(April 9, 2016 at 9:30 am)vorlon13 Wrote: And if following Jesus ever did 'work', it would only 'work' for folks that follow the One True Faith to the letter, no slackers would ever measure up to accrue the benefit of His lordly grace.
And other than an ability to speak in tongues, heal the sick via the laying on of the hands, being impervious to poison and invulnerable to snakebite, looks like there isn't much Jesus can do for you while you're on earth, the big payoff occurs in avoiding
ETERNAL INFINITE and EXCRUCIATINGÂ TORMENT.
Yes, he said everybody who calls him lord lord will not enter his kingdom. But if you're not a Jew, how do you obey a guy who said he came only for the Jews and told his disciples that the reason he spoke in parables was so that outsiders would not understand and be saved?
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
