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What would YOU want to hear at church?
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There is one Christ -- He is not divided. And He prophesied that weeds would grow right alongside the wheat, because his Gospel is so hated that the enemy had to sneak in to plant the tares. So, everything is happening just as he said it would.
There's one Christian religion, well-documented in the most-preserved, best-selling, most-read, and most-hated book in all history.
Not exactly. There is the matter, mater mother call it clay, in which the soul is obliged to take residence for its trial in the lower world in the body of the beast. The animal man and the spiritual man war until christ finally tames the beast and returns to the heavenly fire. The beast is not a disease it is a teacher and a companion and a temple. Its only purpose is temper souls for the next level of awareness.
Which one is that? The Catholics, Presbyterians, Pentecostals, Baptists.... etc., etc.?
The only thing that is well documented about the bible is how it has changed from its origins to its present day format with all it additions, omissions and mistranslations. It has not been well preserved at all.
See, there's a difference between you and me. Your goal is to justify yourself. You should know that you don't need to justify yourself to me. Next, and more importantly, I recommend you ask yourself whether that defense (above) will stand against the one true and righteous judge on the day that is coming as surely as tomorrow.
I will not put confidence in a self-defense about being a peaceful person who loves nature.
I will instead, and with great joy, grab hold of the righteousness of Another, who is handing it to me for free.
To answer your question, I believe that the justice of the Holy God requires that one who has told a lie must be punished; one who has coveted what did not belong to him must be punished. For these crimes, and more, I cannot justify myself, but instead look to His mercy -- and He has an elaborate plan there!
Everybody's got faith in something... and everybody's having fellowship with somebody.
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Nope wrong again, all religion essentially deals with the same cosmic powers, the christ type figures in most of the distinct religions of this day and days past. You see they all deal with incarnation reincarnation the word the lord the virgin birth the reurrection you name it every bit of it came thousands of years before jesus. While you are reading the bible next time be sure to thank its Egyptian authors.
"Why is that people ask questions only to ignore the answers you give, and give you the answer they've pre-decided?"
it's an intellectual trap. "I'd like your opinion." "Well, my opinion is..." "Nope, wait, I'll tell you what the right opinion is!"
Some of the most interesting growth comes from considering questions without easy answers.
I got a thumbs down. It's true, there are none so blind,,,,sighhhh, like I was saying a bit ago, the dark ages are very much still upon us.
Haven't you learned yet that you should be suspicious of claims that sound too good to be true? Not quite free either, is it. You have to agree to be subservient to an absolute authority that can convict you of thought crime even while you sleep, that condemns you for being merely human, that by any logic I understand knowingly created you sick and demands you be well, and if you refuse this kind offer of an unyielding certainty and total subservience, it's the fires of Hell for you. That's not a gift, that's a cup of poison. You can choose such slavery if it suits you, but for me, no thanks, I'll take my chances on my own.
Every good idea had copy-cats.
Christianity has some distinguishing marks:
- There are many religions and movements (including secular philosophies) that offer transformation of a person via self-improvement of the intrinsic heart or nature of that person. Only the Christian religion offers a transformation of a person via death and loss of that human nature, which is instead supplanted by spirit and life from One outside of himself, or by a new birth.
Humanists commit themselves to the “good” they can do for people; Muslims, Jews, and Christian cults commit themselves to the “good” that they can do for God; but true Christians commit themselves to the good that the good God can do for them. - Of all leaders and prophets, it is only the Christ who claimed to be the eternal Son of God, the “I AM,” with authority to forgive sins, to pronounce judgment, and to give life and take it away.
- Of all leaders and prophets, it is only the Christ who died for His disciples, and rose from the grave again. He doesn’t merely “speak from the grave,” or from books, but He “always lives to make intercession for (those who draw near to God)” (see Hebrews 7).
That's funny. Okily-Dokily then neighbourino...I was curious about your....
whatever it is you're selling or recruiting for....& that's about it.
I'm pretty comfortable in my own skin, and will deal with whatever (if anything)
I need to deal with when the time comes. If that be a walk in a field with God
some day as we talk while listening to the birds sing and the gophers whistle,
then fine. If it's some wrathfull pissed-off dude with a chip on his shoulder,
there's enough of them here without dreading that throughout this lifetime, so
I'll pass on that. I don't need a defence. Thanks anyway though.
Welcome to the Forum. You can look forward to flagilation in your version
of the afterlife if that's what turns your crank. To each their own. I'll pass.
I didn't ask, "what would you want to hear me say in this forum"... I said," what would you want to hear at church?" The reason I asked, is so that I could go straight to my pastor and ask him to answer these questions in a sermon at church!
Anyway at a church I would like to hear the wind in the trees, and I bloody well could because in fact a church is not a goddman building, it is the lords house and the lord lives in you, in the temple, christ does not and cannot live in a bloody brick building.