re: Who do you think you worship?

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I’m willing to bet that you have some moral values that you’re convinced are better than those of others across the globe; same thing. You didn’t become amoral just because a lot of people get it wrong from your perspective.

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I have moral values that are consistent with many disparate religions. This doesn't do anything to sell me on Christianity. Again, I'd probably describe myself as a Deist.

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That's like saying if I were born in America I'd be a devout Christian. Hard to find a Christian who has actually read and practices the Bible around this country. Just those who say they do i.e. pharisees

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OK, so most religious people are frauds but YOU are true. How is this supposed to convince me of anything? All this does is make me think you're unreasonable.

There a lots of things that point to Jesus as the Messiah in the Old Testament.

“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out you will come for me one who will be rule over Israel, whose origins are from ancient times. “ Micah 5:2

If the Messiah was supposed to come from the line of king David, why does David in Psalm 110:1 say

1The Lord says to my Lord:
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies
a footstool for your feet.”

and again in verse 4

4 The Lord has sworn
and will not change his mind:
“You are a priest forever,
in the order of Melchizedek.”

Who was Melchizedek and why did a man as prominent as Abraham pay him tithes in Genesis 14?
Melchizedek was both a king and a high priest, that preceded even Aaron of the Levitical line.

Jesus who preceded time is also our King and High Priest.

Isaiah prophesied this when he said

"Keep on hearing, but do not understand;
Keep on seeing, but do not perceive.’

“Make the heart of this people dull,
And their ears heavy,
And shut their eyes;
Lest they see with their eyes,
And hear with their ears,
And understand with their heart,
And return and be healed.”

Messiah means "anointed one". There have been multiple messiahs. Melchizadek, Moses, Elijah, Jesus, and the one to come. History repeats itself. Or do you not think this will all happen again? It is an ancient war, that predates our written records. My beliefs anyways, we don't have accurate records of all that and it is only hinted at in Genesis. This discussion is a bit beyond what most people can believe or understand without first knowing the truth.

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Again, I ask, how does any of this make sense? It's like a Bigfoot researcher saying "There will never be any proof. No hair, no blood, no bodies. The people will not believe, though sasquatch lives."

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Sasquatch didn't leave behind a 2000 year old book that accurately describes future events down to the day, which didn't come true until after his death on the cross. Including the prophecies of the end times which only the intentionally blind wouldn't see as coming true.

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This discussion is a bit beyond what most people can believe or understand without first knowing the truth.

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Agree, this is not productive here. Maybe a new thread.

In the religious sense? Nothing

If by worship you mean “the thing I most center my life and efforts around”, it would be my family. The overwhelming majority of my actions are directly or indirectly for their present or future benefit.

In the time Elijah, when Israel was at war with Syria for three years, Jehoshaphat king of Judah in the south, visited Ahab, king of Israel in the north and asked that Ahab consult with God prior to going to battle with him at Ramoth-Gilead.

Ahab in turn consulted with 400 of his most trusted (lying prophets) who said “Go up to Ramoth-Gilead and prosper, for God will deliver it into the king’s hand”

Unknown to Ahab, God had already numbered the days of Ahab, but Jehoshaphat insisted that Ahab speak with a true prophet of the Lord, so Ahab called up Micaiah who told of the word of the Lord sitting on His throne in the midst of His assembly (the armies of heaven) asking who would persuade Ahab to go up to Ramoth-Gilead and fall. A lying spirit came forth and God allowed this spirit to go forth, to open the mouth of Ahab’s prophets.

That is a strange passage that God would allow a lying spirit to go about, but yet we see the same thing today, so much that God will allow lies to take place and yet truth will be presented to you in turn where there will be no excuse and there will come a point where you will choose truth or lies.

And There will be a time in the future when blindness in part of Israel will be lifted when fullness of the Gentiles is fulfilled that God will once again open the eyes of Israel, who He has blinded when they did not know their Messiah in His first coming, as prophesied in Isaiah.

And. The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10

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God will allow lies to take place and yet truth will be presented to you in turn where there will be no excuse and there will come a point where you will choose truth or lies.

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Again, please, bring it on. If presented with a situation where there is "no excuse," I'll change my name to Paul.