1 Corinthians 9-11

[wolfpurplemoon]

Paul talks about whether he and the other preachers deserve a reward for leading the people to their salvation.

Paul warns his followers to avoid idol worship and states that pagan's are sacrificing to demons, and you shouldn't do that because then you may provoke God to his famous jealousy.

So yesterday I was reading that married men and women have equal rights to each other's bodies, but now Paul says that Christ is the head of every man and man is the head of a woman. And that a man should always worship with his head uncovered as he is the image and gory of God, but if a woman worships with her head uncovered then she might as well shave all her hair off. Also it is a disgrace to a man for him to have long hair but long hair is a woman's glory, thanks for the fashion tips Paul.

Comments

[princessellie0.livejournal.com]

so if you don't beiveive in God what do you beiveive in?
on a side note just because I was raised christain and have allways known him. What's the big deal with beibeiving in something that says you live forever in heaven when the alteritive of if your wrong and there is a God then you go to hell? Wouldn't it be more logical to go to heven and not hell just incase?

[wolfpurplemoon]

Why do Christians love Pascal's Wager so much?

[princessellie0.livejournal.com]

Who is Pascal? Sorry im not very intalecual im sure you can tell by my spelling :P

[wolfpurplemoon]

He's a guy who said pretty much what you did, that it is better to believe in God because if you don't there's a big penalty (hell), it's a wager because you're trying to beat the odds. Christian's love to bring it out in debates, but wouldn't your God know if you were only believing 'just in case'?

[princessellie0.livejournal.com]

well with believing being a choice then wouldnt you just chose to believe insted of questioning? So then its not so much a wager as it is you made your decicion on what you were going to do? Or do you look at your choice as not so much a choice? And he says that the only way to heaven is threw Jesus so you already are told by him that if you chose not to belive then you go to hell and that your just banking on that right? dose that make sence?

[wolfpurplemoon]

No it doesn't make sense because there is no afterlife so we don't need saving so in the end it doesn't matter what Jesus promised.

[princessellie0.livejournal.com]

what made you decide to do this? I enjoy it, Its a learning experiance for me, I have a friend he is a non beiliver and im fine with that I have talked to him and he seems to say the same thing everyone else does that has made up there mind not to serve God, it dosent make him a bad person or anything else I hope that one day his eyes will be opend before its too late as I hope for all.

[wolfpurplemoon]

I am reading the bible in a year as a challenge, I'm glad you're enjoying my little project.

Your friend is right that whether or not you serve God is no reflection on whether or not you are a good person, and as there is no part of our concious self that survives our death what we do in life has no bearing on what happens to us in death. It is in fact more moral to do good things to improve our lives and the lives of the people who will have to live on this planet after we're gone than to do good things in the hope of an eternal reward.

[princessellie0.livejournal.com]

ok you dont have to answer who pascal is i looked it up

[zen-says.livejournal.com]

what if it is a muslim faith. what if allah is right? christians going to a muslim hell

pascal's wager is SO yesterday....

[yukinoomoni.livejournal.com]

I believe in the universe. I believe that life is worth living for what it is. I believe that I can appreciate something beautiful, something amazing and beyond my grasp, without having to know who made it or if anyone made it at all. I believe in being good. I believe in being fair. And I don't need a god to believe these things.

I was raised Christian as well, and I never knew him. I also don't believe that death is a big pay-off in the end, and that the ends justify the means. I think if you live this life knowing that nothing else comes next, it makes everything more meaningful.