And a problem for God with His 'One True Faith' would be getting anyone to do it, and to do it correctly.
Let's say, for example, the Congregation of Jehovah's Presbytery of Zion was the 'One True Faith'. Well, how did it go?? It turn's out the combination of Mormonism with Communism didn't go over very well with the pew warmers. And to the extent they were going to tar and feather (or worse) their leadiar, Josiah Thompson, I'd say their practice of that faith was disappointing.
So too virtually every other faith in the christer orbit. We've seen repeatedly how foreign and alien the concepts of biblical Literalism and Inerrancy is to (supposed) believers, even things Christ Himself ordained multiple times in Scripture, my favorite example of course being the sanctification of marriages subsequent to the first for divorced members. And that is the tip of the iceberg, Christ's followers are loathe to handle serpents, drink poison, and I've yet to see one demonstrate a universal healing gift via laying on of the hands. Clearly, they aren't believing hard enough. Dislocated and relocated mountains are also surprisingly scarce.
Poor God, I'd pose a salient feature of His 'One True Faith' would be it's success in inspiring a surprising (instead of disappointing) level of adherence to every jot and tittle of dogma, total fealty to edicts, relentless scrupulosity to promulgations, sincere eagerness to follow all the rules, a compulsive mindset in following His Commandments and absolute rigidity in enforcing them upon all members of their flocks, and total unthinking allegiance His every utterance.
We seeing any faith evincing piety at that level ??
Didn't think so.
Sorry God, that 'One True Faith' thing ain't gonna pan out on this planet . . . . .
Let's say, for example, the Congregation of Jehovah's Presbytery of Zion was the 'One True Faith'. Well, how did it go?? It turn's out the combination of Mormonism with Communism didn't go over very well with the pew warmers. And to the extent they were going to tar and feather (or worse) their leadiar, Josiah Thompson, I'd say their practice of that faith was disappointing.
So too virtually every other faith in the christer orbit. We've seen repeatedly how foreign and alien the concepts of biblical Literalism and Inerrancy is to (supposed) believers, even things Christ Himself ordained multiple times in Scripture, my favorite example of course being the sanctification of marriages subsequent to the first for divorced members. And that is the tip of the iceberg, Christ's followers are loathe to handle serpents, drink poison, and I've yet to see one demonstrate a universal healing gift via laying on of the hands. Clearly, they aren't believing hard enough. Dislocated and relocated mountains are also surprisingly scarce.
Poor God, I'd pose a salient feature of His 'One True Faith' would be it's success in inspiring a surprising (instead of disappointing) level of adherence to every jot and tittle of dogma, total fealty to edicts, relentless scrupulosity to promulgations, sincere eagerness to follow all the rules, a compulsive mindset in following His Commandments and absolute rigidity in enforcing them upon all members of their flocks, and total unthinking allegiance His every utterance.
We seeing any faith evincing piety at that level ??
Didn't think so.
Sorry God, that 'One True Faith' thing ain't gonna pan out on this planet . . . . .
The granting of a pardon is an imputation of guilt, and the acceptance a confession of it.
