RE: Christians: how do you sleep at night?
February 22, 2015 at 11:29 pm
(This post was last modified: February 22, 2015 at 11:32 pm by Drich.)
(February 22, 2015 at 6:02 pm)Chad32 Wrote:(February 22, 2015 at 4:57 pm)Drich Wrote: If 'religion' doesn't follow what the bible says, then is the God of the bible who commands us through the bible obligated to follow the precepts in a given religion?
Rather is he obligated by what non biblically relevant priests/leadership says concerning who goes to heaven?
Or does God retain full authority despite what a given religion says and follow through with what he has told us in scripture?
Thought crime rephrase:
In mat 5 (where Jesus identifies thought crimes) he only does so to show the futility of trying to follow religious law. He is making it impossible to be found righteous according to the law. Which show point a good Jew to the second part of the law. Atonement. Once you have atonement for sin 'thought crime' becomes a non issue.
The bible is the only source of anything we know about your god, so if there's something in the bible that doesn't fit with what he wants, he's obligated to fix it. As it stands, there's no way to know exactly what he wants because the holy text is faulty.
Normally if we see someone making a scenario that other people can't escape from, and punishing them for not following in line, we call it evil. setting a standard too high for people to reach, and saying they're wretched for not being able to meet it is wrong.
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So your not familiar with Jesus the Christ and His purpose here?
(February 22, 2015 at 7:00 pm)Stimbo Wrote: I think it's worth pointing out that baptism isn't some sort of irreversible surgery that forever changes a person's character (like the capping process in The Tripods). It's just water and a few 'magic' words.
Did I just slip and fall into the dark side or this this like when a broken clock is right twice in a 24 hour period?
