(August 23, 2014 at 12:06 am)Losty Wrote: Ceedus Lepeedus, don't make a sad face at me. I didn't say I hate you or you're the worst person ever.Zenon reference? I had to google that one, it looks worse than dr who. But because their doesn't seem to be 400 years of Zenon epsoides to pull quotes from I guess it is better than all of who's mess.
If it helps, I am very picky about my Christians and it's not really easy to meet my standards and remain true to your faith.
Oh, and the sad face was at you per say. I just realized that no matter what I could say you had a valid point. (In a sense you won that round.)
The sad face was an attempt to have you bait me with a series of conditions of redemption, upon which I could then spin a lesson, kinda like I did with stimbo and the burg cheeser comment.
Quote:If you don't mind my asking, how do you know your version of Christianity is right?there is already a thread we've done detailing all of this, but in short mine is right because it says all versions of Christianity are wrong to one degree or another, and that the same attonement the works when we willfully sin, works just the same as when we are doing our best to worship God with all of our hearts, soul, spirit, and strength. (Just like the bible says.)
Quote: Is your version the only version that could be right?yes, because it allows room for all Jesus Christ centered religion, and growth into one denomination to another with out compromise, if and when our faiths mature.
Quote:If someone was a kind gentle Christian who loved god and Jesus very much, then would that be good enough even though they don't interpret the bible the same as you do?yes, again like Paul said we (Christians/Christian denominations on a larger scale) are like various body parts. Each part has a different form and a different function. Meaning we are built to look, act, and function differently. Just because the whole body does not look and act like a hand does not mean we are not apart of the body of Christ.
That means if I am a hand (worker/doer)and I act and function differently than say someone who is an eye(someone who maybe sees and observes/coordinates things well) does not mean because I worship by working a certain way, that the rest of the body of Christ has to worship as I do. In order to be saved.
We need the gentile kind and soft touched people, for people who in turn have a soft touch, but the body also needs rough and abrasive people in its service as well. for what better material can be used to scour down a calloused, and hard heart.?
To be honest I don't like to be around Christians who put on the fake do good personalities. I want to be around real people even if it means not all are Christian. I do not believe in setting myself apart or above who I really am just because I believe in God. Why? Because I do not believe God is fooled by my act nor do I believe other people are fooled by my acting skills. I will stand or fall on who I am. Some may like me, and others may not. Let the cards fall where they may.
But at the same time I know those other type of Christians have the same opportunities as I do when it comes down to being a member of the body of Christ.
One is not better than another, we are simply built with different tasks in mind.[/quote]
