Why do you think God has a "chosen people"? It's more logical than you think...

[Believe_N_Me]

....very, very rational, in fact.

[Visualmon]

Yeah the chosen people worshipped Baal instead of him in the book of Torah (the old testament)

Numbers 25:1-4
While the Israelites were camped at Acacia, some of the men had sex with Moabite women. 2 These women then invited the men to ceremonies where sacrifices were offered to their gods. The men ate the meat from the sacrifices and worshiped the Moabite gods.

3 The Lord was angry with Israel because they had worshiped the god Baal Peor. 4 So he said to Moses, “Take the Israelite leaders who are responsible for this and have them killed in front of my sacred tent where everyone can see. Maybe then I will stop being angry with the Israelites.”

When God replaced Jeroboam with king Solomon, Jeroboam did not worship the most high instead worship other gods.

1 Kings 12:26-33
One day, Jeroboam started thinking, “Everyone in Israel still goes to the temple in Jerusalem to offer sacrifices to the Lord. What if they become loyal to David's family again? They will kill me and accept Rehoboam as their king.”

28  Jeroboam asked for advice and then made two gold statues of calves. He showed them to the people and said, “Listen everyone! You won't have to go to Jerusalem to worship anymore. Here are your gods who rescued you from Egypt.” 29 Then he put one of the gold calves in the town of Bethel and the other in the town of Dan. 30 The people sinned because they started going to these places to worship.

31 Jeroboam built small places of worship at the shrinesmand appointed men who were not from the tribe of Levi to serve as priests. 32-33  He also decided to start a new festival for the Israelites on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, just like the one in Judah. On that day, Jeroboam went to Bethel and offered sacrifices on the altar to the gold calf he had put there. Then he assigned the priests their duties.

God's chosen, my butt.
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[hmgROCK]

which god???
i thought zeus chose the greek as his chosen people

 

[Visualmon]

Pobzeb acting stupid all the sudden. So much for sticking to the OP. His hypocrisy is showing. 

[JonniJacko]

Truth is not everyone is born equal. We all just go equal. Ha ha

No, tell us why.

[Believe_N_Me]

Truth is not everyone is born equal. We all just go equal. Ha ha

No, tell us why.

Visible and invisible gestures.

Anyways, true, we are not all born into equal circumstances, but we don't need to be. In fact, I was just thinking about that very thing yesterday on my drive home from work. I was revisiting TEDTalks and old interviews with VP nominee JD Vance from way back in 2016 when his book "Hillbilly Elegy" had just come out. It occurred to me just how very wrong the Democrats are about almost everything. They have this very naive belief that if only we were all given identical circumstances and opportunities, we'd all have the same outcome. But that is just VERY, VERY, VERY wrong and even harmful. It's not how you started but moreso how you want to finish.

Take for example siblings who were born to the same set of parents and grew up in the same exact home. They don't always end up in the same place later in life, do they? What becomes of them is entirely up to each person. To further prove my point, even identical twins don't yield the same outcome in life.

Everyone is given challenges and it's up to them to overcome them. Obviously, they can't do it alone. Heck, sometimes they don't even get the desired outcome despite doing everything by the book BECAUSE THE OTHER FACTOR DEPENDS ON THE GRACE OF GOD. That's why people should be thankful and grateful to God when things do work out for them, because it really is the grace of God.

I speak as someone with firsthand experience. I am someone who did everything by the book and was heavily blessed with pretty much everything on my wish list. But you know, that could all change. A person in the Bible by the name of Job went through this very same thing, too.

[JonniJacko]

Visible and invisible gestures.

Anyways, true, we are not all born into equal circumstances, but we don't need to be. In fact, I was just thinking about that very thing yesterday on my drive home from work. I was revisiting TEDTalks and old interviews with VP nominee JD Vance from way back in 2016 when his book "Hillbilly Elegy" had just come out. It occurred to me just how very wrong the Democrats are about almost everything. They have this very naive belief that if only we were all given identical circumstances and opportunities, we'd all have the same outcome. But that is just VERY, VERY, VERY wrong and even harmful. It's not how you started but moreso how you want to finish.

Take for example siblings who were born to the same set of parents and grew up in the same exact home. They don't always end up in the same place later in life, do they? What becomes of them is entirely up to each person. To further prove my point, even identical twins don't yield the same outcome in life.

Everyone is given challenges and it's up to them to overcome them. Obviously, they can't do it alone. Heck, sometimes they don't even get the desired outcome despite doing everything by the book BECAUSE THE OTHER FACTOR DEPENDS ON THE GRACE OF GOD. That's why people should be thankful and grateful to God when things do work out for them, because it really is the grace of God.

I speak as someone with firsthand experience. I am someone who did everything by the book and was heavily blessed with pretty much everything on my wish list. But you know, that could all change. A person in the Bible by the name of Job went through this very same thing, too.

Interesting. I will look into Job.

At my job, I work with all sorts of personalities and temperament. Some you can be the bigger person, let them be passive aggressive, pick up their slacks, and try to lead by example. Some will realize how big a jackass they are and try to correct and make it right by mirroring your actions. Some no matter how kind and forgiving, simply remain wicked. And some you do kind but they only get offended, meaning they do not want peace and harmony. So yes, no matter how much one goes through or gone through, having a winning attitude or remaining bitter is a choice.

(I honestly don't know if I'm being irrevelant) 

[Believe_N_Me]

Interesting. I will look into Job.

At my job, I work with all sorts of personalities and temperament. Some you can be the bigger person, let them be passive aggressive, pick up their slacks, and try to lead by example. Some will realize how big a jackass they are and try to correct and make it right by mirroring your actions. Some no matter how kind and forgiving, simply remain wicked. And some you do kind but they only get offended, meaning they do not want peace and harmony. So yes, no matter how much one goes through or gone through, having a winning attitude or remaining bitter is a choice.

(I honestly don't know if I'm being irrevelant) 

It's amazing that some people believe if only life was going easy peasy for them then they'd be happy. What a lot of people don't know is that many who are born into good circumstances don't even know how to appreciate it. They don't realize how blessed they are. Think about children who are born to intact parents and yet they are defiant. This is the same when it comes to money. Making money isn't really all that hard. If you're someone who knows how to save money then that also isn't very hard to do. The hardest thing about having money is knowing where to invest it. How not to lose it. How to make it grow while you sleep.

There have been plenty of people who were able to save a sizable amount of money but then something happens where they have to use that money. Then it's back to square one.

[JonniJacko]

Most just want to jump to the destination. But most don't realize, it's the ride, the up and over the hills, the scenic sights, and the not so pretty sights too.. haha.. that is part of the journey.