(January 12, 2015 at 2:13 pm)Drich Wrote: Their is nothing to disown. It is by the words of their current day prophets that they themselves say they do not follow the Jesus of the Bible, but a Jesus of a different color.
Can you prove that they haven't received direct heavenly instruction telling them to behave the way they do? If you can't accept the faith-claims of others, why should you expect anybody to accept your own?
Quote:What is incorrect is the fact that you believe that these distnctions are mine, when in fact they come from the highest point of leadership in that church. It would be like the Apstole Paul making a modern day declration today. The presidents of that church have that power, so when one says they do not believe in the Jesus of the bible then their word superceeds all other written accounts.
Which of the 40,000 plus Christian churches has decided that your viewpoints on Christianity are absolutely correct, and why should I or the other 39,999 care?
Quote:According to mosaic law I am an unclean gentile and deserve hell anyway.
The whole point of this thread is to assert that simply saying you are Christian is insufficient to guarantee salvation. But, you don't uphold and teach these laws as you were instructed. You have not given all you have to the poor. All you do, when confronted with these requirements, is leaf through the Bible for loopholes that you think exempts you from them, that allow you to live your easy and comfortable life and still get all the rewards you think you're promised.
I doubt that your god would appreciate you thinking you can outsmart him.
It is because of selfish assumptions like these that no believer is qualified to accurately interpret their own religious texts. Only an objective non-believer can find truth in the Bible. Only we have no incentive to do otherwise, because we have nothing to gain.
