Luke MC,"
Homosexual massacres
Non-virgin bride massacres
Sabbath issues
A contradictory law system
An uproar over whose misinterpretation of the bible should be accepted
The end of modern medicine (probably replaced by prayer)
Increase in demand for eye surgery (Jesus said to take your eye out if you look on a woman with lust... creepy)
Increased suicide rates (he also told people to drink poison to test their faith)
Landscaping issues (he also said if you pray for a mountain to move in his name, the mountain will move)
Okay now I'm just getting silly But these are serious issues in my opinion!"
I know you are trying to get to me is that if people are truely good Christians, they will advocate all the above you have written.
With the exception of the "interpretation of the bible", most or even almost all pastors will not advocate what you have written. They will advise you personally to read the bible within the context.
To Demonura,
Just as I see how natural, Natural selection is, where the strong and who gets to mate etc. get selected, it is as natural too to see how God can deter or at least make so called 'evil people' have second thoughts and encourage them to do good things instead aint it? Most people can see this obvious and true fact.
When you yourself say, 'evil people may do good things but still remain evil'. To me it does not really matter actually. If he has done good, why do you care about his heart? The good is done.
Gay marriage rights is the main thing you are talking about right? it is indeed a con then but you have to weight it againt the increase of bad deeds and decrease of good deeds if christianity is to decline much straightaway. Further, put it in consideration that in the past thousands of years of history of modern Mankind society Gay marriages did not formally exist anyways till the past..20 years?
To 8630:
Those who believe in God SHOULD follow his words. And I believe there is specifically a verse:
Faith, without works, is dead.
I do not know what verse it is I just know there is such a verse.
Homosexual massacres
Non-virgin bride massacres
Sabbath issues
A contradictory law system
An uproar over whose misinterpretation of the bible should be accepted
The end of modern medicine (probably replaced by prayer)
Increase in demand for eye surgery (Jesus said to take your eye out if you look on a woman with lust... creepy)
Increased suicide rates (he also told people to drink poison to test their faith)
Landscaping issues (he also said if you pray for a mountain to move in his name, the mountain will move)
Okay now I'm just getting silly But these are serious issues in my opinion!"
I know you are trying to get to me is that if people are truely good Christians, they will advocate all the above you have written.
With the exception of the "interpretation of the bible", most or even almost all pastors will not advocate what you have written. They will advise you personally to read the bible within the context.
To Demonura,
Just as I see how natural, Natural selection is, where the strong and who gets to mate etc. get selected, it is as natural too to see how God can deter or at least make so called 'evil people' have second thoughts and encourage them to do good things instead aint it? Most people can see this obvious and true fact.
When you yourself say, 'evil people may do good things but still remain evil'. To me it does not really matter actually. If he has done good, why do you care about his heart? The good is done.
Gay marriage rights is the main thing you are talking about right? it is indeed a con then but you have to weight it againt the increase of bad deeds and decrease of good deeds if christianity is to decline much straightaway. Further, put it in consideration that in the past thousands of years of history of modern Mankind society Gay marriages did not formally exist anyways till the past..20 years?
To 8630:
Those who believe in God SHOULD follow his words. And I believe there is specifically a verse:
Faith, without works, is dead.
I do not know what verse it is I just know there is such a verse.
