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Sep 21 2010 04:30am
If you were born in another country
and your parents raised you to practice a religion other than christianity,
Do you think you would still be a christian today?
If yes, Then please explain why and how
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Sep 21 2010 05:18am
2 Timothy 1 : 8-9


8 So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, 9 who has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

That we have been called according to Gods purpose precludes there being any other qualifiers such as your beginning " if " .



It is fruitless to speculate about counter-factual situations .

This post was edited by WidowMaKer_MK on Sep 21 2010 05:23am
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Sep 23 2010 02:44pm
Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Sep 21 2010 06:18am)
2 Timothy 1 : 8-9


8 So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, 9 who has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

That we have been called according to Gods purpose precludes there being any other qualifiers such as your beginning " if " .



It is fruitless to speculate about counter-factual situations .


i don't think this really answers his question. yeah Gods grace is a gift and all we have to do is accept it, but i believe the OP is asking about those people who never have the opportunity to accept it
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Sep 26 2010 07:21am
Quote (shenk @ 21 Sep 2010 06:30)
If you were born in another country
and your parents raised you to practice a religion other than christianity,
Do you think you would still be a christian today?
If yes, Then please explain why and how


Born to practice Buddhism, not Christianity, never really thought about it but I'd probably say no. Parents are the one-way through religion, if you don't listen, it's up to you to move out.
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Sep 26 2010 02:15pm
Quote (shenk @ 21 Sep 2010 03:30)
If you were born in another country
and your parents raised you to practice a religion other than christianity,
Do you think you would still be a christian today?
If yes, Then please explain why and how


Yes I would, because it is in God's plan for me to become a Christian. He would have had someone tell me about it one way or another, and I would have accepted. However, WidowMaKer_MK has a good point because if my parents were teaching me something else in a different country then I would have different parents and therefore I would be a different person. It doesn't make too much sense to put this out there, but thanks for making for a good discussion :)
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Sep 27 2010 10:40am
Quote (nate86 @ Sep 26 2010 04:15pm)
Yes I would, because it is in God's plan for me to become a Christian. He would have had someone tell me about it one way or another, and I would have accepted. However, WidowMaKer_MK has a good point because if my parents were teaching me something else in a different country then I would have different parents and therefore I would be a different person. It doesn't make too much sense to put this out there, but thanks for making for a good discussion :)


So even if you lived in some remote tribe in the middle of nowhere and have never even heard of God you would still become a Christian... this makes no sence broski
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Sep 27 2010 12:21pm
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So even if you lived in some remote tribe in the middle of nowhere and have never even heard of God you would still become a Christian... this makes no sence broski


I was never raised to practice religion. My mother is convinced God doesn't exist and my dad is Agnostic so I've never been pressured into it.

Through research and logical thinking I began realizing things about the world and around the age of 17 I felt the prescence of God.

It wasn't until about 6 months ago that I became a Christian, even though I am baptized Catholic I was never exposed to the religion.

So I can speak from experience, that even though my family is full of non-believers, I found Him on my own without anybodies help.
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Sep 27 2010 12:56pm
Quote (Heatz @ 27 Sep 2010 09:40)
So even if you lived in some remote tribe in the middle of nowhere and have never even heard of God you would still become a Christian... this makes no sence broski


evidence of God is all around us, I'm sure I would have come to an understanding of Him and even realized that I sin against Him
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Sep 29 2010 05:22am
Quote (WidowMaKer_MK @ Sep 21 2010 11:18am)
2 Timothy 1 : 8-9


8 So do not be ashamed to testify about our Lord, or ashamed of me his prisoner. But join with me in suffering for the gospel, by the power of God, 9 who has saved us and called us to a holy life—not because of anything we have done but because of his own purpose and grace. This grace was given us in Christ Jesus before the beginning of time,

That we have been called according to Gods purpose precludes there being any other qualifiers such as your beginning " if " .



It is fruitless to speculate about counter-factual situations .


way to dodge the question.
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Oct 4 2010 11:31am
Quote (Heatz @ Sep 27 2010 09:40am)
So even if you lived in some remote tribe in the middle of nowhere and have never even heard of God you would still become a Christian... this makes no sence broski


You should read the book "Eternity in their Hearts", its about such a tribe. Also, read about Cornelius in the Bible. Cornelius was a guy in the Roman Army who didn't know anything about God, but genuinely was searching for God in his life, God saw this and responded by sending a messenger to him to hear the gospel so he could be saved. Acts chapter 10 is the story about him

[URL]http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Acts+10&version=NIV[/URL]
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