(May 10, 2021 at 1:55 pm)Mercyvessel Wrote: Yes indeed one does... The Lord Jesus, the Christ says “Assuredly, I say to you, unless you are converted and become as little children, you will by no means enter the kingdom of heaven. Therefore whoever humbles himself as this little child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven." - Matthew 18:3-4
Is this something you strive to? To have a mind like a child? If you BELIEVE • A talking snake • A talking Ass • A talking burning tree • Dragons • Flying Serpent • Flying Scroll • Unicorns • White Zombie like a 5 YEAR OLD CHILD, you go to HEAVEN.
teachings of the Bible are so muddled and self-contradictory that it was possible for Christians to happily burn heretics alive for five long centuries. It was even possible for the most venerated patriarchs of the Church, like St. Augustine and St. Thomas Aquinas, to conclude that heretics should be tortured (Augustine) or killed outright (Aquinas). Martin Luther and John Calvin advocated the wholesale murder of heretics, apostates, Jews, and witches. - Sam Harris, "Letter To A Christian Nation"
