Hello! New here.

[goodnews]

Goodnews, I assume you are a theist. Why then do you say that Christianity teaches the opposite of what the scriptures do? As far as I can tell, there are so many views expressed in the Bible that any teaching can be validated by scripture.

The teachings of "christiandom" contradicts what is written in scripture, a contradiction is an opposit , the views expressed by men are in conflict with what is expressed in the Bible, all contradictory teachings can not be validated by scripture, as the scripture does not contradict its self, as there is only one constant theme from Genesis to Revelation, even the slightest wavering from this unchanging recurring theme is easily exposed as a contradiction, not one of "christiandoms" many branches teach the Gospel, how could they when there objectives are financial and not spiritual, when has the truth ever bean profitable, you should understand the folly of this better than me, as I have never attended a church or practised any religion, but I know what the Gospel { Good Tidings } is and you dont ! go figar

[Napoléon]

The irony of your new found belief, and that being (anti)-theism, opposed to your forsaken fundamentalist evangelical conservative Christian beliefs, and this irony being, these beliefs both share one resounding factor and that is to REBEL , RESIST or REVOLT , which is not unexpected given that "christiandom" teaches total contradiction to what the scriptures teach ! Understand as you have bean rebelling against the scriptures, and know you choose to rebel against God. The truth of this matter is weather you believe in God or not, your position has not changed as much as you think.

Thanks for the amateur psychological diagnosis Dr.


To the newb, welcome aboard!

[goodnews]

Praetorian this is not true, scripture has one constant theme, that repeats from Genesis to Revelation, and this is called the Gospel, which means Good Tidings . I am saying to you that "christiandom" has not a clue what the good news is, as not one of its many branches teach it, I am not saying that they do not teach parts of this Gospel, or they dont know the scriptures by verse, what I am saying is most of your understanding of scripture that you have learned in "christiandom" does not hold up against the Hebrew and Greek texts, Its a good thing you have come out of this system of religious indoctrination. I am just concerned that you dont swop one set of lies for another ?

[Praetorian]

You're making a truth claim here. If you don't agree with existing Christian sects, then what do you believe is the truth?

[goodnews]

You left this religious system of contradiction because you came to realize you did not believe in it, I dont know what they preached and what doctrins bound you and others to this particular sect , I am not claiming to hold the truth of some new personel understanding of scripture, that would make me no differant than anyone else, What I am saying is that when a handfull nof blatant errors are corrected in the translations, the doctrins of men fall flat, and the scriptures are revealed in their true light . You have made a bold decision to leave Babylon be carefull you dont turn and enter in by another gate !

[Praetorian]

So...you're basically saying that we would all understand the profound truth of scripture if we read it in its original language. Got it.

Why is it then that people who understand ancient Greek and Hebrew, like Bart Ehrman, Dan Barker, or Bob Price can still be non-believers?

By this line of reasoning, Islam must be true since Muslims are required to learn the Quran in the original Arabic.

[goodnews]

No, all I am saying is, if the translation errors were corrected in our Bibles, the contradicting doctrins preached by "christiandom" would fall apart eg: no more lucifer, no more hell, some sects of Christians would be left in disarray without these blasphemous teachings, they would need to tear up their blueprint and start again, how they would do that is anyones guess , What was the most controversial doctrin at your sect ? did you believe it ? what verses did they use to convince themselfs ?

[Brian37]

Be sure to barbecue kittens, record the NFL without their permission and rip the tags off of your mattress.

[Praetorian]

In my sect, the most controversial doctrine was the supposed translation of prophecy from people speaking in tongues. Some people believed it worked, and some didn't. While working as a music minister, I found out they were rehearsing the prophecies. This was likely the first seed of doubt in my faith.

This, of course, is mild compared to the doctrines of Calvinism, which I utterly despise. And you're right, @goodnews, if Christianity didn't have any sects or conflicting doctrines, it would have a much stronger case for being true. But doesn't the fact that such extreme diversity exists in the same religion indicate that it isn't true?

[goodnews]

1 Corinthians 14:22 Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not, for them that believe not, but for them which believe. this verse is very clear that when the deciples spoke to non-believers in their own tongues/languages it was done for a sign, so they would believe them, as what good is prophesying to those who dont believe. These Christians who are of the same tongue/language and who are allready believers who practise prattling mumbo-jumbo to each other are just crazy and contradict scripture. I think this is just one of the many reasons you have lost faith in God because of religion, when one understands the Gospel which is not preached in any temple/church , Gods salvation plan makes perfect sense ps: dont let the doctrins of men, be they theist or atheist pollute the truth .