Thread:Floatingaxehead/@comment-1777104-20160728013649/@comment-28478783-20160728045226

I apologize.

I do see now I was simply making the same mistake I made in high school when I brought up faith with my friends with the knowledge they would strike it down, though at the time I was merely pulled in by his responses and my ideas. As for my point in "pretty big God," I gave no hint from the book of Job how God is directly responsible for all the great things created, and how powerful and [mysterious] and perfect and good as well as demonstrating how the unimagineably large universe God created (as well as all the life forms, varying types of matter, and constants with in it) points as to how just how powerful he is. My arguments were indeed impulsive, and I'll try not to get so involved next time.

As for describing it for an unbeliever, the only reason they would even listen would be if they were truly interested in who God is, and not simply wanting to provoke a response. I am somewhat upset now that I have seen what I have typed, and for making my foolishness go as long as it did. Unfortunately, that was not the case with this particular individual, and I was speaking to someone who already made their position. In adding links to wikipedia pages I was also somewhat arrogant as a believer, using science to justify my position. And I have had times where I would have all the head knowledge needed to follow God, but I would turn his back on him; rather than instilling faith and making the choice to believe in him easy, it almost seemed to taunt me as I made my mistakes (you know this is wrong, so why are you doing it?), and rather than granting comfort, relying on my knowledge (or lack thereof) led me quite a distance away from God. It wasn't until I reached back to the word and focused on my prayer life that God prevented me from potential Agnosticism or future Atheism.

I also mistook the definition of soveriegnty. I thought it meant something along the lines of autonomy, and being separate entities able to decide for themselves. Of course, now that I see the definition provided, I realized my huge error.

As for the order of my arguments, I thank you for finding it to be a mistake... To pull my experiences out first is pointless, since unless the person trusts me and can empathize with what I say, they won't get a thing out of it because the discredit it from the start. And the story about Bathsheba and David was perhaps a poor example, since I would have to have done a lot of scripture pulling in order to show the direct changes. I know why I chose it at the time, but now realize how foolish it was.

As a result, I'll try to stay out of these messes in the future. If I get invited to argue someone who has already decided I am an unreliable witness, I'll go ahead and remove their message from my wall.

I deeply thank you for your message... Someone needed to tell me to stop, and explain to me the error made.

In Christ,

05:14, July 28, 2016 (UTC)