(September 6, 2019 at 11:50 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(September 6, 2019 at 11:39 am)John 6IX Breezy Wrote: Hmm I don't know whether to agree or disagree. I can agree that there are many people, that identify as Christians, but the closest they come to practicing Christianity is having a prayer during a Thanksgiving meal.
But I also disagree because I grew up with a very traditional protestant mentality of "bring your bible to church to test if what the pastor is saying is true." There's nothing layfolk love more than going home after church, having potluck, and complaining about what the pastor said wrong and how the church leadership isn't what it used to be.
That tradition might not exist within Catholicism however.
I'll give you an example of what I'm getting at. A lot of Christians are fond of quoting John 3:16. It's a very popular verse and (I have to assume) a very comforting one. But I strongly doubt that many of the Christians who throw this around have looked up the Greek for 'loved', 'begotten', 'perish', 'eternal' and so on. But good on them if they do. The verse on the face of it makes them feel good, it makes them feel loved, it gives them hope for a life beyond this one. They really don't have a reason to dig deeper.
Boru
You are using one of my lessons to counter the new guys point!
Oh how disgusting is that!
https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/jhn/...nc_1000016
My point being this is proof of God's conditional love. IE God does not love everyone.
However God's love is great enough to extend everyone an invitation, however it is reserved to only those who believe in Christ.
