(January 12, 2015 at 2:57 pm)Ryantology (╯°◊°)╯︵ ══╬ Wrote: 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?Yes I can, as per the bible 'all faith claims' should coinside with Scripture. If at any point a 'faith claim' contradicts scripture then the claim whether it be from a well respected prophet of angel of God, can not come from God.
Quote: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?a little late to the party huh? (BTW that number gets bigger every time you use it)
ALL Canonical Jesus Christ center religions, can be considered to be 'true Christians.' I dont know what that number is but I am sure it is alot more than 1.
Quote: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.Again Paul tells us in Romans the point of the Law is to show that no one can live righteously by it. That is why we need a canonical faith in Jesus Christ so we may have our sins forgiven. without this belief we are doomed.
Quote: You have not given all you have to the poor.I have given all I am, and have several times, and I get back 10x's what I have given.
Just because you give all you have away doesn't mean you will have nothing to give/you will be poor. What it means is nothing you own, owns you. If you have to give it up then you must let it go.
Quote: 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.really like what?
Quote:I doubt that your god would appreciate you thinking you can outsmart him.Indeed, that is why I've learned to submit.
Quote: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.
ahh, no. it is because you have nothing to gain places you in a position of having nothing to loose, meaning you can and do twist the bible so that you can indeed gain from Christianity.[/quote]
