(July 7, 2014 at 1:12 pm)SteveII Wrote:(July 7, 2014 at 12:46 pm)Minimalist Wrote: There are in excess of 30,000 sects of xtians. Which one are you claiming has the unvarnished truth?
It seems you might be trying to make a point that there is so much disagreement, we need 30,000 sects--and don't really want to know what church I go to. There are many reasons why a group of churches might want to govern their own affairs. There are only a couple of dozen meaningful divisions. The rest are geography, polity, ethnic/cultural, and small things that don't affect the basics.
I am not Catholic, so I am not using Catholic beliefs in my arguments
The fact that there are any divisions at all tell me that Jesus isn't really talking to anyone. Catholics and Protestants killing each other across Europe over how to follow the same guy, and their god just sits back and watches. Thousands of years of studying the bible, and christians are no closer to finding the truth.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html
10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/
Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50
A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html