Originally posted by Alliance
A scripture which carries NO factual weight. You can use it as a philisophical stance, jsut like any other piece of philosopy, but its not a reality.
Originally posted by debbiejo
Soooooo you cheated your way into Heaven eh????
😎Of course many different denominations have their rituals. Some believe you MUST be baptised, some believe you MUST keep the Sabbath day. Some believe you must pray ONLY in Jesus name, some believe you must take communion and go through the ceremonies. Some believe you must be circumcised, and others feel that you must spread the word A LOT!
Well, I was baptised and did the whole "praying to Jesus" thing, but as I have said before I think there should be more to it then that.
If I got in simply because of that I would feel I had cheated (not believing and all) or been cheated. It would be like getting elected Prime Minister simply because I was a student of some exclusive school, rather then because of the things I had done and intended to do.
Perhaps there is more to life than a book.
Perhaps spreading shouldn't be a goal.
No one is going to convert me by reciting dogmatic passages from a 2000 piece of historical fiction. You need to appeal to a person...not to a person you want them to be.
But you wouldn't understand this. You're to busy with your nose in a book to realize religion is about PEOPLE and community.
Originally posted by Alliance
Perhaps there is more to life than a book.Perhaps spreading shouldn't be a goal.
No one is going to convert me by reciting dogmatic passages from a 2000 piece of historical fiction. You need to appeal to a person...not to a person you want them to be.
But you wouldn't understand this. You're to busy with your nose in a book to realize religion is about PEOPLE and community.
Originally posted by FeceMan
I suppose that it would not be a valid goal to someone ignorant of and against the will of God.
You have a will. Not God. I don't give a damn about your god. And you don't know anything about your god.
All you have is rhetoric. If someone disagrees with your non-standard interpretations of Chirstianity, they're evil and "agaisnt the will of God." These sore of irrational and ambiguous responses are standard for people who are so entrapped in their narrow view that they literally suffocate themselves to death in a vortex of restraint, hypocrasiy, and dogma.
There is no "one" right answer. If you think there is, try firing more than a few neurons at a time.
Originally posted by FeceMan
That has little to do with the question at hand.For those of you who said 'yes', be glad and filled with joy--you are to be given a new body, one that is perfect; you will not perish but live forevermore in the presence of Yahweh Elohim.
Now, how does this make you feel, to know you are forgiven and free?
It is both undeserved and unfair.
Originally posted by FeceMan
No. God has a will.
It says:
"In the event of my death I hereby leave all l my heavenly possessions to Imperial_Samura."
It was his way of saying thank you for all the things I've helped him with in the past.
I suppose that it would not be a valid goal to someone ignorant of and against the will of God.
I don't see why it should be. I support education - evangelising on the other hand doesn't sit right with me. People should be able to have there religious beliefs without the concern of someone coming up to them and saying "What, you are Buddhist? You're going to Hell mate, unless you listen to the Lord's word"
When I see one group, completely convinced there way is right, based upon the words in a 2000 year old text, accosting another group who is just as convinced they are right based upon there religious text, it just makes me shake my head sadly.