick Not entirely - we're talking about RNA which is literally code like computer code. If we found an alien computer floating through space that had clear intelligent design and purpose, we would say, "wow we found signs of alien life".

@AmorProximi That’s argument from personal incredulity, things complex therefore designer. It doesn’t work like that in scientific realm, if we don’t know the exact cause, we keep looking to bridge that gap in understanding, rather than plugging in the hole with generic god of religion

There corrected it for you, seems like you’re in the valley of despair in the dunning kruger effect when you say there is god.

The phrase “in vain” comes from a Hebrew word suggesting emptiness, worthlessness, or falsehood. Thus, taking the Lord’s name in vain refers to any use that empties God’s name of its holiness, authenticity, or truth. What you're doing is technically taking the Lord's name in vain. "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." Romans 10:13

@AmorProximi @darwintojesus Today's believers mock God every time they mention him. Whenever you use the name of the Lord, it is in vain. And he will hold you accountable unless you repent. Don't say you weren't warned.

My point is that life doesn't come from non-life, even the most basic molecules and building blocks for life don't exist without life. Homochiral sugars, ribose or nucleotides, etc. Life clearly has design, which means a designer. Code meticulously written and organized for the most complex machines on earth.

@AmorProximi Nobody knows where the first organism came from, or if it even qualifies for one to be called one, there’s no clear transition identified as such. What’s ur proposal?

@PurpleUSA2025 @darwintojesus Well that's an oxymoron - can't be close to the will of God if you're not seeking his will. Who is mocking God?

@AmorProximi @darwintojesus Again, eat shit. In our era, the typical athiest is closer to the will of the God he disbelieves in, than is the believer. God loves us but he will not be mocked, and this post? Yeah. It's mocking God to his face.

@DrFrankTurek Because we're in the days of Noah.

Why is there suddenly so much interest in aliens?

@PurpleUSA2025 @darwintojesus Not at all - I don't have these discussions because I want to be right - it's because I love you and don't want you to perish. Life is too short to go to war over temporary things like politics. But fighting for the salvation of an individual that God loves - sure.

Quod scripsi, scripsi. Posts like the OP here don't bring anyone into belief in God in the first place. But then - that's not the point. It's all culture war bullshit, 100% of it. And the fact that this culture war bullshit is the central preoccupation of people who profess to "believe in God" (what, is God going to give you a GOLD STAR or something? "oh, you BELIEVED in me, GOOD MORTAL!") makes posts like this one pretty fucking toxic. So, basically, go fuck yourself.

@drskeptick Alright, suppose abiogenesis is False Where did the first organism come from to support evolution?

@AmorProximi Abiogenesis is a hypothesis, extremely complex and developing, while evolution is separate, please know the difference. U needing a mind to comprehend just means you have no idea of the underlying mechanism. Also please elaborate how a mind affects how these codes etc manifest?

@drskeptick Abiogenesis? You think instructions came from what exactly? You flaunt technology as achievements, but don't recognize that all that required a a mind to organize, code, assemble. We have Zero technology that spontaneously came into existence.

@AmorProximi Who says nothing? Again ur flaunting ur ignorance of a basic scientific understanding, taught in schools which u label as propaganda to shield your ignorance

@drskeptick Cells are the most simplest organ and structure to build anything and it's complexity is so grand that we still don't fully understand it but we are are believe it's instructions spontaneously came from nothing?

@AmorProximi Yeah it’s been built upon, refined, modified in light of emerging evidence, what’s the problem here?

In 1859, Darwin wrote: “If it could ever be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case.” What Darwin thought a cell looked like VS now.

@AmorProximi Clearly you don’t even know how prestigious is a theory in scientific realm, the fruits of which your using every instance, such as the phone in ur hand, it’s a gift from science, ur religion is useless for nothing

In 1859, Darwin wrote: “If it could ever be demonstrated that any complex organ existed, which could not possibly have been formed by numerous, successive, slight modifications, my theory would absolutely break down. But I can find out no such case.” What Darwin thought a cell looked like vs a real picture with instruments today.