Okay Nobody. This one is for you. Feel free to ask anything.

welcome nobody (the person, not in general ). we are glad to have you here.

You won't find any great theologians here, but you will find a whole buncha people who are walking the same path that you are... we don't have all the answers to all the questions, but we know Someone who does... there ain't nothin about us extremely special, it's the One living in us that makes the difference.

In short, we may not have every answer to all of your questions, but give us some time and with God's help, we will find them. Ask away...

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Allen

Here's the question copied from the other post...

Gee, is this the one you started just for me? It looks like about the right time.
How do you see who is online?
Anyway, I'll start my questions here since it seems to be a blank slate so far.
First, a couple of basics to start with:
We can assume for this topic one thing --
That God exists. That way we don't repeat the discussion we have going with DA, I'd like to keep that one there.
Assuming that, I'm going to assume that you use the Bible as His communication with us, and that is fine. Just don't start mixing in too many other books and authorities, I don't trust any of them.
Finally, please speak English. Religion has its own language and not everyone is fluent in your dialect. Make yourself understandable to the average person.
Having said that, here's the first question -
Can you explain to me the concept of sin? What it is and what makes it bad? I know that's a bit of a generic question, but I prefer to start with basics.

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Hi nobody...just want you to know that I found ya and I'm working on your question right now...

I guess Nobody's NOT perfect after all...

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cute, cute....

Great. Take your time, I'm not in a hurry.

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In fact, I'm about to go out for dinner. I'll check it out probably late tonight. So don't feel like you have to answer before you eat your next meal.

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okay...i guess you are going by the lenghty posts i tend to make... I will do my best to answer ya...enjoy dinner.

Nobody, I hope I can answer too. My name is innerdawg and it's great to be able to take religion out of a discussion so I figured what the hey...if ya'll will let me?

innerdawg

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'sup Dawgy???

Awe you know just Chillin!!!

Any who, forgiven send me a private message on how to send Private messages because I keep trying to mail you and I can't

thanks


RRRRRffff.... never mind you get the jist

innerdawg

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Okay...simply put (and assuming that there is a God ) Sin is anything that we do that separates us from HIM. I believe that God made us (humans) and gave us free will in hopes that we would love Him and choose to have relationships with Him. But He gave us the choice. Going back to the garden of Eden, (I'm positive you know the story, no?) Adam and Eve, living in close communion with God as they were created to do with specific instructions not to touch that one fruit (knowledge of good and evil) because they would surely die. Satan tricked Eve into eating the fruit by saying that the only reason God forbade the fruit was because He didn't want her to know as much as He did, so she decided that she wanted to be as smart as God (isn't that just like a woman?) and ate of the fruit. As did her husband. And thus, by disobeying their creator, they now had the knowledge that they were bare, (hence the reason why they coverd themselves) and the knowledge that through this SIN (disobedience to God) they had been separated from Him...(hence the reason why they HID from Him). But of course we cant hide from Him because He sees all. He told them that because they chose to sin, they WOULD eventually die. They had polluted the relationship. Made themselves separate. Broken His trust, even. And so there was now a barrier between humans and thier creator. Sin is that barrier. Sin is anything we do to disobey Him...For instance the 10 Commandments. Thou shalt not... Well, If you do a thou shalt not, then you have sinned. And "The wages of sin is DEATH." Romans 6:23. And since the Bible says that "ALL have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God," Romans 3:23, that means we all deserve death. But fortunately, God had a way to make it so that we would not just die. We could die in the physical, but live with Him eternally in spirit. He sent His Son, Jesus to the world in the flesh so that He could lead a perfect example of what we should do: IJohn 3:9 "Whoever has been born of God does not sin, for His seed remains in him and he cannot sin." 2Corinthians 5:21 "For He made Him who knew no sin to BE sin for us".(and I'm sure you've heard this one too--I'm trying to pick the most familiar ones) John 3:17 says: "God did not send His son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world, through Him, might have everlasting life." Ergo Jesus died on the cross, and doing so, broke the sin barrier between us and God. But it also says that Jesus is the ONLY way. I Timothy 2:5 "For there is One God and one Mediator between God and men, the man Jesus who gave Himself as ransom for ALL." So Sin is what separates us or makes us fall short of God's glory. Did I help at all????

Hi dawg, feel free to jump in.

Ummm... ok that's a start. At least I know what to ask next.
Let me see if I got it straight so far:
1. Sin is doing anything God said not to do
2. Anyone who sins has to die
3. Jesus died so Nobody wouldn't have to

Good so far?
Question - Is God making up the definition of sin as He goes? I mean, if something is only sin because He said not to do it, wouldn't He do better just to not command anything at all? Then nothing would be sin. Why does He make it hard by condemning so much?
Question2 - Isn't death pretty harsh as a punishment for any sin? Shouldn't we be punished according to how bad it is? Being executed for murder is one thing, but should we be executed for talking back to our parents once as a child?
Question3 - If Jesus died for me, why do I need to be a Christian? If my sins are already paid for in advance, why shouldn't I do whatever I want? Why does anyone have to be saved.

That ought to keep you busy for a while...

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Okay...great questions....I'm trying to figure out how to word this... Geeze....feel free to jump in any time and add to what I said guys...I'm not a theologian either!
Nobody...when you walk into a room do people automatically get taller? Ya got us on our toes here...

Please take all the time you need on any question, don't rush and give me half an answer. I'm young, I have many years of life left for finding answers (I hope.) I prefer to wait a little and get the best answer you have.

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Don't worry...a good post isn't a good post unless I think about if for an hour, write it and rewrite in, and take at least 30 minutes to do so...

Sounds like my strategy for Final Exams in college. As I remember I didn't do so well..

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silly me! i forgot the most important thing...I pray about it too....
ps...I aced mine.

okay...so I didn't go to college, but all the final exams that I did take...'cept for math cause I just didn't like it...