God does not love you...

[Drich]

Hehe, I noticed the broken quote when I went to check that out. Do I get Christian points for that? Anyway, regardless of the intention of the word in Christian texts, I feel my points still stand. I also believe that RaphielDrake has made the same points. If a great majority of Christians are not grasping the correct context of words in the bible, doesn't that make it a very unreliable source for enlightenment? Or, are you saying that there are very few true Christians; and that, only people like yourself who have studied and scrutinized the book are worthy of the name? I'm genuinely interested to know, because to me, you have really only further proven that the vast majority of Christians misrepresent the supposed teachings of the bible.

This is answered from a biblically based christian perspective in the OP of a thread i did a few weeks back "Why there are so many denominations"
http://atheistforums.org/thread-12406.html

Now, since you have corrected my thinking on this particular matter, I will concede that you are correct in your original post. I'll give you this, you have prompted me to study the texts more closely. It was on my to-do list anyway, but I guess I'm going to have to bump it up the list a bit. However, it hasn't done anything to make me feel closer to the Christian God. So what did you hope to achieve from this thread? Enquiring minds want to know.

If you look there are a few different threads challenging the atheist idea of an Omni benevolent God. I decided to clear a few things up.