My faith is not in man, man made institution, or any of these created things. My faith is in God, The Supreme and Ultimate Reality, and this is the God that scripture testifies of.

The first definition of "testament" according to Merriam-Webster is...

"A tangible proof or tribute".

I recognize the two testaments contained within The Holy Bible as being good witness to The One True God, The Supreme and Ultimate Reality.

See, you don't understand my faith. You lean on your own understanding. My faith is not in my own understanding, even less the understanding of other people. My faith is not in philosophy, human authority, systems of human authority, less so even the tombs of dead men.

There is nothing surprising about the way people are, all of it has been prophesied of in scripture. It is prophesy because it is true, not because it is said to be true. Have these things been proven to you? Then to you it is not proof.

See, you are telling me what my faith is, and then proceeding to demolish what it is you are telling me my faith is. Wouldn't it make more sense to show some charity in order to actually address someone as an individual rather than a homogenization of prejudice?

You must not be talking to me.

If it means anything, most preachers make me physically ill.

It has been permitted by God to allow these things to happen, and they are not extraordinary things to those who have been educated through scripture. This is how the church is, and this is how it was prophesied to be. The state of the church is not all that shocking to me, as scripture makes it clear that it was going to be this way. It is at least very clear to me.

The God I believe in is The Supreme and Ultimate Reality. That being the case, The Truth is what has authority. Many will claim things by the name of Jesus, but that doesn't mean they even know Jesus.

The Truth is what sets you free, what saves you, what redeems all. That is The Good News, The Gospel. People will always argue over matters of creation. Ultimately, this isn't what the faith is about.

In other words, you don't understand what you are reading(assuming you even read it), so you are going to resort to mocking and scoffing.

Something that literally anyone could do. Congratulations on being unexceptional.

It's a first amendment issue. Believe it or not, there are a lot of people who choose to live outside.

If home is where the heart is, and your heart is with God, are you ever really homeless?

I assure you, there are many out there who take what I am saying as a joke.

I am pointing to the greatest joke there ever was. The Cosmic Joke.

What is The Cosmic Joke?

The absurdity of expressing The Uncreated through the medium of creation.

It is certainly the joke I get the biggest kick out of. Why? Because it means a life more abundant.

You say that I need to understand, but it is very clear to me that you have no understanding. If you had any understanding at all, you would not be so off the mark.

You may think you can kill The Truth, but one day you'll see that you cannot kill The Truth. You do not know The God of my faith, and you call for the crucifixion of my God with your uncharitable certainty.

"Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also with them derided him, saying, He saved others; let him save himself, if he be Christ, the chosen of God. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him vinegar, and saying, If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. And a superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS."

And if the God of my faith is a man, why is it that it is written in scripture,

"Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen."

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You do not know my God, your babble is worthless. The God I believe in is The Supreme and Ultimate Reality, and this God is The One Who Saves.

There is no other God like this God, this is The One True God.

Not at all, there are many people who actually believe this. The fact that scripture prophesies of this is evidence enough that it is worth addressing seriously.

"Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ: by whom also we have access by faith into this grace wherein we stand, and rejoice in hope of the glory of God. And not only so, but we glory in tribulations also: knowing that tribulation worketh patience; and patience, experience; and experience, hope: and hope maketh not ashamed; because the love of God is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Ghost which is given unto us.

For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die: yet peradventure for a good man some would even dare to die. But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. For if, when we were enemies, we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, being reconciled, we shall be saved by his life. And not only so, but we also joy in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom we have now received the atonement.

Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: (for until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. And not as it was by one that sinned, so is the gift: for the judgment was by one to condemnation, but the free gift is of many offences unto justification. For if by one man’s offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.) Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men to condemnation; even so by the righteousness of one the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were made sinners, so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: that as sin hath reigned unto death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ our Lord.

What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound? God forbid. How shall we, that are dead to sin, live any longer therein? Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life. For if we have been planted together in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection: knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin. For he that is dead is freed from sin. Now if we be dead with Christ, we believe that we shall also live with him: knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him. For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, that ye should obey it in the lusts thereof. Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God. For sin shall not have dominion over you: for ye are not under the law, but under grace.

What then? shall we sin, because we are not under the law, but under grace? God forbid. Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourselves servants to obey, his servants ye are to whom ye obey; whether of sin unto death, or of obedience unto righteousness? But God be thanked, that ye were the servants of sin, but ye have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you. Being then made free from sin, ye became the servants of righteousness. I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto holiness. For when ye were the servants of sin, ye were free from righteousness. What fruit had ye then in those things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death. But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."

The easiest way to divorce yourself is a bullet through the dome.

Oddly enough, suicide is illegal?

I'm not sure you can actually avoid being married to yourself.

The single life is too easy. Married life is hard mode. Part of the fun of being alive is challenging yourself.

It's really a magnificent button people, YUGE even, you gotta believe me. Redder than crooked Hillary's face on election night! Am I right? Am I right? Our military will be so powerful that we'll never have to use it! We're going to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!

White liberals don't believe in racial equality, they believe that blacks are inferior and need special treatment.

I hang around conservatives and liberals. I live in Austin Texas, the blueberry floating in a bowl of tomato soup. I've spend a great deal of time around the University of Texas.

Lefties make all the racist jokes. Lefties are the ones who treat black people different. Conservatives are less racist on the whole, and this is my experience.

I think to believe otherwise is to by into democrip propaganda or something, because damn near everything they have to say about race is obviously racist, and I'm not the only one to notice.

Lefties think requiring an ID to vote is discrimination against black people. Why do they think this?

Because they think black people are stupid, and they are racist. How else do you explain such a preposterous claim? Why don't you go up to the next 23 blacks you meet and ask them if they have identification? Do some science or something.

Who is really preoccupied with race? The left in America. Why? Because they are actually the ones who are racist.

Who started the KKK? Which party has always voted against black people in the past? Democrats are liars and crooks. All you have to do is go to any place that is run by them, and it is hard to tell the difference between that and a place run BY THE MOB.

No, most conservatives are Christian, and racism is incompatible with Christianity.

The only thing leftist rhetoric does is make black people more racist against white people, and white people more unintentionally racist towards black people.

Not all people with black skin fall for all the leftist illuminati take over the world bullshit. Racists on the left think to themselves that blacks are inferior, and require special treatment. They do everything they can to strip the black man of dignity.

The best thing so called "white liberals" can do for blacks is to stop treating them differently for being black. It would also be nice if they would stop trying to divide us all up.

We're one people. Stop trying to get there, and live it.

Institutionalized racism. What does that look like?

Ethnicity check box on government forms.

The type of media created by black people that the rich choose to promote and sponsor.

See, they always want to talk "black this, black that", and people start making these things a matter of identity. It isn't the case. Even black people start to believe this.

I think it is a shame, because really a large proportion of really good musicians are black, and what is the type of music that gets promoted as being black these days? Music that doesn't utilize these musicians. I think that is a real pity, because I love music played by real people.

See, all this "politically correct" bullshit is not actually politically correct. It is the attempt at political correctness. It isn't politically correct to all of us, it's offensive.

I have a lot of hope though for the future. I look forward to the day when people look at skin color the same way they look at hair color. It shouldn't be a factor in prejudice.

Not saying you are, but you sound like someone trying to justify their laziness.

I don't think you understand how the real world works.

There are lot of useless people who think they are smart.

Lazy people are the norm. It's amazing how much you stand out in this world just by not being lazy.

If you are smart and lazy you are wasting your intelligence.

You know, if it wasn't for people subjugating themselves to become "a good cog in the machine", the world you live in could not function.

The world needs these "good cogs in the machine".

Sometimes free-thinking and acting human beings become "good cogs in the machine" so they get by in the way they know how.

I don't think a little respect would hurt. You know, unless you get off on whipping the backs of slaves or something.

It may only be not quite 9 am in Texas, but that was easily the most metal thing I've seen all day.

Yeah, lets give them voting rights too.

Watch your freedom slip entirely away in an instant as robots are mass produced and throw off the vote tremendously in favor of the political agenda of those who manufacture them.

What is conducting oneself like a white coward?

What is conducting oneself like a real human being?

What is a full blooded cave monkey?

If a people raped your ancestors, and you are descendant from them... Doesn't that make your ancestors the very rapists you are condemning?

You say this about all white people? You think all white people are weak, cowardly, stanky evil pillaging cave rats who shit everywhere, shoot smog into the air, and shrivel in the sun?

For eons, everyone regardless of skin color endured hot weather. Truthfully, people of all skin color endure hot weather today.

America invented air conditioning to save the world from global warming, didn't you know? Yeah, they were thinking about it even back then.

The war against global warming still rages on, but America will always be there to fight the good fight against the tyranny of weather and climate.

Wait, what, you've never seen a dark skinned brother complain about the heat? Come on now.

Nah, all the white people gotta do is wear long sleeves and big ol' hats like they do in Texas.

Wait a second, don't they do that everywhere regardless of the predominant skin color?