RE: Still a Christian - ask me questions/tell me about yourselves
October 13, 2017 at 12:40 pm
(This post was last modified: October 13, 2017 at 12:43 pm by The Grand Nudger.)
(October 13, 2017 at 10:54 am)Neo-Scholastic Wrote: And that is what matters most. His Love and Sacrifice. Not whether a Roman centurion visited Jesus in person or by proxy.
You could probably whittle that down to just his sacrifice and still be meaningfully christian. God needn't be the creator - or even be, there needn't be any divine or natural teleology to evolutionary biology, and it might not be an issue of love...but if the death of one man can provide atonement for another...you're still getting the only completely non-negotiable article of faith in christian dogma.
For demonstration..imagine that all of the rest is true..but that vicarious redemption isn't. Is it still christian?
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
