(April 4, 2016 at 9:19 am)Drich Wrote:(April 2, 2016 at 1:31 am)Thena323 Wrote:
More or less..
But what you fail to understand is Biblical Christianity does not free one from Good works. Their is a Massive love component you are not accounting for. In order to be forgiven your sins you must also Forgive others. (it's even in the core of the Lord's prayer, and tied to several different parables Jesus Himself taught)
Once we have forgiven and been forgiven we are called to two simple Rules. Love God with all that we are, and love our neighbors as ourselves.
If we can not do these two simple things it shows that we are not in the state of grace needed to live 'above the law' as one of you put it.
It is under these two rules that we can know where we stand with God.
I forgot the love? AGAIN?
Crap! Why do I keep doing that?
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Your particular idea of God and Christianity does happen to be relatively palatable when compared to certain others, in my opinion. So, if your precise interpretation or spin of Biblical Scripture were somehow proven to be correct and true, AND human beings were both capable and willing to adhere to the tenant of loving their neighbors as themselves at all times, then yes, that would be better indeed.
The problem is...So what?
As I see it, you haven't actually presented a realistic alternative to popular morality. I understand that you believe you have, but to a heathen lacking in belief, such as myself, you've done little more than extol the virtues of wishful thinking.
Without belief, what can you expect anyone to do with this?