RE: Christians: how do you sleep at night?
February 22, 2015 at 11:33 pm
(This post was last modified: February 22, 2015 at 11:37 pm by Drich.)
(February 22, 2015 at 7:05 pm)Norman Humann Wrote: It's a funny thing, baptism. I've been taught that you have to say the exact words in the exact order, otherwise the whole thing just doesn't count. Imagine that, you can't get into heaven because some lousy preacher had one glass of service wine too many that day. I'd be pissed.
Thankfully 'priests' have nothing to do with any of us getting to heaven.
(February 22, 2015 at 7:17 pm)Norman Humann Wrote:(February 22, 2015 at 7:14 pm)professor Wrote: Norm, could you just dump all the stuff you learned from religionists and read the bible for yourself?
Think if it as a spiritual enema.
The 'don't wear mixed fabrics' and 'stone adulterers' parts too, or should I just call them metaphorical?
No, you should keep reading... There is a bit about those who 'sin' and how they can be forgiven from it. This 'forgiveness' part of the law is just as valid as the dos and don'ts
(February 22, 2015 at 11:32 pm)Chad32 Wrote: That is not a fix. Evidenced by the fact that only a minority of the population even believes in him, and the ones that do are generally split into three groups that think the other two are heretics. Protestants, catholics, and orthodox. Whatever good Jesus did to bring people to Yahweh was very minimal. He even told people this wasn't going to do much good while he was still alive.
What makes you think it was Christ purpose to bring one religion, one version of Christianity into the spot light?