RE: Are there any Christian proselytizers left in this subforum?
September 26, 2018 at 1:28 pm
(This post was last modified: September 26, 2018 at 1:37 pm by Bucky Ball.)
There used to be a (somewhat famous) Presbyterian minister out here, (California) who was *the* best "sermon-giver / speaker / preacher" ... ever.
Seriously. He was as far from a fundamentalist as one could get. His sermons were literary masterpieces, (and he knew it).
People would go listen, not necessarily for the content, or the service, but just to hear his amazing "style", and always "interesting" point.
He never "shoved" anything down their throats. Once you've been exposed to that level of quality "talk" or "lecture" .... nothing ever will measure up.
Too bad, virtually 99.9 % of preaching is crap "oratory".
Oh look. It's still here.
Actually we know more about your cult than you do.
One cannot actually be a "Bible Based Christian" ... as the concept of "salvation" has *nothing* to do with the Bible.
The role of a messiah was *never* to save anyone from sin.
Paulianity (what Christianity really is) invented *salvation* when the end-times did not happen, as they all expected it would.
When the young man in Matthew asked Jesus what he had to do to get to heaven, did he say "Just wait, I'ma gonna be saving you ?"
No. He said "keep the commandments". No savior required.
Seriously. He was as far from a fundamentalist as one could get. His sermons were literary masterpieces, (and he knew it).
People would go listen, not necessarily for the content, or the service, but just to hear his amazing "style", and always "interesting" point.
He never "shoved" anything down their throats. Once you've been exposed to that level of quality "talk" or "lecture" .... nothing ever will measure up.
Too bad, virtually 99.9 % of preaching is crap "oratory".
(September 26, 2018 at 11:36 am)Drich Wrote: I'm here almost everyday.I just pick and choose what I respond to. I try and deal with questions and not statements. I found if you are declaring something you mind is already closed. you are just telling people what you think. Honestly I don't care what most of you think. how ever if you have a question or series of questions I will answer them.
Oh look. It's still here.
Actually we know more about your cult than you do.
One cannot actually be a "Bible Based Christian" ... as the concept of "salvation" has *nothing* to do with the Bible.
The role of a messiah was *never* to save anyone from sin.
Paulianity (what Christianity really is) invented *salvation* when the end-times did not happen, as they all expected it would.
When the young man in Matthew asked Jesus what he had to do to get to heaven, did he say "Just wait, I'ma gonna be saving you ?"
No. He said "keep the commandments". No savior required.
Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. - Joseph Campbell 
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