RE: Metaphor For Christianity
December 18, 2011 at 10:59 pm
(This post was last modified: December 18, 2011 at 11:06 pm by Godscreated.)
(December 18, 2011 at 2:16 pm)Shell B Wrote: I'm not a "No true Christian" proponent. If a person identifies as Christian, they are Christian. Whether they follow the Bible is irrelevant to me. In fact, I have never met a Christian who follows the Bible. I have, however, met Christians who do not force their beliefs on others. They share them, but are not forceful. Unfortunately, I am talking about the minority here and only my experience with these people. For all I know, they leave my presence and go protest at military funerals.
Why should a person who says they are a christian actually be a christian, isn't that like someone saying they are a biologist and never have studied biology. Would you not soon see them for a fraud. Thanks for recognizing that all christians do not push their beliefs but share them. It's unlikely that christians who have respect and do not push their beliefs on others would turn around and then do just that in a public setting.
(December 18, 2011 at 10:58 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Mark 16:
Quote: 15And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
16He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
17And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
19So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he was received up into heaven, and sat on the right hand of God.
20And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.
Of course these particular lines of shit are add-ons to your "inerrant fucking bible." They do not appear in the earliest extant versions and so were tacked on centuries later to make "Mark" conform to the rest of your happy horseshit.
I know there have been verses added to scripture later own, they however are few. Those particular verses did not say anything about forcing Christ on anyone.
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
