Decline in numbers is a decline in power - when it reaches 0 it has no power.
Again you equate "power" with numbers by counting what you can see with you human eyes. I'm talking about an all powerful God who's kingdom is not dependent on our numbers of attendance. God is sovereign over everything and is not handtied by our actions.
Originally Posted by mauserand9mm
Not carnal at all - that was just Paul taking a swipe at non-Christian believers wasn't it? I also have no soul and don't sin.
Nope, that was Jesus talking to Peter. We are all sinners, whether we know it or not.
Seems no god is powerful enough to make their existence undeniablly known. Either they never existed or are dead.
God may not want to “scare” us into belief…. Perhaps God has given us just enough evidence of himself to keep us interested in him, that we might continually seek him. A direct revelation of God that cannot be denied might simply scare people into obedience. But God wants obedience from his children out of love, not out of fear. Seeing God is not having faith in him: Remember the words of St. James: “You believe that God is one; you do well. Even the demons believe—and shudder” (Jas. 2:19).
