You can love God and be Atheist in the same way I can love Batman and not believe he exists. But I don't think this is what Drich intended.

(January 16, 2015 at 6:05 am)robvalue Wrote: I think Drich has a point though. You can ask people to call you an atheist, even if you aren't one. You can ask people to call you whatever you want. Doesn't mean they will, though.

That isn't Drich's point, though. Drich's point is that God appointed him to be the ultimate authority to judge who is and is not a Christian based upon their willingness to practice Christianity in a way that Drich has decided is the only right one.

Which is funny, because Drich is absolutely a false Christian based upon his own criteria.

(January 18, 2015 at 6:20 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote:

(January 16, 2015 at 6:05 am)robvalue Wrote: I think Drich has a point though. You can ask people to call you an atheist, even if you aren't one. You can ask people to call you whatever you want. Doesn't mean they will, though.

That isn't Drich's point, though. Drich's point is that God appointed him to be the ultimate authority to judge who is and is not a Christian based upon their willingness to practice Christianity in a way that Drich has decided is the only right one.

Which is funny, because Drich is absolutely a false Christian based upon his own criteria.

What is "my criteria?"

Something about living by what the Bible says, and not ignoring the parts you don't want to live by. You know, like you ignore Mosaic law because you don't want to live by it.

(January 18, 2015 at 8:15 pm)Drich Wrote:

(January 18, 2015 at 6:20 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: That isn't Drich's point, though. Drich's point is that God appointed him to be the ultimate authority to judge who is and is not a Christian based upon their willingness to practice Christianity in a way that Drich has decided is the only right one.

Which is funny, because Drich is absolutely a false Christian based upon his own criteria.

What is "my criteria?"

Whatever is most convenient to you at the time.

(January 18, 2015 at 9:06 pm)Esquilax Wrote:

(January 18, 2015 at 8:15 pm)Drich Wrote: What is "my criteria?"

Whatever is most convenient to you at the time.

Preach!

If God wants to tell us stuff, why doesn't he just make an account? Why instead is he sending garbled contradictory messages through several theists? His idea of a joke I guess.

You are not an atheist, or whatever you believe yourself to be, you are you, you are, and everything else that you believe yourself to be is conditioning and programming, like it or not.

(January 18, 2015 at 8:21 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: Something about living by what the Bible says, and not ignoring the parts you don't want to live by. You know, like you ignore Mosaic law because you don't want to live by it.

what are you talking about? the Mosaic law indroduces and define the rules for attonement and forgivness. Christianity's foundations are built on the mosic law for this very reason

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(January 18, 2015 at 9:06 pm)Esquilax Wrote:

(January 18, 2015 at 8:15 pm)Drich Wrote: What is "my criteria?"

Whatever is most convenient to you at the time.

which is what as you understand it?

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(January 19, 2015 at 3:43 am)robvalue Wrote: If God wants to tell us stuff, why doesn't he just make an account? Why instead is he sending garbled contradictory messages through several theists? His idea of a joke I guess.

Christ did tell us what to do concerning the Law. He said the WHole law hangs on just two commandments: Love your Lord God with all of your being and love your neighbor as yourself. If you love God with all of your being, your worship will look differently than mine. To me it seems you are a method worshiper (or would be) you need a check list to follow in order to feel like you are worshiping correctly. I am not if I were to worship in this way I would quickly loose myself into the practices of worship much like the pharisees did. Therefore we would need two seperate different ways to worship.

Because of that command to Love God with all of your being one needs to have the freedom Christianity affords to be able to follow that command.

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(January 19, 2015 at 4:04 am)psychoslice Wrote: You are not an atheist, or whatever you believe yourself to be, you are you, you are, and everything else that you believe yourself to be is conditioning and programming, like it or not.

So just because I call myself an Atheist doesn't make me one if I don't follow the rules of Atheism?

(January 12, 2015 at 5:01 pm)popeyespappy Wrote: I am however wondering which (if any) of the well established Christian sects Drich believes is the correct one...

Nation Of Islam
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Wait, what?