the whole Judeo Christian religion was based off earlier religions and myths and stolen ideals to give the Judeo Christian religions creditability, Zoroastrianism should be the purest form of the religion, but no one has even heard of it yet people follow the diluted form of it that is disrespectful of all that it is.you also have egyption creation myths and many other myths mixed with the so called judeo christian religion that people hold to be the true faith.
and the so called devil/satan never existed in the old testament or in the torah the Catholic church made up the concept of the devil and used the named satan from its original name Shiatan from the torah, he did not rebel as the church would have you believe but simply question all the things God did,"WHY?"take it as you will.
they also made up "hell" which is also another mistranslation of "sheol" a place where souls rest and sleep not get tortured.
the whole fire and brimstone idea came from the book Dante's Inferno, as well from the book of revelations which you can choose to believe but is not truly credited it as being the world of God but just a vision of a man.
should also note that their was another Angel in the book of enoch that has also been named as the beast name Azazel who brought knowledge cosmetics and metal working,
that is why i cannot be christian knowing that the book is not truly its own religion, anyone who studies world religions and archeology knows the bible to be false and historically inaccurate and full of stolen ideas from cultures and religions starting from the beginning of its creation myth to the end of the book.
Originally posted by DigiMark007
No offense, but Satan isn't such a bad dude. Anyone with the stones (or ovaries, sticking with the theme here) to stand up to God is ok in my book. I mean, God. The dude's like practically Jesus, and Satan was like "screw you man! Breakfast can be eaten any time of the day!"And then God was like "It's 5PM. Get that pancake and waffle sh*t outa here!"
And then Satan went to hell to enjoy his meal in peace, then sent minions to earth to continue the message. And that, kids, is why the food at the Waffle House is so damn good.
True story.
Wow I'm not even religious and this offends me.
Originally posted by silver_tears
Wow I'm not even religious and this offends me.
Wait wait, woah. My Waffle House bullsh*t offended you?! 'twas a joke, and about as clear a joke as they come. If that's offensive, you have to lighten up a bit.
I can understand the literalists being offended at, I dunno, using the lord's name in a non-worshiping manner or somesuch, but otherwise it's about as harmless as stories come.
Originally posted by DigiMark007
Wait wait, woah. My Waffle House bullsh*t offended you?! 'twas a joke, and about as clear a joke as they come. If that's offensive, you have to lighten up a bit.I can understand the literalists being offended at, I dunno, using the lord's name in a non-worshiping manner or somesuch, but otherwise it's about as harmless as stories come.
Re: Why I will never be a Christian again!
[QUOTE=11274800]Originally posted by Okieshowedem
I know who Jesus the Christ is and where this pagan name came from.
I know the Hebrew prophets use the proper Hebrew Name for the Creator in their writtings.
The Christian translators were inspired by Satan the God of this world to replace the proper Name of the Creator with the pagan title God and Lord.
Okieshowedem [/QUOTE
You are right. Lors and God are titles not names. However, the God has a name and so does Jesus. The one thing about it is Christianity means follower of Christ. There is a difference in faith and religion. Religion is man made. Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen. That is why we are supposed to search for the truth for ourselves. And actually in Hebrew writings they didn't have vows and they believed that God's name was to Holy to speak or write out. God wants us to know Him for ourselves. You are doing good to go and look things up on your own. Continue to follow Jesus.
Re: Re: Why I will never be a Christian again!
Originally posted by VirtuouslyDvin
The one thing about it is Christianity means follower of Christ. There is a difference in faith and religion. Religion is man made. Faith is the substance of things hoped for the evidence of things not seen.
Looking it up Christianity seems to actually mean mean "religion of Christ" so . . .
Most Christians like to wear the name but won't walk the walk and that offends me. They shouldn't even use the name Christian at all.
Anyway it's all based on false stories that were passed from Pagan beliefs...Only the names changed.
Pagan = Holy Roman Empire, (Catholic) = Protestant.
Didn't anybody just check it out before they believed???