RE: What makes your faith true?
February 9, 2017 at 6:15 am
(This post was last modified: February 9, 2017 at 6:17 am by Fake Messiah.)
(February 9, 2017 at 2:08 am)Godschild Wrote: Delusional, that covers a broad spectrum, I would say miss lead is the proper term.
Yeah, miss lead by whom? Their delusions? Because those people tell dramatic and sincere stories of answered prayers and use it to "prove" that their religion is accurate and their gods are real, just like Christians do, but unlike Christians they're doomed to hell.
(February 9, 2017 at 2:08 am)Godschild Wrote: Christians have flaws just like everyone else, the difference is we are forgiven
Well GC, your post could be lump up that you seem to think that for being a Christian nothing matters apart from a few basic tenets centered on Jesus. That's a nice, concise, and inclusive thought, I suppose, but I don’t see how it can be true. If it were true, wouldn’t there just be one big unified group of Christians with only a few offshoots at most? Something does matter in addition to believing that Jesus is God, and it must matter a great deal because wars have been fought, people tortured, and families torn apart over disagreements within Christianity.
As an atheist I'm fine with lumping all Christians together. But I shouldn't do that, according to many Christians themselves. Many of them exclude Mormons or Jehovah's Witness and do not consider them to be "real Christians," for example. Even you yourself admit there are fake Christians who are only there for getting rich, but who are you to say they are fake? I mean they also say you are fake Christian.
(February 9, 2017 at 2:08 am)Godschild Wrote: Like I've said you need to read and study the Bible and you might not have to ask so many questions.
Well again I don't see how reading the Bible looking for answers would bring me correct answers when even Christians get completely different answers from it.
If the Bible was inspired by God and was meant to instruct humankind, then why can't Christians at least, if not the entire world, agree on it? Some denominations project live-and-let-live attitudes. Others, however, openly state that they are right and everyone else is wrong—and will pay a severe price on Judgment Day. We can get you into heaven, they say, but that other church is a one-way ticket to hell.
There are Christians who support gay rights, Christians who strongly condemn homosexuality, and then there are Christians who have no interest in other people's sexuality. There are Christians who say Jesus wants them to amass extravagant wealth as quickly as possible, and others who say that Jesus wants them to give it all away. Some Christians fight in wars, and some are pacifists who won’t go near one.