tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500036.post2765621835351822904..comments2024-01-02T04:49:16.658-05:00Comments on He Lives: A Time for Studying EcclesiastesDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08688240424047203541noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500036.post-3391676224086079002013-01-18T20:59:40.333-05:002013-01-18T20:59:40.333-05:00If you were raised a Christian, then you should ha...<i>If you were raised a Christian, then you should have learned that "fear of the Lord" does not mean being afraid for your life or for your soul</i><br /><br />On the contrary, this is exactly what I was told. <br /><br /><i>but the fear as described by Isaiah when he saw the Lord and cried "I am undone, a man of unclean lips"</i><br /><br />Incoherent babble.<br /><br /><i> I was an atheist until my early 30's</i><br /><br />And yet you think all secularists think their lives have no meaning? You must have not thought very hard about it.Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500036.post-41852032577644281152013-01-18T19:34:37.043-05:002013-01-18T19:34:37.043-05:00Jeffrey,
If you were raised a Christian, then you...Jeffrey,<br /><br />If you were raised a Christian, then you should have learned that "fear of the Lord" does not mean being afraid for your life or for your soul, but the fear as described by Isaiah when he saw the Lord and cried "I am undone, a man of unclean lips". The fear is an expression of realization of the impossible chasm between man and a holy God.<br /><br /><i>"By the way, you have no idea what "life is like to a secularist"."</i> <br /><br />But I do, I was an atheist until my early 30's.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688240424047203541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3500036.post-53622327051384923202013-01-18T19:13:45.601-05:002013-01-18T19:13:45.601-05:00the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom
I was ...<i> the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom</i><br /><br />I was raised as a Christian. This kind of grotesque nonsense - that the way to be truly wise is based on fear - is one reason why I left. Indeed, much of Christianity is based on fear.<br /><br />By the way, you have no idea what "life is like to a secularist". I'll give you a clue: secularists don't believe that "nothing matters".Jeffrey Shallithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12763971505497961430noreply@blogger.com