Wow...without that book there is no Christian God nor any "holy spirit". Or are you claiming that you can "understand what Christianity is all about" without any knowledge of the Bible? I'll tell you again to think longer before you post because this appears to be more nonsense.
John 1:1 - “In the beginning was the word…”
I single out Christianity because it's the religion trying to insert itself into every aspect of our lives in this country and I have the freedom to speak against that. And it's actually the religionists who treat their beliefs like a pill - swallow it and there's an answer for everything and when there's no answer...just attribute it to some "plan". Which, of course, has it's own very serious problems.
So now you're claiming that the oral tradition would have carried Christianity to the present day with no written record?
You should take a trip to Syria and see which religion is trying to insert itself into every aspect of life.
Of course it doesn't. But Christians pull their own morality from it and that CAN include killing others. Like I said - we all make our own morality and good or evil can come from anywhere. Even the Good Book.
There you go again. Using literal language to try and attack. You’re capable of much better.
I have no use for Islam, either. But there are plenty of Muslims whose lives "mirror Jesus". And no Christians hurt me...quit trying to psychoanalyze my distaste for mainstream Christianity. You want to be a good Christian? Live your life as close to Jesus as possible. Live a life of service and sacrifice. Worship in whatever way you like within the limits of the law. And extend that same courtesy to everyone else. Pretty simple.
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Keep Your Focus on Building Treasures in Heaven
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There you go again...ignoring the problems with your own posts. I have no idea if you're capable of much better or not.
Absent those actions you go to hell?All you gotta do is Confession and Mass once a week and you're getting eternal bliss.
www.masstimes.org
You’re having a hard time admitting there are good Christians out there. 2 Billion of us and growing. Do you sincerely think we are all bad?
LOL...and you know that because the Catholic Church told you so.
WTF are you talking about? Now you're just making crap up. You couldn't even infer that from anything I've posted. A great Christian just died and lots of Christians went nuts because he had Imagine played at his funeral. Same religion...same book...wildly different moralities.
That's hardly relevant.It's based on the Gospels which means "Good News" as you know.
So how many of us do you think are bad and how many good? 50/50? 90/10? Come on and call your shot.
I have no idea nor do I remotely care. I have no idea why you think that's even relevant, but you've posted quite a bit of nonsense in this thread and then ignored it when it was called out. You can practice whatever religion you like - again, within the confines of the law. Leave everyone else alone to do the same according to their own conscience. Why is that so difficult for you?
Your disdain for Christians is more than apparent. It’s pretty clear you think a lot of us are bad. That’s relevant to the conversation.
You’re self awareness is lacking.
It is not disdain for Christians. My disdain extends to all organized religions. As far as individuals are concerned, I’ve made myself clear several times now…you just fail at comprehension. You’re free to worship or whatever you want to call it in any way you like - within the confines of the law. Extend that courtesy to everyone else. Why do you not understand that?
Or Jerry Falwell or Franklin Graham or Joel Osteen or any number of charlatans already in their camp.
www.philanthropyroundtable.org
Noticed you only named the Christian charlatans. There are also many non-Christian charlatans, don’t forget them too since you said you have disdain for all religions!
You realize one key tenet of my faith is to share and spread the gospel. Does that conflict with your interpretation of the 1st Amendment?
You want to spread it? Live it. And clean up your own house first before you come to mine. Identify those misusing YOUR faith and address them before you try to convert anyone else. When I see Osteen out there ministering to the poor and opening his house to the dispossessed, I’ll have a lot more “faith” in his - and your -religion.
