Originally Posted by SnakeLord
Because I find it amusing.
Man is bad and the only way to forgive them is for jesus, (it is claimed that he is god), had to sacrifice himself to himself without actually ever being able to die, (unless you assert that for three days god ceased to exist).
2 points from what i have been reading here.
that of December the 25th and of Sunday worship.
Firstly the claim that Jesus was born on December the 25th has no biblical foundation. This tradition as started by the catholic church as an attempt to take over a pagan day. There is no basis for linking Jesus to pagan traditions by claiming that Jesus was born on the 25th of December because that’s just a false catholic tradition.
Secondly Sunday worship/ sabbath is also a catholic modification to the bible truth. The Bible Sabbath starts at sunset Friday and ends at sunset Saturday. So you cannot use the Sunday sabbath of the catholics or the conforming protestant daughters to link a pagan tradition to the Biblical truth. All you can do is show that the catholic church has been injecting paganism into their bastardised version of christianity over the centuries.
Both christimas and the Sunday sabbath are catholic inventions. Not Christian at all.
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-Can you please tell me then what is Christian anyway, what does it mean.
For example our homeland was converted by force to be a Christian.
-If I believe that Jesus was a real person and prophet of somekind, like Buddha and others, but he was just a man,then, am I Christian ?
Lets say I live by teachings of Jesus but I dont take him as a God.
Does that mean that I will burn in hell for eternity ?
The foundation belief you have that leads you to your conclusion is false.
2 points from what i have been reading here.
that of December the 25th and of Sunday worship.
Firstly the claim that Jesus was born on December the 25th has no biblical foundation. This tradition as started by the catholic church as an attempt to take over a pagan day. There is no basis for linking Jesus to pagan traditions by claiming that Jesus was born on the 25th of December because that’s just a false catholic tradition.
Secondly Sunday worship/ sabbath is also a catholic modification to the bible truth. The Bible Sabbath starts at sunset Friday and ends at sunset Saturday. So you cannot use the Sunday sabbath of the catholics or the conforming protestant daughters to link a pagan tradition to the Biblical truth. All you can do is show that the catholic church has been injecting paganism into their bastardised version of christianity over the centuries.
Both christimas and the Sunday sabbath are catholic inventions. Not Christian at all.
All Praise The Ancient Of Days
It's all well and good to make bold statements such as that, but what do you have to indicate that things do not cease to exist when they die? Now, you can argue against everything we do know regarding living beings but you will need a little more than your say so.
Reverse the position around.
What do you have to indicate that thing cease to exist when they die?
That’s right you cannot.
As for accepting what i say or rejecting what i say about anything, that’s up to you.
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What do you have to indicate that thing cease to exist when they die?
Salvation comes from Believing Jesus:
Do you believe Jesus when He said:
John 14
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”
9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
Well?
Do you believe what Jesus taught Philip is truth? Or do you believe Jesus lied to philip?
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Salvation comes from Believing Jesus:
Do you believe Jesus when He said:
John 14
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
Well?
Do you believe what Jesus taught Philip is truth? Or do you believe Jesus lied to philip?
All Praise The Ancient Of Days
The disciples must have been a pretty dim bunch if they failed to recognize who Jesus truly was. Alternatively, they were not as easily taken in as you are
You made the bold claim that they don't, it is for you to support.
As for indicating that organisms cease to exist.. It's a long discussion and would involve a lot of information regarding what we do know about the brain.
-What if Jesus even didnt exist or didnt say those things ?
-If he said that to Philip could he mean that we all can be god likes ?
-What if I tell you the same thing ?
-Would you kneel and wash my feet ?
-Do you believe the miracles of Jesus, walking on water (sunshine reflecting from surface of water), sharing the two fish (suns presence in constellation of piscies ~ fishes) and rising Lazarus from death (winter solstice, sun being dead for three days) ?
Salvation comes from Believing Jesus:
Do you believe Jesus when He said:
John 14
8 Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? 10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. 11 Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.
Well?
Do you believe what Jesus taught Philip is truth? Or do you believe Jesus lied to philip?
All Praise The Ancient Of Days
The disciples must have been a pretty dim bunch if they failed to recognize who Jesus truly was. Alternatively, they were not as easily taken in as you are
The apostles showed on many occasions through the NT that they did not really know who Jesus was. Only at the very end where their eyes opened by the Holy Spirit.
I will take it from your answer that you do not believe.
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didn't need the crystal ball, Jesus is God, you know the restHe must have had a crystal ball because Mohammed wasn't about at the time. Or is it not the case that he was just making a general statement which you can now conveniently apply to Muslims.
would we have listened? some can't even do the nice things, whats up with that?Could he not have have meant people dropping bombs on innocent civilians ?
first of all, there are things you can not interpret away, any interpretation that goes against the Bible, is false, that divides churches is wrong, that attaches doctrine to culture is wrong, we have leeway, inasmuch as emphasizing ideas or verses up to a point, people that use Acts 2:18 as a test are wrong, mormons that emphasizes prophets or burning bosoms are wrong, the test is the Bible, the Bible interprets BibleIt's all a matter of interpretation as any Christian group will tell you if you ask why they believe they are right and others wrong