RE: What beliefs would we consider reasonable for a self proclaimed Christian to hold?
March 5, 2018 at 12:17 am
(March 4, 2018 at 8:19 pm)stretch3172 Wrote: I guess I'll throw in my two cents. According to the evangelical view, there are certain core beliefs on which Christianity simply must stand,
What exactly is the evangelical view regarding the Catholic Church's insistence that the bread and wine actually become the body and blood of Christ?
Quote:(1 Cor 15:17)
Aren’t you shooting yourself in the foot?
1 Corinthians 15:17 New International Version (NIV)
Quote:And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins
This to me is one of the most confusing utterances Paul ever spake and is diametrically opposite to the words of the gospels. You can't have it both ways. If Paul's words are true then the words of the gospels are wrong. So which is it?
Quote:...The authority of Scripture...
What is this authority of scripture of which you speak?
On who's authority am I condemned to suffer everlasting indescribable agony for having a quick one of the wrist after listening to me sister and her boyfriend upstairs giving it plenty. Song of Songs?
Quote:The death and resurrection of Christ...
Dude, the universe operates according to a set of rules. You can't turn fish into bread, or whatever it was, and if you're dead for three days you're staying dead. There’s no way around this.
Quote:Without which Christianity itself is meaningless.
We are stardust. Every atom in your body was once part of a star that exploded. There is no greater wonder than this.
Quote:...Christians must still adhere to basic principles of deductive and inductive logic as well as science...
Tell me again how this god of yours didn't give clear instructions as to how to spell 'yours' or is it 'your's'.
An enquiring mind needs to know.
It's amazing 'science' always seems to 'find' whatever it is funded for, and never the oppsite. Drich.