RE: Open Letter to Christians
October 29, 2014 at 4:25 pm
(This post was last modified: October 29, 2014 at 4:26 pm by Neo-Scholastic.)
Fine, I relent if you really want serious answers and are not just looking for an opportunity to ridicule or create an infinite regress of objections…
How do you know if god is a) teaching you a lesson b)disciplining you or c) satan is attacking you? Satan is a figurative personification of evil, not an individual.
Why are there so many religions? (free will not accepted) Because each human being and culture receives God differently.
Why is christianity the correct religion? The only required doctrine is Love of God and neighbor as self. To the extent a religion teaches these beliefs, it is the correct religion.
Why do christians fight each other about stuff like baptism, communion or free will v predestiny? Because it is fun to speculate, although some people take minor differences too seriously.
Will jews go to hell? Depends on the Jew.
Why did jesus never write anything down for us? Because He is, in Himself, the teaching.
Why did paul write the majority of the nt when he never knew jesus? Because he was a gnostic.
Why did the people who assembled the bible leave out so many known letters? Because some letters (and gospels) did not support the consolidation of power to the Church in Rome.
if god created EVERYTHING, why did he create sin? or better put satan? God created the paint, we make the pictures.
The creator of the universe created everything. For millions of years, there were no humans. All of a sudden humans just appear not evolve. Does a being capable of all this really desire a relationship with me? Our brief and tenuous existence makes us all the more precious.
If he does want a relationship with me, why does he not want one with the millions of other people who are not mainly european and american? The question is wrong. God wants a relationship with everyone.
How do you know if god is a) teaching you a lesson b)disciplining you or c) satan is attacking you? Satan is a figurative personification of evil, not an individual.
Why are there so many religions? (free will not accepted) Because each human being and culture receives God differently.
Why is christianity the correct religion? The only required doctrine is Love of God and neighbor as self. To the extent a religion teaches these beliefs, it is the correct religion.
Why do christians fight each other about stuff like baptism, communion or free will v predestiny? Because it is fun to speculate, although some people take minor differences too seriously.
Will jews go to hell? Depends on the Jew.
Why did jesus never write anything down for us? Because He is, in Himself, the teaching.
Why did paul write the majority of the nt when he never knew jesus? Because he was a gnostic.
Why did the people who assembled the bible leave out so many known letters? Because some letters (and gospels) did not support the consolidation of power to the Church in Rome.
if god created EVERYTHING, why did he create sin? or better put satan? God created the paint, we make the pictures.
The creator of the universe created everything. For millions of years, there were no humans. All of a sudden humans just appear not evolve. Does a being capable of all this really desire a relationship with me? Our brief and tenuous existence makes us all the more precious.
If he does want a relationship with me, why does he not want one with the millions of other people who are not mainly european and american? The question is wrong. God wants a relationship with everyone.
