RE: Bible contradictions?
March 8, 2012 at 10:32 am
(This post was last modified: March 8, 2012 at 10:35 am by YahwehIsTheWay.)
(March 8, 2012 at 4:12 am)chipan Wrote: Don't tell me how my faith is. Matthew 7:1.
I'm not judging you. I'm telling you. Apologists don't write what they do to convert anyone. The Hellbound laugh at what they write. And why shouldn't they? Apologists are playing in the atheist's court, trying to use all that logic and science when all the answers we need are in the Bible.
They write for those wavering in their faith. Ask any atheist who used to be a so-called Christian and they'll tell you that Strobel was their last stop before their apostasy became official. They weren't True Christians or they never would have wavered. Therefore, those who are now wavering and relying upon apologetics as a crutch for their faith are also not True Christians .
Don't get mad. Show me where my logic is wrong.
Quote:Being saved allows us to sin without losing salvation but it does not give us a right to sin. Ephesians 4:26. Matthew 5:29-30. Saying salvation gives us right of passage to sin all we want is blasphemy. I agree that sin is inevitable, but that doesn't mean we should live sinfully.
Martin Luther, the founder of one branch of Protestantism, once wrote "God does not work salvation for fictitious sinners. Be a sinner and sin vigorously.... Do not for a moment imagine that this life is the abiding place of justice; sin must be committed. ...Sin cannot tear you away from him [Christ], even though you commit adultery a hundred times a day and commit as many murders."
Christianity teaches us that we are wretched sinners, unworthy of God's love. This is why we deserve it if God tortures us for all eternity. It's kind of like the love that a wife-beater has for his spouse. God can set us on fire and then say "see what you made me do" and we must feel it is our fault. Praise the sweet name of Jesus. But I digress.
How can such fatalistic ideas of our own nature promote any serious efforts for self-improvement? Plus we have such an easy out. All we have to do is believe in the redemptive power of bloody sadistic sacrifice that was performed 2000 years ago and it's all good.
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Just to be clear, I am not trying to be high and mighty nor am I trying to demean you. I am just correcting because I can't stand for false representation of Christianity.
You can't demean what the Lord has exhaled with His grace. I'm a True Christian because I base my beliefs on the Bible, the Holy Bible and nothing but the Bible so help me God. If I make you mad, just remember where my beliefs come from and what you're really criticizing.
"You don't need facts when you got Jesus." -Pastor Deacon Fred, Landover Baptist Church
: True Christian is a Trademark of the Landover Baptist Church. I have no affiliation with this fine group of True Christians because I can't afford their tithing requirements but would like to be. Maybe someday the Lord will bless me with enough riches that I am able to.
And for the lovers of Poe, here's your winking smiley:
: True Christian is a Trademark of the Landover Baptist Church. I have no affiliation with this fine group of True Christians because I can't afford their tithing requirements but would like to be. Maybe someday the Lord will bless me with enough riches that I am able to.
And for the lovers of Poe, here's your winking smiley:
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