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Why We Shouldn't Procrastinate Repentance

Norman Alexander said:
So you can sin like a demon your whole life through, bully people, steal from them, hurt or even kill them. But if you say some "special words" on your deathbed, that makes you a saint? Seriously??

Did you even think this "repentance" thing through?
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No, you reap what you sow. God will punish outstanding sin--He is not mocked.
 
arthwollipot said:
If God doesn't exist, then there is no such thing as sin.
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Incorrect.

In God's absence, I could, if I choose, define sin as anything I don't like. Then if you transgress these boundaries then, in my terms, you are sinning. And, in my sin structure, you will need to be punished for your transgressions.

Is this silly? Well, it's exactly what the Christian bible does.
 
Billy Baxter said:
Capacity to be spiritual, ability to love, that sort of thing.
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That "sort of thing"? Let's get more specific then. What, in precise terms, does "capacity to be spiritual" mean? Note that in order to answer, you will also have to define "spiritual" and explain in what way anybody has a "capacity" to be it.
 
arthwollipot said:
That "sort of thing"? Let's get more specific then. What, in precise terms, does "capacity to be spiritual" mean? Note that in order to answer, you will also have to define "spiritual" and explain in what way anybody has a "capacity" to be it.
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I guess it may be defined as the ability to keep God's commandments.
 
Religious claptrap aside, I think it's an ordinary if somewhat trivial truth that if we think it actually matters whether we are better people, we should do it sooner rather than later, and that doing the right thing benefits from practice.
 
Billy Baxter said:
One word: Blessings.
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Does that mean that in a community where Repentance is something treasured and practiced regularly, we should see higher levels of prosperity, financially, mentally, psychologically?
Because of the Blessings they ought to be receiving at a higher rate?

Or how should these blessings manifest?
 
bruto said:
Religious claptrap aside, I think it's an ordinary if somewhat trivial truth that if we think it actually matters whether we are better people, we should do it sooner rather than later, and that doing the right thing benefits from practice.
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I use the image of the Supertanker changing course: a small change NOW is much more impactful than a drastic change later.
 
The Great Zaganza said:
Does that mean that in a community where Repentance is something treasured and practiced regularly, we should see higher levels of prosperity, financially, mentally, psychologically?
Because of the Blessings they ought to be receiving at a higher rate?

Or how should these blessings manifest?
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Feelgoodness, and more dollars in the offering plate. Billy has somehow overlooked the fact that all the churches who preach this nonsense are in reality tax-exempt money-making machines. They prey on people like Billy, who fall for the snake-oil distractions of "repentance" and "blessings".
 
The Great Zaganza said:
Does that mean that in a community where Repentance is something treasured and practiced regularly, we should see higher levels of prosperity, financially, mentally, psychologically?
Because of the Blessings they ought to be receiving at a higher rate?

Or how should these blessings manifest?
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Not necessarily. The song goes, "After the trials we will be blessed / But this life is the test." Look at the example of Job.
 
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